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A second Barracuda Release Candidate

April 8, 2011 · by Ruarí Ødegaard

Here is a second release candidate for Opera 11.10 ("Barracuda"). Since we are so close to release the change log is a little smaller than normal, with a focus on critical fixes.

Once again, thanks to all the snapshot users for your testing.

Known issues

  • Translations have not been updated yet (they will be updated if the build is selected to be released as the final version)

Note: Before reporting any possible release blockers, please consider doing a clean install to verify if it still happens there. Some problems seem to be caused by "dirty" installations of snapshots on top of older snapshots with experimental code.

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Changelog

Core
  • CORE-33125 (Unwanted caching of widget files when loaded directly from disk)
  • CORE-37635 (Small tweak to improve power usage)
  • Fixed a few more reported crashes

Desktop
  • DSK-333093 (Tabs are cut off with tab bar on the left or right side and 'Wrap to multiple lines' selected)
  • DSK-333162 (Installer freezes after being extracted on limited XP systems)
  • DSK-333166 (Update mailproviders.xml to support myopera mail)
  • DSK-333179 (The text for 'Accept and Install' is not translated)
  • DSK-333183 (Remove striped panel background and associated image)

Readers' comments

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

  • bachokocho8. April 2011, 07:41

    One to go smile
  • crash18. April 2011, 07:46

    javascript perfomance regression after 2064
    after 11.10 b2064 javascript perfomance drop down... ~2-10% regression depend of PC
    2064 and early builds sunspider test - 245ms
    latest builds (2076, 2077, 2079, 2081, 2083) - 260ms
    PS clean install w/o ext
  • Венетин Константинов8. April 2011, 07:46

    The installer does not give me the option of usb installation.
  • Patkos Csaba8. April 2011, 07:50

    Nice cheers
  • Ruarí Ødegaard8. April 2011, 07:52

    Originally posted by crash1:

    javascript perfomance regression after 2064
    after 11.10 b2064 javascript perfomance drop down... ~2-10% regression depend of PC
    2064 and early builds sunspider test - 245ms
    latest builds (2076, 2077, 2079, 2081, 2083) - 260ms
    PS clean install w/o ext

    Do you have a transparent skin?
  • crash18. April 2011, 07:53

    Originally posted by venetin:

    The installer does not give me the option of usb installation.


    it's because the path of installation is already OPERA installed, try to set another path were opera not installed
  • sirnh18. April 2011, 07:55

    Originally posted by venetin:

    The installer does not give me the option of usb installation.


    Seems to work here. If opera is already installed, change the install path, after that you change it to 'usb'

    Edit: I'm getting slow...
  • crash18. April 2011, 07:55

    Originally posted by ruario:

    Originally posted by crash1:

    javascript perfomance regression after 2064 after 11.10 b2064 javascript perfomance drop down... ~2-10% regression depend of PC 2064 and early builds sunspider test - 245ms latest builds (2076, 2077, 2079, 2081, 2083) - 260ms PS clean install w/o ext

    Do you have a transparent skin?
    no, i'm not use. any skin - "native", "standart" PS win XP SP3
  • Венетин Константинов8. April 2011, 07:56

    Originally posted by crash1:

    it's because the path of installation is already OPERA installed, try to set another path were opera not installed


    Thank you!It works.
  • nimu_chan8. April 2011, 07:56

    Woww!! Thank you very much!!up
  • Венетин Константинов8. April 2011, 07:58

    The speeddials are 4:3 again instead of 16:9 with 4 coloumns configuration and automatic zoom.
  • Spadar Shut8. April 2011, 08:00

    CORE-33125 (Unwanted caching of widget files when loaded directly from disk)up
  • Daniel8. April 2011, 08:00

    Wrapping the Tab Bar to multiple lines is broken...
    http://i51.tinypic.com/2h2mpg3.png
    This happens with the default skin and downloaded skins.
    Also with a fresh profile (after deleting %appdata%\opera)
  • Romain8. April 2011, 08:01

    In Mail,

    when you do a right click to open a contextual menu and a left click to close it, another contextual menu opens.

    Win 7, clean install.
  • netwolf8. April 2011, 08:10

    Originally posted by crash1:

    javascript perfomance regression after 2064


    I also notice performance regressions throughout all tests I perform, e.g. Sunspider and Peacekeeper, comparing an "old and dirty" 11.01 to a clean 11.10 RC.
    No extensions installed, using default skin on Win7 64.
    It's not dramatic, but constantly 5-10% slower.
  • pursanovd8. April 2011, 08:18

    Originally posted by lordofsoul:

    In Mail,

    when you do a right click to open a contextual menu and a left click to close it, another contextual menu opens.


