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New Snapshot
We're closing in on the 10.5 Final for Mac, and we've been working hard on getting it ready. Of course we have been working hard on all the platforms but Mac has made some big strides this week.
Mac Highlights
Known IssuesUNIX
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Mac Highlights
- Fix for extensive CPU usage and slow down
- Drop downs display again
- Lots of Flash and other plugin fixes
- Java is back!
- Mac Universal Binary is back! (including Video on PPC)
Known Issues
- Carakan less stable on PowerPC
- Mac
- Possible Java issues for PowerPC (PPC)
- Signed Java Applets may cause UI misbehaviour
- Possible Java issues for PowerPC (PPC)
- Font problems
- Language input issues
- No .deb or .rpm packages
- No KDE integration
- Problem with address field drop down position under non compositing Window Managers
- Black drop down menus for some KDE3 users
- Black border around Ctrl+Tab dialog when running under a compositing Window Manager
- Some command line options don't work
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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Opera 10.50 for Windows is released
Windows 10.50 is released and we are still the fastest browser available! If you haven't downloaded it yet, what is taking you so long? Head over to www.opera.com/download, to get your hands on it now.
We have gone from Pre-Alpha to Final in just over two months (with a Christmas holiday in between I might add). Never has the development of the desktop browser been so fast. Our developers are rivalling Carakan for speed! But the thanks doesn't just go to them, we simply couldn't have done it without your testing and feedback. So give yourselves a big pat on the back for all that we have achieved together. :D
In the last couple of blog posts, several of you commented that our developers deserve some time off and whilst that is true, I know the Mac and UNIX teams are still hungry to get their own versions of 10.50 out. So there will be no slacking off, just yet. Development continues apace!
Whilst you Mac and UNIX users await your respective finals, we thought we'd give you another snapshot. Like the Windows final, these builds have the latest rendering improvements but are understandably still rougher around the edges, as they have not yet been fully optimised and integrated into their environments (though Mac is getting close).
Highlights
Known Issues
UNIX
WARNING: Opera 10.50 for Mac and Unix 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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We have gone from Pre-Alpha to Final in just over two months (with a Christmas holiday in between I might add). Never has the development of the desktop browser been so fast. Our developers are rivalling Carakan for speed! But the thanks doesn't just go to them, we simply couldn't have done it without your testing and feedback. So give yourselves a big pat on the back for all that we have achieved together. :D
In the last couple of blog posts, several of you commented that our developers deserve some time off and whilst that is true, I know the Mac and UNIX teams are still hungry to get their own versions of 10.50 out. So there will be no slacking off, just yet. Development continues apace!
Whilst you Mac and UNIX users await your respective finals, we thought we'd give you another snapshot. Like the Windows final, these builds have the latest rendering improvements but are understandably still rougher around the edges, as they have not yet been fully optimised and integrated into their environments (though Mac is getting close).
Highlights
- The latest Presto and Carakan improvements
Known Issues
- Mac
- No support for PowerPC (PPC)
- Minimal Java Support
- Possible performance issues on low end machines
- No support for PowerPC (PPC)
- Font problems
- Language input issues
- Compiz issues
- No .deb or .rpm packages
- Some Command line option don't work
WARNING: Opera 10.50 for Mac and Unix 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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RC5, or was it 7?
We're starting to lose count of the number of release candidates we have had. Well, with the amount of snapshots we have had lately and the helpful testing aid we have gotten from you guys and girls we have been able to kill many severe bugs.
We have killed a few more today, so please enjoy the new release candidate.
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We have killed a few more today, so please enjoy the new release candidate.
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10.50 RC4
Opera 10.50 RC4 for Windows fixes these issues:
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- Fixed CORE-28211 (Crash at wordpress.com, texterity.com, and more)
- Fixed DSK-284279 (Radio buttons and checkboxes are missing in the native skin)
Download Opera 10.50 RC4
10.50 Release Candidate 3 for Windows
Opera 10.50 RC3 for Windows fixes these issues:
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- User JS/Browser JS fix
- Fixed DSK-284262 (Double-clicking on sent mail crashes Opera)
- Fixed US-1881 (Opera Unite applications not localized in Opera 10.50 RC and RC2)
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Another Release Candidate
The first release candidate is not even a day old, but we already got a lot of feedback (thanks! :-) ). The new RC addresses several stability issues, rendering problems and includes update Opera Unite translations.
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Opera 10.50 RC for Windows
You might have noticed that the 10.50 snapshots contain a lot more changes and fixes than usual. This is the result of our increased focus and has sped up the development process significantly.
