A shining new [bookmark] star
By Daniel Aleksandersendaniel. Wednesday, September 28, 2011 12:10:00 PM

The star will light up
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)



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ClashCityRockerclashcityrocker # Thursday, September 29, 2011 10:51:30 AM
Originally posted by DragonLP:
No but interesting...
However we have seen stuff accidently included in snapshots that don't make the final cut. Password Sync opera:config was included by accident in a shapshot of 10.50, but never made it until 11.0, so I wouldn't take it as absolute proof of anything....
However my belief is that much of the hardware acceleration work is already in these snapshots but disabled. We know that Operas implementation allows to to work with OpenGl, DirectX, or none. I'm guessing it's just hardwired to use none right now.
Stilezy # Thursday, September 29, 2011 11:10:53 AM
Originally posted by toyotabedzrock:
Killed Opera. Deleted cache, application_cache, opcache, and temporary_downloads folders (skeptically, I should say). Started Opera 12.1076. 12 Youtube videos began playing simultaneously. Checked preferences, option was enabled.
Bug report DSK-347150.
LinuxMint7 # Thursday, September 29, 2011 11:13:29 AM
NeXaen # Thursday, September 29, 2011 11:26:31 AM
win7 x64
Unrealmirakulix # Thursday, September 29, 2011 11:43:38 AM
But still the realoading problem in speeddial, that reordern links and extensions.
Also many TI-sites don't work anymore, i.e. http://www.ti.com/ww/de/analog/ant_ble/index.shtml
Chirpie # Thursday, September 29, 2011 11:44:24 AM
Originally posted by Swapnil99pro:
This is a technical blog isn't it?Originally posted by Swapnil99pro:
Nope! Add-on means an add-on. A native browser feature is not an add-on.Why are you hijacking the blog with pointless (and wrong) comments like that anyway?
Originally posted by Swapnil99pro:
Why on earth would they do that? Why would they spam the blog with pointless single-line updates? Man... Use your brain!Chirpie # Thursday, September 29, 2011 11:45:17 AM
Originally posted by joshas:
Who are you to tell everyone else what's important, and did you miss the fact that they are working on WebGL already? Seriously, you are just trolling.Swapnil RustagiSwapnil99pro # Thursday, September 29, 2011 11:53:48 AM
Originally posted by Chirpie:
Yes but the comments for appreciation to Opera Desktop team are not. I mean comments like "Thanks! I was waiting for this feature since months" are non-technical only.
Originally posted by Chirpie:
Speaking generally it could be. Speaking technically you are right.
Originally posted by Chirpie:
That comment has been marked off-topic. And why are you bashing with me since I joined My Opera?
Originally posted by Chirpie:
In regards to single line, I meant that in a snapshot announcement they could write it as a last line.
Bhikkhu PesalaPesala # Thursday, September 29, 2011 12:17:34 PM
Originally posted by NeXaen:
Off-topic here, but see My Skin Blog (bottom of page)Crabman # Thursday, September 29, 2011 12:32:40 PM
MrFrodo # Thursday, September 29, 2011 12:33:55 PM
http://twitpic.com/6sbbf1
Rijk # Thursday, September 29, 2011 1:49:55 PM
Originally posted by sabisan:
This is an message from the plugin, not Opera, so it would be nice to know which page this happens on, and whether other browsers are also affected?oartigues # Thursday, September 29, 2011 2:25:23 PM
Memory consumption is also less than previous release : 928 Mb with a peak at 1438 Mb with 175 tabs opened automatically at startup (I know this is a lot); compared to 1400 Mb with a peak at 2100 Mb for last one.
But something very strange in this release is CPU load which is very high all the time between 30% and 75%.
Could you confirm ? How to investigate on the reason ?
Olivier
QuHno # Thursday, September 29, 2011 3:05:52 PM
Originally posted by Unrealmirakulix:
Err, what doesn't work there? It seems to load fine and I can click everywhere...
Gap51 # Thursday, September 29, 2011 3:14:17 PM
99/100 (no extensions)
Igorigorditerni # Thursday, September 29, 2011 3:16:58 PM
The XML parsing failure page have not to be removed, at least you can make a countdown (10 seconds?) and then re-parse the page as HTML but the error have to be clearly declared, as the standard want.
Ciao, Igor
Tamil # Thursday, September 29, 2011 3:37:00 PM
zoquete # Thursday, September 29, 2011 4:12:24 PM
Originally posted by Tamil:
´confirmed
zoquete # Thursday, September 29, 2011 4:14:08 PM
led9 # Thursday, September 29, 2011 4:29:20 PM
or only way do it - replace icon of star - "transparent place" in skin-file?
АлександрDragonLP # Thursday, September 29, 2011 4:32:26 PM
King Crimson # Thursday, September 29, 2011 4:50:45 PM
I can't find my post...maybe it has been cancelled...
However...here's a new bug: when you're saving files, Opera 12 can't distinguish between folders for private and normal tabs.