    Confirmed Windows 7 x64.
    By the way does someone have a problem with Opera's download manager history? I see only some downloaded items there, others-constantly disappear from that list, so that actually i have no history of downloaded items.
  • KONIK8. April 2011, 08:23

    i have 30 tabs in session
    After I open Opera in system create 800 connections to proxy server. On proxy i have log about oversize the connection .
    then I have more time authentification rezuest.
    Can u please correct this ?
  • Haavard8. April 2011, 08:25

    Originally posted by venetin:

    The speeddials are 4:3 again instead of 16:9 with 4 coloumns configuration and automatic zoom.

    They still seem to be widescreen here. Do you have a screenshot? Are you sure that you are using build 2083?
  • vilpapa8. April 2011, 08:34

    Paste and go in the fields of search, still does not work correctly.
    Any request to open a search by default.
  • adamthirnis8. April 2011, 08:34

    Scrolling utterly defeats the object of a speed dial. Can't there be an option to automatically fit everything into the screen like the old speed dial?
  • Puneach8. April 2011, 08:35

    The Settings->Preferences->Advanced->Security->Security protocols window is broken. It is whole screen wide and has no close-minimize-restore elements so that there is no way to choose the needed ciphers.

    Ubuntu Natty x86-64, cannot tell if it happens on a stable Ubuntu Meercat as well.
  • Maxim8. April 2011, 08:36

    Do you plan to fix the crashes with "Inspect Element" in final version? I sent few automatic crash reports with last few builds from two different computers (WinXP, Win7)

    + 1 more problem -- Dragonfly can't start on first start after restart Opera.

    thank you.
  • GreLI8. April 2011, 08:43

    Still have a regression with widget icons (DSK-332398). In Opera 11.01 there was just wrong icons. In the 11.10 they are corrupted.
  • Martin Rauscher8. April 2011, 08:46

    Originally posted by haavard:

    Originally posted by venetin:

    The speeddials are 4:3 again instead of 16:9 with 4 coloumns configuration and automatic zoom.

    They still seem to be widescreen here. Do you have a screenshot? Are you sure that you are using build 2083?
    For me showing/removing the plus sign in the speed dial seems to change between 4:3 and 16:10
  • Muhammad-Ubaid raza8. April 2011, 08:47

    cheers
  • Torrente8. April 2011, 08:47

    Originally posted by vilpapa:

    Paste and go in the fields of search, still does not work correctly.


    It will be fixed. They didn't say when though.
  • Chirpie8. April 2011, 08:49

    Originally posted by GreLI:

    Still have a regression with widget icons (DSK-332398). In Opera 11.01 there was just wrong icons. In the 11.10 they are corrupted.

    Shouldn't the guy who made that widget fix the corrupted icon?
  • Jochen Schug8. April 2011, 08:52

    Since 11.10 I get periodic freezes of the whole application, 11.01 worked fine. The process takes 100% cpu for 10 to 20 seconds, then everything returns to normal. After a minute or two, this happens again. And again. And again...

    I thought it might be related to mail, because after launch the first freeze happens right after the "new mail notification" popup in the lower right corner is shown. But launching Opera with -nomail doesn't change matters.

    Linux x86_64, Ubuntu 10.04.
  • Кирил8. April 2011, 08:53

    Mod edit: Please be specific and to the point.
  • Wilbundel8. April 2011, 08:56

    After the launch, updated every cell speed dial.
  • maexl8. April 2011, 08:59

    I don't want to wind you up, but is it planned to fix DSK-331093 (paste and go in searchfield doesn't paste and go with the chosen search-engine, but pastes it in the adressfield) in final?

    In addition I have problems with the drop-down menus on http://www.nvidia.de/Download/index.aspx?lang=de Can someone confirm? There are a few blank entries at the beginning --> DSK-333420



    On http://wwwn.cdc.gov/epiinfo/script/shapefiles.aspx I can't choose another continent - only south america is available. With other brothers I also can choose Europe, Asia and so on --> DSK-333422



    Windows 7 SP1 32bit (and clean install of this build)
  • cssm8. April 2011, 09:05

    Originally posted by maexl:

    In addition I have problems with the drop-down menus on http://www.nvidia.de/Download/index.aspx?lang=de Can someone confirm?


    Not confirmed.
  • Kai Ockendorf8. April 2011, 09:06

    Originally posted by Wilbundel:

    After the launch, updated every cell speed dial.


    this happens on every startup and it´s very disturbing worried

    W7x64 SP1
  • cssm8. April 2011, 09:07

    Originally posted by maexl:

    On http://wwwn.cdc.gov/epiinfo/script/shapefiles.aspx I can't choose another continent - only south america is available. With other brothers I also can choose Europe, Asia and so on --> DSK-333422


    Not confirmed. I can choose Europe, Asia and so on. Win7x64, latest build.
  • wirusek8. April 2011, 09:08

    Install error:
    Error initializing Opera: module 10 (locale) 

    Win XP SP3

    EDIT: Reported (DSK-333427)
  • Кирил8. April 2011, 09:11

    ot removed
  • Stefan8. April 2011, 09:11

    Originally posted by pursanovd:

    Originally posted by lordofsoul:

    In Mail, when you do a right click to open a contextual menu and a left click to close it, another contextual menu opens.

