Opera 10.52 Beta 2 for Mac!
By ekg. Thursday, April 15, 2010 9:15:00 AM
My name is Erika and I’ve worked at Opera since 2005 which I guess makes me a veteran by Opera standards.
I just joined the Desktop Team as a tester a few days ago. So I can’t take much credit for this great release, but here it is. We proudly present Opera 10.52 Beta 2 for Mac OS 10.4 and newer!
A lot of work has gone in to improving stability and fixing issues related to scrolling. And then there’s of course the general polishing. The final version is closing in... In the meantime, enjoy the Beta 2.
Highlights
- Generally improved scrolling with added support for scrolling with momentum
- Support for VoiceOver screen-access
- Faster domain name lookup on Mac OS 10.6
- Support for Mac OS 10.4 and greater on Intel and PPC
Known Issues
- Some standalone widgets may misbehave on PPC
- Some ECMAScript stability problems on PPC
Changelog
The full change log for Beta 2 can be found here, and screenshots here.
Download
Both Intel and PowerPC is available at
http://www.opera.com/browser/download/?ver=10.52b2




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Zotlan # Thursday, April 15, 2010 9:27:13 AM
Will this, and support for multitouch, make it to other platforms as well or is it Mac only?
Pfeleleppfelelep # Thursday, April 15, 2010 9:45:35 AM
Tri M. NguyenTriMN # Thursday, April 15, 2010 9:51:58 AM
On Beta2 for mac, using Mac OS X 10.6.3 with all latest updates.
jfwild # Thursday, April 15, 2010 9:54:17 AM
(e.g. printdialog appears sometimes behind opera window/another space)
ααяσηAeRonn # Thursday, April 15, 2010 10:04:34 AM
yep i confirm, maybe JavaScript issues ...
Daniel Aleksandersendaniel # Thursday, April 15, 2010 10:14:44 AM
Originally posted by Zotlan:
These are Mac platform features that only works with supported hardware including the Apple Magic Mouse and MacBook glass trackpads.Zotlan # Thursday, April 15, 2010 10:40:21 AM
Originally posted by danaleks:
I'm fairly sure i've seen other laptops with multi-touch touchpads. Momentum scrolling should be possible on any touchpad unless i completely misunderstand the feature.
TimFetimo # Thursday, April 15, 2010 10:50:00 AM
Unfortunately I'm still getting the Spaces issue and cut-off text in buttons
10.6.3 / 8330
hobe # Thursday, April 15, 2010 11:00:49 AM
sinnfrei # Thursday, April 15, 2010 11:43:48 AM
http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/index.html#//apple_ref/doc/framework/manpages2
And it crashes when using BetterTouchTool for resizing/moving the window
Daniel HendrycksDanielHendrycks # Thursday, April 15, 2010 11:46:57 AM
(Also, I'm sure Mac users would love it if the progress bar was inside the address bar like Safari 3 http://www.geekzone.co.nz/images/news/safari3.jpg
wengwengweng # Thursday, April 15, 2010 12:05:42 PM
Where do I have to post this to get it fixed.
porneL # Thursday, April 15, 2010 12:16:50 PM
It's choppy - jumps in multiples of about 10 pixels (both MacBook trackpad and Magic Mouse). Safari scrolls by 1 pixel.
There is momentum, but due to jumps it's jerky and doesn't feel like momentum at all. It's more like input lag. You really have to have pixel-precise scrolling like Safari and other Cocoa apps.
And Cmd+Mousewheel still does have momentum, but shouldn't. When I want to zoom only a little bit, Opera keeps zooming further. Again, in OS X there's no such problem with Control+Mousewheel.
Oleg BozhenkoMrGALL # Thursday, April 15, 2010 12:21:57 PM
When Opera 10.52b2 runs on primary screen everything is ok:
http://files.mrgall.com/stuff/opera_test_1_screen_1.jpg (primary)
http://files.mrgall.com/stuff/opera_test_1_screen_2.jpg (secondary)
When it runs on secondary screen address bar menu opens on primary screen:
http://files.mrgall.com/stuff/opera_test_2_screen_1.jpg (primary)
http://files.mrgall.com/stuff/opera_test_2_screen_2.jpg (secondary)
Opera 10.10 works ok on secondary screen.