Thanks to the hard work of the Opera engineers Opera 10.50 for Windows has now reached RC status.
We hope you like the new speed of development because we plan to work as hard to finalize 10.50 for Unix and Mac. :D
Video seeking
This build build mainly includes stabilization fixes, but also a new feature in (html5) video: It's now possible to seek through videos that are not completely downloaded yet. If you skip forward in a video, Opera will adjust the download process so you don't have to download the part that you are not going see.
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Thanks to the hard work of the Opera engineers Opera 10.50 for Windows has now reached RC status.
We hope you like the new speed of development because we plan to work as hard to finalize 10.50 for Unix and Mac. :D
Video seeking
This build build mainly includes stabilization fixes, but also a new feature in (html5) video: It's now possible to seek through videos that are not completely downloaded yet. If you skip forward in a video, Opera will adjust the download process so you don't have to download the part that you are not going see.
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A small changelog
It's a snowy day here in Oslo, Norway, so what better way to spend the afternoon than with a new snapshot?
As you can see from the changelog, this build has a couple of fixes, and further fixes are expected in upcoming snapshots. At this stage, we are particularly interested in any recent regressions you may find.
We would also like to know if you are experiencing any new problems with the cache in the last few builds. There's a forum thread about new cache issues. It should be noted that some of the issues discussed in that thread are probably fixed in this build (CORE-28155: Opera downloads already cached items, ignoring cache settings). Let us know if you find anything.
Please note that there are no Mac or Unix builds, and HTML5 <video> is not working.
Highlights
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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As you can see from the changelog, this build has a couple of fixes, and further fixes are expected in upcoming snapshots. At this stage, we are particularly interested in any recent regressions you may find.
We would also like to know if you are experiencing any new problems with the cache in the last few builds. There's a forum thread about new cache issues. It should be noted that some of the issues discussed in that thread are probably fixed in this build (CORE-28155: Opera downloads already cached items, ignoring cache settings). Let us know if you find anything.
Please note that there are no Mac or Unix builds, and HTML5 <video> is not working.
Highlights
- MDI work
- Stability work
- Bookmarks fixes
- Opera Link fixes
- Private Browsing improvements
- Mail fixes
- <video> seeking work (although <video> is not working in this build)
Known Issues
- HTML5 <video> is not working
- Using Inspect Element can crash Opera
- Crash when setting Web page image as Speed Dial background via context menu
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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Opera 10.50 Beta for Mac!
Opera 10.5 Beta for Mac has been released! :hat:
Can't wait any longer? Just head over to the Next Browser page to grab your copy
http://www.opera.com/browser/next/
Good news for all Mac OSX 10.4 users, support on Intel returns!
Highlights
Known Issues
Can't wait any longer? Just head over to the Next Browser page to grab your copy
http://www.opera.com/browser/next/
Good news for all Mac OSX 10.4 users, support on Intel returns!
Highlights
- Cocoa
- Unified tool bar
- Growl notifications
- Multi-touch gestures
- Happy Easter! Well almost, but multi-touch users should look out for the egg :jester:
Known Issues
- No support for PowerPC (PPC)
- Possible performance issues on Mac O SX 10.4 (Tiger)
- Minimal Java Support
- Some Widget keyboard and window issues
More fixes
Opera 10.50 for Windows is starting to shape up pretty nicely, and although there are still a few things left to fix, we can see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Here's a new batch of fixes to test. We also have new Unix builds. There might be a little something for Mac users later...
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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Here's a new batch of fixes to test. We also have new Unix builds. There might be a little something for Mac users later...
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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Opera 10.50 beta 2 for Windows
Opera 10.50 beta 2 for Windows has been released!
Beta 2 contains many significant improvements over the first beta, and we would like to thank everyone who helped us test Opera for your great work! Your invaluable feedback really does make a difference, and it helps us turn Opera into an even better browser.
For those of you who have been following the About.com Reader's Choice Awards browser vote, remember that today is the last day of voting.
We hope to have new builds ready for Unix and Mac testing shortly.
Read on for highlights and changelog since the previous Windows snapshot.
Highlights
Beta 2 contains many significant improvements over the first beta, and we would like to thank everyone who helped us test Opera for your great work! Your invaluable feedback really does make a difference, and it helps us turn Opera into an even better browser.
For those of you who have been following the About.com Reader's Choice Awards browser vote, remember that today is the last day of voting.
We hope to have new builds ready for Unix and Mac testing shortly.
Read on for highlights and changelog since the previous Windows snapshot.
