Opera 5.00 beta 5 for Mac changelog

This document details the changes made in Opera 5.0 for Mac Beta 5 since 5.0 beta 4.

Changelog

New features

• PNGs with alpha channel support for the toolbars
• New status bar
• New default button set
• 30 calender day banner-free trial period now
• Support of local plug-ins folder
• Now supports dragging urls to the transfer window to download
• New cookie filter dialog
• Helpfiles added
• Save as text added
• Accept-languages implemented
• Cookie Viewer added

User interface

• PNGs with alpha channel support for the toolbars
• Status bar can now be moved
• Better control over buttons in toolbars
• Link bar rezises now

ECMAScript

• Javascript(DOM) window.open now respects location=YES/NO and scrollbars=YES/NO

Plug-ins

• No changes

Bookmarks

• No changes

Bug fixes

• New PNG icon on "get bookmark info"
• Fixed JPEG dithering problems
• Fixed problems with JPEGs on Mac OS 7.x
• Fixed problems with history popup
• Fixed with and hight lager than screen size. Opera will limit the size to screen size
• Fixed problems with "Save as" and Save with images"
• Bookmark file opens correct
• Fixed wrong text on Security icon
• Fixed "windows open to high"
• Fixed "windows made to big by scripts"
• Fixed a problem where drag-out scrolling from the document would scroll too far
• Fixed default link colors. Now the same as Opera for Windows 6.0
• Fixed "Scrambled cursor when control-clicking on a Flash document"
• Fixed "Uploading attachments causes error: connection closed by remote server"
• Find in document now starts searching in the first frame it finds if there was no previously selected (active) frame
• Fixed a problem that prevented some cache setting to be saved properly
• Bookmark menu labeling problems fixed
• Minor changes to the file type dialog
• "History problems" fixed
• Link bar works a bit better on left or right
• Updated linkbar icons
• Fixed crashes when opening any of the security dialogs
• Transfer progress not updated more than 10 times a second
• Accept-language items can now be rearranged
• Crashes when using Cmd+back arrow
• Fixed "find word in a multiple frame document", it now searces in active frame
• Autoscroll problem in forms fixed
• Fixed Javascript clock: getHour function
• Start up screen will not display banner warning when registered
• Autocompletion is working in Go To URL dialog box
• "The specified java applet could not be found" is only displayed when "Display Java Messages" is checked
• Slow preferences dialog fixed
• Load all images now work
• Highlighting of keyword when searching fixed
• Select in JavaScript dual change-menu fixed
• Proxy preferences now work correctly
• Fixed problems connected to Palm desktop
• Fixed problem with drop down menus
• Opera now remembers where the window preferences file lives
• Removed stock quote search
• Fixed "Site locks Opera"
• Fixed "page crashes computer". This fixes crash connected to large transparent images with irregular patterns
• Fixed "references aren't being set" and download loacation
• Icelandic characters should work on Icelandic Mac OS
• Fixed crash when loading a plugin without an embedding html page
• Fixes problems with missing javascript messages when the selected popup menu item changed
• JavaScript: Focus and selection should now work for form elements
• Icelandic characters should work on Icelandic Mac OS
• Preferences aren't being set. Fixes download loacation
• Fixed some problems regarding iframes and scrolling
• Fixed crash connected to large transparent images with irregular patterns
• Fixed "brings down whole computer with "address error" while loading this page"
• Fixed problem with missing "p" in "0px"
• Fixed the Yahoo mail login bug, this also fixed several matemathical problems related to JavaScripts
• Fixed "lack of triple-click in default search" bug
• Fixed error message when importing Netscape bookmarks
• Fixed autocompletet error with https and ftp
• Fixed "Preference is checked to open book mark in new window, uses existing window"
• Fixed 'radio' options in file type edit dialog are not working"
• Fixed "sometimes the 'new' command does not work"
• Fixed form in unhidden div crashes opera. This should also fix several crash bugs when going "back",
• Fixed "gif strech Animated gif is distorted."
• Fixed "Pictures flicker as they display on some web sites"
• Fixed JavaScript bug, doesn't handle window.event.x
• Fixed "Problems with links to anchors within the same page and context menu"
• Fixed 2-bit animated GIFs with transparency display incorrectly
• Fixed web form popup menu cannot select blank
• Fixed "No option to select download location when a helper app is selected"
• Fixed "browser does not support javascript command: onload=self.focus"
• Fixed "Cannot acces a roxen webmail server". This fixes problems with certificates
• Fixed "Opera 431 OS X crashes when using Link Bar in BTS"
