9.5 Beta 2 is out!
By huibk. Thursday, 24. April 2008, 09:18:53
Opera 9.5 Beta 2 is available now!
Beta 2 introduces Notes syncing support using Opera Link, EV certificate support, improved Fraud protection, many performance and usability improvements in Quick Find (also known as history search), improvements in website rendering and performance, plugin support and of course lots of bug fixes. Check out the changelogs for the details.
We would like to thank the community for all testing, suggestions, and other feedback! Congratulations everyone with making 9.5 Beta 2 a great release! :-)
Stay tuned for the upcoming release of Opera Dragonfly and more exciting updates on this blog.
Build Numbers
Known Issues
Changelog (since the last snapshot)
Beta 2 introduces Notes syncing support using Opera Link, EV certificate support, improved Fraud protection, many performance and usability improvements in Quick Find (also known as history search), improvements in website rendering and performance, plugin support and of course lots of bug fixes. Check out the changelogs for the details.
We would like to thank the community for all testing, suggestions, and other feedback! Congratulations everyone with making 9.5 Beta 2 a great release! :-)
Stay tuned for the upcoming release of Opera Dragonfly and more exciting updates on this blog.
Build Numbers
- Windows: 9945
- Mac: 4789
- UNIX: 1933
Known Issues
- [Bug 325677] POP mail download doesn't work on web.de (and some other servers)
- [Bug 324727] The Octoshape plug-in causes Opera to crash on start-up
- [Bug 322553] The "Execute program" action fails in certain circumstances
Changelog (since the last snapshot)
- Fixed Bug 324643: "Remove from toolbar" doesn't work
- Fixed Bug 324645: Right-clicking an IRC channel prevents it from showing new messages
- Fixed Bug 324678: Mail attachment options don't work on Windows
- Fixed Bug 324696: The "Go to Web Address" action fails
- Fixed Bug 324699: Crash when choosing "Open Opera" from the tray icon after hiding Opera on Windows when the mail client is disabled
- Fixed Bug 324700: "Save image" context menu item doesn't work
- Fixed a crash on start-up for some POP mail users
- Fixed a problem where inline find highlighting didn't work correctly in mail (or when using "white-space: pre-wrap")
- Fixed incorrect label on "Remove" button in newsfeed views
- Re-added the "Delete mail" action for backwards compatibility

By zyph, # 24. April 2008, 10:27:46
By wirusek, # 24. April 2008, 10:28:42
By pejakm, # 24. April 2008, 10:29:00
http://digg.com/software/Opera_Desktop_Beta_2_(Kestrel)_now_available_for_download
By Tamil, # 24. April 2008, 10:30:29
By PLnet, # 24. April 2008, 10:33:42
By amr-now, # 24. April 2008, 10:34:41
http://freenet-homepage.de/teal_one/opera2.html
By Teal_One, # 24. April 2008, 10:52:48
By netlord, # 24. April 2008, 10:54:40
so if you have been using 9945 since yesterday..
- just like me and portugal,( bom dia e obrigada! ) keep on doing so..
By illiad, # 24. April 2008, 10:56:27
By lamarca, # 24. April 2008, 10:57:39
Ciao, Igor
By igorditerni, # 24. April 2008, 10:59:27
By Chattanooga, # 24. April 2008, 11:00:47
By GrantTLC, # 24. April 2008, 11:01:47
By kyleabaker, # 24. April 2008, 11:13:43
anyway, great to see that now the masses could get the beta2.
By piroxicam, # 24. April 2008, 11:14:51
By Ravindran, # 24. April 2008, 11:16:16
By Sterkrig, # 24. April 2008, 11:17:27
By Salsero_Nash, # 24. April 2008, 11:26:22
By leunen.d, # 24. April 2008, 11:30:45
updated: found it on the ftp server ftp://ftp.opera.com/pub/opera/linux/950b2/final/en/x86_64/ but not accessable from the Opera site
By Bill_P, # 24. April 2008, 11:31:11
By karlrt, # 24. April 2008, 11:32:30
http://www.ikea.com/de/de/
*Site Search Bar is hidden*
http://www.enbw.com/content/de/privatkunden/index.jsp
*Site is messed up*
By zadar, # 24. April 2008, 11:33:35
By phoenixp3k, # 24. April 2008, 11:34:16
ftp://ftp.opera.com/pub/opera/linux/950b2/final/en/x86_64/
i think the download site should be updated, as 64bit runs better and better with linux, it becomes really important
By karlrt, # 24. April 2008, 11:35:22
By Alnag, # 24. April 2008, 11:38:08
edit: you should put up the link for the 64-bit version (I know it's already in the comments)
By elitegeek, # 24. April 2008, 11:38:42
1) When the focus is inside the panel window (e.g. when editing a note) then F8 (jumping to the address bar) is no longer working. From what I remember this was introduced in the previous build 9937.