Highlights
- Skin work, and tweaked styling of internal pages (opera:* and error pages)
- Improved opera:config
- Improved overlay authentication dialogs to avoid spoofing
- Context menu fixes
- Basic Web Storage user interface
- Lots of crash fixes
- Widgets fixes
Mac Beta RC
Opera for Mac has now reached Beta release quality. In that vain here is the first Beta RC! The annoying beep has hopefully been removed so you can enjoy all your favourite short-cuts again.
Known Issues
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Known Issues
- Possible freezing on page loading
- Widgets don't run or install
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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- Mac Intel OS 10.5 or newer
New build for you guys
Here is a new build with some nice Core updates.
Our core department has been working on improving Opera's cache, and this is the first build with these updates.
This build should also be more stable on Windows after running a long time due the fixing of a GDI leak which could cause crashes and freezing tendencies.
A new Mac build will be uploaded a little later today :)
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Our core department has been working on improving Opera's cache, and this is the first build with these updates.
This build should also be more stable on Windows after running a long time due the fixing of a GDI leak which could cause crashes and freezing tendencies.
A new Mac build will be uploaded a little later today :)
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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Fix for Windows 7 crash and <video>
Here's another Windows build.
HTML5 <video> should be working again, and we reverted the fix that caused the crashes in Windows 7. The changelog is basically:
You can now watch the video from Friday's Mac build on Windows too.
Thanks to those of you who gave us feedback on upgrading for the previous build! Do let us know if anyone finds any further problems when upgrading.
Keep reporting crashes as well!
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HTML5 <video> should be working again, and we reverted the fix that caused the crashes in Windows 7. The changelog is basically:
- Fixed: DSK-282162 <video> element no longer working
- Reverted fix: DSK-278062 File icons in the download dialog are stretched
You can now watch the video from Friday's Mac build on Windows too.
Thanks to those of you who gave us feedback on upgrading for the previous build! Do let us know if anyone finds any further problems when upgrading.
Keep reporting crashes as well!
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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Weekend snapshot
Another Windows snapshot is ready for testing. There will probably not be anything for Unix and Mac this weekend.
Note that we would still like to know if you are able to find any problems when upgrading from previous versions.
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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Note that we would still like to know if you are able to find any problems when upgrading from previous versions.
Known Issues
- Crashes a lot under Windows 7 (can be worked around by disabling opera:config#UserPrefs|UseWindows7TaskbarThumbnails)
- GDI leak when opening pages
- HTML5 <video> is still broken
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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Bringing <video> to the Mac (and a free movie!)
We now bring you the latest and greatest from the Mac Team! The team has fixed bugs, improved Cocoa integration, introduced an annoying beeping sound whenever you press keyboard shortcuts (known issue!), and last but certainly most exciting: brought <video> to the Mac!
To ensure that we actually get some testing of this, we have included a fun filled 10 minute movie. Enjoy! (It is not cats on skateboards but we are doing the best we can.)
Big Buck Bunny © Copyright Blender Foundation
Known Issues
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To ensure that we actually get some testing of this, we have included a fun filled 10 minute movie. Enjoy! (It is not cats on skateboards but we are doing the best we can.)
Big Buck Bunny © Copyright Blender Foundation
Known Issues
- Beeping sound for many keyboard shortcuts
- Java applets may show up in unexpected places
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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- Mac Intel OS 10.5 or newer
- Windows and UNIX released earlier today
Post-beta fixes
We promised you more things test after the beta, and here is the first part of the fixes that didn't make it into the beta. In addition to Windows, we also have new Unix builds for testing. We are trying to get something for Mac later on.
These builds contain a number of Unix specific fixes and improvements, as well as some of the many general bugs we have been working on since before the beta. This includes some work on the e-mail client.
If anyone is feeling adventurous and wants to test upgrading from Opera 10.10 or earlier, let us know about any problems you come across. We recommend against upgrading your stable installation of Opera, but it is of course possible to take a backup copy which can be restored after you have performed the test upgrade.
Important: We have switched back to the old bookmarks format. If you have upgraded from an older 10.50 build and your bookmarks are missing, you may have to copy over your bookmarks manually.
Known Issues
General
Windows
Unix
Highlights
General
Windows
Unix
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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These builds contain a number of Unix specific fixes and improvements, as well as some of the many general bugs we have been working on since before the beta. This includes some work on the e-mail client.
If anyone is feeling adventurous and wants to test upgrading from Opera 10.10 or earlier, let us know about any problems you come across. We recommend against upgrading your stable installation of Opera, but it is of course possible to take a backup copy which can be restored after you have performed the test upgrade.
