Final fixes before the Easter Holidays

Readers' comments

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

• René-Gilles Deberdt1. April 2010, 15:09

  Not 1st, but was there on time to see the original post date was yesterday morning
  Thanks!
  I don't expect this build will magically fix the Cookie DNS error that has been plaguing us in the 10.x series, but I'll still give it a try...
  
  Edit --
  

  (Context menu search opens in new tab, does not reuse current tab)

  
  I actually liked it this way... Can we revert through a (hidden) setting?

• Topi1. April 2010, 15:14

  Closing ANY tab -> CRASH!
  
  -> n+1 tabs open and cannot close any of them

• Onecar1. April 2010, 15:15

  Guys, do you consider your posts to be really necessary and relevant? Read again:
  
  

  Originally posted by Opera Desktop Team:

  Please try to keep your comments on topic...

  
  
  Shame on you. And on me as well.

• Gousti Fruit1. April 2010, 15:18

  Oh, by downloading this last build, I noticed the new javascript download dialog from the previous build :-) Next step: prevent opening a blank page when downloading a file !

• shagwest1. April 2010, 15:19

  Dragonfly still doesn't work...

• XenoAntares1. April 2010, 15:21

  Fixed DSK-291313 (DST optimisation returning incorrect DST offset value - date handling off)

  
  If this fix should have an impact on my (at least 4 years standing) Opera's DST oddity, well, than it does not resolve the issue.
  »» http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=131163

• Zotlan1. April 2010, 15:21

  Praise be! The numeric period works again on Linux.
  having space back is good too.
  
  Having the progress bar pop up still causes tremendous slow down though.
  
  

  Originally posted by shagwest:

  Dragonfly still doesn't work...

  
  Works for me.
  
  EDIT: ah, and inline dialogs (find, block content and password) finally have readable colours.

• Rolf1. April 2010, 15:21

  F2 still broken

• Martin Larsson1. April 2010, 15:23

  Thank you for the new build!
  
  Re: DSK-288752 (Scrolling by middleclick scrolls fixed positioned content)
  Confirmed fixed, BUT scroll with keyboard arrows up/down still has the problem.
  see for example: http://twitter.com/petternilsen
  Win7 x86
  
  
  Could the ones reporting problems/bugs in here please specify their OS?
  HAPPY EASTER (Glad påsk)

• Broken Sword1. April 2010, 15:38

  Originally posted by mrkukov:

  Closing ANY tab -> CRASH!

  
  
  
  confirmed winxp pro

• Skully1. April 2010, 15:48

  That version still crashes for me on every picture when i rightclick it, save as.The image get saved though, but opera crashes.
  Ubuntu 10.04, x64, Gnome
  Crash also happens on fresh profile.

• DrDanny1. April 2010, 15:50

  I just upgraded 3338(?) to 3344 on Windows XP, and it crashes so bad I'm forced to use Firefox to post this comment. Is this really a build or an Apr Fools joke?
  

• Zotlan1. April 2010, 15:52

  Originally posted by dZeus:

  - ctrl-z to open last closed tab doesn't work when speed-dial is opened

  
  Works just fine as long as the cursor is not in the URL bar, even that works if you change the shortcut to ctrl+alt+z

  Originally posted by dZeus:

  - DSK-284049 when double-clicking in empty tab bar area to open a new tab, with speed-dial set to open in new tabs, requires an extra left-mouse click to gain focus of speed-dial page

  
  What do you mean exactly? here the cursor is in the address bar of any just opened speed-dial page.
  

  Originally posted by dZeus:

  - DSK-279946 weird behaviour on forum.doom9.net (non-functional autoscroll, following local links does not update URL in tabbar)

  
  I see that too, very weird.
  

  Originally posted by dZeus:

  - DSK-277926 no visual feedback when pressing F3 for next result when no hits for keyword exist on webpage (needed especially when searching multiple open tabs for the same keyword!)

  
  Same here, quite annoying
  
  All of this is on Linux BtW
  
  

  Originally posted by dZeus:

  Just a sign that these bugs aren't forgotten and are being worked on would really reassure me...

  
  Opera very rarely gives any sign of what bugs they're working on.
  
  

• Arguggi1. April 2010, 15:56

  Having no crashes at all on Vista 32, maybe the tab crashes are related to xp?

• Bill P1. April 2010, 15:57

  this release is again not usable - 64bit Linux - in that intermittently the cpu will spike to 100% and stay awhile and then become usable again. It is not reproducible in that the spikes are not happening on the same pages consistently it just happens.
  
  
  about:config search not working in 64bit Linux, at least correctly. If I do a search nothing happens but is I switch tabs then return the search has been performed - actually if I click anywhere on the desktop the search is performed
  
  question - it there away to move the in-page search back to the bottom?

