Opera Desktop Team

New snapshot, new possibilities

By olli. Tuesday, 21. July 2009, 12:56:00

Hey
We are currently working on major improvements to the Unite proxy servers, but to achieve that we also needed to do some fixes in the client.
Now we will continue to test the Opera Unite infrastructure fixes internally and hopefully deploy the fixes on the live server soonish :-)

We are also continuing on polishing Opera 10 so it will become the most stable release eva

Highlights

Work on new Unite proxy (client part)
Crash logging is working on Mac
More bugfixing, stability work and skin work

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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Changelog

Known Issues

Mac build may leave zombie processes running on your system which will feast on the brains of the living (related to crash logging)

User Interface

Various minor improvements
Fix for missing Thread icons in the windows native skin
Improvements to Windows Native Skin, updated statusbar icons and unite notification icons
New icons for cascade and tile buttons
Crash log file extention has been changed to .txt
Button Text Padding set to 0
Updating Page Cycler window to follow style of Pagebar.left
Updated pagebar icons
Proper thumbnail tab images for Windows native skin
Vertical splitter for Windows native skin
Improved the layout of the tail and floating pagebar toolbars when tabs are on the sides
Fixed Bug DSK-255490 (No top border on address bar with thumbnails disabled)
Partial Fix of Bug DSK-257584 (When sorting on size in dictionary install dialog, list is sorted on first digit): Change all dictionary sizes to Kb for easier sorting
Partial Fix of Bug DSK-258230 (Padlock icon is stretched in Security Information dialog)
Fixed Bug DSK-258290 ("Graphical noise" between tabs)
Fixed Bug DSK-258769 (Limit visible files to images only in Speed Dial config dialog)
Fixed Bug DSK-258861 (Disabling Bookmark syncing disables OK/Finish button)
Fixed Bug DSK-258934 (Collapsed address bar doesn't show domain name until page finishes loading)

Core

Fixed memory leak in cookies
Fixed Bug CORE-22056 (Memguard crashes on svg in xhtml)
Fixed Bug CORE-22448 (Nested SVG crashes memguarded Opera)
Fixed Bug CORE-22548 (Posting links on someone's Facebook wall won't load post)
Fixed Bug CORE-22816 (Removing an option group doesn't remove its children from the layout)
Fixed Bug DSK-188992 (Leading whitespace characters are stripped/collapsed)
Fixed Bug DSK-210876 (Reload Image is ignored after unfinished image load)
Fixed Bug DSK-225809 (Crash at inbox.com)
Fixed Bug DSK-228378 (Can't open PDFs with 2byte URI)
Fixed Bug DSK-235167 (No EVENT_OBJECT_FOCUS events for keyboard navigation)
Fixed Bug DSK-254455 (Cookies doesn't work with Turbo turned on)
Fixed Bug DSK-258306 (Freeze when opening specific mail)
Fixed Bug DSK-258575 (Cannot view comments at evz.ro)

Opera Unite

Improvements to UPnP services discovery event handling
Fixed Bug CORE-21824 (CJK not working on main homepage)
Fixed Bug CORE-22019 (Crash when disabling Unite)
Fixed Bug DSK-256029 (Unite Status window not being updated): Updating dialog every 2 seconds, compressing the layout correctly
Fixed Bug DSK-257025 (Inconsistent focus of confirmation button in "delete service" dialog): Adding functionality for simple dialogs to override protection-against-doubleclick behaviour
Fixed Bug DSK-257790 (Crash when enabling Unite)
Fixed Bug DSK-257931 (Add visibility of Unite users on the local network)
Fixed Bug DSK-258193 (Overflow text in Opera Unite advanced settings for several languages)
Fixed Bug DSK-258759 (Possible to share the folder "." (dot) and "..")
Fixed Bug DSK-258766 (Possible to use .. or as Address)
Fixed Bug DSK-258848 (When the webserver reconnects to the proxy after network outage, status still indicates failure): Setting Ok-status on proxy reconnect
Fixed Bug DSK-258932 (Checked "restart opera unite" option in startup dialog doesn't have any effect if Opera account password isn't stored)
Fixed Bug DSK-259027 (Remember password isn't enabled by default anymore)
Fixed Bug DSK-259028 (Enable UPnP service discovery by default)

Windows

Additional fix to Bug DSK-145040 (Autoscrolling disabled/panning stops working when 16 Flash objects are running)
Fixed Bug DSK-258579 (Hardcoded path "D:\PFiles\Plugins" causes error message for some users)

Mac

Fixed Bug DSK-258376 (Does not successfully quit old instance after crash logging)
Fixed Bug DSK-258377 (After recovering from a crash, Opera takes up another spot in the Dock)
Fixed Bug DSK-259101 (Mac GetOutline method returns slightly incorrect results for type1 fonts (postscript/opentype))

Unix

Fixed Bug DSK-258773 (Crash in pluginWrapper)

More Than Beta 2Tab thumbnails on the sides and Opera Unite improvements

Comments

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Tamil # 21. July 2009, 14:15

ZAHEK # 21. July 2009, 14:19

dAEk # 21. July 2009, 14:19

I can't say this enough but I appreciate these detailed changelogs!

