Opera Desktop Team

Auto-updated already?

By Rijk. Wednesday, 13. May 2009, 11:18:48

A new face on the blog! Well, not really new, I've been part of the inventory at Opera for longer than most other team members

Anyway, here's the latest snapshot. This time, we've told the auto-update server before posting here. Everyone with the option opera:config#AutoUpdate|DownloadAllSnapshots checked should get the new build automatically (or be informed, in the case of Unix/Linux users) when going to Help > Check for updates, or after 24 hours of running Opera, or after restarting Opera if it didn't check in the hour before restarting. Please use this method of updating so we can test our systems

We still recommend regular backups of your profile, but everything should just keep working now if you upgrade from 9.6x to this latest build. If you still see problems with some profile data not getting migrated correctly to the new locations, please tell us! The only thing that will not get migrated are manual additions you might have made to the old operadef6.ini files.

Known Issues

The license dialog when adding languages to the spelling checker is work in progress, it is not usable yet
[DSK-250495] Linux: Spellcheck no longer working in some Linux distributions (Mandriva, Fedora) after recent changes to locations of configuration files.

Changelog

Highlights

New context menu on the Turbo button

Core

Reverted [CORE-17828] GetBoxRect gives incorrect result for inline which contains block (caused the regression with empty anchors)
[CORE-6713] Absolutely positioned sibling of a relatively positioned child of a block with overflow hidden is not visible until all text is selected
[CORE-19778] Scripting does not resume if embed is replaced with CSS "content" property (stream.cz)
[CORE-20253] Facebook links wrap to new lines with Norwegian layout
[CORE-20438] Query stripped from hash - mobile books on Google does not work properly
[CORE-20596] portal.cyberjapan.jp never stops loading with Delayed Script Execution enabled
[CORE-132609] Nested absolutely positioned element disappears if ancestor has non-visible overflow
[CORE-12143] Incorrect cursor behaviour when 'moving back' in a RTL textarea
[CORE-20179] User can use spellchecker to retrieve passwords

Work on license dialog for spell checking dictionary downloads
Crash logging: Some improvements and rollbacks to crash upload dialog, startup will NOT be skipped
Increased the width of the inline find pop-up
[DSK-249030] (null) in the server security icon instead of server name
[DSK-249277] Server name button in authentication dialog gives info for originating URL

Mail

[DSK-246549] Kill the lexicon file if it's corrupted, and let it be reindexed

BitTorrent

[DSK-252091] "Use system default" dropdown in the BitTorrent download dialog should be inactive when that radio button isn't selected
[DSK-252084] BitTorrent dialog only works the first time you click a torrent link

Opera Turbo

Added info menu item in Turbo context menu
Changed Turbo info URL
Tweaks to the detection of slow connections
Small fix for Turbo not enabling when clicked

Dragonfly

[CORE-15825] Crash in DOM inspector when inspecting document object with 'node' setting

Unix

Prefs setting to control display of crash dialog
[DSK-228856] Address field not updated on redirect for tab opened in the background): Don't handle focus different for unix desktop
[DSK-251817] Crash when opening menus
[DSK-251930] Linux builds do not upload any crashlogs

Mac

[DSK-252561] Flash content loses its position when scrolling

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.

Download

Skin debugging and moreSnapshot build with preview of the *new* Skin

Comments

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nataniel # 13. May 2009, 15:37

Thanks for this build. Auto-update works fine on Mac. I saw the popup and updated Opera before I read this post.

Galileo # 13. May 2009, 15:39

Broken_Sword # 13. May 2009, 15:40

Was wondering 5 long minutes while loading, cause auto-update but no new blog entry

Now I'm satisfied - THX!

lwiczek # 13. May 2009, 15:40

Thanks!
scrolling to anchor works now!

fearphage # 13. May 2009, 15:48

/me does the new snapshot dance

Originally posted by desktopteam:

New context menu on

my heart jumped. I read oncontextmenu

i <3 long crash logs

Alpha-Toxic # 13. May 2009, 15:54

The update worked fine here.

stivo85 # 13. May 2009, 15:56

Everything's OK with Autoupdate. Nice surprise

Thx

Zotlan # 13. May 2009, 15:57

Outstanding!