• pios1. April 2010, 15:57

  logitech G9 thumb buttons don't work. they work in nautilus and firefox for going back and forward in pages
  
  ubuntu 10.04
  
  
  

• berend ytsma1. April 2010, 15:57

  Originally posted by Arguggi:

  Having no crashes at all on Vista 32, maybe the tab crashes are related to xp?

  
  Looks like it.
  Maybe they should try an clean install to see if that helps

• mjpa1. April 2010, 16:00

  Fixed DSK-279239 (Copy Link Address follows redirects)
  
  ^ Now if only it was fixed for middle clicking / opening in a new tab!
  
  Fixed DSK-288752 (Scrolling by middleclick scrolls fixed positioned content)
  
  ^ Needs fixing for arrows keys too (as well as the flickering of the pop-up progress bar at the bottom)

• Crabman1. April 2010, 16:05

  Originally posted by dZeus:

  - DSK-284049 when double-clicking in empty tab bar area to open a new tab, with speed-dial set to open in new tabs, requires an extra left-mouse click to gain focus of speed-dial page

  
  
  I just noticed that this only happens when I execute the doubleclick very fast, if I wait a few fractions of a second between the clicks it works okay.
  
  

  Originally posted by Zotlan:

  What do you mean exactly? here the cursor is in the address bar of any just opened speed-dial page.

  
  
  Try to click on a speeddial-link. You have to click twice.

• Bill P1. April 2010, 16:05

  the "configure speed dial" button does nothing in 64bit Linux, thought the type gets a bit more muted

• Zotlan1. April 2010, 16:07

  Originally posted by Crabman:

  Try to click on a speeddial-link. You have to click twice.

  
  Nope, not here, could be a windows issue.
  

  Originally posted by Bill_P:

  question - it there away to move the in-page search back to the bottom?

  
  Yes. Press ctrl+F go to the appearance dialog, set it to appear on the bottom of the screen.
  
  I can confirm your opera:config issue BtW, will report it.
  It is now bug #DSK-292283

• Alexs1. April 2010, 16:09

  Originally posted by mrkukov:

  Closing ANY tab -> CRASH!

  
  confirmed with sidux
  
  Crash if multisearch on mainbar or statusbar DSK-292278

• Sasquatch1. April 2010, 16:13

  Now if the mouse buttons can be fixed.. The back and forward buttons aren't working for me, Opera 10.5x doesn't pick up button 6 and 7. 10.10 does. Using Ubuntu 9.04 btw, but I'm sure it fails on other Linux systems too.
  And the rightclick + scroll feature of navigating between tabs. Then it's about perfect for me.
  
  As for the GTK integration, it might be useful if a check can be made or an override be written for websites that set a background colour for input fields, but fail to set a text colour. Now Opera takes the input colour from the CSS and GTK theme, and with dark themes (currently using AmberGTK) and that means light grey text on white inputs. Not very readable. See http://www.deviantart.com on the search field. Input defined as white, but no text colour specified.
  Other way around also happens (text set in CSS, but no input background). This is can be seen on my Online Banking site: https://www.fortisbanking.com/private/StartOLB.asp
  You enter numbers in the boxes, but if you have a dark theme, these inputs are black, and the text is black too. Go figure.

• SovietRussia1. April 2010, 16:13

  > Crash with tabs on windows XP
  
  A lot of people seem to be confirming this, not confirmed here. Maybe it's because the 64-bit version shares it's codebase with Windows Server 2003..
  
  Windows XP x64 (shows up as Windows NT 5.2 on opera:about).

• Frank1. April 2010, 16:17

  Originally posted by Zotlan:

  Originally posted by dZeus:

  
  

  - ctrl-z to open last closed tab doesn't work when speed-dial is opened

  
  
  Works just fine as long as the cursor is not in the URL bar, even that works if you change the shortcut to ctrl+alt+z
  ...
  What do you mean exactly? here the cursor is in the address bar of any just opened speed-dial page.

  
  
  this is exactly the problem! didn't happen in opera 10.1x. There, ctrl-z to open last-closed page worked even when opening speeddial. I can't check whether opera 10.1x would auto-select the address bar with the cursor, as one of the opera 10.5x beta's ruined my 10.1x install (it inadvertently updated it instead of my Opera 10.5x directory branch )

• Zotlan1. April 2010, 16:21

  Originally posted by dZeus:

  this is exactly the problem! didn't happen in opera 10.1x. There, ctrl-z to open last-closed page worked even when opening speeddial. I can't check whether opera 10.1x would auto-select the address bar with the cursor, as one of the opera 10.5x beta's ruined my 10.1x install (it inadvertently updated it instead of my Opera 10.5x directory branch )

  
  Really? When focussed on a text area Opera, sensibly, applies ctrl+z to the text in that area, very useful for when you make a typo or delete something you did not want to delete. I suppose Opera 10.1x did not focus to address bar by default then. Personally, i think the current behaviour makes more sense. It does not affect me that much in any case because i have ctrl+alt+z set up as a back-up for cases such as this one(but also for when i'm typing in a text box on a forum or blog).

• Rafael Luik1. April 2010, 16:22

  Opera 10.5x is getting pretty "workable" now!!
  
  

  Originally posted by Nao:

  (Context menu search opens in new tab, does not reuse current tab)

  
  I actually liked it this way... Can we revert through a (hidden) setting?

  
  
  You can...
  1. Simply Shift + Click the search option.
  2. Untick the "reuse current tab" option in advanced options, so the search will open in a new tab by default. (that will affect other Opera's actions)

• BS-Harou1. April 2010, 16:25

  Go to http://www.facebook.com/
  
  Put this to adressbar
  javascript:void(document.body.style.OTransform='rotate(5deg)')
  and press enter
  
  Horizontal scrollbar can scroll much more to right than it should.
  
  Anyone can confirm?
  

• Roman1. April 2010, 16:27

  Fixed DSK-277939 (Context menu search opens in new tab, does not reuse current tab)

  
  
  nooo.. thought it was a feature

• Rafael Luik1. April 2010, 16:27

  Originally posted by BS-Harou:

  Anyone can confirm?

  
  
  

  Originally posted by feil0ng:

  nooo.. thought it was a feature

  You have an option to "re-enable" it.

• cyberdude m1. April 2010, 16:28

  facebook cafeworld didn't crash until now but its not smooth......had to refresh many times for the game to load completely......
  
  its using 100% memory..... ofcourse it uses same memory on chrome too but can be played smoothly......
  
  

• Gousti Fruit1. April 2010, 16:29

  Originally posted by shagwest:

  Dragonfly still doesn't work...

  
  Works for me. Don't forget to select your working tab by clicking on the dropdown with the dragonfly icon.

• Robert901. April 2010, 16:35

  Did a quick search for "alt" and "ctrl"here in the posts, but couldn't find this problem (yet).
  
  Seems like the "alt" key isn't properly detected, "O"-menu doesn't open. But at least it doesn't open the *** O menu when pressing alt+tab anymore
  
  And when using ctrl+tab to switch tabs, the "tab switch dialog" isn't closed (you have to press the esc key to close it). (and the black box around the tab switcher is still known? )
  
  Edit:
  Forgot to mention:
  Linux (openSUSE 11.1) running KDE 4.5 (dev) Xorg version 7.5. Keyboard is a Logitech MX 5500, xev reports "alt_l" as keycode 64 and "control_l" as keycode 37 (but these are probably default?)
  
  Edit 2:
  Same on my laptop running openSUSE 11.2, KDE 4.4 (stable) Xorg 7.5. The keycodes for alt_l and control_l are the same (as I already suspected)

• Martin Rauscher1. April 2010, 16:35

  Fixed DSK-292075 (UserJS HTTPS warning dialog should be overlayed)

  
  Why exactly is this a Unix-only fix? I want this on Windows, too!
  
  
  Thanks for all those nice little fixes

• Michel Budnyatsky1. April 2010, 16:36

  There is an issue with extra horizontal scroll bar on wide-screen monitors.
  
  Example: http://www.mr7.ru
  
  Windows XP Pro SP3, x32
  
  DSK-292290

• Juliata1. April 2010, 16:36

  YES! Finally space bar works for page down!!! Thank you so much! Such a great surprise for the holidays!!! I am now officially switching to this version of Opera!!! OMG! Guys, I love you! Happy Easter!

• Roman1. April 2010, 16:36

  Originally posted by rafaelluik:

  You have an option to "re-enable" it.

  
  
  oh. that's cool. thanks

• MetalRaise1. April 2010, 16:38

  Originally posted by NeXur:

  Re: DSK-288752 (Scrolling by middleclick scrolls fixed positioned content)
  Confirmed fixed, BUT scroll with keyboard arrows up/down still has the problem.
  see for example: http://twitter.com/petternilsen

  
  Confirmed. Windows XP, x86.

