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Auto-updated already?

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

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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 bigsmile

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 smile

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

UI
  • 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.

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Comments

nataniel Wednesday, May 13, 2009 3:37:11 PM

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

Galileo Wednesday, May 13, 2009 3:39:42 PM

yes

Broken SwordBroken_Sword Wednesday, May 13, 2009 3:40:44 PM

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

Now I'm satisfied - THX!

MyOpera team, please fix this!fearphage Wednesday, May 13, 2009 3:48:49 PM

/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

Petko VasilevAlpha-Toxic Wednesday, May 13, 2009 3:54:09 PM

The update worked fine here. up

stivo85 Wednesday, May 13, 2009 3:56:10 PM

Everything's OK with Autoupdate. Nice surprise cheers Thx smile

Zotlan Wednesday, May 13, 2009 3:57:05 PM

Outstanding!

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

Matthiaseisteh Wednesday, May 13, 2009 3:57:05 PM

Yay, automatically updated. thanks for the build.

bhelyer Wednesday, May 13, 2009 4:00:28 PM

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.

FavDjiXas Wednesday, May 13, 2009 4:02:21 PM

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

olli Wednesday, May 13, 2009 4:02:47 PM

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

ouzowtfouzoWTF Wednesday, May 13, 2009 4:02:50 PM

heart detailed changelog
heart autoupdate
heart new build

yes

Cyro Wednesday, May 13, 2009 4:04:02 PM

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

andrewzandrewz1986 Wednesday, May 13, 2009 4:04:16 PM

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

bhelyer Wednesday, May 13, 2009 4:05:23 PM

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

EDIT qt4-shared debian

Arguggi Wednesday, May 13, 2009 4:05:53 PM

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

Bill PBill_P Wednesday, May 13, 2009 4:06:37 PM

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 Wednesday, May 13, 2009 4:09:01 PM

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.

Joonas Lehtolahtigodjonez Wednesday, May 13, 2009 4:12:54 PM

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

Corros Wednesday, May 13, 2009 4:16:25 PM

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

Francisco Herrerafherrerav Wednesday, May 13, 2009 4:17:57 PM

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

dapxin Wednesday, May 13, 2009 4:24:28 PM

gr8. grabbing the msi now smile

edvakf Wednesday, May 13, 2009 4:24:54 PM

>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="#" id="me">
  <p>aaa</p>
</a>
http://edvakf.googlepages.com/clientrect.html

darkodj Wednesday, May 13, 2009 4:25:01 PM

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

Rijk Wednesday, May 13, 2009 4:27:51 PM

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?

James Cassellelitegeek Wednesday, May 13, 2009 4:28:16 PM

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

phoonkah Wednesday, May 13, 2009 4:41:49 PM

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

Rijk Wednesday, May 13, 2009 4:43:17 PM

Originally posted by phoonkah:

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

Details please!

Ben Tudballtudsta Wednesday, May 13, 2009 4:47:38 PM

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 PBill_P Wednesday, May 13, 2009 4:47:48 PM

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 Wednesday, May 13, 2009 4:47:56 PM

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

celiochido Wednesday, May 13, 2009 4:58:03 PM

thanx for unix build

Robert MeijersRobert90 Wednesday, May 13, 2009 4:58:43 PM

@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

snf Wednesday, May 13, 2009 5:06:00 PM

Thank's.

MyOpera team, please fix this!fearphage Wednesday, May 13, 2009 5:10:50 PM

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

Ben Tudballtudsta Wednesday, May 13, 2009 5:11:43 PM

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)

LenaPatatina Wednesday, May 13, 2009 5:11:48 PM

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

Joey WaghWajo357 Wednesday, May 13, 2009 5:19:41 PM

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 Wednesday, May 13, 2009 5:20:11 PM

--> (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 Wednesday, May 13, 2009 5:20:54 PM

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

Thanks for the build tho!

Rijk Wednesday, May 13, 2009 5:22:37 PM

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?

NicoHellbillyDeluxe Wednesday, May 13, 2009 5:23:11 PM

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 wink.

michael.opera Wednesday, May 13, 2009 5:27:13 PM

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

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

Martin RauscherHades32 Wednesday, May 13, 2009 5:29:07 PM

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 Wednesday, May 13, 2009 5:31:20 PM

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.

LenaPatatina Wednesday, May 13, 2009 5:39:01 PM

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

I use POP.

Kc4 the Greatklingoncowboy4 Wednesday, May 13, 2009 5:42:47 PM

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.

morbit Wednesday, May 13, 2009 5:46:36 PM

Still using 4205 here (FreeBSD 8-CURRENT, needs 7.X binary).

Thanks for releasing 6 binary anyway.

rossi-peter Wednesday, May 13, 2009 5:58:21 PM

Page is not displayed properly, ad is on top of the text. But after pressing the reload button the site works.

http://www.pcgameshardware.de/

Rijk Wednesday, May 13, 2009 6:11:18 PM

Originally posted by BergRace:

pera/Preferences/Advanced/Security/Opera Update level is set to: 'Notify me about available updates'.

To get notification for the snapshots, you need to get into opera:config and set the option I mentioned there, this can't be done from the normal Preferences.

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