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A shining new [bookmark] star

By Daniel Aleksandersendaniel. Wednesday, September 28, 2011 12:10:00 PM

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There is a new star in town! and it is located right there in your address field! You can now easily add and remove a page from your bookmarks. This is not a full bookmark manager (which we still have in the Bookmark menu and as a panel) but a quick and easy way to save a page for later. You can also add and remove a page from your Speed Dial page.


The star will light up star in the address field when you visit a page that is either bookmarked or is a Speed Dial. We have experimented with a similar UI in Opera 9 Technical Preview 1 almost six years ago. We have revamped this popular request and hope you will all like our new take on it.

In addition to a fancy new gadget to play with in the address field, we have also just finished a large Core upgrade. Fixes, improvements, and other known keywords apply. We also changed how we handled XML parsing failures by automatically reparsing as HTML instead of displaying an error.

Mac and Windows users can start using the -pd argument the same way as it works on Linux. Meaning you can specify a path to a folder that should contain the Opera profile for that session.

We have upgraded the compiler we use on Mac, which resulted in a nice JavaScript performance increase for the platform.

Known issues
  • Some overlay dialogs have reduced padding
  • Extension’s pop-out arrows is not painted correctly
  • Reduces Acid3 score to 99 because of XML failures
  • Widget installation crash on Mac

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

Core
  • CORE-30325 (Color of the link to a redirected page does not change after visiting)
  • CORE-307 (Can't read .pac files in browser)
  • CORE-38067 (Single-click creates empty selection)
  • CORE-39517 (gstoperasrc: Request more data when a buffer is popped from the queue)
  • CORE-39760 (Khmer Unicode is not displayed properly with the Window's platform textshaper)
  • CORE-40115 (Crossdomain XHRs don't work from WebWorkers from OEX-background processes)
  • CORE-40224 (Invisible elements used to compute bounding box in SVG)
  • CORE-40310 (Parsing web font as html causes major loss in performance and eventually crash)
  • CORE-40339 (CSS units improvement)
  • CORE-40712 (MTreat ISO 8859-9 as an alias for windows-1254 for compatibility with IE, Safari and Chrome)
  • CORE-40766 ({add,remove}EventListener's capture should default to false)
  • CORE-40796 (Minor issue in opera:config styling): Line visible behind expanded header should not be there
  • CORE-40817 (Improved support for discerning Persian characters)
  • CORE-40826 (border-radius wrong on non-square images)
  • Fixed numerous crashes fixes and some memory leaks, to greatly improve stability

Desktop
  • DSK-346670 (Opera Unite applications are deleted when stopping Unite or restarting Opera)
  • DSK-312074 (Bypass XML parsing failed message by automatically reparsing as HTML)
  • DSK-342556 (Provide an option in addressbar which can be used to add/remove/modify URL into/from bookmark manager)
  • DSK-343927 (Switching application while typing in address bar highlights all text)
  • DSK-346262 (Cursive joining broken on Persian BBC website)

Windows
  • DSK-339862 (Implement -pd on Mac and Win the same way it is on Linux/FreeBSD)
  • DSK-340611 (Strange dialog when installing 11.50 on windows 7)
  • DSK-346340 (Startup crash due to voice plugin)

Mac
  • DSK-339862 (Implement -pd on Mac and Win the same way it is on Linux/FreeBSD)
  • DSK-318433 (Excel file not attached if the files was already open in OpenOffice)
  • DSK-342491 (Scroll acceleration for scroll wheel devices): smoother scrolling in general
  • DSK-343850 (Update Xcode to increase speed of Mac version)

Linux/FreeBSD
  • DSK-318433 (Excel file not attached if the files was already open in OpenOffice)
  • DSK-339825 (HTML sliders are not Gtk2 native)
  • DSK-340306 (Wrong text color (unreadable) when hovering over drop down buttons (in UI) for some dark themes)
  • DSK-346119 (XRandR causes Opera to freeze on resolution change)

JavaScript Performance with new Mac compilerAn updated Core, with Ragnarök and CSS3 radial gradients

Comments

Haavardhaavard Wednesday, September 28, 2011 12:13:26 PM

This kind of marks the return of an old request (an improved version at least) - to bring back the experimental bookmark star from Opera 9.0 TP1 in 2005! smile

Was Ruari the first person in the world to come up with this feature?

