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Introducing Opera 12 alpha

By Huib Kleinhouthuibk. Thursday, October 13, 2011 7:00:00 AM

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The last months Opera 12 snapshots have received two major updates of its JavaScript engine, Carakan, which make it more memory efficient and fully ECMAScript 5.1 compliant. Last week the new HTML 5 parser Ragnarök was added. Today Opera 12 alpha introduces another major technological milestone: full hardware acceleration with WebGL.

WebGL
WebGL in combination with new ECMAscript features like type arrarys makes it possible to develop and run games with high quality graphics in your browser. To demonstrate the possibilities of these new technologies Opera has ported the game Emberwind to HTML5. There are several other demos like Formula 1 and Don't click.

Full hardware acceleration
Opera aims to give the best possible performance for all users. This is why we already have a "software accelerated" backend in Vega. However with the new hardware accelerated backend Opera will draw the whole user interface using the GPU, not just specific elements of the webpage like the canvas element. This will offload the CPU significantly and make it possible to accelerate the rendering of all webpages. On systems with outdated drivers or buggy graphics cards, Opera will fallback to the heavily optimized Vega software rendering engine.

Currently hardware acceleration is in an alpha stage and only uses an OpenGL backend. We would like to get your feedback about how well it works for you. Opera 12 alpha works best with modern graphics cards and up to date drivers. In future snapshot we'll add support for DirectX and more graphics cards. Be aware that testing Opera 12 alpha can trigger bugs in your graphics card and in worst case blue screen your computer.faint scared

Themes
Opera 12 makes it easier than ever to personalize your browser. It's now possible to create simple lightweight themes based on a nice photos or other graphics. It's also easier to install and try out new and existing themes (previously called skins). Try them out here! They are currently only available for Windows and Mac (more information for Linux/FreeBSD users).

Check out what's new in Opera 12 alpha and have fun test driving Opera 12 alpha! knight

WARNING: This is an Opera 12.00 Alpha build: It is not feature complete and may have severe known issues, including crashes, and data loss situations. If you are uncomfortable with this, please use the latest stable Opera instead.

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Comments

ayespy Saturday, October 15, 2011 12:00:31 AM

Originally posted by omarenm:

I get this when I scroll: http://es.tinypic.com/m/f3vzfs/4


Me too. Win7 X86. HWA turned off, WebGL on. This "tailing" effect is worse than in prior snapshots.

Johann AntonioJohann-7 Saturday, October 15, 2011 12:43:23 AM

Bug!!!!

If I install a theme here first https://addons.opera.com/themes/
and then a skin http://my.opera.com/community/customize/skins/

here to install the skin but incorrectly applied to the skin the theme style

minho Saturday, October 15, 2011 2:34:32 AM

Enable plug-ins on demando in Opera preferences
Go to https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/YCvEFEVBVW_g7gsgvE4HZCGY2KFwg9kHF34W2uhGv8U?feat=directlink

Click on zoom button (top right side of picture)
Click on the big "play" button to enable the plug-ins
Nothing happens
Confirm?

ubuntu 11.10 x32

minho Saturday, October 15, 2011 3:38:57 AM

This site is unsable in Opera. No problem in Firefox.
http://www.portaleducacao.com.br/farmacia/artigos/1106/os-principais-remedios-homeopaticos

ubuntu 11.10 x32

dEricT MalEDerict Saturday, October 15, 2011 7:06:52 AM

My Laptop Spec,,

Core i3
2GB RAM
1GB 540M,,

It's work on my laptop opera:gpu show enabled all,,
Yeah i'm trying on battery mode, I just wandering all picture on website get rendered it's awesome,,

gacacu Saturday, October 15, 2011 8:19:51 AM

Doesn´t work:

http://www.esmas.com/cosmosfiles/move_player/install717/index.html

Bhikkhu PesalaPesala Saturday, October 15, 2011 8:26:10 AM

Off-topic here — ask about site problems in the forums. Mask as Firefox.

Rafald.i.z. Saturday, October 15, 2011 9:10:45 AM

Originally posted by minho:

Enable plug-ins on demando in Opera preferencesGo to https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/YCvEFEVBVW_g7gsgvE4HZCGY2KFwg9kHF34W2uhGv8U?feat=directlinkClick on zoom button (top right side of picture)Click on the big "play" button to enable the plug-insNothing happensConfirm?


