10.62 Release Candidate

September 3, 2010 · by Ruari Ødegaard

It is about time for an update to our stable branch and hence we have a nice new 10.62 build for you. The fixes listed below are since the 10.61 final.

Since this is a release candidate please let us know if you see any regressions since 10.61 and remember fixes to 10.70 that are missing are not regressions!

Note: These packages have the old non-unified build numbers. However, 10.70 and above will continue to have unified build numbers. Also because this is the 10.6x line we still have PowerPC.

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Changelog
Cross-platform

CORE-27623 (Fallback not displayed for Java types when plug-ins disabled)
CORE-30184 (Selection jumps while backspacing in rich text editor)
CORE-31963 (Opera crashes when searching on hotels.com)
CORE-32419 (More MIME file types and suffixes for compressed tar files)
DSK-300950 (Not clickable/selectable links/text)
DSK-307008 (Opera hung when leaving canvas/audio/javascript game)
DSK-308559 (hotmail.co.uk should be added to mailproviders.xml)
DSK-308722 (FastMail domains missing from mailproviders.xml)
DSK-310281 (Missing images in feed preview (media rss))
DSK-311008 (Missing plugin dialog might cause a crash)
DSK-311558 (Crash after leaving a page with a flash with wmode="transparent")
DSK-311689 (Items disappearing from cache)
DSK-311738 (Bodyless documents crash in accessibility mode)
Fixed some crashes gathered from the automated crashlogging

Mac

DSK-305751 (Entering text is very slow on OSX 10.4 Tiger)
DSK-311676 (Enable on on demand plugins as default for Mac 10.4 and PPC)

UNIX

DSK-298758 (Drag and drop can hang after a drop (normally on a speed dial page)): additional fix
DSK-304220 (Dead keys and cyrillic fail if XMODIFIERS is set but an IME is not used)
DSK-307669 (Canceling a widget drag under Openbox crashes the WM causing the user to be logged out)
DSK-309799 (Memory leak in *nix geolocation)

Windows

DSK-304377 (Crash when downloading files in link panel)

Readers' comments

Comments left by My Opera members under the original post: the first 50, as archived.

Remco Lanting3. September 2010, 09:03
Quite a big changelog for a minor stable update
Tamil3. September 2010, 09:03
Mark3. September 2010, 09:04
Nice changelog there. Gonna put this on my stable Opera install ASAP.
Morphdreamer3. September 2010, 09:09
Does it include any security fixes?
IKoke3. September 2010, 09:24
Hokkut3. September 2010, 09:28
Oh, great job!
Gereford3. September 2010, 09:31
Perfect. Testing. Thx.
ouzoWTF3. September 2010, 09:38
Originally posted by clashcityrocker:

Gonna put this on my stable Opera install ASAP.

This.
dirk3. September 2010, 09:41
thanks ... nice to have it for the weekend
!*!3. September 2010, 09:44
Opera still displays the bad fonts under linux :/ No one sees?

Since version 10.5x, nothing has changed.

Linux is not just KDE or GNOME. Amend it! Opera needs to use the system settings!
Artur „Jurgi” Jurgawka3. September 2010, 09:46
I hope the crash on blox.pl blogs with content filtering (DSK-310142) will be fixed too? I'm awaiting stable.
Thomas Pike3. September 2010, 10:07
Originally posted by Morphdreamer:

Does it include any security fixes?

See http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/2007/01/08/handling-security (there's a link to it on the sidebar to the right)

Any security fixes are usually not announced until they are released in a stable release build.
Hokkut3. September 2010, 10:07
Originally posted by !*!:

Opera still displays the bad fonts under linux :/ No one sees?

Since version 10.5x, nothing has changed.

Linux is not just KDE or GNOME. Amend it! Opera needs to use the system settings!

I have Ubuntu 10.04 GNOME and Opera looks nice. Are you sure that you installed all necessary fonts? After install Ubuntu Opera looks ugly but after install metapackage ubuntu-restricted-extras Opera looks nice with normal fonts. I hope this package helps you
Vovan3. September 2010, 10:08
Под последним 70 билдом невозможно в инете находится - весь разваливается, постоянные краши и ляпы, а им не хватает багов. Я в шоке!!! (
Art Vandelay3. September 2010, 10:18
Originally posted by !*!:

Opera still displays the bad fonts under linux

FWIW, I'm using 10.70 under KDE (everyday) and XFCE (infrequently) and most fonts are fine.
Hokkut3. September 2010, 10:25
Originally posted by Vovan:

Под последним 70 билдом невозможно в инете находится - весь разваливается, постоянные краши и ляпы, а им не хватает багов. Я в шоке!!! (

Это известные баги, причём с другой сборки, а им нужны баги именно этой сборки, новые. Кстати, если не нравится тестить 70 билд, то можешь установить стабильную версию, например, 61 или этот рк 62. И это англоязычный блог, лучше здесь писать на инглише)

PS: Sorry for russian Vovan understand what I mean
d43dric3. September 2010, 10:30
does not open any page! blank white page... LOL browser without browsing capability...
Hokkut3. September 2010, 10:51
Originally posted by d43dric:

does not open any page! blank white page... LOL browser without browsing capability...

Look your urlfilter.ini file delete or fix this file and everything will be good
Sondeckis3. September 2010, 10:53
Which is "newer"
Opera 10.70 Build 9036
or
Opera 10.62 Build 3499

?
d43dric3. September 2010, 10:55
Originally posted by hokkut:

Look your urlfilter.ini file delete or fix this file and everything will be good

thanks... it helped:)
dapxin3. September 2010, 11:01
lets go. grabbing mine now
michaelpuermayr3. September 2010, 11:15
Originally posted by Sondeckis:

Which is "newer"
Opera 10.70 Build 9036
or
Opera 10.62 Build 3499

?

The later one is the stable-dev-branch for 10.62 and the first one is the unstable-dev-branch snapshot for 10.70... they are not related.
Dasman3. September 2010, 11:39
Ramadhan
Александр Карпинский3. September 2010, 11:45
Regression from 10.61 to 10.62:
Draw problems when other windows or start panel behind flash content:
http://habrastorage.org/storage/281f47ef/7fdd6c18/a59c40d4/7dc4127c.gif
Francesco De Domenico3. September 2010, 11:48
DSK-312101 (Opera crashes when closing a tab with flash) well done my frends!
Mike3. September 2010, 11:48
Same issues like I posted with latest 10.70 weekly build:

1) Browsing Google Code Changes when expanding diffs for particular files is broken somehow Represented by huge gaps/margin between lines and also padding inside of them.

Example: http://code.google.com/p/miranda/source/detail?r=12543

Noticed on this build, Mac (Intel) build
Works fine in Opera 10.10

Should look like here: http://i33.tinypic.com/24ozpyw.png

2) Some Facebook popups should have rounded corners, dunno what's wrong. Should look like this: http://i38.tinypic.com/2zp4kdg.png

3) Tiny difference on Twitter login popup under Sign in button, having some kind of gap between button and the popup with Opera, probably it should look like this: http://i38.tinypic.com/17sl1y.png

4) Curious gap in sidebar when disabling Statusbar (Both Mac native and Opera Standard skin): http://i35.tinypic.com/qx3x2b.png
jpalecek3. September 2010, 12:15
I can't change tags on a stackoverflow.com question with this build (the Save Edits button just grays out) - anybody having the same problems? Same behaviour in latest 10.70 builds.

debian sid, i386
Start Bar3. September 2010, 12:23
Am I back?
René Herrmann3. September 2010, 12:26
The *.msi doesn´t work.
i4u13. September 2010, 12:26
Second release w/ broken update in installer. tendency
Cjcr3. September 2010, 12:31
[OFFTOPIC 10.6]
@opvard: Looks like we may be approaching a public test of an updated feature (with additions). It contains one of my personal wishes, too.
1:21 PM Sep 1st vía web

@opvard: "One of my favourite wishes" and the "quite substantial" addition" are not in yet. And those are just two things we're working on.
11:13 AM Aug 21st vía web

@opvard: None of the features I have been referring to lately are in public
builds yet (except the content blocker syncing).
11:07 AM Aug 21st vía web

¿when is release new snapshot of 10.70? and then

- Sorry for Offtopic of 10.6.
[/OFFTOPIC 10.6]
Ronald Klop3. September 2010, 12:49
Am I the only one where copy paste from and to opera does not work well. I' m using freebsd.
Luchio3. September 2010, 13:06
mailproviders: I still wonder why Yandex and hotmail.co.uk, and not GMail? I know there are workarounds, but gmail is used by a good percentage of people, why not provide it by default? Is it a matter of money?
Mihkel3. September 2010, 13:12
Originally posted by ronaldklop:

Am I the only one where copy paste from and to opera does not work well. I' m using freebsd.