Tamil Wednesday, September 28, 2011 12:13:58 PM

Originally posted by daniel:

There is a new star in town!


star star star star star

bachokocho Wednesday, September 28, 2011 12:16:10 PM

it's been ages bigsmile

PeterCub Wednesday, September 28, 2011 12:16:46 PM

Nice addon. Isn't it from Chrome?

sabisan Wednesday, September 28, 2011 12:16:53 PM

Testing up

Swapnil RustagiSwapnil99pro Wednesday, September 28, 2011 12:18:16 PM

Hello Mr. Daniel,

"DSK-342491 (Scroll acceleration for scroll wheel devices): smoother scrolling in general"

Is it this thing?

EDIT: Typo - "You can now add and remove a page while visiting to your bookmarks."

It should be "You can now add and remove a page without visiting to your Bookmarks.

KerenSkyy Wednesday, September 28, 2011 12:20:12 PM

Thank you. Downloading now!yikes

and mail.opera.com works again, nice. guess it is to be expected when using snapshots.

I wonder how long again till opera is compiled using clang/llvm confused

XenoAntaresXAntares Wednesday, September 28, 2011 12:23:01 PM

CORE-40115 (Crossdomain XHRs don't work from WebWorkers from OEX-background processes)



So when did WebWorkers start to "work" in OEXes? :D

Andrei operaterrestrial Wednesday, September 28, 2011 12:24:27 PM

downloading bigsmile

David Shamloo EkbladdAEk Wednesday, September 28, 2011 12:25:24 PM

Thanks for listening to the community! up
(regarding the star thingie)

Manoj Chandrasekharanmachs Wednesday, September 28, 2011 12:26:08 PM

Just had a feeling something cool was on the way...!

Thanks! Downloading yes

Surferz Worldsurferzworld Wednesday, September 28, 2011 12:27:53 PM

Bookmark by star needs little bit of improvement, i.e. Sub -folders should be nested. Anyway, Thanks for the new snap. Testing now.!!!

mrd Wednesday, September 28, 2011 12:28:33 PM

Man it was a big miss when it went so it's an equally big delight now that it's back.... but you guys better not take it away again before final!

Obese MauriceObeseMaurice Wednesday, September 28, 2011 12:28:36 PM

Sexy.

eliotcougar Wednesday, September 28, 2011 12:33:48 PM

I've been expecting Ragnarok integration, because there was quite a long period since the last snapshot... But... Anyway... up

iamfromreallifeiFloriano Wednesday, September 28, 2011 12:33:54 PM

In my monitor, bookmarked and not bookmarked stars are almost the same color :S

envyandroid Wednesday, September 28, 2011 12:35:41 PM

Mod edit: Please use the wish-list forum for requests. Read the FAQ for more information.

ClashCityRockerclashcityrocker Wednesday, September 28, 2011 12:37:44 PM

Originally posted by eliotcougar:

I've been expecting Ragnarok integration, because there was quite a long period since the last snapshot... But... Anyway...



My guesss is they are not ready, and what we are getting are the drip-fed bits of Opera 12 that ARE ready or simply need more widespread field testing.

Ruarí Ødegaardruario Wednesday, September 28, 2011 12:37:58 PM

Originally posted by haavard:

Was Ruari the first person in the world to come up with this feature?

Maybe? Here is the usenet thread where I suggest various ideas before coming up with the star idea (at the time I thought of it as a solution to phishing). Once I had the Star idea clear in my head I then posted on your blog. Finally I followed it up this page on an old website of mine, so I could reference it.

P.S. In case anyone here didn't realise I wrote all this in 2005, long before joining Opera, when I was just a fan. So there you go, proof Opera does listen to its user's feature requests! p

Boulfrite Wednesday, September 28, 2011 12:39:53 PM

Subfolders are still not shown in the [new bookmark] parameters windows (such as this new pop-in that appear when clicking the address bar star) on Mac version (no idea if they are correctly shown in the other versions).
That is really (really) annoying... :'(

Ruarí Ødegaardruario Wednesday, September 28, 2011 12:45:07 PM

Originally posted by PeterCub:

Nice addon. Isn't it from Chrome?

Since Chrome didn't exist in 2005 when this idea was first suggested and then tested I think we can safely so no. Additionally it isn't an add-on. It is built into the browser.

