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9.62

By Claudio Santambrogio. Thursday, 30. October 2008, 12:58:58

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We released 9.62 today, which addresses some security issues. This release is a recommended upgrade for all those running the latest stable releases.

Changelogs are available:
Windows
Mac
Linux/UNIX

Go download it!

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w2phoenix 30. October 2008, 13:01

Thanks for the update :smile:

smal82 30. October 2008, 13:01

second!:D

legmig 30. October 2008, 13:03

I really wished the packages on deb.opera.com were online as soon as the windows packages are ...

thobi 30. October 2008, 13:03

finally an update again :up:
good work guys!

Irontiger 30. October 2008, 13:09

Thanks for the update :smile:

Spackie 30. October 2008, 13:14

Cool ....9.62 How does one view the status and progress of bugs they have found and submitted to the opera devs via https://bugs.opera.com/wizard/????

capsad 30. October 2008, 13:21

I've notices a bug in opera: I can't open any https site. When I install or upgrade opera and choose "run opera after I press finish" then everything works fine until I restart opera.
That's really weird. Maybe it's because of my new connection to the internet via a proxy and opera doesn't like it or it's just a normal bug in opera. The strange thing is that every other browser can open these https sites (IE, firefox, chrome).
I've noticed this bug since 9.6 but this was exactly the time when I moved to this location.
The strange thing is that the proxy has a *.pac script for configuration. If I enter in the opera proxy settings the location of the script opera can't open any site. I have to fill in the proxy server manually. In IE it works automatically. But I've double checked the proxy settings for https an they're correct, but opera does not open these sites.
Any suggestions?
bye
Capsad

//Edit:
I'm now pretty sure, that it is an opera bug, because when I open opera, https don't work. If I disable "use proxy for https" in the network settings, press "OK" and afterwards enable this option again, https work until I restart opera. Then I have to do the same thing again.
Please fix this bug.

ZAHEK 30. October 2008, 13:27

thanks

toru_1969 30. October 2008, 13:28


I am amazed to learn in the speed of the usual support.

Thanks!!:yes:

lamarca 30. October 2008, 13:45

thanks for the update.

impotent 30. October 2008, 13:48

thanQ

lamarca 30. October 2008, 13:49

bug dsk-237478 still present

eisteh 30. October 2008, 13:50

Thanks for the release. Looking forward to the Opera 10 nightly builds!

Chas4 30. October 2008, 13:52

:cool:

Tamil 30. October 2008, 14:02

Why this post late?

M-Z 30. October 2008, 14:08

This update moves status bar (which I have on top) to bottom. It is really annoying to have to move it back. :frown:

jamae 30. October 2008, 14:17

Is someone experiencing opera faults when downloading more files at once? I'm using rss feeds from http://revision3.com/ and when downloading more then about 5 files at once then opera in 80% faults. They probably restrict number of simultaneous downloads to 5, but expected behaviour of opera is to wait on 0% till one of the others downloads finish.

Its even worse, because after start of opera again, there aren't links in Transfers tab for restart/continue :frown:.

I think its new issue in 9.50-snapshots - 9.62.

EricJH 30. October 2008, 14:27

Congrats with the release and the quick fix of the security issues. :knight:

pincopallino 30. October 2008, 14:34

I'm getting a 404 error. Donwload tries to get the installer from the win/962/ja/ remote folder (my default language file is Japanese), but that folder is empty. I got if from the "int" folder, but maybe not everybody has the "reflex" of going back through the folders. May I suggest to put the "Opera_962_int_Setup.exe" also in the empty "ja" folder?

lsallen 30. October 2008, 14:51

Much appreciated. Thanks.

fearphage 30. October 2008, 15:00

Originally posted by Spackie:

How does one view the status and progress of bugs they have found and submitted to the opera devs

You don't. The Opera bug tracking system is thoroughly closed. http://snapshot.opera.com/faq.html#status-bug

Originally posted by animeshaga:

how many people here actually use other browsers in their beta versions

I use beta builds of chrome, ie, and ff.

Originally posted by lamarca:

bug dsk-237478 still present

Thanks for nothing. http://snapshot.opera.com/faq.html#what-feedback

Originally posted by Tamil:

Why this post late?

They always upload it to the ftps before announcing it. It has to have some time to propagate to the mirrors and things like that.

Diam0nd 30. October 2008, 15:05

"which addresses some security issues"

Guys, seriosly? I mean c'mon, step your game up! People here care about specifics and not just general phrases :wink: And of course 9.62 was available from official download page for a few days now :smile:

trizzo 30. October 2008, 15:17

concerning https sites: All https sites are accessible from the lastest version (9.62). Try to clear cache...

haavard 30. October 2008, 15:26

Originally posted by Diam0nd:

People here care about specifics and not just general phrases


You could always read the changelogs that are quite clearly linked to from the blog post.

And of course 9.62 was available from official download page for a few days now


You seem to be misunderstanding the process. The final builds are uploaded a day or so before the release to make sure that they propagate to all the mirror sites. However, a version is not official until it has been announced. Anything unannounced on the FTP server can be pulled at any time.

Rijk 30. October 2008, 15:39

@Diam0nd: did you note the links to the changelogs? Just read them...

@capsad: https works just fine. But do check if your proxy settings are correct, also those set using 'Internet Properties' from the Windows Config panel.

andresruiz 30. October 2008, 15:46

Dear Desktop Team
Thanks a lot for this update, security is always important.
1. What is that new Presto 2.1.1 User Agent Engine ?
2. I hope you can release Opera 10 very soon since on 9.x versions, every minor or mayor update needs a complete app download wich is anoying for normal users, we Opera fanatics love to download and install every new build but normal people hate to do it and they will always preffer auto-updating software like Firefox, Chrome and even IE, installing the complete application for every update is bad for Opera's popularity, bad for market share, bad for $$$, bad for everything.

