Opera Desktop Team

New Peregrine build

By Haavard. Tuesday, 10. March 2009, 12:51:34

We've finally got a new snapshot available for testing. As always, try to keep the comments on-topic. If you are wondering what, where and how you should post, take a look at the FAQ.

WARNING: This is a development snapshot: it contains the latest changes, but may also have severe known issues, including crashes and data loss situations. In fact, it may not work at all.

What's new?
This time around there are lots of fixes all over. Some things are work in progress, such as the spell checking feature (see the changelog).

Mail database corruption check
In this build, Opera will also check the mail database for corruption on startup. If one of the files is found to be not consistent, Opera will try to recover that file. You can find information about how the process went in the recovery.log file in the mail folder. At the moment, this consistency check happens on every startup, and will delay the startup a bit. This is going to be improved in future builds, and the consistency check will likely happen for every update or on a monthly schedule.

Known issues

Sending private messages at Facebook doesn't work
Comments at digg.com overlap
Spelling checker isn't working for some users
If the Opera Mail lexicon is corrupt, it isn't correctly recovered
The names in the online feed dropdown are not showing correctly in the feed preview page

General changelog

Core fixes (including fixes for getElementsByClassName, which should now work with multiple classes in className)
Regex \b is now correctly not matching the point between a letter and underscore
Several autoupdate fixes (disabling it should work now)
Several stability fixes
Fixed Facebook chat
Some UI cleanup and polishing (moved "Remove From Toolbar" and other toolbar customization options into a submenu, added the ability to reset toolbar customization, and the mail spinner should look better)
Fixed search field crash
Added more online feed readers to the feed preview page

Mail

Mails can now have horizontal scrollbars
Fixes to mail compose - and adding links to HTML mails should now work fine
Added a recovery mechanism for corrupt mail databases
Fixed feed progress stuck on non-existent resources
Attachments in multipart/mixed part of multipart/alternative mail are now correctly displayed

Windows

Fixes for font fallback problems, particularly for those using Russian as their default language in Windows

Unix

Fixed painting of windowless plugins
Java now works again!

Mac

Fixed position of plugin windows
Fixed crash on startup in Mac OS X 10.4
New Dock menu items

Download

9.64Opera Turbo Labs release

Comments

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mitchman2 # 10. March 2009, 13:20

First!

AndrewDFrazier # 10. March 2009, 13:24

Is the mail ordering by date fixed for the Mac?

Hades32 # 10. March 2009, 13:27

YEAH! Finally!!!

AndrewDFrazier # 10. March 2009, 13:28

No, doesn't look like it. When sorting so that the most recent is at the top they appear in 'blocks' so that the most recent batch of messages is at the top but within that batch the oldest one is at the top and the newest at the bottom.

Second AND fourth, BTW

ColKilkenny # 10. March 2009, 13:38

Seems like the problems with flashplugin (Linux, 64bit) are still there

Youtube works fine but some others are not working at all.

But

still.

edit. It seems that starting opera with -noargb fixes this. So it probably has something to do with the recent ARGB visual changes.

TriMN # 10. March 2009, 13:40

o_O I like the slimmer tab bar on the mac!

But there's is a little graphical bug there: http://files.myopera.com/TriMN/test/Picture%204.png

arghwashier # 10. March 2009, 13:42

Seems like the problems with flashplugin (Linux, 64bit) are still there
Youtube works fine but some others are not working at all.

same problem on 32bit

eg. this flash doesnt work at all:

http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/427621/914899a8/nieuw_dier_wolter_bonzo.html

Junyor # 10. March 2009, 13:42

@TriMN: Please provide details beyond a screenshot when you're reporting a problem. There's no obvious graphical issue in your screenshot.

Quantic # 10. March 2009, 13:42

what do you mean by:
"Spell checking is being moved over to the Hunspell API"?
what were we using?

fearphage # 10. March 2009, 13:44

Any of you have experience upgrading a classic install with the msi auto-upgrader? Any good or bad experiences?