Charlie ClarkMuzzlehatch Wednesday, September 28, 2011 12:47:12 PM

That's a very modest list of changes! You guys haven't been sliding off for holidays or anything like that have you? ;-)

Ruarí Ødegaardruario Wednesday, September 28, 2011 12:49:21 PM

Originally posted by Muzzlehatch:

That's a very modest list of changes! You guys haven't been sliding off for holidays or anything like that have you? ;-)


We simply don't make all our work in progress live until it is at least semi useable. We are currently working on some stuff that will remain secret for now. p

Also the changelog doesn't list everything, e.g. one entry covers all the crash fixes.

I need a namequangltm Wednesday, September 28, 2011 12:52:20 PM

New snapshot, testing, testing. Just way it yes cheers

Niels Avondsnielsavonds Wednesday, September 28, 2011 12:58:37 PM

The new star doesn't recognize sites that have been added to the speed dial with speed dial extensions (e.g. facebook preview extension does not cause facebook.com to be starred).

QuHno Wednesday, September 28, 2011 1:02:41 PM

Can we get an option to switch back to "non re-parsing b0rked XML as HTML", please?

The new behavior killed some scripts that rely on correct XML and the parsing error like it was before really helped finding why it failed ...
The output in the error console is no alternative because it can scroll out of sight ...

m910q Wednesday, September 28, 2011 1:08:58 PM

I have removed the search input field, so the star is above the vertical scrollbar.
The window that opens when pressing the star seems not to be able to be above the scrollbar, so it is a bit off in placement.

Easier to understand with a little picture: smile
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1098960/bookmarkPlacement.png

ArnaudTR3NT Wednesday, September 28, 2011 1:12:14 PM

Hello.

Thanx for this build. But I have some problems:
- I can’t remove the Star.
- If I add Addressbar in IRC chat tab and click in Star, Opera crash
Bug Opera.png - 32.1 Kio

RooterRooter78 Wednesday, September 28, 2011 1:14:04 PM

Originally posted by ruario:

We simply don't make all our work in progress live until it is at least semi useable. We are currently working on some stuff that will remain secret for now. p


Will this stuff make it into Opera 12? wink

joshas Wednesday, September 28, 2011 1:15:17 PM

Mod edit: Please do not post your personal requests in this blog. Use the wish-list forum if you want to post feature requests.

metude Wednesday, September 28, 2011 1:21:16 PM

Thanks for bookmark star, updated xml parser and other fixes.

Now waiting for: CORE-41401 fix.

Suggestion to bookmark star. Adding/removing to bookmarks bar current page with star button.

btyop Wednesday, September 28, 2011 1:23:02 PM

Great up

But unfortunately still not compatible with Box.net and Mediafire drag-n-drop feature sad

Patrick O'Reillypaddy2k Wednesday, September 28, 2011 1:23:19 PM

There seems to be a regression in the box model between 12 and 11.51.
If an icon is set in a <li> tag and an with style display:block is nested within it. The tag wraps to the next line rather than displaying to the right of the <li> icon. e.g. http://x.my-go.mobi

fisherman10 Wednesday, September 28, 2011 1:23:51 PM

allright. gonna test it. this better be good. Others are moving fast already!!

http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/27/firefox-7-now-officially-available-promises-significantly-red/

FavDjiXas Wednesday, September 28, 2011 1:25:35 PM

Before installing: is it possible to remove/disable it?

I don't want shiny colored icons to distract me from sites that I already know are bookmarked.

dmcb7 Wednesday, September 28, 2011 1:25:38 PM

The following video link creates a repeatable crash when I attempt to go full screen; http://www.globaltoronto.com/video/news+hour+final++sep+13/video.html?v=2129196173&p=1&s=dd#video Can anyone with linux confirm. Have sent numerous crash reports for last few builds. Version 12.00 pre-alpha Build 1076 Platform Linux System i686, 2.6.38-11-generic

netwolf Wednesday, September 28, 2011 1:26:29 PM

Originally posted by Swapnil Rustagi:

1. "We have upgraded the compiler we use on Mac, which resulted in a nice JavaScript performance increase for the platform."

A major upgrade to the JavaScript compiler for Mac platform.


What are you talking about?
This merely means that another program (i.e. a more up-to-date version) is used to compile the source code.

Rijk Wednesday, September 28, 2011 1:28:28 PM

Originally posted by Rooter78:

Originally posted by ruario:

We simply don't make all our work in progress live until it is at least semi useable. We are currently working on some stuff that will remain secret for now. p

Will this stuff make it into Opera 12? wink

This should work somewhat like how Firefox and Chrome do it: if the feature is ready by the time we want to make a release, it will be in, otherwise it will get into another release.

