By olli. Friday, 11. July 2008, 10:03:05
crashers, bugs, build, Rhinoplastic
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Hei
We are still doing polishing on Kestrel and have some more crashfixes etc for you all to play with.
Please look for regressions since 9.50
Changelog:
- Lots of stability fixes
- Fixed an issue with history navigation: an iframe with document.write is not added to history anymore
- Fixed an issue where IRC would disconnec users without informing them
- Fixed window.close() not functioning after invoking context menu - now also in widgets
- Fixed an issue where "Mark all as read" in M2 would also mark as read some mails not visible in the current view
- Fixed creation of POP aim.com account
DownloadWindowsWindows ClassicMacintoshUNIX
By julienp. Friday, 27. July 2007, 14:36:12
Mozilla, Accessibility, Opera, Browser
We at Opera care about accessibility and usability issues and we have been working hard on improved screen reader compatibility. The accessibility project was started, aiming among other things at enhancing our screen reader support.
At this point, we are able to announce that we have made great progress and the new functionality will be available in the coming weekly of kestrel.
These are the main points that have been accomplished.
On Windows:- Good support for the Microsoft Accessibility API (MSAA).
- Close cooperation with other screen reader vendors.
On Mac:- Excellent support of the Mac API for Accessibility.
- Excellent support of VoiceOver.
Additionally we met Aaron Leventhal, Mozilla's accessibility guru, this week. In cooperation with Mozilla we'll establish better standards concerning accessibility in Web browsers. It is great to work with people like Aaron - thank you!
And this is only the beginning. We will have more coming on the accessibility side in the coming weeks and months!
By mitchman2. Friday, 8. September 2006, 14:49:25
Browser, desktop
We have not been sitting idle the last few weeks. Vacations are over and we're all back in full swing. This weekly offers lots and lots of bugfixes.
Also note that the Windows XP Media Center Edition remote control is supported and can be mapped in keyboard.ini/keyboard setup. We also have experimental support for the "Default programs" feature in Vista. Without further delay, here is the changelog:
Changelog:- Lots of stability fixes.
- Support for the Windows XP Media Center Edition remote control.
- Several fixes to saving of images.
- HTML editing in Wordpress and TinyMCE makes content no longer disappear.
- Page title is now shown (again) under name column in History.
- Fixed functionality on the new Flickr Organizer.
- It is now possible to stop a newsfeed checking for updates.
- Fixed Site Preferences & content blocker being greyed out on some sites.
- Opera no longer crashes when trying to save a downloaded file to a full disk.
Windows specific:- Files can now be attached to e-mail messages if the file is read-only.
Mac specific:- Fixed crash with last.fm.
UNIX specific:- Telnet links now open in terminal by default.
And make also sure you do not forget that we also have a
Known Issue:- When subscribing to a feed you are not prompted the question whether you would like to subscribe.
Download linksWindows MSIWindows ClassicMacintoshUnix
By csant. Monday, 24. July 2006, 16:13:13
9.01, Browser, w00t
The week just started - but you won't have to wait for a new build, not even until mid-week! Few fixes in this build:
Changelog- Cookies are now autosaved
- Flash in feeds now works again
Download linksWindows MSIWindows ClassicMacintoshUnix
By csant. Friday, 9. June 2006, 18:17:45
Browser, build, desktop, Merlin
We got a Friday this week as well! And we have
some builds for you again (the stress on
some is unfortunately intentional).
First off: make sure you know that there are
Known issues- Searches are broken.
- No FreeBSD 6 packages, and no .rpm or .deb packages available this time. Sorry…
and then, on the brighter side, read the
Changelog- Middleclick features (Paste'n'Go and Panning) are fixed.
- Opening standalone files that require plugins are fixed.
- opera: and mailto: links now work again.
- Animated gif images no longer speed up! (Wheeee!!)
- Added support for DOM level 2 Style Sheets and associated parts of DOM level 2 CSS. (Yay!!)
- Improved handling of offsetTop, offsetLeft and offsetParent.