Important: We have switched back to the old bookmarks format. If you have upgraded from an older 10.50 build and your bookmarks are missing, you may have to copy over your bookmarks manually.
Known Issues
General
- The bookmarks might be ignored if you upgrade from older 10.50 builds
- Hovered/selected items in dropdown menus go white
Windows
- HTML5 video is not working correctly
- Scrolling on pages with plugins leaks GDI handles
Unix
- Font problems
- Command line option problems
- Compiz issues
- Language input issues
- ...and more
Highlights
General
- Several mail improvements, such as a better startup sequence, new features for the reply button, and bug fixes
- Bookmarks work
- Some performance work
Windows
- Ghostbusting
Unix
- Added drag&drop
- Remote commands work
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Crash fixing, performance work, and widgets in a panel
We are focusing a lot on stability at the moment, and have fixed some of the most frequent crash bugs. Keep those crash logs coming, though!
Our core team has also tweaked class selector matching (CSS) performance a bit (a quick test showed performance gains of up to 20-30% for the specific testcase I used).
This build has a new panel for widgets which allows you to launch and uninstall widgets from within the browser. Widgets will still use the Windows installation system, but it will be much easier to keep track of which widgets you have installed.
To get an idea about why widgets are important, look at how a lot of big companies are looking to standardize on widgets for cross-platform applications.
There will not be a detailed changelog this time around since we are mostly focusing on crashes and the new widgets panel.
Finally, you will have to wait a bit more for Mac and Unix builds due to the work that is being done on those platforms.
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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Our core team has also tweaked class selector matching (CSS) performance a bit (a quick test showed performance gains of up to 20-30% for the specific testcase I used).
This build has a new panel for widgets which allows you to launch and uninstall widgets from within the browser. Widgets will still use the Windows installation system, but it will be much easier to keep track of which widgets you have installed.
To get an idea about why widgets are important, look at how a lot of big companies are looking to standardize on widgets for cross-platform applications.
There will not be a detailed changelog this time around since we are mostly focusing on crashes and the new widgets panel.
Finally, you will have to wait a bit more for Mac and Unix builds due to the work that is being done on those platforms.
Known issues
- The Advanced section of the Preferences dialog is corrupted
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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No rest for the wicked
Even with the beta out, there still isn't much time to rest. We've got another snapshot, and this time there are quite a few crash fixes, and updates to Carakan and widgets.
The main focus of this snapshot is crash bugs.
We will get back to you with Unix and Mac builds in a future snapshot.
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The main focus of this snapshot is crash bugs.
We will get back to you with Unix and Mac builds in a future snapshot.
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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Windows Beta Released and More!
Desktop is proud to announce that Opera 10.5 for Windows is now in Beta! :hat:
Head on over to the Next Browser page to download a copy for yourself
http://www.opera.com/browser/next/
Note: Geolocation is disabled in the public Beta until we iron out the last details with our location provider. You can still test it and provide feedback from the snapshots.
This build is a new build, different from the Windows Beta RC so make sure you download it :)
Mac and UNIX Alpha
Don't worry Mac and UNIX fans we haven't forgotten about you with all the Windows work going on. We too have been working hard improving your favourite platform. So much so that these platforms are now well into their Alpha stages, and we are working hard to get to Beta as soon as possible.
Known Issues
Mac
UNIX
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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Head on over to the Next Browser page to download a copy for yourself
http://www.opera.com/browser/next/
Note: Geolocation is disabled in the public Beta until we iron out the last details with our location provider. You can still test it and provide feedback from the snapshots.
This build is a new build, different from the Windows Beta RC so make sure you download it :)
Mac and UNIX Alpha
Don't worry Mac and UNIX fans we haven't forgotten about you with all the Windows work going on. We too have been working hard improving your favourite platform. So much so that these platforms are now well into their Alpha stages, and we are working hard to get to Beta as soon as possible.
Known Issues
Mac
- No video support
- Drag and drop support is less complete that in Peregrine
- Quicktime plugin mouse events do not work as expected
- Silverlight plugin does not work
- Printing of forms and frames does not work
- No Java support
- Window behaviour is not correct for some pop-up windows
- Flash is often painted in the wrong position
UNIX
- Font support is less complete than in Peregrine
- No drag and drop support
- No printing support
- No KDE integration
- System colors are not retrieved from UI toolkit
- Open/Save dialogs not available if neither KDE nor GTK is installed
- Flash is often painted in the wrong position
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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- Mac (Intel) OS 10.5 or later
- UNIX