Trasak # 21. July 2009, 14:19

Thank you for new snapshot!

John164 # 21. July 2009, 14:23

Galileo # 21. July 2009, 14:25

Tile button stands out now from the rest of the buttons..why do you change nice icons with ugly ones?

davidtsunamy # 21. July 2009, 14:32

NICE!!!!!!!

andrewsam # 21. July 2009, 14:33

Voila ... the update frequency is getting faster and faster ... release time near guys!! Thanks a ton for the detailed change logs as always

Zotlan # 21. July 2009, 14:34

On linux the bar that holds the button for the thumbnails in tabs thing does not go away after disabling that feature. Really ugly when you have your tabs at the bottom.

TriMN # 21. July 2009, 14:38

Ooooh, I got zombie Opera on my Mac

mitchman2 # 21. July 2009, 14:38

Originally posted by Zotlan:

On linux the bar that holds the button for the thumbnails in tabs thing does not go away after disabling that feature. Really ugly when you have your tabs at the bottom.

It needs to remain even when disabling tab thumbnails to maintain even margins above and below the address bar.

greench # 21. July 2009, 14:39

When will Opera 10 final come?

operaton # 21. July 2009, 14:40

.:: Opera is the Best ::.

HellbillyDeluxe # 21. July 2009, 14:42

Thanks for the new Snapshot!

dualbore # 21. July 2009, 14:44

Thank you.

Testing...

MossMan # 21. July 2009, 14:45

Sounds like I can go back to Windows Native again...

sebt # 21. July 2009, 14:50

Nice.. but will the zoom bug (high CPU at zooms other than 100% on some pages) and the back/forward history bug (JS makes meaningless history markers so have to click "back 4+ time on some pages to actually go "back") be fixed soon?

Seb

piroxicam # 21. July 2009, 14:59

bug:

the button border's top line should be visible.

Bill_P # 21. July 2009, 15:00

color schemes in qt4/x64bit are still wrong for "Opera standard"

eldarien # 21. July 2009, 15:01

Opera still not usable with black backgrounds (Native skin)...

lavael # 21. July 2009, 15:03

Yeay, cool. I'm awaiting you guys to clean up the Qt4 Native skin too.
I really want to see my Opera fully integrated with my desktop.

patkoscsaba # 21. July 2009, 15:05

Good work!

Zotlan # 21. July 2009, 15:06

Originally posted by mitchman2:

It needs to remain even when disabling tab thumbnails to maintain even margins above and below the address bar.

Even when the tab bar is at the bottom of the screen? That doesn't seem to make sense. It's not so bad on lightly colored pages where it kind of blends in but on pages with a dark background it's quite jarring.

Guille # 21. July 2009, 15:07

I'll have my shotgun for the zombie processes

eldarien # 21. July 2009, 15:10

Bug: try to drag any tab to main toolbar (don't forget press shift after start dragging) - a new button appears, but it is smaller then it should be.

imarooned # 21. July 2009, 15:12

Please, fix the skin problem with shrinking status bar when changing the icon size to 90% !

It doesn't occur with any other skin except your beautiful default Opera Standard :/

Remember that before final release it should be top flight.With old status bar it was very good but now with a simple bug is looks like made with a lick and a promise.

nahtanoj999 # 21. July 2009, 15:14

I'm still having the problem where pressing enter to select an item in a combo box causes the form to submit. This was fixed in beta 1, but it seems to have come back.

hogehogehoge # 21. July 2009, 15:16

BUG : Font Auto Select doesn't function.
http://my.opera.com/japanese/forums/topic.dml?id=277259&htlanguage=en

BUG : Can't scroll in Print Preview mode
http://www.umechando.com/javascript/index.html

BUG : cannot open local files
http://files.myopera.com/hogehogehoge/files/opera_cannot_open_local_file.png

patkoscsaba # 21. July 2009, 15:16

Screenshot: http://imagebin.org/56668
Here are some skin bugs:
- the old reported bug (I don't have it's number) about the bottom-left corner of the menu button is still present
- extra-space-separator when thumbnails are disabled has a lighter color than the rest of the skin
- all fields in which you can type should have the same size. In the screenshot you can see that a textfield is higher than a combo ... it looks strange.