MINUS8 30. October 2008, 15:50

As always, i appreciate ur hard work :ko:

thx!

intelimac20inch 30. October 2008, 16:12

wand icon doesn't light up at community front page. here is a pic of it lit up.
http://files.myopera.com/intelimac20inch/files/wand.png I have to use command + enter to log in instead of clicking the wand icon which is a minor anoyance.

DjiXas 30. October 2008, 16:30

Screw security, we want Opera 10 :wink:

jk

tim71 30. October 2008, 16:58

It was interesting to see, that qt4 build has got much snappier and quicker, that it used to be...

still 32bit ubuntu 8.04

(content corruption on scrolling is yet to be seen)...

Tamil 30. October 2008, 17:31

Originally posted by fearphage:

They always upload it to the ftps before announcing it. It has to have some time to propagate to the mirrors and things like that.

What I mean is Opera 9.62 download was official since afternoon but this post was in night.

DaPhantom 30. October 2008, 17:40

My opera was working superbly untill I upgraded to 9.62 and now all I get is :-

Could not connect to remote server

You tried to access the address http://my.opera.com/, which is currently unavailable. Please make sure that the Web address (URL) is correctly spelled and punctuated, then try reloading the page.
Make sure your Internet connection is active and check whether other applications that rely on the same connection are working.

superAbdi1 30. October 2008, 18:29

Superabdi1

Alhjaeny 30. October 2008, 18:35

thanks for the update. :smile:

kelvinescence 30. October 2008, 18:41

well done . . . :D

lokezdc 30. October 2008, 18:44

thx 4 update but still "new" hotmail interface loading too slow

lupuspl 30. October 2008, 18:55

thanks for the update :smile: Question: Linux version based only Qt3, not Qt4. Why?

P.S. my english language is bad, sorry...

haavard 30. October 2008, 19:22

Originally posted by DaPhantom:

My opera was working superbly untill I upgraded to 9.62 and now all I get is :-

Could not connect to remote server


Your firewall software is silently blocking Opera.

Aleksandersen 30. October 2008, 19:45

The deb.opera.com repository is always slow to update. Falls neatly into Debian's slow update circle though. (I wish both would improve.)

EagleMKD 30. October 2008, 19:49

Thanks very much for the update! Now checking the changelogs :smile:

capsad 30. October 2008, 19:56

@Rijk I've checked my proxy settings many many times now :smile:
And https do work here, but just until I restart opera, then I have to disable the https proxy and enable it again, then it works again until I restart opera.
That's weird. The same thing after an update, if I choose to start opera "when I press finish" after the update, https work properly (and I always thought "oh, you guys did a great joy" - but I was wrong :wink: when I restart opera https don't work. But if I disable the https proxy and enable it again, https sites work again - until the next restart. I wrote a bug report some hours ago I hope you can find the problem and fix it really soon, it's really annoying if you have to open another browser for buying stuff on amazon or doing your online banking.
bye
Capsad

Chas4 30. October 2008, 20:08

lokezdc are you testing the new changes for hotmail ( a beta version)?

pareo1 30. October 2008, 20:20

Thanks for the security update.

Originally posted by andresruiz:

1. What is that new Presto 2.1.1 User Agent Engine ?


I wondered about that myself and found this article.

kyleabaker 30. October 2008, 20:50

Thanks for the security update. The security flaws seem to be on the rise. That could be a good thing in one aspect and bad in another. Maybe Opera is getting more attention and now enough to try to exploit more than in the past, or the other..lower quality..which is obviously not true. Guess it's just more attention then. :D

I'm with the rest of them though. Let's see Opera 10 snapshots so we can start working on auto-update and inline spell checker. Chrome just released an update today with inline spell checker and has already had an auto-updater. Those two missing elements to me seem like an easy way to gain more loyal and steady users. Chrome and Firefox both have solid methods of auto-updating in my opinion. That being they both install the update and don't force close the browser. It just completes the update upon restarting the browser. I hope Opera's implementation is solid like this. :wink:

Rijk 30. October 2008, 20:50

@capsad: without further info it is very hard to give sensible advice... what operating system, admin rights, what kind of proxy are you using, etc. This problem doesn't look like being directly related to the 9.62 release, otherwise tons of people would be complaining by now.

Pedrogo 30. October 2008, 20:56

Hotmail wave 3 is not work with this upgrade.

Chas4 30. October 2008, 21:11

Pedrogo what in Hotmail wave 3 is not working?

capsad 30. October 2008, 21:32

Hi,
this problem exists since I moved to this location here (I was just too lazy to report it until now because I thought that such a major failure would have been reportet by other people :wink: ), not first since 9.62 (I moved here just some weeks ago so I can assure you it exists at least since 9.60).
I use Vista Ultimate 64-bit SP1, I have admin rights, I don't know which proxy my company here is using, but they use 1 proxy for:
"HTTP- / HTTPS- / FTP-Proxy" on port 3128.
And really every other program works fine with it even google earth and skype can connect properly and every other browser can load https properly, so I guess it's an error in opera.
I hope this information can help you to solve the problem,
bye
Capsad

davidviolin 30. October 2008, 22:12

Hello and thanks for quick updates.
One annoyance that has been bothering me is this: www.tmobile.com and try go log in with any 10 digit cellphone number and password. Now, if you hit "enter" everything works fine, but if you click the "log in" button I get a blank page and this in the URL bar: javascript: return handleLogin();

Works in FF and IE. I hope that this will be resolved somehow.
Otherwise, I am happy with the new release and I cannot wait to start testing version 10.

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