Opera 9 TP2 Released!

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For Mac: http://snapshot.opera.com/mac/m90p2.html

For Windows: http://snapshot.opera.com/windows/o90p2_8212.exe

Changelog: http://snapshot.opera.com/windows/w90p2.html

Some new features include

Opera Widgets ? Widgets are small AJAX applications that provide specific functionality ? like getting your favorite news, converting currency and so on. We've posted documentation on Opera Widgets ? not only how to use them but also how to make them. Go to My Opera Community to download WidgBitTorrent t ? BitTorrent has become one of the most popular file transfer protocols around. We built it right into the browser so you can download torrent files easily. No more hassle finding the right port, no worries about setting upload and download speed. We've worked to optimize all of that foCustomize your search engines nes ? Use your favorite search engine in the search box. Go to the site you want and right click on the search field site and click on the search field. You will then be prompted to ?creaImproved content blocker t blocker ? Cosmetic surgery for Web pages. Just right click on a page and select ?block content?. Any content not greyed out can be blocked with a click. Select ?done? and see the paImproved pop-up blocker ed pop-up blocker ? Just try it with some nasty popups. We added more intelligence to help weed out even more pop-ups. But since not all pop-ups are created equal, use the trash can to retrieveSite specific preferences pecific preferences ? For those of you who want to control settings for specific pages. Want to accept some cookies and deny others? How about setting your own style sheet to make the site more accessible? Just right click on the page and seThumbmail preview?.

Thumbmail preview ? Opera conserves system resources and uses less memory than other browsers so it's easy to have many tabs open at once. But just what tab had that video you wanted? Using the thumbnail feature, you can find out by resting the mouse on any tab.

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Opera just gets better and better with each release! All these features packed into such a small download, and even when installed and with many tabs open it still manages to keep a nice memory footprint.

Great job opera! Everyone should download and at least try it, it really does include all the great Necessities needed for a great browsing experience. :)

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can i upgrade easily when the final is out ? or will it make a mess by making new directory ? im using opera 8.5 now

I would install it to c:\Program Files\Opera9

That way you can keep your old version intact while playing with this version. Don't think it's recomended at all to upgrade over the old one, so you better make a fresh install of version 9.

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okay and when the final is out, just install it over c:\Program Files\Opera9 [let it overwrite] ?

Probably yes... But personally I wouldn't take the chance in case something happens. I would back up the old one, possibly just renaming the old opera9 folder and make a fresh install, then move stuff over that i want to keep either by directly copying them or using the export/import features.

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double post, it didnt like the quick reply form, pressing "add reply" caused a 20 second delay, i pressed again, nothing then it posted twice. Oh well its early days

Personally i also dont see the point of widgets, in general. It just takes up to much of the screen. I cant get my head around why someone would want a huge digital clock or calculator on their screen?! :s

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Using it right now. MY gripe is that i cant have the order of, address bar, links then tabs. I dont like the order its in. Apart from that, so far so good! :D

Yes you can.... Right click choose customize... Enable "Main bar", remove all buttons from it (right click, remove), then move all the buttons, including the address bar, google bar, by dragging it to the empty "Main bar", after you're done you can disable the address bar... Viola, you have the tab bar in the bottom :)

EDIT: Found video explaining it much better -> http://nontroppo.org/-/media/mainbar.htm

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