Smarter address field suggestions
By Daniel Aleksandersendaniel. Friday, January 27, 2012 11:57:00 AM
In our old system; everything including bookmarks was matched against page URL, title, or page content and then ordered in one giant list sorted by last visited time.
The new system assigns a score to each suggestion based on more factors than just the last visited time. For example, we prioritize your bookmarks, the position in the URL where we find a match, and the number of times we get a match on the page.
We are not done yet, and will work on integrating Speed Dials and further improve the scoring system.
What do you think about the new results in the address field? Are we getting you to where you wanted to go?
If you already know exactly where you want to go and don’t care too much about the above improvements; then you will certainly appreciate that we’ve also worked on getting you on your way faster. (Nice segue, huh?) Start-up times and session handling should be snappier in this build. We’ve ironed out a bunch of smaller issues that we think will make a big difference.
PS: There are some other treasures in the change log as well.

Known issues
- Mail header layout is broken
- Mac: File uploading, and large network requests never finishes
- Mac: Some font rendering issues and crashes with Web fonts
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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Change log
Desktop
- New address field suggestion heuristics
- Start-up and session handling performance improvements
- Updated partner content
- DSK-353025 Revert Reload toolbar icon
- DSK-350900 Block VLC plug-in due to excessive crashing
- DSK-352150 Searches typed in the address field is not saved in History
- DSK-351508 Clean up Address Field and Search Field paddings
- Add support for RFC 2971 - IMAP4 ID extension
- Improve position and animations of mail overlay dialogs
- Cleanup padding in messages for small screens
- DSK-346708 Opera crashes on upgrading mail from version 9.27
- DSK-350723 Check/Send (Ctrl+K) does not activate all mail accounts
- DSK-350632 After few seconds locked attachments disappear from a mail
- DSK-353893 Crash on searching for e-mails
- DSK-347214 Mail subject doesn't get enough width on small screens
- DSK-352151 Mail title font should be 24px
- DSK-349048 Subjects in message list is displayed scrambled in list on the side
- DSK-350591 The fonts used are different for the labels and the buttons in the mail header section
- DSK-349884 Focusing in mail view should give visual hint
- DSK-349635 Zoom factor lost after selecting another message
- DSK-349965 Zoom changes don't show on zoom slider in mail view
- DSK-352652 MHT files should not get the extra margins
- DSK-352956 Hidden mail panel items Drafts and Outbox can't be re-added
- DSK-353139 Buttons on message toolbar should apply to mail selected in message pane, not list pane
- DSK-352012 De-select show sent mails resets/doesn't work.
- DSK-350578 No trash icon in list of messages
- DSK-350716 After customization of Mail Settings or View Sorting buttons, overlay dialog is placed incorrectly
- DSK-350805 Thread expand/collapse button not shown when thread has no subject
- DSK-351858 Copy contact from header widget doesn't copy name, only address
- DSK-351395 Group headers have no top border when list is on top
- DSK-351772 Selected message not consistent on layout switching
- DSK-353317 Expanding the "today" group header in M2 doesn't scroll to display the mails
- DSK-351552 Keyboard shortcuts to mark as read doesn't work if last focused element is grouping header
- DSK-355201New warning strings when failing to attach files to a mail
Linux/FreeBSD
- DSK-346947 Pasting text silently fails when the requested format is not supported
- DSK-340104 Clipboard incompatible with synergy / vnc / rdesktop / VMware / VirtualBOX
- DSK-352023 Clipboard contents lost after shutting down applications in Gnome/Unity
Core
- CORE-43788 Cannot scroll down with mouse wheel over iframe with scrolling=no if smooth scrolling is enabled
- CORE-41431 Crash in host resolver when closing browser after loading large number of tabs simultaneously
- CORE-43786 Remove possibility to not fallback to the default skin
- CORE-42458 mime.css changes needed for new mail window design



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Blazej Kazmierczakbkazmierczak # Saturday, January 28, 2012 10:41:13 AM
Originally posted by K4m1K4tz3:
wouldn't that work for you ?
http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/show.dml/40132942?startidx=100#comment80807392
Christophchristoph142 # Saturday, January 28, 2012 10:46:11 AM
Originally posted by K4m1K4tz3:
I <3 this approach
Do exactly that. Display ONE SINGLE line of search suggestion over the address field. If the user wants to get search suggestions he will press the "up"-key. Then swap search-suggestions to below the search field and extend it to all of them
Would be soooo awesome and handy IMHO
And since we are talking about searching within the address field (I really NEVER used that search-field to the right; always using the address field):
Have you EVER seen a URL with a space in it? No?
