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Turbo in 10

By huibk. Friday, 3. April 2009, 14:12:52

peregrine, crashlogs, pleasebackup, turbo

Opera Turbo included in 10
If you have a laptop, use slow wifi or mobile networks it's time to start using Opera 10 snapshots: Opera Turbo is now included! Since the labs release, a number of improvements have been implemented

We introduced a new (experimental ) Turbo setting: Automatic. If you enable this feature Opera will turn on Turbo when the network is slow. You can enable automatic mode in the Web Pages tab in the preference dialog. Opera will also show you a special notification when you are on a slow network and Turbo is not yet on.
Fixes to downloading of images
Impossible to click links on some sites
Gmail problems solved
Improved performance

New file layout in installation and profile directories
Traditionally the files installed by the Opera installer are named and layout differently per platform. For instance on Mac, preferences are stored in "Opera 9 Preferences" while on Unix and Windows this file is called "opera6.ini". In Opera 10 these differences will disappear. If you upgrade to this snapshot, the files will be renamed and moved to the new location.
WARNING: Please only test upgrading if you have backed up your Opera profile!
Known bugs when upgrading:

favicons are missing after upgrade
speeddials are empty after upgrade

New sprelling cshecker
In this snapshot Opera now uses the hunspell library as spelling checker. This provides better spelling suggestions and improves compatibility with several dictionaries.

Crashlog reporting, now on Linux!
In the previous post on this blog we asked you to upload crashlogs generated by Opera. Please continue to send logs, several crashes have been fixed thanks to your help!
Linux

builds now also automatically create crash logs. You can find them in /var/tmp

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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Integrated crashlogging tool

By helgeag. Wednesday, 18. March 2009, 12:46:31

Hi everybody!

I'm Helge, and I have been working at Opera Software for over three years. In the last year I have been handling many of the incoming crash bugs from our users.
I'm happy to inform you that we are finally getting an integrated crashlogger in Opera. This has already been implemented in the latest Windows builds of Opera 10, and it will soon be available for Mac and Linux. We put a lot of effort into stability, and this is an important step in the right direction to make Opera even more stable than it is. A crash is one of the worst things you can experience while browsing, and we are working very hard to fix crashes as we know that a stable browser is vital for our users.

For the moment on Windows, all crashlogs are saved in the Temp directory. This is just a temporary solution, while we get the automatic crashlog uploading to work. Before we can release the crashlog uploader we need to make sure that our backend for handling these crashlogs is working properly, and for that we need your help to test.

If you get a crash, please upload the crashlog to our new crashlog submitter.

Please enter as much information about what you were doing at the time of the crash in the Comments field. If for example Opera crashed while loading a page write something like:

Crash URL: http://www.example.com
Comments: Opera crashed while loading the page.

Similar useful comments could be that: Opera crashed on exit, while closing a tab, while reading an e-mail etc.

If you get a crash that you can reproduce, please report the bug as a normal bug report here.

With this new automatic crashlogging tool we will hopefully get many more crashlogs than we did earlier, from all of our users, not just the users running inspectr. This requires a stable backend which can handle the load of the incoming crashlogs.

Note that if you experience freezes with Opera, please see our knowledge base article.
Do not upload freeze logs via the new crashlog submission form, but report a normal bug report here and send the freezelog to the bug's e-mail address.

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Opera Turbo Labs release

By NoteMe. Friday, 13. March 2009, 09:00:00

stopwaiting, peregrine, turbo

If you have been watching the Opera headlines, you have probably noticed that we are introducing Opera Turbo in several products. Today we posted an Opera Labs release, so everyone can try it out.

Technology overview
Just like Opera Mini, Opera Turbo requests normal Web content through a proxy. As opposed to the Opera Mini proxy, which uses the OBML format, the Web Optimization Proxy we are using will handle normal web content: markup, styles, JavaScript, images, etc. The proxy also uses the standard HTTP protocol with various optimizations to better utilize available bandwidth. And it is this bandwith save which will give you a speed increase. That means, the slower your network is, the bigger your gain is. But it will also mean that if you are on a fast brodband connection, it might not be any faster at all.

What kind of Web content will be compressed?
Not all content will be compressed when you load a page with Opera Turbo turned on. For example, Flash and animated GIFs won't be compressed. In fact, Flash content won't be downloaded at all initially. Right now you will just be presented with a white box saying "plug-in content" (there will probably be a image there later on). But if you click that white space, the Flash content will be downloaded and will play right away.
If you think an image is compressed too much, you can open it separately (Right click, Open Image) and reload. When doing this, the image will not be compressed.

What pages will go through the proxy?
Not all pages can be compressed by our proxy and some pages—like Intranet pages—won't be compressed. Our server can't reach your Intranet pages, so we will detect that you are trying to reach an internal page and load them as usual. HTTPS pages, like your bank, also won't be loaded through the proxy.

Delayed script execution
Together with Opera Turbo we have also turned on delayed script execution. It will only be turned on if Opera Turbo is on, and not during normal browsing. It will make script-heavy Web pages render earlier, so you can see the content faster than you normally would.

There will be bugs
There is still a lot to do, but we are very interested in your feedback at this point. If you find pages that will never load no matter how many times you try (even after clearing your cache), or features that normally work in Opera stop working, please do report them using our bug wizard. The more detailed the steps to reproduce are, the easier it is for us to fix. This Opera Labs release should be close to what you saw in the last 10.0 snapshot. So if it did not work in the last snapshot, don't expect it to work in this Opera Labs release.

Warning: Although it should not, traffic that is not supposed to go through the proxy can in theory end up there anyway. We don't know of any cases where this will occur, but that doesn't mean it can't happen. Remember it is an Opera Labs release.

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New Peregrine build

By haavard. Tuesday, 10. March 2009, 12:51:34

We've finally got a new snapshot available for testing. As always, try to keep the comments on-topic. If you are wondering what, where and how you should post, take a look at the FAQ.

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.

What's new?
This time around there are lots of fixes all over. Some things are work in progress, such as the spell checking feature (see the changelog).

Mail database corruption check
In this build, Opera will also check the mail database for corruption on startup. If one of the files is found to be not consistent, Opera will try to recover that file. You can find information about how the process went in the recovery.log file in the mail folder. At the moment, this consistency check happens on every startup, and will delay the startup a bit. This is going to be improved in future builds, and the consistency check will likely happen for every update or on a monthly schedule.

Known issues

Sending private messages at Facebook doesn't work
Comments at digg.com overlap
Spelling checker isn't working for some users
If the Opera Mail lexicon is corrupt, it isn't correctly recovered
The names in the online feed dropdown are not showing correctly in the feed preview page

General changelog

Core fixes (including fixes for getElementsByClassName, which should now work with multiple classes in className)
Regex \b is now correctly not matching the point between a letter and underscore
Several autoupdate fixes (disabling it should work now)
Several stability fixes
Fixed Facebook chat
Some UI cleanup and polishing (moved "Remove From Toolbar" and other toolbar customization options into a submenu, added the ability to reset toolbar customization, and the mail spinner should look better)
Fixed search field crash
Added more online feed readers to the feed preview page

Mail

Mails can now have horizontal scrollbars
Fixes to mail compose - and adding links to HTML mails should now work fine
Added a recovery mechanism for corrupt mail databases
Fixed feed progress stuck on non-existent resources
Attachments in multipart/mixed part of multipart/alternative mail are now correctly displayed

Windows

Fixes for font fallback problems, particularly for those using Russian as their default language in Windows

Unix

Fixed painting of windowless plugins
Java now works again!

Mac

Fixed position of plugin windows
Fixed crash on startup in Mac OS X 10.4
New Dock menu items

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9.64

By csant. Tuesday, 3. March 2009, 06:50:34

security, 9.64, desktop, Opera

¡Hola! We released 9.64 today. This release is a recommended security upgrade for all those running the latest stable releases. See the Security Group blog for some more details.

Changelogs are available:
Windows
Mac
Linux/UNIX

Go download it - and browse the web securely!

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Valentine's Snapshot

By Junyor. Thursday, 12. February 2009, 10:48:03

Takk for sist! It's been a while since the last snapshot and the Desktop Team has been working hard to improve Peregrine. In addition to a load of fixes, there are some important changes:

Easily Subscribe to Online Feed Readers

It's now possible to subscribe to online feed readers directly from the feed preview page. The list of online feed readers will be expanded soon.

Web Mail Providers Changes

The previous snapshot included a new feature where clicking a mailto link could open a user's preferred Web mail provider, including Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, and Windows Live Mail. Unfortunately, the Open The Web Team constantly struggles to resolve new issues that pop up with those providers because they don't officially support Opera. Thus, we have decided not to include any Web mail provider by default that doesn't officially support Opera. The Opera Team greatly desires to provide the best support for the services Opera's users use most, but when those services do not reciprocate, tough decisions have to be made. The Open The Web Team is working hard to get Opera officially supported by Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, and Windows Live Hotmail.

In this snapshot, the following Web mail providers have been added: Opera Web Mail, Fastmail, and Yandex.

Integrated Crash Logging (Windows-only)

The IIXII Inspector tool has been integrated directly into Windows builds. Now, if Opera crashes, a log file will be written to the system temp. directory. This is just the first step in improved crash logging.

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.