Checking for updates throws up an error for me though (Opensuse)

eisteh # 13. May 2009, 15:57

Yay, automatically updated. thanks for the build.

bhelyer # 13. May 2009, 16:00

Help->Check For Updates absolutely refuses to acknowledge the existence of an update, even with the flags from the post specified in opera:config. I'll won't upgrade manually and see if it ever figures it out.

DjiXas # 13. May 2009, 16:02

1st time using auto update, is it always 8-9 MB?

olli # 13. May 2009, 16:02

bhelyer: What platform you on? What build you using?

ouzoWTF # 13. May 2009, 16:02

detailed changelog

autoupdate

new build

Cyro # 13. May 2009, 16:04

Olli: The auto update worked fine for me.
Windows Vista 32Bits (UAC on).
All my settings & profile were kept.

andrewz1986 # 13. May 2009, 16:04

Autoupdate succeeded, HTML bookmark links work again. But file association doesn't.

bhelyer # 13. May 2009, 16:05

@olli: 4340, Linux (Ubuntu 8.10 32 bit if it matters).

EDIT qt4-shared debian

Arguggi # 13. May 2009, 16:05

Auto update succeeded, profile and settings are fine until now.

Bill_P # 13. May 2009, 16:06

The new Google "wonder wheel" does not display (and yes it's fine in FF)
If turbo is on I get a lego with a "?", else I get a blank

ColKilkenny # 13. May 2009, 16:09

Seeing the same problem as bhelyer. Updater doesn't find any update. opera:config is as it should be.

Ubuntu 9.04 64bit. And problem was in build 4340 (if that was the previous build).
Patience isn't my virtue so I updated manually without notification.

godjonez # 13. May 2009, 16:12

Autoupdate worked without any problems here using 64-bit Windows 7RC

Corros # 13. May 2009, 16:16

Auto update worked, but changed language to English instead of Dutch.

fherrerav # 13. May 2009, 16:17

@Bill P: confirmed in XP. Wonder wheel does not display

dapxin # 13. May 2009, 16:24

gr8. grabbing the msi now

edvakf # 13. May 2009, 16:24

>Reverted [CORE-17828] GetBoxRect gives incorrect result for inline which contains block

Again, this is only **partially** fixed. In the below case if you try to use getBoundingClientRect on the anchor, it returns zero-by-zero rectangle. If you try to use getClientRects it fails without even showing an error.


<a href="#" >
  <p>aaa</p>
</a>

http://edvakf.googlepages.com/clientrect.html

darkodj # 13. May 2009, 16:25

Auto update worked but i was surprised when i started Opera and seeing setup progres bar without any notification what is going on

Rijk # 13. May 2009, 16:27

Originally posted by Corros:

Auto update worked, but changed language to English instead of Dutch.

I wonder why that happened, stayed Dutch here. Can you get back to Dutch using Preferences?

elitegeek # 13. May 2009, 16:28

Great! I'll try out the auto update thing.

phoonkah # 13. May 2009, 16:41

nope...still after update....fresh settings

Rijk # 13. May 2009, 16:43

Originally posted by phoonkah:

nope...still after update....fresh settings

Details please!

tudsta # 13. May 2009, 16:47

The new items in the Turbo button context menu are much better. Contains all the items I expected from the beginning a few snapshots back.

Some consistency improvements to the menu:

- The relevant menu item needs a radio check mark next to the active Turbo state.

- I prefer "Turbo Auto (On or Off)" instead of "Automatically turn Turbo on or off".

- Otherwise, "Automatically turn Turbo on or off" should be more consistent with capitals "Automatically Turn Turbo On or Off" just like all Opera menu items.

Bill_P # 13. May 2009, 16:47

I'm finding performance issues with things like opening a new tab where it takes a couple of seconds (literally) instead of being instantaneous (unlike pretty much all earlier versions). Same with tab reload, also an occaisionl lag with bksp or the arrow keys.

