Opera 9.61

October 21, 2008 · by Espen André Øverdahl

Today we released Opera 9.61. It's a recommended security upgrade and a free download. Changelogs are available here, but posting the non-OS specific changes here.

Opera 9.61 incorporates the Opera Presto 2.1.1 user agent engine.

User Interface

Fixed an issue with Opera Link which could generate duplicate bookmarks during the synchronization process
The image toggle button on the status bar is now a normal button, and does not have a menu

Security

Fixed an issue where History Search could be used to reveal browsing history, as reported by Roberto Suggi Liverani of Security-Assessment.com; see our advisory
Fast Forward can no longer allow cross-site scripting, as reported by David Bloom; see our advisory
Prevented news feed preview from revealing the contents of unrelated news feeds, as reported by David Bloom; see our advisory

Readers' comments 9

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TamilTuesday, October 21, 2008 8:32:14 AM
Tri M. NguyenTuesday, October 21, 2008 8:36:54 AM
HenryTuesday, October 21, 2008 9:08:30 AM
http://www.karenschronicles.com/Photos/love.gif -
Charles SchlossTuesday, October 21, 2008 12:13:37 PM
OttoTuesday, October 21, 2008 2:36:49 PM
Yay!
Jeff ™Tuesday, October 21, 2008 3:04:27 PM
AdrianPMTuesday, October 21, 2008 7:13:03 PM
Great!! http://xs132.xs.to/xs132/08410/emot-fuckyou904.gif -
CiroWednesday, October 22, 2008 11:30:49 PM
Excellent -and improved - as usual ! Congratulations !
skaiuoquerThursday, October 23, 2008 2:57:26 AM
Not bad, addressing the only bug I was able to find before it even became annoying . . . Not bad.

I might just "spread the word" a 'lil.

Keep it up guys. We expect no less.

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