Known Issues

Crash on start-up with OS X 10.4
Crash using search fields in the UI
Netvibes doesn't work (work-around courtesy of fearphage)
Font fallback problems, particularly for those using Russian as their default language on Windows
Google Reader entry in feed page drop-down doesn't work and displays incorrectly

Changelog

Fixed crash when showing authentication dialogs for feeds
Fixed problem that could make Opera send blank e-mails
No more progress bar for XMLHttpRequest (i.e. no more constant progress bar at Gmail)
Improved spelling checker underline
Several contentEditable/designMode fixes
Deactivated scrollmarker by default
Stability improvements
Auto-update improvements

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PS: Happy (early) Valentine's Day!

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Reminder: Opera's desktop team is still hiring.. And we might want you!

By olli. Friday, 16. January 2009, 15:07:55

Hey Guys
In a time when many companies are cutting down on their hiring budget, we are still out there in the market looking for talented people to hire.

How do I write this without sounding like a lame commercial? Well D'oh..

Is your code cleaner than your flat? Do you ping websites if they don't respond in 10 seconds? Do you ever look at a movie trailer and think "I have that font". Watched all episodes of Star Trek 4 times? Refer to MythBusters to prove a point?

Do you do all of the above and still have time to fix bugs and implement exciting new features that are always copied by some other browser?

Then you are the kind of developer we are looking for!

Please head over here if interested and submit your application:
http://www.opera.com/company/jobs/opening/49/

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New Year snapshot!

By andre.reffhaug. Tuesday, 13. January 2009, 11:44:04

Opera, Browser

Hidy ho,

You haven't seen my face around here before, but Olli felt it was time I made a timely appearance, so here I am! I work in Desktop QA, doing cross-platform stuff, with my feet deeply planted in the Mac-part of our little camp. We have a new snapshot ready for you, with some nice fixes and improvements!

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.

Known Issues:

May crash when showing certain certificate dialogs.
E-mails may lose their content when they are sent, resulting in recipients getting blank e-mails.

Changelog:

General

Added ability to open mailto links in webmail providers, such as Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, and Windows Live Hotmail.
Fixed loading web pages when clicking on a link while the document still is loading.
Fixed "Bookmark All Open Pages" action.
Fixed skin color schemes - you can use your favorite color scheme again!
"Lock Tab" icon should now be better visible on locked tabs.
Several stability fixes.

Opera Mail

Improved message composition window context menu.
Fixed loss of mail drafts if several drafts were open when closing Opera.
Fixed sending link by mail in plain text format.
Improved message encoding detection.
Fixed several bugs in the compose window related to navigation and editing (also applies to designMode and contentEditable).

Windows-specific

Fixed problem with text styled with opacity.
It's no longer necessary to restart Opera after changing the external source viewer.

Download
Windows
Windows Classic
Macintosh
Macintosh (Intel-only)
UNIX

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The Christmas Edition

By espens. Friday, 19. December 2008, 14:39:44

peregrine, Opera

Hi all,

This is my first release message for about four years I believe. Needless to say it is
the first on the blog. In the good (bad?) old days mail lists and usenet ruled but it
has to be a bit more fancy nowadays.

A new snapshot is available for you to try out. As usual it includes a lot of fixes and
improved features.

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.

PS: For those of you who want to use autoupdate in every single snapshot release just enable the "Download All Snapshots" setting (opera:config#AutoUpdate).

Update 2008-12-23: The builds haves not been added to the autoupdate server yet due to people going on vacation. Sorry for the false start, but we'll get back to you with automatic updates as soon as possible (depending on when people return from vacation).

Changelog

Several backend improvements to autoupdate
Made content filter rules with a whitespace at the end work
All languages are now included but not all are completed. Please do not file bugs on English text in the UI when using another language for your interface.
Made spellchecking work on contenteditable elements
Switching between html and plain text mail composition works better now
Added option to doubleclick a tab to close it opera:config#UserPrefs|DoubleclicktoCloseTab
Fixed crash when undeleting and running a widget
Improved stability in the search engine which indexes webpages and mail
Plus tons of behind the scenes changes, the low level changelog is more than 1000 lines.
Mac: Fixed startup crash on Mac OS X 10.3/Panther
Mac: Fixed the mail/chat counter background
Mac: Fixed low framerate on fullscreen YouTube videos

Happy holidays from everybody in the desktop team

Download
Windows
Windows Classic
Macintosh
Macintosh (Intel-only)
UNIX

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9.63

By csant. Tuesday, 16. December 2008, 10:00:07

9.63, Opera, desktop, security

Hei! We released 9.63 today, which addresses quite some security issues. This release is a recommended security upgrade for all those running the latest stable releases.

Changelogs are available:
Windows
Mac
Linux/UNIX

Go download it - and browse the web securely!

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