Opera 9.0 Preview 1 is now available for download

Opera 9.0 Preview 1 is now available for download

We are still at an early stage in the development of Opera 9 (code-name Merlin), however, we are very excited about the next version of Opera and are releasing this Preview to the Community to give you a taste of the new technologies and improved standards support we have been working on lately. Some of the new features include:

- support for XSLT, Canvas 2D, and Web Forms 2.0
- rich-text editing on Web pages
- site-specific preferences
- a new IMAP back-end
- access to Opera's preferences via opera:config

Also in this release are new default shortcuts. We continue to make progress on our BitTorrent support and it will be included in a public release as soon as possible. For complete changelogs and download links see:

- Windows
- Unix
- Mac

We invite users to discuss the Preview in the Forums and Newsgroups. We are particularly interested in feedback about:

- speed and stability
- IDing as Opera by default
- rendering regressions since Opera 8.5
- problems connecting to secure sites using TLS 1.1

YAY!

Where's the file?

Installed

Where is it? :s

Just wow. I thought that I'm the only one who cant find a file So.. where's it?

Woho! Awsome!

Btw, the opera:config addition really rocks .

Thank you for your awesome work on SVG support! Now my menus almost work exactly as they should (http://www.codedread.com/) and my Tetris game works (http://www.codedread.com/yastframe.php)!

Can't wait until this is official! I'm going to start doing some SVG testing soon on this build.

(you may have become my new favourite browser)

Thx for link Downloading..

Add:
Wow! It rocks Really liked opera:config thing, and also tabs locking (cause i really hate when I close tab and then re-open it using Ctrl+Z) New quick search is just... sweeet! Good job !

Rich Text is amazing, i'm glad it backed up my search.ini too, i nearly went mad for a minute

Loving it so far

Originally posted by haavard:

at an early stage in the development of Opera 9

Early stage? I think there are plenty of changes already!

Originally posted by haavard:

site-specific preferences

Can we see anything of that in the current preview? If so, where exactly?

Originally posted by scipio:

Can we see anything of that in the current preview? If so, where exactly?

+1.

Maybe I´m blind or something but I can´t find anything about Site-specific settings are now available as part of the site-specific ini settings.A User Interface for these settings is not yet available.

Originally posted by scipio:

Originally posted by haavard:
site-specific preferences
Can we see anything of that in the current preview? If so, where exactly?

The ua.ini is already inside opera6.ini. Guess we just have to add the rest...
A syntax list would be nice, though

Question: is opCache, in the installation dir, just for the help pages, or anything more?

WOW! I am already drooling over this one, and I am VERY excited to see the final release! Just one thing: Please continue to develop the BitTorrent support! I think with all the changes that are posted in the changelog PLUS BitTorrent, Opera would make a quality-jump of several lightyears (and that from a browser that is already that great)!
Thanks to you, Opera ASA,
an Opera lover for 5 years and for the rest of my life

Haven't tested much, but I noted that my blog doesn't have any vertical scrollbar. http://www.jeria.net

Originally posted by pepejeria:

Haven't tested much, but I noted that my blog doesn't have any vertical scrollbar. http://www.jeria.net

It does on my computer.

Closing a panel with [X] hides the panel selector bar as well.
Is this intended behaviour or a bug ? (I don't like it.)

Woha! Great news!

WOW very good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Weeeeeeeeee!!!!

Is there a way to edit keyboard-shortcuts?
I've been using the shortcut "Paste and go" (Ctrl+D), but now this has been changed to "Add bookmark"

Is there a way to edit keyboard-shortcuts?
I've been using the shortcut "Paste and go" (Ctrl+D), but now this has been changed to "Add bookmark"

Downloaded and testing. Love opera:config and page (excuse me: tab locking). That's a really innovative feature to keep those buggers in place.

Where can I test Opera's rich text editor? Web WYSIWYG editors seem to be not working/ignoring Opera and internal mail client doesn't seem to have rich edit...
Version9.0
Build8031

Originally posted by porneL:

Where can I test Opera's rich text editor? Web WYSIWYG editors seem to be not working/ignoring Opera and internal mail client doesn't seem to have rich edit...Version9.0 Build8031

In Gmail

What a great day! Shadow of the Colossus for PS2 gets released, and now a Opera 9 preview!!

My luck is really turning around!

Originally posted by TheMajor:

Speed is awesome. opera:config is awesome. New quick find is awesome. It just rocks (so far)
http://snapshot.opera.com/windows/o90p1_8031.exe

TheMajor, nice to see ya outside of Tech-Forums.

Take the Acid 2 test guys, Opera is almost there. Opera:config rocks!

Originally posted by zombie:

Closing a panel with [X] hides the panel selector bar as well.
Is this intended behaviour or a bug ? (I don't like it.)

I think it is. Click the panel selector itself to hide the panel only.

Originally posted by luna:

Is there a way to edit keyboard-shortcuts?
I've been using the shortcut "Paste and go" (Ctrl+D), but now this has been changed to "Add bookmark"

Read my blog post for a simple way to return to the old shortcuts:
http://my.opera.com/Rijk/blog/show.dml/46881


(this was linked in the announcement as well)

Is this going to drop a lot of stuff in the registry? I'd love to install it next to Opera 8.5 on my system but don't want to risk messing things up with the current installation

1#
It's not possible to select text at the acid2 page. Like you click and drag. When releasing the mouse the selection goes away.
2#
monospaced font for source view PLEASE !! with syntax highlight maybe ? and the save button enabled.
3#
eBay finally renders well !!! Opera quirks handling is almost like IE's !! weee
4#
please include all website anti-blocker scripts from userjs.org on browser.js

Originally posted by euricomatos:

Originally posted by scipio:

Originally posted by haavard:
site-specific preferences
Can we see anything of that in the current preview? If so, where exactly?