Originally posted by TR3NT:

- If I add Addressbar in IRC chat tab and click in Star, Opera crash

Sure its a bug if Opera crashes, but I've never seen anyone adding an address field there smile

Swapnil RustagiSwapnil99pro Wednesday, September 28, 2011 1:29:03 PM

Originally posted by netwolf:

What are you talking about?


Thanks. Edited. I misread the post.

Guillaumerhavia Wednesday, September 28, 2011 1:29:37 PM

DSK-312074 (Bypass XML parsing failed message by automatically reparsing as HTML)

Thanks !! Finally done ! I finally can go on my school website without installing another browser :x It was just so annoying to click on this crappy button to reload XML as HTML

metude Wednesday, September 28, 2011 1:31:31 PM

Extensions popups has ugly style in arrow section: http://imm.io/9GVe

r00t.cz Wednesday, September 28, 2011 1:31:41 PM

Extensions are not working correctly. When I install any extension that have icon and displays popup window when clicked, this popup window is empty: http://i.imgur.com/3X6s9.png

When at least one tab is open when opera is closed and then started again, text from extension popup is appended to the end of page: http://i.imgur.com/ElaVJ.png

Reported as DSK-347076

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Also please check DSK-340321, it's impossible to reorder tabs when tabs toolbar is set to "Wrap to multiple lines". Multiple lines is only way how to manage 50+ tabs.

Jimmy Tsatsosjimmy_tsatsos Wednesday, September 28, 2011 1:32:23 PM

Opera doesn't pass The Acid3 Test.
99/100 Test 80 failed: XML well-formedness error

With all extensions disabled. Windows 7 x64

h3llky Wednesday, September 28, 2011 1:34:14 PM

yikes

r00t.cz Wednesday, September 28, 2011 1:37:31 PM

Just noticed ugly javascript alert window: http://i.imgur.com/NfWEn.png
No title bar and text it all cramped together.
Happens only with Opera Standard skin.

Haavardhaavard Wednesday, September 28, 2011 1:37:53 PM

Originally posted by metude:

Suggestion to bookmark star. Adding/removing to bookmarks bar current page with star button.

Yes, that is how it currently works.

Rijk Wednesday, September 28, 2011 1:38:02 PM

Originally posted by Swapnil99pro:

otherwise it will get into another release.

Nooo! I hope Ragnarok, HWA and WebGL are prepared before the Opera 12 Beta.

I know you all hope that because these are all being worked on right now. But you wouldn't want to, say, hold up one or two of them, having to wait when a third isn't quite ready in the near future?

Stilezy Wednesday, September 28, 2011 1:38:21 PM

A long-term issue where the installer crashed when antivirus was running, seems to be fixed in this build.

Memguard still fails, reports "function signature not found in Opera.dll" (DSK-345575) - important as Memguard is used to fix other bugs.

"Enable plugins only on demand" is unreliable - I loaded a past session with various YouTube tabs, most started "with flash disabled, one started playing automatically. No idea why.

r00t.cz said: "Also please check DSK-340321, it's impossible to reorder tabs when tabs toolbar is set to "Wrap to multiple lines". Multiple lines is only way how to manage 50+ tabs."
+1

alekksander Wednesday, September 28, 2011 1:41:03 PM

sorry but i'm not happy for this. new star is ok (good for novice) but it should add new bookmark with one click (not two as is now), and has hint as (ctrl+d) - at last for first time someone use it (like the "press space to go to new page" hint).
Where is "add bookmark" window (the one from ctrl+d) where i can edit all detail of my bookmark ? - adding from the star lack this possibility so the star is only partially useful. there also should be option in opera:config to remove the star. why rss button is colorless? this looks poor to me, not professional as intended(?).

Adding new speed dial cell from the star is useless. Once You set Your Opera to fit Your needs, speed dials are changed very very rarely. Whats more - if You add new speed dial You probably want to see how it looks and if its placed right where You want it to be - then you actually have to go to speed dial - but once You are there You could add this site the way it was before, by big "plus" button, or right mouse click and choosing "add new dial" - that is nicely build option to add new dials.

please consider and agree or disagree

Haavardhaavard Wednesday, September 28, 2011 1:41:36 PM

Originally posted by alekksander:

Where is "add bookmark" window (the one from ctrl+d) where i can edit all detail of my bookmark ?

It's still there. Did you try it before commenting?

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