Then why the hack "gmx.com brainstorm" doesn't search but tries to open as a web address ("brainstorm gmx.com" of course works...)?!
Or in other words: please fix searches with the first search-term containing a dot (and at least 2 characters behind it) (reported as [DSK-356195]). Thanks! :
woj-tek # Saturday, January 28, 2012 11:12:48 AM
Originally posted by liv-public:
well… it might be due to my setup/configuration but i do not see a problem -- there is plenty of space (24", only address field without search field - i use letter accelerators) and i love single-line setup (two lines per item annoyed me a lot!)
i have forgotten to mention though, that in the dropdown nicknames are displayed in an awkward manner - if i start typing the nickname then it is displayed instead of the title, but if i start to type a title there is no nickname (it would be helpful to have this in sight). there is also a problem with nicknames for the folders (brilliant feature to open multiple pages in one topic - weather forecasts, news sites, etc.) - there are not any hints about them.
Originally posted by bkazmierczak:
actually this sounds quite good -- it would remove the nececity to open the separate panel to search only for the given type of data!
Originally posted by K4m1K4tz3:
+1 for that -- it could be 'clever' enough to take up all available space within window view (i have bookmarks bar above address bar which in turn enables regular window titlebar even in maximized view)… when it comes to looks - it could resemble apple-like menus - when you click on the dropbox and there was already preselected an item from the middle of the list you have the list position relatively to that item and therefore it is above and below given selection-field (or it was like that somewhere - i map it in my mind to 'macs', apologies if it is not correct)
Rafael Luikrafaelluik # Saturday, January 28, 2012 11:50:14 AM
Originally posted by liv-public:
You can use nicknames for that somehow. Some people put the same prefix for several bookmarks: a bookmark with the nick page-A, another with page-B, etc, that way when you type "page" you'll get them all as suggestions (thanks to this build that returns back the nickname suggestions).Originally posted by christoph142:
What are you thinking? lol... That way you abstruse the tab bar, not to mention people that have the address field placed in another location of the window.Originally posted by christoph142:
I did, and you too, but you don't remember because spaces in URLs are transformed into the code "%20".wardies # Saturday, January 28, 2012 11:52:39 AM
Originally posted by tudsta:
Yes, I've just encountered this problem on upgrading. It is reproducible every time, as I always start Opera in offline mode to avoid unnecessary tab reloading.
It's an important regression for me but anyway I'm happy that steps are being made to speed the start-up.
While the Opera team are fixing this, they might also look at fixing the Crash Reporter Dialog so pressing "submit report" ignores the "Work offline" setting and temporarily goes online anyway to submit the report. It's frustrating to be excluded from helping with crash reports just because I start Opera in offline mode every day.
Win7 x64
kapsi # Saturday, January 28, 2012 11:58:45 AM
Rafael Luikrafaelluik # Saturday, January 28, 2012 11:59:56 AM
Christophchristoph142 # Saturday, January 28, 2012 12:08:01 PM
Originally posted by rafaelluik:
Yeah, for sure, I know about that... but I was talking about unmasked spaces... did you ever insert any address with white-spaces?!
Blazej Kazmierczakbkazmierczak # Saturday, January 28, 2012 12:24:37 PM
Originally posted by rafaelluik:
Seems doable, but would it be really helpful?
flansuse # Saturday, January 28, 2012 12:48:05 PM
Originally posted by bkazmierczak:
I've explained in this post why Opera needs tags/labels for bookmarks, the way Firefox manages it: http://my.opera.com/community/forums/findpost.pl?id=11225622
I go into a lot of details and examples, and there are other posts in the same thread that corroborate this.
It explains why "nicknames" and "descriptions" cannot be used as "tags" or "labels".
Rafael Luikrafaelluik # Saturday, January 28, 2012 12:48:48 PM
Originally posted by bkazmierczak:
Yes, it'd be...! I wouldn't need to press a lot of times the down arrow to get into the history/bookmark item I want because of the search suggestions that would be above it and still get them when I specifically want to search (when I type a keyword).minho # Saturday, January 28, 2012 12:49:21 PM
http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=1283872
Very annoying.