The ua.ini is already inside opera6.ini. Guess we just have to add the rest...
A syntax list would be nice, though

The syntax as used for the spoof settings is a general syntax, use it like this:

[server name]
Section name|Prefs parameter

... and add the server name to the [Overrides] section.

example.org settings will be overridden by foo.example.org settings. Not *all* settings can be overridden in site-specific settings, but the most useful settings can.

Originally posted by euricomatos:

Question: is opCache, in the installation dir, just for the help pages, or anything more?

OpCache is only used for Help pages (unless you change that yourself in opera:config )

Originally posted by MoeRL:

Is this going to drop a lot of stuff in the registry? I'd love to install it next to Opera 8.5 on my system but don't want to risk messing things up with the current installation

Nope, just install in a different directory, and remember to use the correct directory once you upgrade to the final Opera 9 in the future. Don't set this version as default, and hardly anything will go in the Registry.

On Google.com if I hover my mouse over any item on the navigational menu the screen "jumps".

Edit - It seems that the problem was with the link-notify user.js I was using. I removed the script and all works fine now. I'm loving this release more and more I tell ya.

Rijk: am I right in assuming that ua.ini is no longer functioning, and that its functionality is now built in to opera6.ini under the [User Agent] section. If that is so, could you clarify how I need to mod this to make it work with my bank, since Opera 9 stopped working with it, where it was working with 8.5.

I had a line in ua.ini like:

www.nwolb.com=5

which worked fine; doesn't seem to work in O9 though unfortunately. Thanks for your help!

Seb

Nice. Something new to play with.

Originally posted by Rijk:

Closing a panel with [X] hides the panel selector bar as well.
Is this intended behaviour or a bug ? (I don't like it.)


I think it is. Click the panel selector itself to hide the panel only.

Curious part is that if you drag the "x" button the Buttons > Panels section to the same place, the behaviour is normal, unlike the "x" button in the "default" section.

Originally posted by xErath:

1#
It's not possible to select text at the acid2 page. Like you click and drag. When releasing the mouse the selection goes away.
2#
monospaced font for source view PLEASE !! with syntax highlight maybe ? and the save button enabled.
3#
eBay finally renders well !!! Opera quirks handling is almost like IE's !! weee
4#
please include all website anti-blocker scripts from userjs.org on browser.js

#1 Indeed. Please file a bug report!
#2 A separate choice would be nice - or maybe reuse the mail compose font. For now, change the font for 'Dialogs' in Opera's prefs.
#3 Glad you like it!
#4 I doubt we should do that.

Originally posted by sebt:

Rijk: am I right in assuming that ua.ini is no longer functioning, and that its functionality is now built in to opera6.ini under the [User Agent] section. If that is so, could you clarify how I need to mod this to make it work with my bank, since Opera 9 stopped working with it, where it was working with 8.5.

I had a line in ua.ini like:

www.nwolb.com=5

which worked fine; doesn't seem to work in O9 though unfortunately. Thanks for your help!

Seb

Add www.nwolb.com to the section [overrides] in opera6.ini, and add

[www.nwolb.com]
User Agent|Spoof UserAgent ID=5

Awesome work for first look! Congratulations for the O-team!

One question: What means the start in the address pane?

The star in the address window triggers a Save to Bookmarks dialog.

Amazing! Congratulations Opera!
I want rich text for M2 too

Very weird, I now get scrollbars on my blog. Anyway... About the canvas support, great!

This canvas demo works, you can draw on the big box, but the IE logotype does not appear:
http://ponderer.org/download/canvas_demo/

Huge release. Thank you for your work.

And now some problems (using hesido test case pages):

• pagerenderingstresstest - besides original problem with slow box movement updates, there's another one - some refreshing glitches (I thought that these would be dealt with in Opera 9, but it seems it added some more of them),
  
• avisitedstylingperf - not fixed
  
• some rich text editing controls does not work - one is in polish auction system - allegro (but it needs an account) and another one is here: http://www.kevinroth.com/rte/demo.htm . Both have same issue - edit box is not editable
  

Originally posted by Rijk:

#1 Indeed. Please file a bug report!
#2 A separate choice would be nice - or maybe reuse the mail compose font. For now, change the font for 'Dialogs' in Opera's prefs.
#3 Glad you like it!
#4 I doubt we should do that.

1# bug #184258 submited
4# just a mild suggestion

Urgent help! seems I killed my Opera! I delete all the skins accidenatlly while interchanging profiles and now Opera interface looks bad
How I can download a skin without reinstalling? (because I saved some options and I don't want to lost them and I can't install Opera over this one because when I do that always Opera works incorrectly) yes, I can go to the customize Opera and select a skin, but like the interface is damaged I can't select anything in the dialogs!!!
Many Thanks
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EDIT: ufff, solved it, I forgotten that Opera applies the skin automatically and now is fine

Sweet. It'll soon be installed on this public computer after I come back to class. (My comp is away w/ someone else)

Is it correct that you can draw in the canvas without keeping the left mousebutton pressed, if you press the right mousebutton one time?

Regards, Ashura

My old Tab-key navigation bug isn't fixed yet...

Something strange going on with Fast forward in this thread. The Next links are ignored.

Opera:config - I tried to change my title, it hasn't changed my titlebar yet.

Looks sweet!!! Guys, you are the best!
Web Forms 2 rocks! Especially type=date. Wow! Test for yourself here: http://olav.dk/wf2/demo/
But I found already couple regressions in CSS rendering. Will post in separete topics.