This is where the new on-demand activation comes in handy. You'll see similar activation button inside the address bar now. Clicking it will work.
(Clicking big activation button inside the page doesn't work because it's overlayed by invisible element.)

spectatorxSpectatorx Saturday, October 15, 2011 11:14:53 AM

Opera is crashing on logout from ipko.pl banking system. IMO issue is related with js.

Opera Next Alpha 12.00 build 1105 under windows 7 x64 sp1 enterprise and ubuntu 11.10 amd64. This problem doesn't exist in opera 11.xx and previous, pre-alpha opera next builds.

tombjo Saturday, October 15, 2011 11:49:33 AM

On boingboing.net, I've had some troubles with the emedded youtube and vimeo videos. When scrolling down past a video the video sometimes sticks at the top of the sceen (50-200 px in). Then it is unstuck when scrolling up past the same video again. But then the video catches on the bottom of the screen instead.

I am also having trouble with a youtube video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3Oe7Q8OCm5I). The sound isn't working. It is working in Opera 11.51 and in the latest Chrome.


Mac Mini:
GL_VENDOR
NVIDIA Corporation
GL_RENDERER
NVIDIA GeForce 9400 OpenGL Engine
GL_VERSION
2.1 NVIDIA-7.4.10

Devocalypse Saturday, October 15, 2011 12:40:53 PM

Overall I enjoy the new rendering method on windows. Deleting hundreds of feeds from the mail client also feels a lot faster.

We might have some memory leaks as private bytes keep rising with prolonged usage. For example:
Restart > 80-tab session restored == 1,26GB > Opening closing a lot of tabs > same 80 tabs remaining == 1,94GB

I do not care about ram usage and my only concern is that the 32bit address space allocated to Opera will run out. I'm willing to allocate up to 8GB to this browser alone *when* it goes x64 if that means I'll get the same responsiveness with double the tabs.

spock

minho Saturday, October 15, 2011 12:42:42 PM

I see no title bar when Opera is running on ubuntu + unity 3D.

Ubuntu 11.10 x32

oxygenroot Saturday, October 15, 2011 1:31:54 PM

Graphics Card Vendor: ATI Technologies Inc.
Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series
OpenGL Version: 4.1.10524

on openSUSE 11.4 linux x64:
initially, doesn't let the opera next menu clicked.. the resulting menu kind of just blinks, which stabilises only after about 5-6 minutes... and then... feels slow and heavy, and hangs a bit in between. if left open, the screen turns black...
tried disabling webgl, didn't work. so switched back to build 1090.

grcobb321 Saturday, October 15, 2011 2:07:32 PM

I am using Window Blinds v7.2.305. The Windows border (title bar, left, right & bottom edges) are not displayed correctly when hardware acceleration is enabled. It's like they are beings displayed in a transparent 'classic' mode. They are OK if hardware acceleration is disabled. I am using a highly customized skin and everything else appears to paint correctly.

If I remember correctly, there was a similar problem when version 8 or 9 or 10 was released.

earth01 Saturday, October 15, 2011 2:11:32 PM

Originally posted by zogster:

How can i remove "Next" from "O" menu, just Opera without next ?



If you are under Windows :

Type opera:config in the address bar, then search for "Opera Product", and put 0 instead of 1. Save this setting and restart Opera.

Under Linux and OSX, it is not possible.

EricJH Saturday, October 15, 2011 2:36:44 PM

First of all congratulations on this release with HWA. coffee up wizard sherlock

Here are some observations. This new build surely loves RAM. Over time it will go over a 1 GB in my daily use where it never goes over 450 MB I guess.

I also had two blue screen type crashes according to Windows. First the screen would freeze and there after 30s it would reboot. In the BIOS routine I got the notification:

Hyper Transport synch flood error occurred on last boot. Push F1 to continue.



Back in Windows I get a Windows error report that a minidump has been saved. This has Evebnt ID 1001:

The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x00000124 (0x00000000, 0x876e1024, 0x00000000, 0x00000000). A dump was saved in: M:\Windows\Minidump\101511-22167-01.dmp. Report Id: 101511-22167-01.



In the logs I also see Event ID 20:

A fatal hardware error has occurred.

Component: AMD Northbridge
Error Source: Machine Check Exception
Error Type: HyperTransport Watchdog Timeout Error
Processor ID: 0

The details view of this entry contains further information.



I am on Win 7 SP1 Ultimate x86 with ATI onboard Radeon 4200 on Catalyst 11.9 drivers. Motherboard: MSI 785G-E53 with AMD Phenom II 924, 4 GB RAM.

