c69's Browser Pit

Mostly stability fixes.
Changelog: http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/902/

I cant work for more than a hour without Opera getting crashed. It reminds me IE5.0 five years ago.

What've happened to Opera? Useless widgets and "don't-call-that-BitTorrent" client?
Feed reader needs boost badly, no menu option for opera:config !, no DeveloperToolbar...

And most important - it crashes! It do crash on Flash, on high CPU loads, on fast tab switch, it crash on image save, it crashes badly on .torent download, it crashes even at start-up.

I can only hope that Opera will not go the way NN come with and after Netscape 6 monstrosity.

1. New installer.
30 languages and there is no Ukranian (Sure there are even more unsupported languages, but for the 60-70 million of people speaking this language and for the country with Opera market share of 8%, imho language pack is realy nesessary.)
When I start the installer, it shows me Bulgarian[!] menu (I have Russian Windows and region set to Ukraine), and text doesnt change when you walk through the list.

2. Source viewer rocks!

3. New browser error screen is nice.

4. SVG.
Still too raw. Adobe SVG viewer is still much better.
Animation was extremely laggy and svg files crash Opera.
But I found a playable SVG Tetris: http://croczilla.com/svg/samples/svgtetris/svgtetris.svg
Enjoy!

Also: http://www.carto.net/papers/svg/samples/

5. BitTorrent works just like HTTP downloads. (With small initial delay while seaching for seeds).

6.Thumb-preview doesnt add much, surprisingly, - favicons and hover-tooptips did almost the same.

7. Widgets.
Widget download window is always-on-top of all tabs. Quite annoying.
...5 minutes later...
OK. They are fun, but nothing special and they are realy resource-hungry.

8. XSLT works. This is good.

9. If you want to "Save as HTML file with images", just use IE.

10. ACID2 test have been passed and my pages are broken again. Time to work

OpenAjax, an open industry collaboration dedicated to developing and expanding Ajax, today announced 13 new members -- expanding its participation to 28 companies. The OpenAjax members intend to promote Ajax's promise of universal compatibility with any computer device, application, desktop or operating system, and easy incorporation into new and existing software programs as well as foster Ajax's growth.

New OpenAjax members announced today include, Adobe, Backbase, Fair Isaac, ICEsoft, Innoopract, Intel, JackBe, Opera, SAP, Scalix, Software AG, Tibco and XML11. These new members join the initial members, including BEA, Borland, the Dojo Foundation, Eclipse Foundation, Google, IBM, Laszlo Systems, Mozilla Corporation, Novell, Openwave Systems, Oracle, Red Hat, Yahoo!, Zend and Zimbra.

The OpenAjax community plans to promote a vision of a common Ajax platform within the industry. The OpenAjax members plan to meet in mid-May 2006 at a Summit to discuss the present usage of Ajax, its growth into new markets and then create a business and technical roadmap by which the OpenAjax companies can work toward more universal Ajax support across the desktop and mobile devices.

Source: http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=127826

Note: Microsoft doesn't participate.

Finaly! First public beta is now availble.

Widgets, BitTorrent, Thumbnail preview, Content blocker and Site-specific preferences - cool features, but nothing new for those who have allready seen TP builds.

Download Opera 9 Beta 1

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