NiLok # 21. July 2009, 15:18

The Lounge in my Opera Unite doesn't seem to work. I mean - nobody can log on the chat. When it was first introduced it worked like two times, after I've downloaded later snapshots no one could log on since. I try various settings (with and without UPnP) but nothing helps. Any ideas?

Oh, I forgot: I'm using Mac OS X 10.5.7. and the latest Opera snapshot.

Morphdreamer # 21. July 2009, 15:22

On the skin front, Can we get some translucency on the tab bar ? Example firefox 3.7 screenshots....

Not in O10. But instead you could try this.

Tardio # 21. July 2009, 15:24

There is also a missing option to sort by name folders in bookmarks.
We can ONLY sort by name ALL folders and files, an option to sort by name only one folder by a right click on it and choose "sort by name", like in Firefox.
I need this option !

You will work on it ?

kyleabaker # 21. July 2009, 15:29

Originally posted by lavael:

Yeay, cool. I'm awaiting you guys to clean up the Qt4 Native skin too.
I really want to see my Opera fully integrated with my desktop.

kyleabaker # 21. July 2009, 15:33

Originally posted by mitchman2:

Originally posted by Zotlan:

On linux the bar that holds the button for the thumbnails in tabs thing does not go away after disabling that feature. Really ugly when you have your tabs at the bottom.

It needs to remain even when disabling tab thumbnails to maintain even margins above and below the address bar.

It seems to me that the button could be removed leaving the background in place. Or the button should at least be switched to a transparent one so it's not visible when disabled.

EDIT: It appears that the thumbnail drag button disappears in Linux, but stays (faded) in Mac. Why is this?

archive1 # 21. July 2009, 15:33

http://www.comsec.com.au/ClientAccess/NewsResearch/MktComm_we.pdf
anyone have problem opening up this pdf file in opera?
I get this blank warning window pop up with no text in it

In fact, this occur to most pdf links
I'm using Windows, latest Opera and Acrobat Reader

steno # 21. July 2009, 15:33

Growl support for mac please!!!
www.growl.info

kenose # 21. July 2009, 15:36

Originally posted by archive1:

http://www.comsec.com.au/ClientAccess/NewsResearch/MktComm_we.pdf
anyone have problem opening up this pdf file in opera?
I get this blank warning window pop up with no text in it

i opened it without any problems

Filip007 # 21. July 2009, 15:41

@archive1

PDF -> Im using Foxit plugin works fine...

http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/

martintangsl # 21. July 2009, 15:42

Disabling thumbnails in tabs does not affect the size of the addressbar now

(in terms of looking, but still better)

Irontiger # 21. July 2009, 15:44

Originally posted by dAEk:

I can't say this enough but I appreciate these detailed changelogs!

+1

Great work! Thanks!

Philee # 21. July 2009, 15:54

Freeze: Scrolling on MySpace sites while loading is not working. After stopping the loading process all previous scrolling attempts happen at once.

Doesn't this belong to following Bug?:

Additional fix to Bug DSK-145040 (Autoscrolling disabled/panning stops working when 16 Flash objects are running)

tudsta # 21. July 2009, 15:56

Noticed the changes in capitalization of menu items, now in sentence case, which is just plain wrong. Aside, there are a few items still inconsistent.

It looks like Opera has been updated to the Windows 7 UI Guidelines.

Originally posted by Windows User Experience Interaction Guidelines:

Use title-style capitalization for titles, sentence-style capitalization for all other UI elements.

Surprisingly, most of Opera's Window title bar text have been converted to sentence capitalization. Window title bar text should be using title capitalization.

archive1 # 21. July 2009, 15:56

Originally posted by archive1:

http://www.comsec.com.au/ClientAccess/NewsResearch/MktComm_we.pdf
anyone have problem opening up this pdf file in opera?
I get this blank warning window pop up with no text in it

In fact, this occur to most pdf links
I'm using Windows, latest Opera and Acrobat Reader

I resinstalled Acrobat Reader again, at first the link failed, but if I refresh the link, the file will open up again

Grouick # 21. July 2009, 16:00

ebay.fr is taking 100% cpu available...
And it's not fully loading.

rriiicchh # 21. July 2009, 16:08

Thanks for the new build, fingers crossed that it fixes the wmv on mac problem that I have having (although currently on a windows box so can't test straight away).

Originally posted by tudsta:

Noticed the changes in capitalization of menu items, now in sentence case, which is just plain wrong. Aside, there are a few items still inconsistent.

While I don't agree that it is "just plain wrong" on my windows box the menus are not sentence case.

Tardio # 21. July 2009, 16:08

Originally posted by Grouick: