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It's out!

By Tommy A. Olsen. Wednesday, 14. October 2009, 08:49:10

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Finally, we can officially release 10.10 Beta. You have all been really helpful with testing, and loads of improvements have been made across the board.

We've been working really hard on Unite before this release. The backend servers, and especially the proxy, have been almost completely rewritten, to gain more performance and reliability. The Unite applications have also been redesigned, with some nice features added. Overall, Unite has become even easier to use, more stable, faster, better™, so please download this build and use it! One word of caution though: If you've used Unite before, remove all traces of the old installation before installing this one. We can't guarantee that it works otherwise... :wink:

The beta build is mostly the same as the same as the previous snapshot, with some improvements to translations and installation.

Go grab it!

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More Than Beta 2

By Manuela Hutter. Thursday, 16. July 2009, 09:00:00

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Hi, I'm Manuela and I'm yet another first-time poster. And I'm a Desktop UI developer by the bye :smile:

I was mostly working on Opera Unite the last couple of months, so it's nice to see it being public now, getting real-life feedback on it. Currently, we are making an effort to polish the feature. We are ironing out some smaller UI glitches, and are making Opera Unite even more usable.

In this build, you'll find everything that Opera 10.00 beta 2 has, plus Opera Unite. Due to remaining issues with the Opera Unite infrastructure, it has been decided that Unite isn't quite ready for beta yet. But don't worry, we're working hard to fix it :smile:

The crash logger has been improved and now works on Mac.
Important: Mac users, if you have submitted crash logs using the crash logger in previous builds, please re-submit them. We changed the format of the log, and old logs cannot be parsed.

Enjoy the snapshot!

Highlights:
  • Jon Hicks has been working hard polishing the new skin
  • The error pages are now less red :wink:
  • Plus many many more fixes...

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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PS: If you actually want the official Opera 10 Beta 2 without Unite click here

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Welcome to Opera 10 Beta 1

By Petter Nilsen. Wednesday, 3. June 2009, 07:00:00

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As always we have some new goodies for you, things you have not seen in previous snapshots.
Because I've had a finger or two into making these features I will present them for you and explain a little bit how they work.

Visual Tabs - oh shiny!



Yes, we have added thumbnails on the tabs themselves to make it even easier to find that Web site you were looking for. These visual tabs are currently folded away by default, but can easily be enabled by dragging the drag handle available just beneath the tab bar.

Double-clicking or middle-clicking the same drag handle will show/hide the tab thumbnails.

Speed Dial - more shiny!

Two popular requests for Speed Dial has been to be able to use more than 9 configured sites. We've also seen frequent requests to be able to have a customized Speed Dial background. Well, guess what? :yes:

In the bottom right of the Speed Dial you now have a new Configure Speed Dial button that opens a brand new configuration dialog.

With this new configuration dialog, you will be able to set a background picture that can be stretched, centered or tiled. It is also possible to set the number of sites that should be shown, ranging from 4 to 25.

More new features

If the last version of Opera you tested was 9.6 or the alpha from last year, here are some of the additional features in Opera 10 beta 1:

  • Opera Turbo
  • Automatic updates
  • Crash logging
  • Inline spelling checker
  • 100/100 and pixel-perfect on the Acid3 test
  • Significantly improved performance, particularly on CSS/HTML rendering
  • Opera Mail HTML Compose support
  • ... and much more!


This is just some of the new features we have included in the beta and I urge you to read the complete change logs available from http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/ for all the details.

Changes since the last snapshot

Unix support
On the Linux/Unix front, we are discontinuing support for builds made with gcc 2.95. Also, Sparc Solaris builds are now made on Solaris 10 (with gcc 3) - they should run on Solaris 9 as well. If these changes affect you, we'd love to hear your feedback.

Skinning improvements
  • [DSK-253666] "new tab" button is too tall in multi-line setup
  • Partial [DSK-253753] Closed tabs icon on the right: When set to "text only", the text is nearly unreadable (partially black on black), and touches the right part of the screen)
  • [DSK-253759] Cancel button in mail panel way to unobtrusive
  • [DSK-253818] Locked tabs change size when being hovered
  • Fix for highlight of head and tail bar images
  • Fixes for the head and tail gaps in Windows Native skin
  • Fixes for pagebar head and tail icons in Windows Native skin
  • Opacity changes to Speed Dial on standard skin
  • New skin sections: "Pagebar Thumbnail Head Skin", "Pagebar Thumbnail Tail Skin", "Pagebar Thumbnail Floating Skin", "Pagebar Thumbnail Head Button Skin", "Pagebar Thumbnail Tail Button Skin", "Pagebar Thumbnail Floating Button Skin"
  • Fix for attention states on tabs
  • Updated smilies. They are now more smiley.
  • Tweaks to borders on addressbar and splitter to be consistent color
  • Tweaks to dialogs
  • Revised panel icons and buttons
  • Revised icons for mail toolbar