64bit openSuse

Irontiger # 13. May 2009, 16:47

Auto-update went smooth and the new context menu for opera turbo is a great thing!
Good work

BergRace # 13. May 2009, 16:56

Help/Check for updates: Gives 'You are using the latest version of Opera'
This is without a restart of Opera(build 6417).

OsX 10.5.7 Powerpc G4

Jørn Berg

celiochido # 13. May 2009, 16:58

thanx for unix build

Robert90 # 13. May 2009, 16:58

@Rijk
I have the same problem as Corros, language changed from Dutch to English, changing it back via preferences works as expected, the moment I pressed Ok, everything changed to Dutch

BergRace # 13. May 2009, 16:59

"Help/Check for updates: Gives 'You are using the latest version of Opera'
This is without a restart of Opera(build 6417).

OsX 10.5.7 Powerpc G4"

Same message after a restart.

Jørn Berg

snf # 13. May 2009, 17:06

Thank's.

fearphage # 13. May 2009, 17:10

Originally posted by edvakf:

Reverted [CORE-17828] GetBoxRect gives incorrect result for inline which contains block

They reverted/undid the previous fix for this. This means it should be re-broken. The fix for GetBoxRect broke navigating to #anchors

tudsta # 13. May 2009, 17:11

Found a couple of menu items with capital inconsistencies:

Mail > Low-bandwidth mode
(change to: Low-Bandwidth Mode)

Tools > Quick Preferences > Open Pop-ups in Background
(change to: Open Pop-Ups in Background)

Patatina # 13. May 2009, 17:11

All my previously received emails in opera mail are repeated three times now. But when i delete one the other 2 are deleted as well. Who can confirm that?!

XP, SP3

Wajo357 # 13. May 2009, 17:19

Deleting an email requires me to hit the 'delete' button on my keyboard twice. Emptying trash requires me to select the 'Empty Trash' menu twice.

michael.opera # 13. May 2009, 17:20

--> (or be informed, in the case of Unix/Linux users) when going to Help > Check for updates)

Nope, "you are using the latest version". Using Ubuntu.

Wade # 13. May 2009, 17:20

also using ubuntu 9.04 32bit and autoupdate did not work, never have...

Thanks for the build tho!

Rijk # 13. May 2009, 17:22

Originally posted by BergRace:

Help/Check for updates: Gives 'You are using the latest version of Opera'

Are you sure you checked the 'Download All Snapshots' setting in opera:config?

Originally posted by Patatina:

All my previously received emails in opera mail are repeated three times now. But when i delete one the other 2 are deleted as well. Who can confirm that?!

We've seen some cases of that. What mail system are you using? POP, IMAP, using Gmail?

HellbillyDeluxe # 13. May 2009, 17:23

I need to run the installer as an Administrator on Vista (x64). Otherwise, I get the following error:

http://i41.tinypic.com/2rdb76v.jpg

Edit: I don't like the new Panel-Icon. The old one looks much better imho. But I guess this is a subject to change, so I'm fine with this.

Please add the new Opera-icon to the next Build

michael.opera # 13. May 2009, 17:27

"Are you sure you checked the 'Download All Snapshots' setting in opera:config?"

aangevinkt / checked: http://users.skynet.be/bs977987/Opera.png

Hades32 # 13. May 2009, 17:29

I couldn't choose "minimize to toolbar". maybe because I don't have a status bar. But i dropped the "Minimized Update" buttton to my tab bar so, it SHOULD work...

Thanks anyway!

Rijk # 13. May 2009, 17:31

Originally posted by michael.opera:

"Are you sure you checked the 'Download All Snapshots' setting in opera:config?"
aangevinkt / checked: http://users.skynet.be/bs977987/Opera.png

Yes, for Unix/Linux users this seems to be a general problem. But I've seen some Mac installations do the upgrade properly.

Patatina # 13. May 2009, 17:39

Rijk We've seen some cases of that. What mail system are you using? POP, IMAP, using Gmail?

I use POP.

klingoncowboy4 # 13. May 2009, 17:42

On update

good too know, wish I coulda done it years ago

as for Unix build I and not switching testing on my linux system as it is my main system alas.

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