Vega backend
OpenGL
OpenGL
Blocklist version
1
Blocklist status for 2D
Supported
Blocklist status for 3D
Supported
GL_VENDOR
ATI Technologies Inc.
GL_RENDERER
ATI Radeon HD 4200
GL_VERSION
3.3.11079 Compatibility Profile Context
GL_EXTENSIONS

~snip~

GL_SHADING_LANGUAGE
_VERSION 3.30
Vendor ID 0x1002
Device ID 0x9710
Driver version 8.892.0.0


Do you want a minidump?

ktxgio Saturday, October 15, 2011 2:38:17 PM

Originally posted by Gemorroj:

I have problem.

OS: Windows XP SP3 32
GPU: Intel G41 Chipset - Integrated Graphics
GPU Driver: 6.14.10.5355

Video file: http://files.myopera.com/Gemorroj/files/Project003.7z

confirmed, same on windows 7 64 bit and same graphic driver and chipset

zogster Saturday, October 15, 2011 3:22:17 PM

Originally posted by earth01:

If you are under Windows :Type opera:config in the address bar, then search for "Opera Product", and put 0 instead of 1. Save this setting and restart Opera.Under Linux and OSX, it is not possible.



Thank you smile

Unrealmirakulix Saturday, October 15, 2011 4:03:42 PM

http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/HTML5/Cookbook/ doesn't work

W7 x64

DanielOutvader Saturday, October 15, 2011 4:10:38 PM

Great work. This CSS example page is lagging:
http://webdesignerwall.com/demo/css3-image-styles/
Win 7, x64, nvidia, HW acceleration enabled.

One thing that really bothers me is a change that came with opera 11.5:
When Opera browser asks for master password the password text box is not active!

Unrealmirakulix Saturday, October 15, 2011 4:14:48 PM

* crashed Emberwind -> after that some visual bugs

** http://www.pic-upload.de/view-11683547/Unbenannt2.png.html

**http://www.pic-upload.de/view-11683549/Unbenannt3.png.html

* also found this visual bug on the extension page: http://www.pic-upload.de/view-11683565/Unbenannt.png.html

Erik HauboldAltarius Saturday, October 15, 2011 4:15:59 PM

Originally posted by borisim:

>> But tab bar is cut off on KDE:
>> http://simplest-image-hosting.net/jpg-0-plasma-desktoppb4961

Confirm this bug. Also got an empty start window:
http://simplest-image-hosting.net/png-0-sshot1

cannot confirm here (opensuse factory 64bit, kde 4.7.2) http://simplest-image-hosting.net/jpg-0-plasma-desktopd16686

Unrealmirakulix Saturday, October 15, 2011 4:39:15 PM

now I got this bar transparent for a short time:

http://www.pic-upload.de/view-11683763/Unbenannt.png.html

looked really cool with the monster theme...

gacacu Saturday, October 15, 2011 5:10:27 PM

The opera will not let me see the task bar

http://www.pic-upload.de/view-11684137/Tkas.jpg.html

gacacu Saturday, October 15, 2011 5:27:18 PM

Doesn´t work

It only works with Mask as Firefox.

http://www.esmas.com/cosmosfiles/move_player/install717/index.html

Picture of the problem
ttp://www.pic-upload.de/view-11684246/Problem-page.jpg.html

helsten2 Saturday, October 15, 2011 5:56:15 PM

Runs pretty good on my machine (Radeon 5870 Graphics Card).
Just experienced a little bit of tearing and one crash in the first 24 hours of testing.

But this version definitely uses more memory than previous versions - almost 1.9GB with one open Tab:
http://oi56.tinypic.com/2r4o2z7.jpg

- after surfing around an hour or so - 3GB with one Tab:
http://i53.tinypic.com/3wh80.png

EDIT: Did some more testing:
... memory consumption seems to slowly increase until it reaches 3.4GB ...
... then Opera will crash yuck
Just after startup (with one Tab) memory consumption is around 220MB.

Win7 x64

Driver Packaging Version 8.881-110728a-124445C-ATI
Catalyst Version 11.8
Provider ATI Technologies Inc.
2D Driver Version 8.01.01.1178
Direct3D Version 7.14.10.0855
OpenGL Version 6.14.10.11005
Catalyst Control Center Version 2011.0728.1756.30366

highstream Saturday, October 15, 2011 6:09:05 PM

Originally posted by btyop:

Originally posted by tygrredeagle:

Still can't get yahoo pages to load correctly...

example:
http://news.yahoo.com/reservation-childs-wish-fresh-water-bubble-gum-backpack-161715245.html" target="_blank">http://news.yahoo.com/reservation-childs-wish-fresh-water-bubble-gum-backpack-161715245.html

Not sure what you see, but mine is horrific. Menu all crammed to the right, all the header bars squashed together. Everything all smashed to the left.