Daniel HendrycksDanielHendrycks # Thursday, April 15, 2010 12:25:24 PM
Originally posted by sinnfrei:
Confirmed on Win7
senbey # Thursday, April 15, 2010 12:32:04 PM
Unfortunately I have web form problem when write in Japanese.sometimes garbling.
OSX10.6.3
Petruspetrus # Thursday, April 15, 2010 12:34:33 PM
Originally posted by TriMN:
I've had this problem before too, and found out that it's an ad on db.no that creates the problem. Blocking *specificclick.net* makes it go away.
FransFrenzie # Thursday, April 15, 2010 1:33:02 PM
Originally posted by Zotlan:
I was at Saturn (dunno if they're available where you live, but they're like Mediamarkt) the other day and like half of the currently available laptops seem to have the feature. It's nowhere near as smooth as on an Apple platform though, but I don't know if that's because of hardware or software (i.e. Win 7). I find X features like circular scrolling hard to miss while using a non-Linux laptop and frankly I wouldn't be surprised if I could utilize the same hardware much more efficiently in Ubuntu.
Daniel Aleksandersendaniel # Thursday, April 15, 2010 2:08:00 PM
Originally posted by BergRace:
The plugin is on the top part of the page. Just pointing out the connection.Originally posted by BergRace:
Known issue.Boulfrite # Thursday, April 15, 2010 2:19:44 PM
You really did a great work !!
But
petos515 # Thursday, April 15, 2010 2:33:29 PM
Spaces bug report I filed a week ago…. this bug destroys Opera’s usability to anyone who counts on spaces to get work done.
Im going back to Safari till this is fixed…. it might be slower but at least it stays where I put it…
10.6.3 Opera 10.5.2 Beta2
Daniel Aleksandersendaniel # Thursday, April 15, 2010 2:48:44 PM
MaLiBu68 # Thursday, April 15, 2010 3:06:23 PM
Originally posted by DanielHendrycks:
I agree besides Opera mini on the iphone has this...By the way the first bookmark folder put on the personal toolbar still disapears after a relaunch...
mabdul # Thursday, April 15, 2010 3:27:52 PM
go to the settings option where to change the skin / theme and then on the tab for the toolbars. the is a separate drop down menu for 4 different kinds of "loading": in the addressbar, in the statusbar or others!
Danieledarklink88 # Thursday, April 15, 2010 3:31:58 PM
Maxim Grossugrossum # Thursday, April 15, 2010 3:40:55 PM
Danieledarklink88 # Thursday, April 15, 2010 4:02:06 PM
Clicking on CLICK doesn't produce anything... 10.6.3
Kamaleshkamalesh # Thursday, April 15, 2010 4:10:45 PM
Originally posted by TriMN:
Can not confirm; it seems to freeze for about 10 seconds with a beachball, while loading the page, but it loads fine eventually.
(OSX v10.6.3)
venture37 # Thursday, April 15, 2010 4:22:44 PM
MaLiBu68 # Thursday, April 15, 2010 4:35:04 PM
Originally posted by mabdul:
However the behavior and the quantity of information is totally different.
Kamaleshkamalesh # Thursday, April 15, 2010 4:43:58 PM
Originally posted by darklink88:
Works fine here in OSX 10.6.3...all-Flash site on OSX, color me *shocked* it causes headaches.
