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New 11.62 snapshot

10 Лютий, 2012 - 15:28
Hey
So as Håvard pointed out we intend to do a 11.6x snapshot every Thursday (as principle), but as this thursdays snapshot had a very bad crash regression when saving files on windows we decided to revert the fix that caused it and throw out a new build today.
We also managed to fix one or 3 more bugs

Please help us find regressions since 11.61 :-)

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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Changelog

  • Reverted DSK-335820 Opera replaces existing saved files without warning when the File Name field in the Save As dialog does not show the file extension
  • DSK-356977 Crash when clicking extension button with open popup
  • CORE-32642 Support Ctrl+F5 and Shift+F5 for unconditional reload of web page (bypass cache)

Core update with Do Not Track, and mail and theme fixes

10 Лютий, 2012 - 11:19
This is an Opera 12 (Wahoo) snapshot.

As you can see from the changelog, this build introduces quite a few fixes, changes and improvements. Since there's a lot of it, I'll highlight a few important things below.

Privacy

This Wahoo build adds support for Do Not Track, which allows browser users to opt out of being tracked on the web. It is currently disabled by default, but can be enabled by enabling the following option in Opera's Preferences dialog: "Preferences > Advanced > Security > Ask websites not to track me"

Note that this will only work if the site actually honors the request. Few sites currently do, and the effect of DNT will have to be evaluated to see if it is a viable solution in the long run.

SSL performance

This build also introduces a first round of optimizations for faster SSL handling (CORE-41667):

  • TCP optimization to eliminate roundtrips
  • Improved session negotiation to save on waiting times
  • Improved connection handling which improves both HTTP and HTTPS connections
  • Quicker closing of connections allows for new connections at an earlier stage
  • Parallelizing OCSP/CRL uses half as much time to do revocation checking
  • Strict transport security improves security and will also improve speed when servers start using this feature

As an example, the first load at skandiabanken.no was reduced by one second or more. With 10 subsequent page loads, the time to open the page was almost cut in half in total.

XHR

With CORE-41784 (XMLHttpRequest Level 2 upload and progress events), we completed our support for progress events in XMLHttpRequest, for upload, download, and timeout update. This will improve the upload experience on Google services (no more Flash uploaders on YouTube and Gmail), and more sites are to follow.

More

There are numerous other improvements, including Core, mail and theme fixes. Take a look at the changelog for more information.

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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Out of process plug-ins and 64 bit builds updated!

9 Лютий, 2012 - 14:25
Following up on our Christmas gift we are pleased to offer an updated release of the out of process plug-in and 64-bit Labs builds of Opera. If you just can't wait, head over to the Opera Labs blog, and grab the builds right now!

Please keep sending in your feedback :yes:

WARNING: This is an Opera Labs build: It contains work in progress, which may also have severe known issues, including crashes, and data loss situations. In fact, it may not work at all. Opera Labs builds are not based on current Wahoo snapshot releases.

Another 11.62 snapshot

9 Лютий, 2012 - 10:13
Here's another 11.62 snapshot. We will probably try to do weekly snapshots of Opera 11.6x every Thursday or so.

While testing, please pay particular attention to the following Core (Presto) fixes:

  • CORE-10115 (Hide window.event, attachEvent and detachEvent from visibility (like document.all))
  • CORE-24242 (Remove readystatechange events for SCRIPT element (live.com search fields on third-party sites))
If you notice any sites breaking when compared to Opera 11.61, let us know!

Known issues:
  • Opera crashes when saving files

    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
    • Mac
    • Linux/FreeBSD

    Changelog

    Core
    • CORE-10115 Hide window.event, attachEvent and detachEvent from visibility (like document.all)
    • CORE-41951 Crash in svg filter on path without 'd'
    • CORE-42489 Cached text-info not recomputed in indirect traversals on font invalidation
    • CORE-40953 NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR thrown on modifying SVGElement.className (SVGAnimatedString)
    • CORE-42761 Hidden SVG element prevents hover of underlying element in Raphael.js
    • CORE-42776 animateTransform + SVG filter not placed correctly
    • CORE-43829 Error message when sending mail at centrum.cz
    • CORE-43506 POST request for application/x-www-form-urlencoded is always sent as two packets (retry)
    • CORE-43285 Clicking to set cursor position after searching a textarea fails, and scrolls to the top instead
    • CORE-38412 Some progressive JPEGs aren't decoded properly
    • CORE-43893 Crash on setting border-style to hidden on one border of a table row with collapsed borders
    • CORE-44335 Qt plugin AVPlayer is crashing Opera
    • CORE-44263 Crash when (1<<31).toString(2)
    • CORE-43716 Dropdown menu at blocket.se
    • CORE-42571 Setting selectedIndex = -1 prevents choosing just one categorie at mercadolibre.cl
    • CORE-43684 Overflowing integral addition not computed
    • CORE-44291 @include / @exclude filters in UserJS are not respected on change
    • CORE-43149 Facebook chat list scrolls back up - setting style on overflow element with generated content
    • CORE-24242 Remove readystatechange events for SCRIPT element (live.com search fields on third-party sites)
    • CORE-43180 Increased memory usage with iframes in HTML5 parser
    • Reverted CORE-44002 Parallel download of script and images