User Interface
  • [DSK-194184] Can't find 'show Speed Dial at startup' option)
  • [DSK-253774] Crash in action handling
  • [DSK-226623] Ctrl+Ins doesn't copy outside of edit fields
  • [DSK-253386] Crash when clicking help in startup dialog
  • [DSK-253202] Replace 'Language' with 'Dictionary' in dictionary download wizard
  • [DSK-253550] Turbo notification is cropped if the turbo icon is placed on the right of the window
  • Removing obsolete ini-entry "view hotlist"

Mail
  • [DSK-253731] Opens broken Compose Message view when creating new account

Core
  • [CORE-21309] Full language names in spell check context menu
  • [CORE-21052] XSLT: Using keys in match expressions causes crash
  • [DSK-253743] Operator cache deleted when Opera starts
  • [DSK-251805] Hang when doubleclicking text while flash is running
  • [DSK-253773] Plug-in crash

Windows
  • [DSK-253102] Classic installer can't be used to install Opera on a limited account or Windows Vista with admin account
  • [DSK-253374] Crashes on download of file when 'Save File' dialog pops up.
  • [DSK-253884] "Debug: Elevated updater" dialog when autoupdating
  • [DSK-253888] Can't autoupdate Opera on Windows Vista

Mac
  • [DSK-252555] Opera Crashes on Startup on PowerPC
  • Correcting issue on Mac Pagebar

Unix
  • [DSK-253567] Crashes on Solaris
  • [DSK-253761] Crash in Plug-in manager


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Last but not least - go download the Beta!

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9.60 beta 1 RC

By Tommy A. Olsen. Friday, 5. September 2008, 15:05:00

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Thats right, Opera 9.6 is soon ready for its first beta flight. We have now frozen all features and only critical fixes go in. Really soon now, the beta will be released, but we want more feedback from you guys before we do so.

Changelog
  • Added Core version (currently "Presto/2.1.1") to the User-Agent header; all our products will include this feature soon
  • Sites using HTTP Auth are now saved in typed history
  • Added setting to prevent bookmarks from showing in the Address field auto-completion drop-down
  • Properly stop loading pages with iframes when closing the page or pressing stop
  • Fixed problem where dynamically added xml-stylesheet processing instructions were ignored
  • Removed the document property from iframe objects for compatibility with Gecko, WebKit, and the Acid3 test
  • Added support for the caller property on functions
  • Fixed yet another case of having to press the back button twice
  • Improvements to feed preview page
  • Made feed preview page template location customizable
  • Made reloading Speed Dial while offline actually reload all thumbnails
  • Fixed Opera Link issue where notes could end up blank after being synced
  • The Opera Link queue file is no longer created before using Link
  • The fraud protection dialog now works when using a proxy
  • Made it possible to remove Speed Dial search again by unchecking the "Use as default Speed Dial search"
  • Fixed text input on Windows Tablet PC Edition 2005
  • Fixed open/save of images in Opera Mail when using the image context menu
  • Made all top-level access points (except All Messages) selectable
  • Fixed a problem deleting drafts from the Drafts view
  • UNIX: Additional fixes to flash plugin handling. Freezes when using flash should now be mostly gone.


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9.5 Beta 2 is out!

By Huib Kleinhout. Thursday, 24. April 2008, 09:18:53

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Opera 9.5 Beta 2 is available now! :jester:

Beta 2 introduces Notes syncing support using Opera Link, EV certificate support, improved Fraud protection, many performance and usability improvements in Quick Find (also known as history search), improvements in website rendering and performance, plugin support and of course lots of bug fixes. Check out the changelogs for the details.