Fine here with Win7/64.

each Saturday, October 15, 2011 8:36:03 PM

Originally posted by robsonpc:

Originally posted by each:

Originally posted by each:

Originally posted by sabisan:

Originally posted by FitzTN:

With hardware acceleration disabled is everything "normal" again. My computer is a HP 8710p, and graphic card is nVidia Quadro NVS-320M with drivers 275.33

After I disabled hardware acceleration - things get back to normal too.

I have the same laptop with Windows XP and the latest drivers (266.58 for XP different than Vista) and a clean install of Opera. Ιt is not slower for me. I remember the browser being noticeably slower on the http://labs.opera.com/news/2011/02/28/]first" target="_blank">http://labs.opera.com/news/2011/02/28/]first" target="_blank">http://labs.opera.com/news/2011/02/28/]first" target="_blank">http://labs.opera.com/news/2011/02/28/]first preview with GPU hardware acceleration but now things seem to be better. Any specific site that gives you more problems?

After using the browser for most of the day it does become slow after a while and only a couple of tabs open, a restart of Opera fixes things for a while and then the problem appears again. Meanwhile on my desktop PC (HP xw6600, Windows Vista, NVidia FX 570 - 182.67 drivers) the browser has been running happily for hours now with about 15 tabs open and no restarts.

I deleted 3 files *. JSON file (firefox?) within the profile and the interface has returned to normal speed. Try it.

Those files are blocklists for problematic graphic cards and drivers as explained at the Supported graphics cards section here. Deleting them would probably just force GPU acceleration something you can do with about:config. I however tried deleting them anyway and the problem reappeared.

kill100 Saturday, October 15, 2011 9:06:37 PM

Crash on http://mozillademos.org/demos/remixingreality/demo.html
And clears all text in operaprefs.ini = (0 bytes)

Whereupon don't run sad

>>peter@peter-desktop:~$ opera-next
>>Аварийный останов
>>peter@peter-desktop:~$

ubuntu 11.10 86x
Gnome 3.2.0
core - linux 3.0.0.12 generic
AMD Radeon HD 6850
ati driver 11.9 x86

Bawgabawga Saturday, October 15, 2011 9:36:35 PM

The browser will freeze my computer, then the computer will restart. As of Friday, this occurs after a couple minutes of use. It was fine Thursday, though. HP Windows 7 64-bit Home Premium

Vega backend
OpenGL
Blocklist version
1
Blocklist status for 2D
Supported
Blocklist status for 3D
Supported
GL_VENDOR
ATI Technologies Inc.
GL_RENDERER
ATI Radeon HD 4200
GL_VERSION
3.3.9836 Compatibility Profile Context
GL_SHADING_LANGUAGE_VERSION
3.30
Vendor ID
0x1002
Device ID
0x9710
Driver version
8.733.0.0

Eduardo Garri Pérezegarrip Saturday, October 15, 2011 10:04:31 PM

Originally posted by minho:

This site is unsable in Opera. No problem in Firefox.
http://www.portaleducacao.com.br/farmacia/artigos/1106/os-principais-remedios-homeopaticos

ubuntu 11.10 x32

Confirmed. Windows7 x64

Eric Bladeeblade Saturday, October 15, 2011 11:48:15 PM

feels a bit slower on the rendering than prior alphas. other than that, i see no obvious change.

opera:gpu gives:

Vega Backend: Software

OpenGL
Blocklist version
1
Blocklist status for 2D
Blocked driver version
Reason for 2D status
Old legacy drivers are not supported
Blocklist status for 3D
Blocked driver version
GL_VENDOR
NVIDIA Corporation
GL_RENDERER
GeForce GTS 450/PCI/SSE2
GL_VERSION
4.1.0

.. why software?

Michael John Nisbettmjnisbett Sunday, October 16, 2011 1:20:19 AM

When I upgraded the GUI was a mess. I uninstalled using Revo Uninstaller and re-installed. I seems to have fixed the problem.