Francesco De Domenicofrankdd89 # Saturday, January 28, 2012 12:50:44 PM
wardies # Saturday, January 28, 2012 12:51:29 PM
Originally posted by kapsi:
You can turn that behaviour off by unticking the opera:config option. Typing the 'g' prefix won't bring it back but if you're desperate for suggestions, you could always just type your search query into the "Search with Google" field.
minho # Saturday, January 28, 2012 12:53:37 PM
http://files.myopera.com/minho/albums/3631672/wand.png?1327755045
Fedora 16 x32, win 7 x64
flansuse # Saturday, January 28, 2012 12:58:48 PM
Originally posted by bkazmierczak:
That could work, but it wouldn't be easily discoverable to a new or casual user. There would also need to be a check in place to make sure it does not conflict with the search engine keywords. For example: If I have the keyword "y" for a Yahoo search, Opera should prevent me from assigning "y" as a keyword for a history search. I think such an idea would be nice, as long as it doesn't create conflicts or issues with the current setup. Not sure how tricky it would be to code this without conflicts with the search engine keywords.Rafael Luikrafaelluik # Saturday, January 28, 2012 12:58:59 PM
minho # Saturday, January 28, 2012 1:02:21 PM
http://terratv.terra.com.br/Especiais/Futebol/4411-398419/Ensaio-de-nova-musa-faz-site-do-Brasiliense-travar-confira.htm
OpenSuse 12.1 x32
minho # Saturday, January 28, 2012 1:03:28 PM
http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=1283892
xapienz # Saturday, January 28, 2012 1:51:16 PM
Here is svgz: http://db.tt/4hMbuj4s
You can try it on web page: http://misc.xapienz.ru/svg_crash.html
minho # Saturday, January 28, 2012 2:07:17 PM
Originally posted by xapienz:
Confirmed here.
OpenSuse 12.1 x32
kapsi # Saturday, January 28, 2012 2:35:13 PM
Dmitry MojseenkoErasus # Saturday, January 28, 2012 2:57:27 PM
woj-tek # Saturday, January 28, 2012 3:02:35 PM
Originally posted by kapsi:
+1
Originally posted by christoph142:
+1
Originally posted by bkazmierczak:
definitely - for power users and those who knows what they are doing...
Originally posted by flansuse:
i think it would be another 'search engine' along the lines of 'find in page' one…
Originally posted by kapsi:
Yup, I've noticed that too - also bookmarks seem to load faster in that build... and one more thing - memory usage seems to be better - 3 pages, about 150MB (witout mail as i am trying to migrate to thunderbird for that, with HWA turned off - this makes Opera use almost twice as much memory)
KlausMuller # Saturday, January 28, 2012 3:02:54 PM
M-Z # Saturday, January 28, 2012 3:18:56 PM
http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/4193/operamail.png
OperaCrashed # Saturday, January 28, 2012 3:34:22 PM
Originally posted by Kervala:
I disabled pagefile years ago on my system. No problems running one 3GB eating, other 1.5GB eating 32 bit programs and Opera with 95 tabs open at the same time. Your problems are likely due to not enough RAM installed for your tasks. (My 6GB suits me just fine.)blackcoder # Saturday, January 28, 2012 4:20:22 PM
Originally posted by xapienz:
Can not confirm with Opera 11.61 and this build.
Windows Vista 64-Bit
Originally posted by KlausMuller:
I can confirm a quite high cpu usage with this build. CPU-Usage is lower with Opera 11.61.
minho # Saturday, January 28, 2012 5:04:14 PM
Click on "Clique para baixar" green button
Save dialog is cut off
http://files.myopera.com/minho/albums/3631672/baxaki.png
Fedora 16 x32
Grasli # Saturday, January 28, 2012 5:13:24 PM
Originally posted by stve10:
Still don't see the problem. We're talking ONE pixel here just to be able to see tab stacks' top line (in any mode). It should be visible, it shouldn't disappear up there.And Fitts law, hah... still don't see the problem with adding 1px more space up there. Try maximizing Internet Explorer for example, look at THAT enormous space up there..
EDIT;
* Chrome Integration Drag Area Maximized --> works for maximized mode, changing value from 1 to 2 fixes it. THAT small change (1px) is all thats needed. Is that too much to ask for?
* Chrome Integration Drag Area --> doesn't work. NOT maximized, Toolbar ON/OFF, no change.
Opera devs, please just add 1px globally all over (any mode) and the problem is fixed. It looks so much better when the top-line of tab stacks can be seen!
wannadance # Saturday, January 28, 2012 6:00:12 PM
tbb505 # Saturday, January 28, 2012 6:36:01 PM
This problem has existed in previous versions of Opera, as well as the current builds.
Bug has been reported as: DSK-356231
JackWagon # Saturday, January 28, 2012 6:39:45 PM
Also, hadn't you actually had the panel fixed at one time, but now it's broken again? Is this a double regression?