Sterkrig # 10. March 2009, 13:44

Not so much news as I hoped
Good snapshot, though (-:E

Zotlan # 10. March 2009, 13:44

Originally posted by Junyor:

@TriMN: Please provide details beyond a screenshot when you're reporting a problem. There's no obvious graphical issue in your screenshot.

I think he is talking about the small gap between the top of the tabs and the rest of the interface. Was that intended?

ColKilkenny # 10. March 2009, 13:45

@arghwashier: I updated my post. Try to start Opera with "opera -noargb" and see if it helps.

@devs: Should I submit bug because of this or is it known?

@quantic: I'd guess Aspell was the previous.

G1000 # 10. March 2009, 13:47

Thanks for the new snapshot of OP 10. Glad you fixed Mac OSX 10.4.11 support. Appreciate your continuing developmet of Opera.

arghwashier # 10. March 2009, 13:48

"moved "Remove From Toolbar" and other toolbar customization options into a submenu"

it doesnt really make sense to create a sybmenu when there are no other menu entries, except the submenu entry itself

arekm # 10. March 2009, 13:49

this snap, qt4 version using system qt 4.5.0, i686 Linux, fast scrolling back and forth causes rendering corruptions (the same text is rendered twice with little shift etc). Same was happening in previous snap.

jogger.pl as example:
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/9748/operajoggerpl.png

lampacz # 10. March 2009, 13:50

unix build still have problem with pkcs12 certificates:

The key of the certificate was encrypted using an unsupported method, possibly one that is not considered strong enough.

after import password dialog

arghwashier # 10. March 2009, 13:51

@ ColKilkenny, you are right. When I start opera with -noargb flash works...

mitchman2 # 10. March 2009, 13:53

@fearphage: there is a known issue updating a classic install with the MSI, some data files are not overwritten in the defaults directory.

Galileo # 10. March 2009, 13:54

Thank you for the build

arghwashier # 10. March 2009, 13:54

@arek, confirmed, this bug has been around for almost a year now in the qt4 version; this is actually going to be a problem (plus the fact there are no x86_64 qt4 builds) because qt3 is being dropped from distributions (at least mandriva 2009.1 spring will have no official qt3 support)

lwiczek # 10. March 2009, 13:55

Known issues
Spell checking isn't working (moving to the Hunspell API)

This is very confusing. If it's not working why/how Opera underlines misspelled words?! O_o

HellbillyDeluxe # 10. March 2009, 14:00

Thanks a lot for the new Snapshot.

Nevertheless, I'm looking forward to the first Beta, with some "bigger" changes and a revamped GUI (if we will get any

arekm # 10. March 2009, 14:01

Also file selector seems broken (qt4 version), I see only dirs and the glob is "(*.*)(*)" so it actualy matches no files somehow (tested on avatar upload at my.opera.com).

hogehogehoge # 10. March 2009, 14:03

can't install
http://files.myopera.com/hogehogehoge/files/opera_10_1345.png

WinXPsp3 (Japanese version)

Zotlan # 10. March 2009, 14:03

hmm, auto-update seems not to be working again?
Has the new build simply not yet been uploaded to those servers or is something wrong with my installation?

Also file selector seems broken (qt4 version), I see only dirs and the glob is "(*.*)(*)" so it actualy matches no files somehow (tested on avatar upload at my.opera.com).

I've had the same problem. Switching to the GTK selector works around it.

Nonox # 10. March 2009, 14:03

Thx

There is a regression on http://www.dattebayo-fr.com , the left menu doesn't work anymore. It works with all the previous versions/snapshots. (Mac version Leopard)

The "tracker BT" button on the top menu, doesn't work anymore too.