- When enabling the status bar, link and form tooltips will not show the URL address anymore, and will display the content of the title attribute without the "Title: " prefix.
- Multiple stability fixes.
- IMAP fixes.
- several NTLM fixes.
Have fun - and Happy testing!
Download linksWindows MSIWindows ClassicMacintoshUnix
By csant. Friday, 10. March 2006, 15:29:38
Browser, desktop, Opera
It's Friday again - time for one more round of testing a snapshot of our internal development!
As usual, please read the Known Issues List first:
- Cannot view e-mail attachments within Opera.
- :hover pseudo-class is only recognised when hovering inline boxes within an element (may cause Pure CSS Menus to fail).
- Text may be misaligned on buttons.
- Self closing (non-script) tags may break the layout.
- Some pages may have unexpected linebreaks.
Changelog
- Fixed crasher on Flash.
- Added experimental support for opening Web archives.
- Improved display of content blocker toolbar.
- Added keyboard shortcuts Cmd+[ and Cmd+] for back/forward on Mac.
- Up/down arrows no longer select next/previous messages in e-mail and news views when the message view has focus.
- Improved notification of invalid SSL certificates.
- Upgrading will automatically disable 40 and 56 bit SSL/TLS ciphers.
- Fixed float and inline box stacking order, as required by the Acid2 test.
- Allowed mouse events to pass through clipped or overflowed (or otherwise transparent) regions of an element.
- Added class contructors for CanvasGradient, CanvasPattern, and CanvasRenderingContext2D.
- Added support for HTMLTableElement.cells collection.
- <xml> elements are no longer removed from the HTML DOM.
- Improved handling of offsetTop, offsetLeft, and offsetParent.
- Added support for Selection.removeAllRanges and Selection.addRange.
Unix specific
A special dapper_i386.deb package addresses installation issues experienced by Ubuntu Dapper Drake users.
Mac specific
This build might crash on launch on Mac OS X 10.2.
Download links:
By minch. Friday, 24. February 2006, 13:48:47
Opera, Browser, WEEKLY, Merlin
WARNING: Please be sure to read the known issues list below.In the past week there has been a steady improvement on all platforms as we drive towards a Beta. Unfortunately there has been some regressions, notably display of mail, but please be sure to check the Known Issues below for more information. Overall these new builds contain lots of improvements.
This week Macintosh makes its return to the weekly build round. After receiving our shiny new iMac from Apple, the last two weeks have been very busy improving Opera for Macintosh, especially the Intel part. Those of you who have a new iMac or MacBook Pro know, that you have been unable to connect to the Internet. That's all now changed! We are also now pleased to announce that our Opera Merlin Universal Binary contains the same features for PowerPC and Intel! Java, the final missing feature, has now been added for Intel.
All platforms changes: - Default mode for cycling tabs with Ctrl+Tab without popup window is now visible tab order.
- Added quotes to paths in opera:config to prevent path corruption - opera:config can now be used again.
- In content blocking mode, clicking an image or plug-in shows all other content that matches the filter.
- Content blocker shows previously blocked content when entering content blocking mode.
- Content blocker filters are no longer case sensitive.
- Leaving content blocking mode removes all content that matches the new filters, including pages in inline frames.
- Improved blocking of plug-in content when an object tag is used without an embed tag.
- Improved display of content blocker toolbar.
- Reduced delay for thumbnail tooltips.
- Added disk caching for BitTorrent to improve speed.
- Moved site preferences to Preferences - Advanced - Content.
- DCC chat now respects the nosave and nodownload switches in kiosk mode.
- Improved handling of removed elements in Web Forms 2.0 repetition.
- Added support for stepping in time inputs.