Johann AntonioJohann-7 Sunday, October 16, 2011 5:58:13 AM

Bug
1. Uncheck "reuse current tab" from Preferences - Advanced - Tab
2. Click on speed dial entry

Normally open the page in the same tab of the speed dial but open the page in a tab other than the speed dial

DSK-348389

SBurnside Sunday, October 16, 2011 7:15:54 AM

Why do you spoil the design of the browser in the alpha version? such as "menu" and "Status Bar". In pre-alpha builds to 1090, when they were transparent, was much more beautiful))))

Ryandi Sandicoyomoyo Sunday, October 16, 2011 7:21:12 AM

1. Download a file.
2. Click cancel in save dialog.
3. Crash.

Archlinux x64.

alchemist11jonnyquesty2k Sunday, October 16, 2011 7:32:07 AM

After updating from Opera-Next-12.00-1090 to Opera-Next-12.00-1105 and even through a fresh installation, this is what appears (see images below). I cannot access the url bar, see what I am typing, or load a web-page. It all either appears in blue, green, or white. Coincidentally, the opera menu, after a bit of random clicking in the top-left corner, had no affect, but the components within it, like Appearance, Preferences, are affected.

http://imageshack.us/g/204/10034502.png/

Windows 7 64-bit
Intel HD Graphics
Version: 8.15.10.2509
System: Laptop

netmen Sunday, October 16, 2011 7:36:16 AM

maxymalize windows on win 7 hp x64 dosent work, it hide taskbar...

Stanleyfreerider Sunday, October 16, 2011 9:17:55 AM

google+ sharing button- not possible to add coment

petrossa Sunday, October 16, 2011 9:21:53 AM

Incompatibility with WindowBlinds Skins. win7 x64, windowblinds 7.3 build 309

opminimod Sunday, October 16, 2011 10:07:05 AM

Maybe themes are so young that they do have some interesting bugs:
1. I can't make pagebar buttons to the topest px by editing "Margin Top=0" in [Pagebar Button Skin] in skin.ini. I mean, after I edited skin.ini in standard_skin.zip, doubleclicking the topest px can still create a new page instead of closing the page. I'm sure I have opened "Doubleclick to close tab". So, Maybe it's a bug.
2. I Use Win XP SP3. If I start Opera 12 alpha, the Opera window will cover the taskbar and be in the window-restore state, instead of in the window-maximize state.

I'm looking forward to Opera 12 Final with plenty of improvement, espscially stability and GPU! happy

Bhikkhu PesalaPesala Sunday, October 16, 2011 10:08:17 AM

Originally posted by Johann-7:

DSK-348389


It is a a known issue.

Eric Bladeeblade Sunday, October 16, 2011 10:54:58 AM

I've switched to "Forced" mode, since even the brand newest Beta (and release) nVidia drivers don't allow it on a GTS450. I can't tell any difference at all from before to now .. so i'm guessing it's just not working.

nolder88 Sunday, October 16, 2011 11:29:44 AM

two major updates of its JavaScript engine


Crash, crash, crash... with userscripts working on some sites >_<

Ishak NumanagicKhazMadan Sunday, October 16, 2011 12:08:30 PM

found a regression: when drawing with canvas, opera 12 won't draw things properly after some code. Example: i have following code: http://files.myopera.com/KhazMadan/files/index.html. Opera 12 won't draw image or rect while opera 11.51 does everything fine

xcvrasz Sunday, October 16, 2011 12:23:53 PM

ClearType not working with HV GPU accel.
or maybe its working but looks like shit ? any way of tuning it if it is working?

as it is I rather not use HV accel and have nice fonts


not to mention turning on hv accel = additional 350MB of ram taken.

Pavelratt Sunday, October 16, 2011 12:29:49 PM

Content of Opera window became corrupted from time to time (~ once in 20-30 minutes), usually when sidebar opened.

http://6g6.eu/sih-opera12-1105-screen-corrupted

MacOS 10.6.8, MacBookPro3,1
GL_RENDERER NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT OpenGL Engine
GL_VERSION 2.1 NVIDIA-1.6.36

sluwreac Sunday, October 16, 2011 12:44:18 PM

Does not work button "Построить" http://www.superbroker.ru/charts/

http://www.superbroker.ru/charts/

Steps to reproduce
===================
1. open http://www.superbroker.ru/charts/
2. press the button "Построить"

Expected result
===============
There is a schedule

Actual result
=============
Occurs nothing

*****************
DSK-348409
*****************

rekkoo Sunday, October 16, 2011 1:12:47 PM

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