Danieledarklink88 # Thursday, April 15, 2010 4:44:40 PM
Safari: 4053
Opera: 4243
Kamaleshkamalesh # Thursday, April 15, 2010 4:52:33 PM
Originally posted by sinnfrei:
No problems here in v10.6.3. Did you do a clean install in OSX?
pjock # Thursday, April 15, 2010 5:02:37 PM
OlliOlli91 # Thursday, April 15, 2010 5:06:58 PM
Originally posted by sinnfrei:
Confirmed on 10.6.3
When scrolling on a page before it is completely loaded it goes back to top after having loaded completely. And crashing on many sites (yeah, also on this blog:( ) ..3 builds before Opera was more stable:down:
Scrolling is nice, but I'm still not able to resize youtube-videos. Dunno if this has somethin to do with Flash 10.1 RC, but on FF and Safari it's working excellent...
Tri M. NguyenTriMN # Thursday, April 15, 2010 5:17:46 PM
Originally posted by sinnfrei:
Confirmed on 10.6.3 too
@Kamalesh I did clean install(like deleting all prefs) of this beta2
Charlie ClarkMuzzlehatch # Thursday, April 15, 2010 5:29:52 PM
I can add my name to those who suffer with the scrolling - I have a Wacom touch which is technically multi-touch but not fully supported by Opera 10-5.
Some general redraw issues particularly form buttons but also Opera's own tabs. Print preview wants to print immediately and doesn't respond to cancel. Cannot delete spam by right-mouse click. Bug report will inbound. Alt + Tab's list of windows is barely legible.
But in general I love the snappiness of the Mac integration. Some of the exposé gimmics could really make sense in Opera - alt + tab could work really well with open window thumbnails, ctrl + tab could animate left and right. Just some ideas.
Oh, and the German translation of "Add Comment" is borked. "Kommentar hinzufügen", perhaps?
TimFetimo # Thursday, April 15, 2010 5:35:20 PM
Daniel Aleksandersendaniel # Thursday, April 15, 2010 5:51:51 PM
Originally posted by pjock:
It has always been available from opera:config#scrollingI can assure all of you that many of the bugs reported in the above comments already have been fixed. We just didn’t find the time to get them into the Beta. But luckily, final isn’t far away.
Danieledarklink88 # Thursday, April 15, 2010 6:09:27 PM
Originally posted by danaleks:
theradex # Thursday, April 15, 2010 6:20:14 PM
And hey, nice scrolling (finally...)
Taneltankest # Thursday, April 15, 2010 6:29:53 PM
I noticed something UI wise: in the panels, the overall look is already quite Mac'ish (except for the panel icons menu), but everything seems a bit clustered, on top of each other. When compared to the sidebar in Finder, for example. Maybe decreasing the font size and adding some white space would do the trick.
Dustin WilsonKhadgar # Thursday, April 15, 2010 6:54:10 PM
http://www.opera.com/browser/download/?ver=10.52b2ftp://ftp.opera.com/pub/opera/mac/1052b2/
Danieledarklink88 # Thursday, April 15, 2010 7:10:59 PM
Originally posted by Olli91:
That's why it is a betaMacallan # Thursday, April 15, 2010 7:15:53 PM
Originally posted by Dustin Wilson:
I've been bitching about that a few times but nobody ever listened :/Thanks for the link!
Daniel Aleksandersendaniel # Thursday, April 15, 2010 7:23:35 PM
Originally posted by Macallan:
We’re always listening. But actually getting things resolved is another matter. We do apologize for giving some of you a hard time finding the download.Yes, the Beta 2 is available for both Intel and PPC. That is why the list of known issues list PPC problems.
Dustin WilsonKhadgar # Thursday, April 15, 2010 7:39:27 PM
ftp://ftp.opera.com/pub/opera/mac/1052b2/
Tmelon # Thursday, April 15, 2010 8:16:15 PM
Macallan # Thursday, April 15, 2010 8:42:05 PM
Originally posted by danaleks:
The same problem existed until quite recently with the main download site - it would hand me the intel-only package even though my user agent clearly says PPC. Should be trivial to fix.Umm, never mind - someone replaced the button on the download page for the beta with one that says 'universal' - thanks
JamesDownWell # Thursday, April 15, 2010 9:24:36 PM