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Opera 9.6 released: Discover Opera!

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Opera 9.6 final has been released today! :cheers:
Thanks for bug hunting and giving feedback. :up:
Opera 9.6 adds synchronization of custom searches and typed history with Opera Link, several new features in Opera Mail, a nice preview page for feeds and last but not least: improved stability and performance. Read the full changelog for all changes since 9.52.

Discover Opera
We also launched a new site today: Discover Opera. It shows in simple steps how to use many of the powerful Opera features. Do you know them all?
What is your favorite feature in Opera? Tell us which feature you like most and what others should discover in Opera :sherlock:

Now check out the brushed-up Choose Opera Blog and download Opera!

Enjoy!
The Deskop Team

Opera 9.6 RC 2Focus on Desktop

Comments

rmadeira 8. October 2008, 08:00

First comment: Don't open this website: http://www.comprafacil.com.br

:frown:

dapxin 8. October 2008, 08:00

Thanks! I am 2nd yaaaaaay!

edit- btw, google reader randomly freezes me. anyone else?

fearphage 8. October 2008, 08:02

Originally posted by Hubik:

Now check out the brushed-up Choose Opera Blog and download Opera!

The link is to http://www.opera.com/download/linux/. Congrats folks. Can't wait to see what's next!

EDIT: and the full changelog links to the windows changelog http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/960/. Should be http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/

Old_Bulgarian_Thinker 8. October 2008, 08:08

Thanks! The final bild show 10447! is it the same bild as RC2?

elitegeek 8. October 2008, 08:09

Cool! thanks!


the 2nd has been very stable.

fearphage 8. October 2008, 08:09

Originally posted by rmadeira:

Don't open this website: http://www.comprafacil.com.br

Confirmed.

Originally posted by hogehogehoge:

Crash http://blog.goo.ne.jp/staffblog/index.rdf

cannot confirm.

Originally posted by Old_Bulgarian_Thinker:

The final bild show 10477! is it the same bild as RC2?

The build is the same for *nix and windows. Only mac users need to download the official build.

mihmanz 8. October 2008, 08:13

Me happy (though I think making last RC a Final is mauvais ton. Why don't you just fix a little more for a Final? Moreover Opera's always got a plenty of things to do and bugs to fix).
What's wrong with "Join this group' button appearance at http://my.opera.com/chooseopera/blog/?

Tamil 8. October 2008, 08:14

Error in changelog.

Tools > Preferences > Advanced > Show scroll marker (check box)

should be

Tools > Preferences > Advanced > Browsing > Show scroll marker (check box)



http://portal.opera.com/discover/?feature=gestures should link to Mouse Gestures in Opera

kyleabaker 8. October 2008, 08:20

Good work! On to Peregrine now..

ar1pe 8. October 2008, 08:22

:up:

Sterkrig 8. October 2008, 08:26

Originally posted by mihmanz:

though I think making last RC a Final is mauvais ton. Why don't you just fix a little more for a Final?


No it's not.
Release version should be last RC. It requires testing before becoming a release.

EagleMKD 8. October 2008, 08:30

Congratulations on the great news! Opera 9.60 will kick Firefox's ass :D
Now everybody let's party! :cheers: :drunk:

jeroo 8. October 2008, 08:42

Brilliant! :smile:

Diam0nd 8. October 2008, 09:03

I think there's a memory leak in this release. After a few hours of using Opera I have to manually kill the process, because memory use rises to 130MB+, cpu consumption peaks, pc totally dies. I tried setting low priority for opera process, doesnt help.

Northgrove 8. October 2008, 09:09

Thanks! :smile:

I think the Discover Opera site is a bit odd though. "Get Started" leads to Speed Dial, but nothing more. "Learn more" leads to info on Speed Dial.

I was expecting "Get Started" to in the end take me through all the pages on the bottom of the screen, in case the user missed those.

