Opera 8.51 for Desktop Released

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Opera's latest release addresses the security issue in the Flash Player (Secunia Advisory 17437). Opera 8.51 for Windows ships with Macromedia Flash version 7r61.

The release is a recommended security upgrade for Linux/FreeBSD/Solaris users, because it updates Opera's wrapper script to not run commands included with URLs passed from other applications (as suggested in Secunia Advisory 16907).

Users of Mac OS X with Japanese systems will experience improved stability on pages with Java.

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(1 reply) #1 Jexel on 22 Nov 2005 - 09:55

i guess users of opera 9 pre-release shouldn't be too worried about the update then.

#1.1 Jugalator on 22 Nov 2005 - 10:29

May depend on the earlier Opera 9 release had the security fixes already or not though. I doubt it because it was released earlier than this. Hm..

(1 reply) #2 j0j081 on 22 Nov 2005 - 11:11

If you update your flash player to the latest version it shouldn't be an issue for the 9 preview should it?

#2.1 Rapier on 22 Nov 2005 - 11:56

i don't think there should be any issues

#3 joekr on 22 Nov 2005 - 12:15

Great news! Thanks for the update.

(1 reply) #4 kirk26 on 22 Nov 2005 - 13:48

Opera 8.51 for Desktop? Is there a Opera 8.51 for Server? LOL.

#4.1 Rapier on 22 Nov 2005 - 14:29

No but there is Opera for mobile, hence pointing out that this is opera for desktop.

#5 johnston on 22 Nov 2005 - 16:59

i don't understand why they bundle it with flash 7.51 instead of flash 8?

(1 reply) #6 Dodgy on 22 Nov 2005 - 17:08

so is it better than Opera 9 preview? build 8031

#6.1 Fit4130Rider on 22 Nov 2005 - 20:07

Thats what I'm trying to figure out.

(2 replies) #7 groingo2 on 22 Nov 2005 - 21:33

Nothing new other than version numbers, still runs the same, slow and erratic when faced with multiple graphics...just more of the same dissapointing stuff.

#7.1 Chrysalis on 22 Nov 2005 - 23:01

Yeah opera is incredibly fast unless you hit one its flaws, which are when a heavy graphic page is loaded it suddenly needs a ton of cpu power to process it, and if you have a lot of tabs open it also struggles. Javascript is also handled badly, I still use opera for certian sites tho as I dont know of any browser that has no problems. I dont want IE and firefox fans telling me their browsers are bug free because they not.

#7.2 Softland on 23 Nov 2005 - 12:09

Why browse with images? Or JavaScript enabled?
I'm getting amazing browsing speeds in this way, and if I want to see some images I just click a button. Opera rules and will just get better and better.

#8 amazins03 on 23 Nov 2005 - 20:06

Opera is great. The slow and erratic comment is a bit off... that only effects a small amount of sites I visit. Firefox and Opera are equals, IMO. Will use both.

#9 metallica on 25 Nov 2005 - 01:34

Bravo Opera, I used Opera since it's 7.54 version

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