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Next address field adjustments
By Blazej Kazmierczakbkazmierczak. Tuesday, April 10, 2012 11:55:59 AM
With this snapshot we have put a great deal of attention on searching via the address field.
Previously there were some complains that Opera fails on searching parts of URL. From now on it should be much easier to find your favorite pages simply by typing words in address field.
For example, lets say you have important friends on Facebook. Assume you have visited https://www.facebook.com/barackobama previously. You would expect to be able to find it by typing "barack" in the addressbar. Starting from this snapshot you will be able to see proper suggestions in the drop down for the address and title of secure pages.
Handling more than one word provided in the address bar was not handled really well previously, as it resulted in matching only page content. This meant that the URL and title was not taken into account when typing multiple words. This has now been improved upon as well, allowing you to better norrow down your searches.
Try visiting example http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/z77-express-virtu-mvp-benchmark,3174.html and than typing "virtu" or "virtu mvp" in addressbar, like so:
In addition, the ordering of items in the drop down has been improved to better promote nicely matching rows when multiple words have been provided.
Providing entries with patterns similar to "5.60 NOK in USD", "foo.bar baz" or "Info.plist" should now execute the default engine searching instead of trying to open the page, rather than resulting in the "Invalid URL" page being displayed. Though we realise that there is still a little bit more work to be done to improve this even further.
Finally the "Show more" button will not be visible now, if there is only one more row to be displayed
Note that if you don't like to see Google suggestions in front of other items in the dropdown, you might turn it off in the config (this is not a new thing).
Known Issues
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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Previously there were some complains that Opera fails on searching parts of URL. From now on it should be much easier to find your favorite pages simply by typing words in address field.
For example, lets say you have important friends on Facebook. Assume you have visited https://www.facebook.com/barackobama previously. You would expect to be able to find it by typing "barack" in the addressbar. Starting from this snapshot you will be able to see proper suggestions in the drop down for the address and title of secure pages.
Handling more than one word provided in the address bar was not handled really well previously, as it resulted in matching only page content. This meant that the URL and title was not taken into account when typing multiple words. This has now been improved upon as well, allowing you to better norrow down your searches.
Try visiting example http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/z77-express-virtu-mvp-benchmark,3174.html and than typing "virtu" or "virtu mvp" in addressbar, like so:
In addition, the ordering of items in the drop down has been improved to better promote nicely matching rows when multiple words have been provided.
Providing entries with patterns similar to "5.60 NOK in USD", "foo.bar baz" or "Info.plist" should now execute the default engine searching instead of trying to open the page, rather than resulting in the "Invalid URL" page being displayed. Though we realise that there is still a little bit more work to be done to improve this even further.
Finally the "Show more" button will not be visible now, if there is only one more row to be displayed
Note that if you don't like to see Google suggestions in front of other items in the dropdown, you might turn it off in the config (this is not a new thing).
Known Issues
- DSK-358448 Runtime error 6025 pure virtual function call at startup Opera Next for some users
- DSK-359770 Out of Process Plugins causing tab related freezes (mostly on startup)
- HTML5 Drag and Drop is work in progress. Things like dragging to and from external applications may not work. Some existing demo sites may not work fully
- HTML5test.com could freeze or show other problems on Mac
- OTW-8246 Opera 64-bit on Windows not supported on Google+ (google plus)
- DSK-361109 Address dropdown not populated when searching page content with multiple words
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.
Download
- Windows 32-bit / Windows 64-bit
- Mac (Universal Binary with 32/64-bit)
- Linux/FreeBSD
Changelog
- Improved heuristics in addressbar drop down suggestion
- Adjusted number and placement of search suggestions in the address field drop down
- Added some preferences to change default URL search behavior
- CORE-45071 (Address field drop down does not show matches for page titles or address for https pages or with no-store, no-cache)
- DSK-357357 (Fix for crash on exit): "This should fix 'Pure Virtual' problems for some users but further work will be needed"
- DSK-359671 (Searching from address bar doesn't work if first word(s) resembles a domain or a protocol)
- DSK-354079 (Turbo badge flickers when typing in the address field)
- DSK-357056 (Do not show search engine keyword in address field when selecting search suggestions)
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inDigazzZAnuarSh # Monday, April 16, 2012 11:00:10 AM
Originally posted by D1sasterp1ece:
it was deleted two or three weeks ago - It took more than a hundred restarts
Blazej Kazmierczakbkazmierczak # Monday, April 16, 2012 12:24:12 PM
Originally posted by AnuarSh:
hm.. and you for sure don't have this extension in the extension manager?Blazej Kazmierczakbkazmierczak # Monday, April 16, 2012 12:29:27 PM
Originally posted by the-gangster:
On our to-do list
inDigazzZAnuarSh # Monday, April 16, 2012 3:46:59 PM
Originally posted by bkazmierczak:
Yes
Originally posted by bkazmierczak:
Sure, not in extension manager nor AppData\Local\Opera\OperaNext\widgets\
Konnakkokonnakko # Monday, April 16, 2012 4:13:51 PM
The dropdown button's handy with a mouse and takes up so little space already, and icons make it much easier to find what you're looking for at a glance. I don't agree with the idea that they're for "power users" only.
vvojtek # Monday, April 16, 2012 7:58:50 PM
First of all google docs still not working with polish letters, I know you know about this problem "aą" "xź" and "zż" but it is any chance to repair this ?
Second of all google docs html5 drag&drop not working...
Thirdly google gmail : when You compose mail font set x-small not normal as default...
Johann AntonioJohann-7 # Tuesday, April 17, 2012 12:40:59 AM
Tiago Wakabayashiozoratsubasa # Tuesday, April 17, 2012 1:48:52 AM
Originally posted by konnakko:
I would like the favicons on by default back
geomorillo # Tuesday, April 17, 2012 5:28:18 AM
Christophchristoph142 # Tuesday, April 17, 2012 7:55:21 AM
It does not only affect Opera Next, but 11.62 as well:
my bank changed the format of the monthly statement of account from .pdf into .fdf, which I didn't even know until today.
You can save and view this file normally, but if you try to open it with the Adobe Acrobat Plugin (no matter if x86 or x64-version) in Opera, the tab only shows a visual remainder of the download dialog and after a while, the plugin throws an error because of an invalid format.
I guess this should be reported to Adobe as well?
Nevertheless the "open"-button in the download dialog should be inactive as of now
Should I file a bug report for this issue?
2) The HTML5-audio-element is severely broken: First, it didn't play anything at all, then it did, but there was no indication (blue progress bar) on it. The controls don't work at all, neither (un)mute, adjusting volume, jumping back-/forwards nor play/pause have any effect. It even kept on playing while and after reloading the page!
Finally, it made Opera Next x64 freeze completely on Win8 CP x64:
not sure if it's caused by the mix of Flashplayer and Audio-tags or because there are muliple audio-tags on the page or if it is just a general problem
P.S.: There's still no loading / buffering indication on it as well
Angelikiellinidata # Wednesday, April 18, 2012 12:35:24 AM
Leher Malhotralehermalhotra # Wednesday, April 18, 2012 2:18:13 PM
Thank you so much for this! Keep it up guys. You truly make Opera rock.
pyciar # Wednesday, April 18, 2012 6:34:57 PM
dityanaoan # Thursday, April 19, 2012 12:15:44 PM
Windows 7 x64, Opera x64 build.
HunterHead # Tuesday, April 24, 2012 10:22:06 AM
searches like ".net" or "Thread.sleep()" does not work. I know Opera is not suitable for developers, but I suggest to use default search engine, if website is not founded, or add this possibility to setup.
Thnak you.