We would like to thank the community for all testing, suggestions, and other feedback! Congratulations everyone with making 9.5 Beta 2 a great release! :-)

Stay tuned for the upcoming release of Opera Dragonfly and more exciting updates on this blog. :D

Build Numbers
  • Windows: 9945
  • Mac: 4789
  • UNIX: 1933

Known Issues
  • [Bug 325677] POP mail download doesn't work on web.de (and some other servers)
  • [Bug 324727] The Octoshape plug-in causes Opera to crash on start-up
  • [Bug 322553] The "Execute program" action fails in certain circumstances

Changelog (since the last snapshot)
  • Fixed Bug 324643: "Remove from toolbar" doesn't work
  • Fixed Bug 324645: Right-clicking an IRC channel prevents it from showing new messages
  • Fixed Bug 324678: Mail attachment options don't work on Windows
  • Fixed Bug 324696: The "Go to Web Address" action fails
  • Fixed Bug 324699: Crash when choosing "Open Opera" from the tray icon after hiding Opera on Windows when the mail client is disabled
  • Fixed Bug 324700: "Save image" context menu item doesn't work
  • Fixed a crash on start-up for some POP mail users
  • Fixed a problem where inline find highlighting didn't work correctly in mail (or when using "white-space: pre-wrap")
  • Fixed incorrect label on "Remove" button in newsfeed views
  • Re-added the "Delete mail" action for backwards compatibility

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Beta 2 is Coming...

By Adam Minchinton. Thursday, 17. April 2008, 12:32:30

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Things here in the Desktop Team have been very, very hectic lately as we approach Kestrel Beta 2. The good news it that the wait is almost over. :up:

Introduced in this build is a new fraud protection back-end. It's better, more reliable and allows us to block malicious sites more quickly than ever before. Fraud protection is now enabled by default.

For all of you non-native English speakers out there, most translations are included in this snapshot. Of course, someone will have to tell you what this blog post actually says for you to get the snapshot. :D

So download it, enjoy, and submit your feedback.

WARNING: These are development snapshots: they contain the latest changes, but they also have severe known issues, including crashes and data loss situations. In fact, they may not work at all.

Known Issues
  • [Bug 324643] "Remove from toolbar" doesn't work
  • [Bug 324645] Right-clicking an IRC channel prevents it from showing new messages
  • [Bug 322553] The "Execute program" action fails in certain circumstances
  • [Bug 324678] Mail attachment options don't work on Windows
  • [Bug 324696] The "Go to Web Address" action fails
  • [Bug 324699] Crash when choosing "Open Opera" from the tray icon after hiding Opera on Windows when the mail client is disabled
  • [Bug 324700] "Save image" context menu item doesn't work

Changelog
  • New fraud protection back-end
  • Enabled fraud protection by default
  • Setting an external source viewer now works properly
  • Open with... for other programs now works properly
  • Starting without tabs works again
  • Several security UI improvements
  • Opera Link: Fixed a bug where notes would not be synced when you upgraded to a build that supports syncing them
  • Opera Widgets: Fixed form submission
  • Opera Widgets: Fixed opening links in iframes
  • Paste & go doesn't open the address in the background anymore
  • Added a special menu for selected text which is a link
  • Spatial navigation now properly uses text selection for links
  • Made address field focusable from an empty workspace
  • Fixed find in page from the Find in page search field
  • Increased number of lines in the address field drop-down
  • Removed encoding of slashes when opening local files
  • Fixed print preview of mail and pages with iframes
  • Large plain text documents are no longer cut off
  • Fixed an issue with using bookmark nicknames as your home page
  • Fixed progress bar when set to pop-up at bottom

Mail
  • Top-level account access points can now be selected via the mouse and show all messages for the selected account
  • Better icon for e-mails without bodies
  • Saved passwords are now indicated by the text "Click to change password" instead of six asterisks
  • Fixed IMAP authentication/connection issues
  • Fixed problem downloaded POP mail when using "Leaves messages on server" on certain servers
  • Removed confirmation dialog when unchecking "Leave messages on server" for POP accounts; all messages on the server will automatically be removed
  • Better labeling of "Delete" button
  • Fixed problem where messages on the server are redownloaded after importing mail
  • Download message bodies before exporting
  • The default account when sending new messages is now chosen more intelligently
  • Added confirmation dialog when deleting newsfeeds
  • Fixed issue where the spam filter would not learn from its mistakes
  • The Mail panel button now correctly indicates new mail
  • Re-added message body settings for newsgroups
  • Stopped generating plain text version of newsfeeds that contain HTML (and vice versa), which makes photo newsfeeds more usable
  • Fixed long-standing issue where deleting drafts from the Drafts view while the compose window was open would render the draft unusable

Platform-specific
  • [Windows] Tray icon now indicates when new mail has arrived
  • [Windows] When hiding Opera (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+H), a tray icon is created
  • [Windows] Fixed DCC transfers on Windows
  • [64-bit Linux] Fixed a crash when saving things


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Opera 9.5 beta released

By Huib Kleinhout. Thursday, 25. October 2007, 09:15:36

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Opera 9.5 beta is available for download! Since the first alpha release hundreds of bugs have been fixed. Website rendering has been significantly improved, along with performance, stability and usability.