    Desktop
    • DSK-356060 [Mail] Scrolling and switching views is slow when there are messages with lots of addresses
    • DSK-356929 Updated tr/hu/cs language strings
    • DSK-337608 Crash on exit after installing Speed Dial extensions
    • DSK-355591 Clicking a button on hidden panel crashes Opera
    • DSK-298032 Find in page (Ctrl+F) uses last used Find inline type
    • DSK-335820 Opera replaces existing file when the the Save As dialog does not show the file extension
    • DSK-340816 Address field focus lost on restart when installing extensions with a toolbar button
    • DSK-351582 Crash when writing in address field after bookmark has been deleted

    Address field adjustments

    8 Лютий, 2012 - 12:37
    Recently I have been working on improvements in the address field. The main UI related complaint was that Opera didn't show the full address any more, even when there is room for it. That was true; in 11.6x versions the length was limited to around 1/3 of the address field length.

    As a result, we have replaced the 3 column solution (icon, URL, title) with 2 columns. The first column contains the icon (no, not favicon yet), and the second column contains the text. This text includes the address, page title, and optional page excerpt (when the row contains information provided by history results). In cases where there is not enough space, we still cut the text.

    We have also improved bolding rules, and provided new colors.

    For bookmarks fans, we have further adjusted bookmark prioritization when ordering them in the drop down.


    Please remember that work here is still ongoing, and further improvements are planned.

    Known issues
    • Further improvements to contrast and formatting are still being considered
    • Favicons are not displayed and there is currently no option to bring them back
    • Important parts of URLs can be cut off, if there is not enough space
    • Mac: Some font rendering issues, and crashes with Web fonts

    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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    Tunny 11.62 maintenance

    2 Лютий, 2012 - 13:24
    Hello everyone!

    My name is Kristine and I'm an all year round intern in Desktop QA. It’s been 938 days since my last blog post and it's good to be back ;)

    We are preparing another maintenance release for 11.6x ‘Tunny’ with some stability fixes. This is a normal Opera release, not Opera Next. All of the below fixes are already in the current Opera Next release.

    Known issues
    • [Mac] Address field blinks while typing
    • [Linux] The 64-Bit build has a different build number but is in fact identical

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    Ook!

    1 Лютий, 2012 - 15:54
    Ook! I'm Dustin Wilson, and I'm a user experience designer for desktop here at Opera. You've probably seen my lurking around here before. I've been with the My Opera community since 2003, and I've been quite a vocal supporter of Opera. I just started working here on the 11th of January, and shortly thereafter I flew out to Oslo to meet and work with everyone. It's been extremely cold and dark, but great. I'm working with a great team, and we have a lot of awesome stuff planned. Fortunately for you all there are some nice design changes coming up! Stay tuned!

    Why am I writing this post, then? They just needed a scapegoat person to write an intro to this Opera Next snapshot, and I was readily available and willing to do so. I'm perfectly sure this build contains many worthwhile changes! Have fun testing the build. :D

    Known issues
    • Crash on start up with saved sessions
    • Mail header layout is broken
    • Mac: Some font rendering issues, and crashes with Web fonts

    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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    Smarter address field suggestions

    27 Січень, 2012 - 11:57
    We have already introduced address field search suggestions powered by our partners Google (default), Bing, Яндекс (Yandex), and Wikipedia (English only). Now we want our own address field suggestions to meet the same high quality standards as the ones provided by our partners for your bookmarks and history entries.

    In our old system; everything including bookmarks was matched against page URL, title, or page content and then ordered in one giant list sorted by last visited time.

    The new system assigns a score to each suggestion based on more factors than just the last visited time. For example, we prioritize your bookmarks, the position in the URL where we find a match, and the number of times we get a match on the page.

    We are not done yet, and will work on integrating Speed Dials and further improve the scoring system.

    What do you think about the new results in the address field? Are we getting you to where you wanted to go?

    If you already know exactly where you want to go and don’t care too much about the above improvements; then you will certainly appreciate that we’ve also worked on getting you on your way faster. (Nice segue, huh?) Start-up times and session handling should be snappier in this build. We’ve ironed out a bunch of smaller issues that we think will make a big difference.

    PS: There are some other treasures in the change log as well. :pirate:

    Known issues
    • Mail header layout is broken
    • Mac: File uploading, and large network requests never finishes
    • Mac: Some font rendering issues and crashes with Web fonts

    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 11.61 released

    24 Січень, 2012 - 09:00
    Opera 11.61 is now available for download.

    This is a recommended security and stability update.

    Download Opera 11.61
    (build 1250)
    Changelogs:

    Opera 11.61 Release Candidate

    23 Січень, 2012 - 11:19
    This is a Release Candidate for Opera 11.61. Take a look at the changelog for more information about the changes since the previous build.

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    Changelog
    • CORE-43788 Can't scroll with mouse wheel over iframe with scrolling=no if smooth scrolling is enabled
    • CORE-42642 JavaScript crash
    • CORE-43273 Opera freezes when loading a big session with the Tab Vault extension
    • CORE-42012 Crash in Carakan on WebGL benchmark
    • Reverted CORE-43506 POST request for application/x-www-form-urlencoded always sent as two packets
    • CORE-41923 [*nix] Vega crash
    • DSK-350900 Block the VLC plug-in due to excessive crashing
    • DSK-353378 Opera loses advanced download settings after restart
    • DSK-353217 [*nix] Red and blue channels swapped when run with a 16-bit color depth
    • DSK-350402 Crashes if you unpin the last message in the "Pinned" view
    • DSK-355394 Crash when closing mail window
    • DSK-350332 Mail unread count is wrong
    • DSK-355604 Update opera:about to show 2012

    Opera 11.61 snapshot on Friday 13th

    13 Січень, 2012 - 12:33
    It's Friday the 13th, so what better day to stay safely at home and do a bit of testing?

    Then again, they say that most accidents happen at home... I think I'll leave it to you to make the decision.

    Safe testing!

    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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    More Opera 11.61

    11 Січень, 2012 - 08:30
    Here's another Opera 11.61 snapshot. The changelog is fairly short, but it has some useful fixes that are ready for testing.

    Changelog
    • CORE-42565 Crash on applying 3025 background images
    • CORE-43307 Do not cache invalid UserJS source files
    • CORE-42991 Stylesheet not applied due to malformed gzip content
    • CORE-42472 Secure iframe with URL to image lowers security level to "Unsecure" (breaks Paypal checkout)
    • CORE-43506 POST request for application/x-www-form-urlencoded is always sent as two packets
    • CORE-43173 Incorrect value of elements in ArrayBufferView created with byteOffset to an ArrayBuffer
    • DSK-353403 Unite related crash
    • DSK-346438 Opera Turbo tooltip repeated multiple times
    • DSK-354552 Crash on shut down (regression in the previous 11.61 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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    Camera and privacy changes in Labs

    10 Січень, 2012 - 09:00
    Welcome back on the desktop blog in the New Year! Our batteries are fully loaded, we hope yours too ;), so lets start this year with something interesting, that will catch your eyes! Let us share with you an experimental Camera build, which we made available at Opera Labs. From now on you can set and manage privacy settings for the camera directly from the UI, which wasn't possible in earlier build we showed you. When you are visiting the page, that wants to use your camera, you'll be asked to grant permission to camera stream for that site via special notification callout.
    This new privacy settings interface contains information about all used devices, including geolocation settings.

    With the getusermedia support you don't depend on the 3rd party plugins or special extensions. Everything what you need is just Opera Browser ... oh and web camera of course!

    So if you have some webcam plug it in, grab the build from Opera Labs and check how it works!

    Developer notes: If you've tried to use camera with our previous labs camera build, notice that we are up to date with latest specification. Remember to use video as an object instead of a string when accessing video stream through getusermedia.

    Opera 11.61 Christmas Snapshot

    23 Грудень, 2011 - 12:11
    If you feel that the wait for Christmas is too long, perhaps this can keep you busy for a while.