TriMN # 10. March 2009, 14:07

@Zotlan that's right

@Junyor there's gap there between the title bar and the tab (which have been in earlier Opera builds on the Mac) But there's no gap on the buttons (which should be the "right" thing?): http://files.myopera.com/TriMN/test/opera_gap.jpg

It's a clean install with its own Preferences Folder. So no modifications.

haruto8861 # 10. March 2009, 14:07

The line feed code of the character string copy is corrected.
Thanks.
However, there is a bug in the installer.
The dialog font is broken when trying to install it in Japanese Windows and it crashes when I try Japanese Install.
Quick correction, please.

traaance # 10. March 2009, 14:08

hi
in installation bug with fonts/language http://xs137.xs.to/xs137/09112/opera_lang_wtf645.png
but in next all seems to be ok http://xs537.xs.to/xs537/09112/opera_lang_ok420.png

vladfrandom # 10. March 2009, 14:10

ACID3: 99/100

arekm # 10. March 2009, 14:12

Another one, opera, qt3 shared version, linux i686, go to http://domena.pl, block flash on top and now you won't be able to do anything on the page (like switching between hosting->vps->dedykowane tabs). The same bug was in previous devel snapshot. Works fine in stable opera.

experttease # 10. March 2009, 14:14

Ditto autoupdate, no such luck here (I had it set to notify me in the Security tab). Going manual. Also, Help>check for updates yields no result.

Junyor # 10. March 2009, 14:14

@vladfrandom: 100/100 here.

arghwashier # 10. March 2009, 14:14

does anyone how to make a .desktop file for opera so opera is started with the -noargb flag, I can't seem to get a working .desktop after adding it

Bill_P # 10. March 2009, 14:19

just 'cause sooner or later someone will ask:

64bit qt4 for Linux?

TriMN # 10. March 2009, 14:20

@Junyor the tabs got to "normal size"

with a big gap again after a restart( http://files.myopera.com/TriMN/test/opera_gapgap.png ). It might just be a UI bug after changing from Native theme to Opera Standard theme.

But I liked the slim Opera Standard bar, (WITH NO GAP!)

Bill_P # 10. March 2009, 14:27

Java working - not for me on 64bit Linux with the browser plugin (1.7.0) and yes it works in FF.

wellofsouls # 10. March 2009, 14:33

I'll wait for the auto-update.

haavard # 10. March 2009, 14:36

Originally posted by arghwashier:

it doesnt really make sense to create a sybmenu when there are no other menu entries, except the submenu entry itself

It would have made sense, as it keeps people from removing things by accident. But you should see 3 entries: Remove, reset, and "Appearance".

Originally posted by lwiczek:

This is very confusing. If it's not working why/how Opera underlines misspelled words?! O_o

I see no underlines. Are you using build 1345?

AndyleeSato # 10. March 2009, 14:43

Keep up the good work. Anyway I got an issue with the RSS-reader, because in the preview Opera does not seem to recognise any html-code (for example "ü" )
This is very annoying. Is this my fault (wrong configuration) or Operas?

Zotlan # 10. March 2009, 14:47

Originally posted by haavard:

I see no underlines. Are you using build 1345?

I do in 1345 but not in 4205.

Morphdreamer # 10. March 2009, 14:55

I see no underlines. Are you using build 1345?

Spelling checker works fine for me in this build too (but english dictionary is gone).

BTW Comments on digg.com are messed up.

belthur # 10. March 2009, 15:05

Whoa !! Thanks....

netwolf # 10. March 2009, 15:06

Thanks for the new build!

Could you please provide some info WRT spellchecker? I mean, wasn't Hunspell already introduced in the last snapshot(s)?

@arghwashier: do you have a custom menu.ini which did not get updated with the new submenu items?

Zotlan # 10. March 2009, 15:08

Excellent! The ING site works more or less properly again.

Ravindran # 10. March 2009, 15:08

Thanks for the new build.

But the bug with Google reader (keyboard shortcut 'v' opening a new blank window, but not navigating to the URL) is still there. I logged the bug with the earlier build, but don't remember it.