Opera Link
With Opera Link, it's possible to get access to your bookmarks and Speed Dials everywhere. Get Opera Mini 4 beta and login to Opera Link to get your desktop bookmarks, or login to link.opera.com to access your bookmarks with any other browser.

The Desktop Team would like to thank everyone in the community for testing the weeklies, reporting bugs, and giving feedback on this blog and the forums! :up:
Enjoy the Rock Opera launch party :drunk: , and don't forget to join the online celebrations if you can't be there.

Changelogs: Windows, Mac, Unix

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We will rock you: 9.5 beta coming!

By Huib Kleinhout. Wednesday, 17. October 2007, 11:53:00

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Thursday next week (25 Oct), Opera 9.5 beta will be released. :D The release
will be celebrated at the Rock Opera party in San Francisco. :hat: :jester: :drunk: The
party will feature live performances of the bands The 88 and The
Binges, and a couple of other exciting things will be announced
there.

Of course, you are all invited. Just answer the questions in the quiz
and get your invitation. If you join the party, don't forget to
bring your mobile phone, you might want to have it there. And don't worry
- no one from the Desktop Team is going to sing :zip:. If you can't make
it to California, just join the online celebrations!

New snapshot build
To warm up for the party, here's a new snapshot build. Happy bug hunting, don't forget to join the party and check out this blog for more news!

Changes and fixes
  • Rewritten backend for bookmark synchronization. Fixes several bugs
  • Cosmetic changes in synchronization user interface, new icon
  • Reloading widgets works
  • Fixed leak in search engine
  • Fixed printing crash
  • Fixed a margin collapsing regression
  • Fixed bug where Redirected e-mails displayed incorrectly in Sent view
  • Fixed crash when importing default browser bookmarks on first run
  • Fixed crashes when image with svg source is a sibling of a float
  • Fixed several layout issues
  • Several stability fixes added

Known issues fixed
  • [BUG 264975] Fixed display of smileys in mail and chat
  • [BUG 290358] Bookmarks cannot be selected from the Bookmarks menu
  • [BUG 290355] Opera crashes when clicking bookmarks in Personal bar
  • [BUG 280536] Opera on OS X will sometimes freeze when exiting Preferences

Known issues
  • [BUG 291258] Framesets don't work. Gives blank page on Gmail and other sites
  • [BUG 291335] Bookmarks in sub-folders are moved to the root folder
  • [BUG 290618] Viewing messages with smilies in Opera Mail may cause Opera to crash
  • [BUG 291267] Filters in M2 don't work
  • [BUG 290416] Widgets don't work after restarting Opera
  • [BUG 267632] Images don't display when printing
  • If you used the Brushed Metal skin in the previous release, Opera for OS X will crash on startup
  • [BUG 290943] This build fails the Acid2 test
  • Won't run correctly on Windows 95 or 98
  • OS X version may cause persistent freezes on start-up
  • POP server cleaning has been disabled: When disabling the "Leave messages on server" option, existing messages on the server are not removed
  • [BUG 287170] On OS X, UI thumbnails have black backgrounds when using native skins
  • [BUG 184894] Native OS X UI elements cannot be used in skins
  • [BUG 286384] Yahoo mail is broken
  • [BUG 280261] Removing messages from filters does not work
  • [BUG 213115] Queued mail is sent at the next check, instead of waiting for manual action

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Warning: These are snapshot builds; they contain the latests features and changes, but they also have known bugs, may crash regularly, destroy your data or don't work at all for you.
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9.2 Beta

By Johan Borg. Wednesday, 28. March 2007, 12:47:04

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Thank you!

Great feedback here over the last few weeks has helped us a lot and we're happy to see 9.2 Beta going live on labs.opera.com :hat:

In other good news, Adobe has announced Creative Suite 3 where Opera is used by several components as a rendering engine.

Changelogs:

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Beta 2 and input methods on Unix

By Claudio Santambrogio. Wednesday, 24. May 2006, 12:12:18

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Briefly it was mentioned in the changelog for beta 2, but let me say it once more in full glory:

International input will now work again with the shared-qt version of Opera on systems where previous versions did not work.

That is, in other words, dead keys and input methods (needed for example for Chinese, Japanese or Korean input) do work again in shared-qt builds running on systems that have a Qt with the "qt-immodule" patch.

Enjoy! :smile:

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