    This is a snapshot of Opera 11.61, which is planned for release some time in January. There are a few crash fixes, and other things that have popped up since the release of 11.60.

    Since this will most likely be the last Opera snapshot of the year, I'd like to take this opportunity to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the desktop team here at Opera!

    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.

    Note that this is not an Opera Next build. It will install over the latest stable version by default!Download
    • Windows (WARNING: Will install over the current stable version by default!)
    • Mac (WARNING: Will install over the current stable version by default!)
    • Linux/FreeBSD (WARNING: Will install over the current stable version by default!)
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    Hardware acceleration and other fixes for Wahoo

    19 Грудень, 2011 - 13:57
    This Wahoo (Opera 12) build fixes numerous hardware acceleration related crashes, and also has other fixes for hardware acceleration and general desktop bugs.

    Known issues
    • Mac: File uploading does not 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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    64-bit and out-of-process plugins builds now available on Labs

    15 Грудень, 2011 - 12:17
    You might think we're all quiet here just before Christmas - but head over to Opera Labs to see where the party is at! We're releasing an early build of the work in progress that will eventually make Opera more stable, secure and faster. Out-of-process plugins (OOPP) mean that Opera can shield itself from plugin crashes, and as a bonus we will be releasing 64-bit builds for Windows and Mac for the first time!

    What are you waiting for? Get your fresh builds on Opera Labs. Builds released on Opera Labs will not interfere with your Opera Next install. ...

    Wahoo overtaking Tunny

    7 Грудень, 2011 - 15:13
    Since Tunny has been released from the holding tank, we can now focus on Wahoo (Opera 12).

    The changelog for this snapshot is mostly the same as the 11.60 changes since the previous Opera 12 build. In addition to that, there is a basic implementation of themes on Linux/FreeBSD and other themes fixes.

    Kiss Kiss :flirt: !

    Known issues
    • The Mac build has a slightly higher build number: it fixes the issue below
    • The useragent string on Mac is broken, which may cause various site compatibility issues
    • Window controls missing on Linux/FreeBSD after theme install
    • Title bar is blue rather than themed on Linux/FreeBSD
    • Themes may not apply correctly with Hardware Acceleration on in Linux/FreeBSD

    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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    11.60 goes final

    6 Грудень, 2011 - 08:01
    Opera 11.60 has been released today!:cheers:

    The desktop team would like to thank everyone for testing and reporting issues.
    If you haven't tried Opera's built-in mail client (M2) yet, now is the time to do so. Opera's mail UI has been completely revamped in Opera 11.60, is easy to setup and works well in combination with webmail services.
    11.60 also features an updated version of the browser enginer (including Opera's new HTML5 parser, Ragnarök) and many improvements in the address field, including an easy way to add pages to bookmarks or speed dial.
    More details about what is new in Opera 11.60 can be found in the changelogs.

    Stay tuned for Opera 12 snapshots!

    Download Opera 11.60

    Changelog since 11.60 RC 2
    • DSK-349986 Gnome and Unity lose styling when Opera shuts down after the clipboard has been used

    Opera 11.60 (Tunny) Release Candidate 2

    3 Грудень, 2011 - 10:57
    This is Opera 11.60 (Tunny) Release Candidate 2.

    This build has a small batch of fixes, including an improved fix for the address field bookmark star. This fix should be fairly safe, but let us know if you spot any regression related to the address field compared to the previous Release Candidate.

    NOTE!
    Please try to keep comments relevant, as we need to focus on critical issues that could potentially block the release. Requests, minor bugs like visual glitches, bugs that are not regressions, etc. should be posted on the next Opera 12 (Wahoo) snapshot.


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    Tunny Release Candidate

    2 Грудень, 2011 - 10:38
    This is the first Opera 11.60 (Tunny) Release Candidate.

    A Release Candidate could potentially be released as the final version if there are no issues that are serious enough to block the release. If there are any issues that are not critical, please wait for the next Wahoo (Opera 12) snapshot, and discuss it there instead.

    Windows users will notice that we have removed the native skin. Rather than having to maintain two separate skins, we're putting more effort into improving the standard skin. If you would like to discuss this change, please create a thread in the forum, or post in an existing thread if one already exists.

    NOTE!
    Please try to keep comments relevant, as we need to focus on critical issues that could potentially block the release. Requests, minor bugs like visual glitches, bugs that are not regressions, etc. should be posted on the next Opera 12 (Wahoo) snapshot.


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