Le()niD 8. October 2008, 09:10

Yay!
Thank you

zix 8. October 2008, 09:18

Anybody else experiencing the "30 seconds waiting"-bug?
I type in an url, Opera waits 15 to 30 seconds and then starts loading. :frown:

DjiXas 8. October 2008, 09:21

Classic installer link?

toru_1969 8. October 2008, 09:22

Thanks! :D

LZ2SDC 8. October 2008, 09:23

Thanks DesktopTeam!:up:
You're Great!
We look forward:
Emissions and passwords (wand) - synchronization! :smile:

fearphage 8. October 2008, 09:27

Originally posted by Hubik:

Read the full changelog for all changes since 9.52.

the full changelog links to the windows changelog http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/960/. Should be http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/, no?

g4qb 8. October 2008, 09:32

Discover <the bugs in PC Version of> Opera <9.60>!
http://my.opera.com/g4qb/blog/opera-notes

eg.
space bug
0. load opera:about or even this blog
1. type "/" <space>
2. press F3 x50
note the odd jumping around, 9.60 handles this better than 9.27

focus bug - compare with opera 9.27 - no problem.
0. load opera:about
1. ctrl-shift-0 to 9
dead

0. ctrl-T
1. ctrl-shift-0 to 9
no problem


quitting bug
0. ctrl-T x5
1. ctrl-shift-0, windows panel
2. click <Windows - Opera>
3. press <delete>
quits opera
this doesn't happen on Mac version nor Opera 9.27
this is like IE7 / ffox - closing the last window quits the program.


I guess that it is good that we have 9.60 out.
then we can move on to 9.70
hopefully they will bring back the more detailed file size information in the download dialogue box.

currently only show to the .1MB resolution,
9.27 shows the full file size
eg. 5.39 MB (5,655,056 bytes)
vs
5.3MB

this is handy in determining if you have the latest version of a file.




go for the OSX Opera 9.60, possibly less bugs.
eg.
focus bug not present
0. load opera:about
1. ctrl-0 to 9
no problemo


at least
http://feeds.feedburner.com/thesecrethub/GVQl
loads better than 9.27



It is good to have these changes, it stirs the pot a bit & lets the developers know what people really use.

Who out there still usees 9.2 compatible keyboard shortcuts like me?
eg.
ctrl-shift-w = close all windows
ctrl-shift-alt-w = close all but active window
not included in the <Opera Standard> keyboard shortcuts.

it would be good if opera included google chrome's
a) <close tabs opened by this tab> feature
b) select tabs 1 to 8 instantly via ctrl-1 to 8
c) ctrl-page down / up to go up & down tabs, instead of ctrl-F6 / ctrl-shift-F6 which is a bit of a stretch.

Opera 9.60 is like Vista / Millennium, a stopgap program until something better comes along

just like Apple's compact keyboard & shuffle, a speed bump in the evolution of a product.

speaking of vista,
ctrl-shift-0 doesn't work in vista.
vista has swallowed up this keyboard shortcut.

found a workaround tonight for vista !!!
while looking at the keyboard shortcuts code
ctrl-alt-shift-0
"think different"

Old_Bulgarian_Thinker 8. October 2008, 09:34

you will find it is 10447, not 10477...


I'm sorry! Both bilds (rc2 and final) are 10447, it's my mistake, there are no 10477 bild :smile:
And I always use only classic instaler :smile:

illiad 8. October 2008, 09:50

no probs... :smile: I sometimes get it mixed up!! If the included the build no, it would stop confusion... :irked:

ANOTHER PLEA to opera team, can you PLEASE indicate what build a final release is!!!!


DjiXas - about 6 or 7 post up from your post... :smile:

illiad 8. October 2008, 09:56

or use this link ..
http://snapshot.opera.com/windows/o960s_10447.exe

File compare finds NO DIFFS from the one on the main download page.... (classic)

kecinzer 8. October 2008, 09:57

Is "Favicons in personal bug" finaly fixed?
I don't hope any more, that this bug will be ever fixed :frown:

equinox2k 8. October 2008, 09:57

Regarding Discover Opera:

I do miss the features "Block Content" and "Edit Site Preferences" on the discover list.