    Confirmed Windows 7 x64.
    Confirmed Windows 7 32bit
  • Kirill8. April 2011, 09:14

    In last builds including both RC i have problems with ACID3 after second load:

    http://i55.tinypic.com/5mk6lc.png

    Is this only for me? Win7 x64. Reported as DSK-333377.
  • Leonhard Preis8. April 2011, 09:15

    DSK-333093 (Tabs are cut off with tab bar on the left or right side and 'Wrap to multiple lines' selected)



    Thanks! I already feared this bug would make it into the Gold version.
  • Rafał Miłecki8. April 2011, 09:19

    http://svc.zajec.net/ does not crash anymore, YOU ARE GREAT GUYS!
    DSK-330322
  • Romain8. April 2011, 09:23

    Originally posted by jarinkirill:

    In last builds including both RC i have problems with ACID3 after second load:

    http://i55.tinypic.com/5mk6lc.png

    Is this only for me? Win7 x64. Reported as DSK-333377.



    No problem here. If you disable all extensions, you have same problem ?
  • Ryoken8. April 2011, 09:26

    DSK-333093 (Tabs are cut off with tab bar on the left or right side and 'Wrap to multiple lines' selected)



    Tabs still get cut off for me. The first column works fine, but the tab bar doesn't expand if a second column is needed, so the second column is only shown partially and any subsequent not at all with the Windows Native skin; with the "Opera Standard" skin the second column is completely hidden.

    This is with a fresh install and a fresh profile.
  • Swapnil99pro8. April 2011, 09:33

    ot removed


  • Kirill8. April 2011, 09:33

    Originally posted by lordofsoul:

    No problem here. If you disable all extensions, you have same problem ?


    I have this problem on clean install without any extensions. After deleting opera's folder in %LOCALAPPDATA% ACID3 is executed only one time.
  • threetimes8. April 2011, 09:35

    I don't know if this happened in this RC or the previous one (I came from 2073 I think).

    Opera for Debian/Linux now depends on ttf-liberation | ttf-mscorefonts-installer. I don't want these fonts on my system! DejaVu Looks way better then Liberation's Arial on my systems. And I cannot use MS' Arial for obvious legal reasons.

    Edit:
    Even this comment is displayed in Arial. The css specifies this as a list of fonts.
    "trebuchet ms", "lucida grande", "lucida sans unicode", "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif
    All Microsoft fonts...
    It used to fall back to sans-serif wich is DejaVu Sans, wich looks perfect. But now it uses liberation-Arial, wich is ugly. Even MS-Arial is ugly on a non-MS system. Trebuchet or Lucida would probably look as good as DejaVu, but Arial doesn't. I don't want this font!
  • ][ePyBuM8. April 2011, 09:43

    In fullscreen mode Address Bar appears in tabs that are opened in background.

    1. Press F11.
    2. Open a page.
    3. Press middle mouse on a link or ctrl+shift+mb1
    4. Go to the newly opened tab.
    5. See Address Bar in fullscreen mode.
  • Daniel Lengyel8. April 2011, 09:48

    Originally posted by netwolf:

    I also notice performance regressions throughout all tests I perform, e.g. Sunspider and Peacekeeper, comparing an "old and dirty" 11.01 to a clean 11.10 RC.
    No extensions installed, using default skin on Win7 64.
    It's not dramatic, but constantly 5-10% slower.


    I can also confirm this, but maybe since build 2020.. Clean install w/o extensions in both cases(11.01 vs last build), and 11.01 is significantly faster, especially in first startup after PC restart.. Win7 32b
  • masterofopera8. April 2011, 09:53

    Thanks! coffee fixed: Installer -> limited XP systems
  • MossMan8. April 2011, 10:05

    I just realised that the reason I might be getting a crash report during upgrade each time could be related to the fact that my widgets are also displayed twice in the panel.

    I've been trying to figure out why the widgets are displayed like that and in fact I did a complete uninstall/reinstall of Opera last time since that was advised in the last Desktop Blog post. My old widgets were still there (odd) and are still shown twice after deleting and reinstalling. Strangely, I installed a new version of TouchTheSky for O11 which is only listed one time. Is this to do with the widget or because I never installed it before?

    Anyway, I just reasoned that if Opera thinks there are *two* widgets called "SimplestClock" open during upgrade, but only one actually gets shut down, then that might be why it thinks there was some kind of error...
  • Chuck Boung Ace Eck8. April 2011, 10:11

    Very nice build. Slightly increased performance in Peacekeeper over the previous builds (only the 2053 was faster), and the latest final.

About this article

Published inDesktop Team blog
DateApril 8, 2011
AuthorRuarí Ødegaard
Tagsstability, RC2, Release Candidate, Barracuda, 11.10
OriginalInternet Archive