2) When there's already a mail client installed, the default setting for Tools → Preferences... → Advanced → Programs → mailto protocol → Edit... should be set to Open with default application.
That Opera Dragonfly stuff sounds very interesting.
By MetalRaise, # 24. April 2008, 11:40:03
Just wanted to say that you are doing a wonderful job up there. Opera is getting better and better. I really hope your work will turn to account for you. Best wishes!
By Ahjadann, # 24. April 2008, 11:41:18
Thanks, looking forward to the full 9.5 version experience in the nearest future
By stranded, # 24. April 2008, 11:42:36
By hobe, # 24. April 2008, 11:45:26
By sergiol, # 24. April 2008, 11:48:36
By lampacz, # 24. April 2008, 11:53:46
- so if you have friends using other OSes, ask them to try it, and get much more reports to prove it...
just like another bug, that was found to be caused by proxomonitron, not anything else....
By illiad, # 24. April 2008, 11:58:43
There's already enough proof for the flash bug (continuing to download flash content even after closing the tab), and I doubt that the developers have issues reproducing it. Just because it isn't fixed yet doesn't mean the devs have too little knowledge about it.
And no, I'm not using Proxomitron or any similar application. I've successfully reproduced that bug on two completely different computers, on two completely different networks.
By MetalRaise, # 24. April 2008, 12:04:00
Also
- I'm experience a few "network is not available" errors but reloading the page loads the page
- reloading this page does not format the page correctly
By Bill_P, # 24. April 2008, 12:04:49
when i use opera i cannot delete my mail by right click the "delete" beside the colloum
when i use ie 6,7,8 you can just right click "delete" beside collum and it will have delete choice..........so convinence you know?!!
hope concern about this issue
and yahoo mail font colour and font type cannot change because not fully support which does not suffering at ie
please fix it as soon as possible and concern about it
DON'T BE ALWAYS BLAME TO ME
I AM JUST OPERA FANS WHICH REPORT WHAT I KNOW SEE AND NEED
By fastestlan, # 24. April 2008, 12:05:26
By Jazmo, # 24. April 2008, 12:07:14
By Irontiger, # 24. April 2008, 12:08:44
By shadowk, # 24. April 2008, 12:13:05
http://atom.mamto.cz/projekty/opera/bug18/
I have fear...
By t.prochazka, # 24. April 2008, 12:33:12
By betatest, # 24. April 2008, 12:34:49
By toadbee, # 24. April 2008, 12:35:54
By vivabrevis, # 24. April 2008, 12:38:11
Thanks!
By stranded, # 24. April 2008, 12:43:39
BTW, "Bug control, accelerate"... Opera's new bugzilla-like feature?
By purgossu, # 24. April 2008, 12:50:13
By boys love toys, # 24. April 2008, 12:51:53
By Fukurokudzu, # 24. April 2008, 12:59:09
ftp://ftp.opera.com/pub/opera/linux/950b2/final/en/x86_64/
By ytsmabeer, # 24. April 2008, 13:03:01
By deadHarlequin, # 24. April 2008, 13:06:48
- Also the "Bookmark Pane Bug" (unwanted bookmark-moves after mouse-gesture ) is still not fixed. Theres also a new problem with icons alongside bookmarks, which disapears sometimes...
- bug#218374 (Alt-Tab Problem) seems to be fixed (finaly) :-) -> Thanks!
- bug#254832 (broken navigation on frame-websites, if cache is purged on exit) seems to be fixed -> THANKS!
Let's se what else we can find ;-) Without this anoying Bookmark-Pane-Bug, this would realy be a great build...
By colebantam, # 24. April 2008, 13:14:55