• The scrollbars should now be rendered under MacOSX
• Form text input fields now respects css-defined width and height. some changes to get transfers to be handeled a bit better
• Removed the "Add to contacts" context menu item, images saved through the context menu are now loaded inline
• Fixed the Yahoo mail login bug, this also fixed several matemathical problems related to JavaScripts
• Fixed "lack of triple-click in default search" bug
• Fixed error message when importing Netscape bookmarks
• Fixed autocompletet error with https and ftp
• Fixed "Preference is checked to open book mark in new window, uses existing window"
• Fixed 'radio' options in file type edit dialog are not working"
• Fixed "sometimes the 'new' command does not work"
• Fixed form in unhidden div crashes opera. This should also fix several crash bugs when going "back",
• Fixed "gif strech Animated gif is distorted."
• Fixed "Pictures flicker as they display on some web sites"
• Fixed JavaScript bug, doesn't handle window.event.x
• Fixed "Problems with links to anchors within the same page and context menu"
• Fixed 2-bit animated GIFs with transparency display incorrectly
• Fixed web form popup menu cannot select blank
• Fixed "No option to select download location when a helper app is selected"
• Fixed "browser does not support javascript command: onload=self.focus"
• Fixed "Cannot acces a roxen webmail server". This fixes problems with certificates
• Fixed form in unhidden div crashes opera
• The scrollbars should now be rendered under MacOSX
• Form text input fields now respects css-defined width and height
• Some changes to get transfers to be handeled a bit better
• Removed the "Add to contacts" context menu item, images saved through the context menu are now loaded inline
• Updated form backgound color finder to better handle css colors
• Changed "Button Bar" to "Main Bar"
• Form text input fields now respects css-defined width and height
• Removed the "Add to contacts" context menu item, images saved through the context menu are now loaded inline
• Fixed some context menu items that didn't work when the hotlist was docked
• Less flickering on plugins
• Fix for the printbutton bug
• The scrollbars should now be rendered under MacOSX
• Fixed problem with sertificates crashing Opera
• Link bar works under OS X
• Fixed small problem with missing icons in the progress bar
• Fixed the problem where a download would end up in the Opera folder
• The banner should now never obscure the first four buttons
• Flash problems on and fixed
• Splash screen nicer
• much better handling of default download locations
• "Preview" icon removed
• Order of buttons in LINKs Toolbar fixed
• Opera's cursors (hand- and watch cursor) should now not show anymore when Opera is in the background
• JavaScript: focus issue solved
• Now displays the remaining banner-free days in the splash screen
• List boxes fixed:
• Horizontal resize
• List boxes are printable
• Correct appearance border
• Faster redraw
• Faster scrolling (especially scrolling down with "avoid flicker" on, on machines with limited memory)
• Icon positions (installer) correct again
• Users can now unregister opera from the about box banners will not appear in windows that were created before unregistering)
• Fixed user mode icon
• Plugins are now always assigned to a file type unless this is set to something besides "Ask user"
• Fixed problem in image maps
• Added "bookmark info" graphics for the internal buttonset
• Removed unimplemented items in the document context menu
• Fixes the wired.com/news hang. Side effect from the attempt to get flicker-free resizing of frame documents
• Plug-ins should now behave a bit better when printing
• Updated the status messages displayed during startup
• Changed behavior: Files specified to be opened with a particular application is no longer loaded inline, but moved to the transfer window
• Renamed Hotlist->Bookmarks in View menu
• In the navigation menu, the Link menu should work now
• Fixed problem with docked bookmarks and links that uses javascript to pop-up a new window
• Crash bug on Quit fixed
• Old toolbar setting will be adopted to fit the new toolbar layout
• Link and Bookmark button type preferences work
• Lists Plugin filename instead of "product name"
• Put focus on hotlist (F7) now works with docked bookmarks
• Toolbars now behave properly when moved while loading
• Problems in form text input fields fixed: Not always in focus and missing zipcode item
• Problem with hidden frames obscuring its parent view as well as reduced flickering drawing frames fixed
• Problem where hidden frames would be scrolled fixed
• The popup windows will hide ALL toolbars AND docked hotlist if location=NO is specified. That is, the docked hotlist stays where it was, and doesn't move into this new window automatically. It can be brought there by pressing Cmd+B

See the changelog for Opera 5.0 for Mac Beta 4, the previous version.