Vadimmve88 # Saturday, January 28, 2012 6:41:59 PM
https://bugs.opera.com/wizarddesktop/
Kelvin TwisterPHILIPS-BLASTER # Saturday, January 28, 2012 8:02:41 PM
Originally posted by minho:
Not confirmed in a Windows 7 - 32 Bit
http://www.netupload.org/files/jonftym5qgh266digmmi.png
Kelvin TwisterPHILIPS-BLASTER # Saturday, January 28, 2012 8:09:02 PM
Originally posted by minho:
Not confirmed in a Windows 7 - 32 Bit / PS: Nice video
brumac53 # Saturday, January 28, 2012 9:08:33 PM
Originally posted by PHILIPS-BLASTER:
Brazil superior!Necroman # Saturday, January 28, 2012 11:16:52 PM
https://cvs.khronos.org/svn/repos/registry/trunk/public/webgl/sdk/tests/conformance/misc/object-deletion-behaviour.html
IllusionMH109th # Saturday, January 28, 2012 11:17:32 PM
Can anyone confirm?
Win7 Ult x64 SP1
Denqqq # Saturday, January 28, 2012 11:34:41 PM
http://i27.fastpic.ru/big/2012/0129/1a/b8bfaa631a164561f5145bd1df60fd1a.png
IllusionMH109th # Saturday, January 28, 2012 11:56:21 PM
Originally posted by Denqqq:
Memory use jumps from 180Mb (4 tabs before click on link) to 790+MB(sometimes 1300+MB but then falls to about 800+MB) Win7 Ult x64 SP1netwolf # Sunday, January 29, 2012 12:03:07 AM
Originally posted by Denqqq:
Wow, impressive...
Denqqq # Sunday, January 29, 2012 12:04:36 AM
Opera 11.52 The page is displayed normally
Opera 11.61 or 12 The page is displayed incorrectly
Opera 11.52 http://i30.fastpic.ru/big/2012/0129/7f/4db9f1bc19953f69c345a2f22a44297f.png
Opera 11.61 or 12 http://i32.fastpic.ru/big/2012/0129/1f/e98bbddd0aace4d0b13611af5c365b1f.png
At a forum to me have written that it is a browser bug
ayespy # Sunday, January 29, 2012 1:29:20 AM
GeForce 6150SE nForce 430/PCI/SSE2/3DNOW!
GL_VERSION 2.1.2
Driver 8.17.12.8662
Win7 X86 fullly updated. 3Gb RAM, 3.7 GHz AMD processor
Had to turn off Hardware Acceleration to run this version. I tried to use it for a while to see if it caused the same "fragmentation of images" video corruption throughout the system that the last two snapshots did. While I was running it, it was VERY slow and choppy compared to 11.61 and 12 without HWA, but it appeared to function. After I close it, I was unable to re-open it again. I have it set to start with the same tabs, etc where I was when I left off, and instead of starting, it showed a completely unresponsive UI window with no panels, no buttons, no tabs, and a black frame with address bar indicating the last website I was at.
Processor maxed out, and nothing could be done. Had to close it and go into operaprefs.ini, turn off HWA, and restart. That worked.
So, I'm afraid I'll be unable to give feedback as to how it works with my hardware.
brumac53 # Sunday, January 29, 2012 1:29:33 AM
Originally posted by Denqqq:
Same here. And in another forum that uses the same style.Rafael Luikrafaelluik # Sunday, January 29, 2012 1:44:37 AM
Originally posted by minho:
I can't believe you're still posting this.It was already explained to you. And now I see the comment by Rijk which you claim he's saying that's a bug. He never said that, he said it's a problem and explained why it happens (the website make the dialog to appear in a very tiny window/tab and Opera's download dialog is non-modal, end of story).
minho # Sunday, January 29, 2012 1:47:03 AM
Originally posted by rafaelluik:
Your reply is completely useless.
minho # Sunday, January 29, 2012 1:49:17 AM
Originally posted by PHILIPS-BLASTER:
Originally posted by PHILIPS-BLASTER:
These problems happen only on linux.
I have no problem on my win 7 x64 system.
IusedtobeOOlli91 # Sunday, January 29, 2012 1:57:33 AM
Rafael Luikrafaelluik # Sunday, January 29, 2012 2:08:22 AM
Originally posted by minho:
I think you aren't able to understand it.There's no way to "fix" this issue, the download dialog won't turn into modal. The problem will stay in Baixaki's side.