Same here since I've been using 10.5/6/7 builds -- selecting text to store it in selection buffer sometimes works, sometimes not -- can't spot any pattarn there, even. At least "normal" Ctrl+C/X/V works fine for me. (Kubuntu 8.04, KDE3, Opera fooled to believe it's running under GNOME to get nicer menus and dialogs than those plain-X ones.)
Ruari Ødegaard3. September 2010, 13:20
Originally posted by mihhkel:

Same here since I've been using 10.5/6/7 builds -- selecting text to store it in selection buffer sometimes works, sometimes not -- can't spot any pattarn there, even.
We know the pattern (it is related to JavaScript on the page). We have a potential fix that is still being tested. Hopefully we'll get it out soon.
Rudradeep Biswas3. September 2010, 13:37
#1 http://telecomtalk.info/t24-mobile-services-now-arrives-in-west-bengal/39260/
check this, table is shifted below with a gap! all posts of telecomtalk.info (where I write for too) with table have this problem! but no problem with other browsers?!

#2 http://www.livemint.com/2010/09/01212749/HCL-Technologies-to-help-gover.html?atype=tp

opening this causes opera crashed! please check if you r getting same problem or not!
Leonid3. September 2010, 13:42
http://secunia.com/advisories/41083

still no FIXes
hundredorzero3. September 2010, 13:47
Though I think that Opera is still the best browser, but now its stability is not as strong as it once used to be. All builds since version 9 had more features and more bugs at the same time.
New features are very important, however bug-fixes are even more important. For some time, you developers should focus solely on bug-fixing.
Think about it.
berend ytsma3. September 2010, 14:07
Originally posted by hundredorzero:

Though I think that Opera is still the best browser, but now its stability is not as strong as it once used to be. All builds since version 9 had more features and more bugs at the same time.
New features are very important, however bug-fixes are even more important. For some time, you developers should focus solely on bug-fixing.
Think about it.

This build is all bug fixing, there's no new stuff in it.
Kenneth Crudup3. September 2010, 14:08
Er, I can't open a single page with this (linux 64-bit) release ...?!
berend ytsma3. September 2010, 14:12
Originally posted by kennycrudup:

Er, I can't open a single page with this (linux 64-bit) release ...?!

If you have installed it over 10.70, than it can mess things up
AvWork3. September 2010, 14:29
I love Opera. It's the only browser I ever want to use and I try to run every snapshot that comes out... but I NEED MY START BAR! Please fix!
z@h3k3. September 2010, 14:35
Anyone confirm pls...
When I activate on any page Content Blocking , the page doesn't load exactly in second time. Pls check this page as activating cont. blocking.
hundredorzero3. September 2010, 14:35
Originally posted by AvWork:

I love Opera. It's the only browser I ever want to use and I try to run every snapshot that comes out... but I NEED MY START BAR! Please fix!

what is start bar by the way? i never use those annoying bars nor do i know their names.
Bausch Patrick3. September 2010, 14:46
Bug DSK-304220 is not fixed.
I still can't type dead keys...
Vitaliy3. September 2010, 15:01
Epicfail! After installing of this snapshot I can't using Opera at all! Any address don't open! I must to regress to previous snapshot. I'm use any of installers - it don't work. Windows 7 Ultimate x64.
czeci3. September 2010, 15:07
http://speedtest.tp.pl/speedtest.jsp and movies on http://video.interia.pl/ don't work.
Rijk3. September 2010, 15:07
Originally posted by Luchio:

mailproviders: I still wonder why Yandex and hotmail.co.uk, and not GMail? I know there are workarounds, but gmail is used by a good percentage of people, why not provide it by default? Is it a matter of money?
Note the difference between 'mailproviders.xml' and 'webmailproviders.ini'. The latter is about webapps to associate with mailto-links, and there are no changes there. The former is about prefilling server information when setting up a new mail account in Opera Mail.
Jeroen Roovers3. September 2010, 15:08
Originally posted by hokkut:

does not open any page! blank white page... LOL browser without browsing capability...
Look your urlfilter.ini file delete or fix this file and everything will be good
Maybe that's a workable workaround but it is no solution to the real bug. A user cannot be expected to know how to solve this problem (especially because "urlfilter.ini" doesn't at all sound like "Blocked Content".
Rijk3. September 2010, 15:09
Originally posted by Varrkan:

Epicfail! After installing of this snapshot I can't using Opera at all! Any address don't open!
Sounds like a firewall getting in the way. Did you install it over 10.61?