- Fixed a crash when hiding plugins with display:none;
- General stability fixes
Mac specific changes: - Intel Macs now work
- Java updated to 1.4x/1.5x for PPC
- Java introduced for Intel (1.4x/1.5x)
Unix specific changes: - Fix on Ctrl+Tab "Cycle without showing list"
- File input/upload location now remembered
- Improved window manager session management
Known issues: - Mail doesn't show until window is resized
- Sometimes dialogs show up empty on Mac
Download links:Windows Build 8238Macintosh Build 3240UNIX Build 1670
By mitchman2. Thursday, 23. February 2006, 13:47:52
Browser, Merlin, Opera
The information given here might not apply if we are forced to not release a build this week. But it should hopefully give some insight into what we are doing anyway.
I will go into detail on some of the changes this week:
BitTorrent- Implemented a new disk cache for BitTorrent. For the time being, it's hardcoded at 10MB per torrent, but this will probably be configurable. Due to the nature of the BitTorrent protocol, data is written randomly across the files currently being downloaded. This is quite demanding for both hardware and software.
The new disk cache tries to optimize this at the expense of higher memory usage.
- Some people have reported that torrents have a tendency to stall. We have identified and fixed one case where removing a torrent from the transfer manager while other torrents were downloading could make the remaining torrents stall.
The implementation of this new disk cache is a somewhat major change in the BitTorrent implementation. If you experience crashes (hopefully there won't be any), please make sure to
file a bug report with a crash log created by
Inspector.
Content BlockerQuite a few significant changes this week. Some has been implemented based on feedback from our users out there.
- Background colour of the content block mode toolbar has been changed to be more visible.
- Filters are no longer case-sensitive
- When you click to block an image or plugin, all content on the page that matches the generated pattern will be painted as blocked.
- Previously blocked content will be loaded from server when entering content block mode and can be easily unblocked.
- When you are done blocking content, Opera will also properly remove all blocked content in all frames.
- It will now be possible to block plugins that uses just an object tag and no embed fallback.
The tooltip delay on tabs when a thumbnail is shown has been reduced significantly. It should make the thumbnails more useful.
There are many other changes in this week's build, you will (hopefully) be able to read about them in the changelog that will be posted tomorrow.
By mitchman2. Friday, 17. February 2006, 15:34:10
desktop, Browser, Merlin, Opera
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It's friday again and we're happy to release a new weekly build. There are some important fixes in this build, and people using BitTorrent in TP2 should take extra note of the changes:
Changes since 13 February 2006:- Fixed so upload in BitTorrent doesn't send corrupt data. Some changes to improve the speed.
- Changed feed notification icon.
- Fixed crash when searching in opera:config
- The [Adv User prefs] section of opera6.ini and opera:config has been renamed to [Network].
- Removing button on one toolbar now removes from all open tabs not just active one.
- Fix to allow nested forms.
- Added widget error reporting to the error console.
- Possible fix for buttons not working on GMail.
Unix specific changes:- Improved session management handling
- Modified pluginwrapper so that plug-ins see a Composite widget. Some versions of the real plug-ins seem to need this.
- Shortcut fixes for widget handling in the unix-keyboard.ini setting
- Fixed problems with missing resizing of content of detached windows.
- Cleanup and fixed problems with parsing of remote commands. We were unable to open filenames with spaces.
- Improved window handling for widgets.
Known issues:- Saving preferences in opera:config, while any file path preference contains a string with spaces, can cause the paths to become corrupted, or multiple warning dialogs to be displayed. You are advised not to use opera:config in this release, or the previous weekly release.
- Might crash in some cases when switching between tabs with the mouse.
Download links:Windows Build 8225UNIX Build 1656There is no Mac build this week.
By borg. Monday, 13. February 2006, 16:01:13
Opera, Browser, Merlin
The release of Opera 9 Preview 2 marks the start of a new tradition: The Weekly Builds. Every week until the final version of Opera 9 is ready, we intend to ship a weekly updated version of Opera 9 on this blog.
The goal is to further open up our development process to our devoted users and allow you to be more involved at an earlier stage than when we ship the next public beta.
The Weekly Builds are snapshots, they are not as thoroughly tested as a Technology Preview or a Public Beta. You should only use these builds if you are not afraid of losing data (e-mail, bookmarks, anything) or crashing your computer.