Please fix this, and fix the other two bugs I've noticed!
Thanks!
Rafael Luikrafaelluik # Thursday, September 29, 2011 5:11:05 PM
Originally posted by btyop:
Originally posted by olak:
ahoj1234 # Thursday, September 29, 2011 5:13:04 PM
Icon "unread" don´t change to "read" if I click on it..,but I can mark message as "read" or "unread"
(unread icon in the middle)
[img]http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/4193/operamail.png
confirmation?
Rijk # Thursday, September 29, 2011 5:45:05 PM
Originally posted by ahoj1234:
Yes, known.Originally posted by King Crimson:
I'm not sure if remembering a save folder for private tabs is such a good idea... Anyway, this more like a feature request IMHO.Originally posted by Tamil:
You mean, after enabling it in opera:config.Bhikkhu PesalaPesala # Thursday, September 29, 2011 5:46:27 PM
Originally posted by NeXaen:
It would be better to post feature requests in the Desktop wish-list where they belong, rather than in the blog.
Bhikkhu PesalaPesala # Thursday, September 29, 2011 5:47:34 PM
Originally posted by Rijk:
Confirmed here too, but it appears on clicking where it should be.
Rijk # Thursday, September 29, 2011 5:47:44 PM
Originally posted by zoquete:
Maybe discuss that in the Opera Developer Network blog?Tamil # Thursday, September 29, 2011 5:54:24 PM
Originally posted by Rijk:
http://files.myopera.com/Tamil/Smilies/Yes.gif -highstream # Thursday, September 29, 2011 6:36:07 PM
For example, the cursor right now is over this text box and the spinning circle is going, but if I take the cursor ouside the text area, it stops. Bring it back in and after several seconds it starts again and continues until it's taken out. Looking at Win 7 (64 bit) Task Mgr, nothing there seems amiss. Could it be related to Win 7 and Opera? I thought it occurred a little since installing Win 7/32 a couple of weeks ago, and has been quite frequent with the 64-bit version, which I installed 36 hrs ago. Doesn't occur with XP and this or the last Next build. And doesn't occur with IE9 or FF7.
Afterward: having posted, the spinning started while hovering over my post. Move the cursor and it stops. Looking at Task Mgr, "opera.exe 32" does frequently jump into the 20-23% CPU range, though I can't correlate that with symptom.
ClashCityRockerclashcityrocker # Thursday, September 29, 2011 7:35:23 PM
Satan D. Lucifersupertrol # Thursday, September 29, 2011 7:36:41 PM
the downside is there is no bookmark star
nevertheless im using this skin in opera 11.51:yes:
IusedtobeOOlli91 # Thursday, September 29, 2011 8:12:56 PM
woj-tek # Thursday, September 29, 2011 8:50:48 PM
anyhow - a bug with displaing overlay envelope icon on new mail: DSK-347178
DillonAstrophizz # Thursday, September 29, 2011 9:11:59 PM
Originally posted by clashcityrocker:
I'm not at home right now where I have next installed... does that actually do anything (enable webgl or even just rendering speed improvements on benchmarks)?
Oopsthunpin # Thursday, September 29, 2011 9:17:30 PM
Obese MauriceObeseMaurice # Thursday, September 29, 2011 9:19:45 PM
Originally posted by Astrophizz:
No, it's fake.
minho # Thursday, September 29, 2011 9:46:22 PM
Ericheavensrevenge # Thursday, September 29, 2011 10:20:01 PM
http://acid3.acidtests.org/
minho # Thursday, September 29, 2011 10:44:50 PM
Originally posted by heavensrevenge:
99 points here.
win 7 x64
IusedtobeOOlli91 # Thursday, September 29, 2011 10:53:03 PM
Originally posted by heavensrevenge:
100 points for me.
Eduardo Garri Pérezegarrip # Thursday, September 29, 2011 11:09:17 PM
Originally posted by Olli91:
99 points here.
Windows 7 x64
blinkybill # Friday, September 30, 2011 12:56:33 AM
Loving the new bookmark star....thanks for adding it guys,
cheers
blinky
I need a namequangltm # Friday, September 30, 2011 1:00:58 AM
BetaMorph # Friday, September 30, 2011 1:17:28 AM
Originally posted by egarrip:
Same here, but this has been reported already.
It's probably because of the change in the XML parsing.
But as said, known.
BetaMorph # Friday, September 30, 2011 1:22:51 AM
Originally posted by quangltm:
You're sure all is disabled? No block-scripts running?
Tried on a fresh install?
LinuxMint7 # Friday, September 30, 2011 1:30:29 AM
As said, Known, And mentioned way back in this thread.
EDIT: WinXP Pro 32bit.
btyop # Friday, September 30, 2011 2:17:29 AM
Originally posted by minho:
99 points too in Win 7 32bit.
klaken # Friday, September 30, 2011 3:08:20 AM
Rafael Luikrafaelluik # Friday, September 30, 2011 3:36:39 AM