Hades32 8. October 2008, 10:09

YEEEHAAAA! And now lets move on to the Opera 10 Alpha Bits!!! :D

piroxicam 8. October 2008, 10:10

Thanks for the final version and congratulations for your good work.
When will the Peregrine snapshots be appearing here?

compman 8. October 2008, 10:14

Diam0nd, kecinzer: do you read posts??? all the bugs in this blog:
http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/2008/10/04/opera-9-6-rc-2

are STILL IN THIS RELEASE!!!! it is BIT for BIT IDENTICAL!!



lamarca 8. October 2008, 10:15

thanks for the final release.

compman 8. October 2008, 10:19

Only good news, is the 'beta shy' can now test it.... (sees opera share drop a few more points.... :frown: :frown: )

megaf 8. October 2008, 10:21

Wow! Very nice and fast, thank you!

RealChillyWilly 8. October 2008, 10:26

Keep 'm comming! thanks.

kecinzer 8. October 2008, 10:26

compman: Well, If all this bug is in this release, what is the diference?
I love Opera, using it for many years, but this bug "favicon in personal bar" is frustrating me long time - since Operea 9.5.

compman 8. October 2008, 10:36

NO difference, that is what I said.... :frown:
goto http://www.opera.com/docs/browserjs/
THIS is the main thing that actually changes what happens!
You can manually check for updates using Help > Check for updates
- yet another cryptic setting!

I have loaded a new weekly/final many times, and found a lot not working - youtube, etc,etc... then after this, and even a restart, then it works again!

NovemberDobby 8. October 2008, 10:41

Nice, I do like the Discovery website apart from the navigation (categories are at the bottom of the page - top would be better) and the red background that suddenly cuts into the white foreground.

Investor 8. October 2008, 10:41

YEEEHAAAA! And now lets move on to the Opera 10 Alpha Bits!!! :D


+100 :wink:


calex71 8. October 2008, 10:49

also no download link in the Discovery Site , major oversight i would have thought

majalid 8. October 2008, 10:49

Great! Thanks! :cheers:

Alkarex 8. October 2008, 11:04

Super!

But there seems to be a regression since 9.2x with regard to the XML event "load" (e.g. <body ev:event="load" ev:handler="#test">...) which is not fired as it should (it used to work fine in Opera <= 9.2x).

For instance, none of the XHTML+Voice examples are working as they should:
http://dev.opera.com/articles/voice/
such as:
http://devfiles.myopera.com/articles/36/helloworld.xml

The XML event "load" is only fired upon refresh (F5) (tested on XP and Vista).

ontelo 8. October 2008, 11:18

Facebook won't still work. For ex. if you going to click comment button on someone's status - nothing happens.

dantesoft 8. October 2008, 11:19

how to use many of the powerfull Opera features. Do you know them all?


Like the spellchecker?

Alkarex 8. October 2008, 11:26

Regression since 9.5x: XML files with a client-side XSL stylesheet may crash if Opera thinks they are RSS. Example:
http://alexandre.alapetite.net/cv/foaf.rdf.xml
It looks like Opera "thinks" this is an RSS feed, while it is not; anyway, it crashes every time.

hansheng 8. October 2008, 11:49

thanks~` :jester:

man on the street 8. October 2008, 11:59

:up:

sa666666 8. October 2008, 12:05

Still no fix for the 'Web Search Dialog' for UNIX, as I described in the previous two RC's. This is actually the first time since I started using Opera (around 3.x or so) that I can't automatically upgrade to the next stable release. :frown:

Filip007 8. October 2008, 12:19

CRASH CONFIRMED :down:
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/staffblog/index.rdf

Discover Opera! OR BUGS :jester:

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