• schwaller1. April 2010, 16:39

  oh 1 april release - grrrrrrhhh
  start to inspect an element on a website: this window has no runtime - hihihi
  

• nightfishing1. April 2010, 16:47

  Major regression from 3338. This build crashes upon closing last open window every time.
  
  3344 on 7x64.
  
  1) allow empty work space
  2) open any speed dial link
  3) close lone open tab (must be only opened window/tab)
  4) CRASH

• Kirilo811. April 2010, 16:49

  In the new snapshot (on Linux with KDE; GTK-theme is QtCurve) on some sites I get a garbled font, eg. here: http://www.opera.com/link/desktop/ or here: http://my.opera.com/Kirilo81/albums/showpic.dml?album=2659911&picture=36623261

• Cyro1. April 2010, 17:03

  Sorry but: "Fixed DSK-285021 (Can't change dictionary of correct words in IRC spell checker)" is STILL not fixed for me. Also notes panel spellcheck context menu is not working.
  Win7 64bits.
  
  

• Zotlan1. April 2010, 17:10

  Originally posted by bennyfletch:

  I am sure this is still on the list, even though it is no longer listed as a known issue for UNIX, but...
  
  
  
  FONTS are still not displaying correctly on certain sites.

  
  It is on the list
  

  Fonts occasionally broken (small and multi-colored)

• Michel Budnyatsky1. April 2010, 17:15

  New background color of search bar (Ctrl+F) is good, but please, make search field in this bar more wider.

• netwolf1. April 2010, 17:15

  I get a really impressive performance drop in Peacekeeper with this build! From ~2200 point with prev. build to 972 with this one! Also, rendering corruption is still there.
  One screenshot to show both issues: http://files.myopera.com/netwolf/files/corruption.png
  XP SP3, upgrade from prev. build, no settings changed, cache cleared
  
  EDIT: is there a way to force a reload from source instead of cache?
  No matter how often I refresh, I always get the corrupt image I linked above.

• Mladen Pejaković1. April 2010, 17:19

  Language input issues finally resolved on linux!
  
  But devs, could someone please check this out:
  http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=496001
  
  Thank you.

• cedricpc1. April 2010, 17:20

  Originally posted by Ruari Ødegaard:

  Fixed DSK-281697 (Text with opacity set looks ugly/bold)

  I don't know if it's related but there is no longer any problem with text in the menu bar. Thanks!
  
  

  Originally posted by Ruari Ødegaard:

  Fixed DSK-276458 (No close button if "show close button on each tab" is unticked)

  Wow! Great regression fix! Thank you!
  
  I've just some little remarks to do :
  
  Firstly, there is a strange shadow under the buttons, which can take three different aspect — white dots, full gray and full black. I can't do a screenshot for the moment, sorry.
  
  Secondly, when the tab isn't maximized, MDI buttons doesn't go away (it is not a bad thing at all !) but the restore button is not able to maximize it again, it does nothing.
  
  Thirdly, when there is no active tab, MDI buttons and menu icon stay here while it shouldn't as they can't act with any tabs.
  
  Finally, the MDI menu is empty, whereas we can double click it to close the tab — like with Opera 10.10 and above.
  
  And a last remark, not totally related, the menu bar is taller than in Opera 10.10.
  
  

  Originally posted by Ruari Ødegaard:

  Fixed DSK-282852 (Fix tab cycler skin)

  Thanks again, it looks now better, but the screenshot is still wrong positioned when there is no active tab.
  
  
  And I don't exactly when it appears, but negative resize — top-left corner — on the main window mess up a little if I do that too fast. Of course, when I stop to resize, the position and the size are ok, it's just temporary "visual" bug.
  
  
  Anyway, thank you to the team for all the good job you have done, and have an happy Easter Holidays.
  
  
  PS: I use WinXP SP1 (32 bits).

• János, Vincze1. April 2010, 17:24

  Unfortunately for me the new build continuously do crash. On holidays I will test what causes the crashing (perhaps skin?), but until next build I will use the previous (b3338) version.
  
  But I wish for Opera-team and users Happy Easter!

• Oleg1. April 2010, 17:25

  Originally posted by Skully:

  That version still crashes for me on every picture when i rightclick it, save as.

  
  Confirmed. All images (most links also) crash Opera, when 'Save as' using.
  

  Originally posted by Bill_P:

  the "configure speed dial" button does nothing in 64bit Linux

  
  Can't confirm. Works great (but was trouble to switch fm Russian to any other language. Opera (portable) wrote: no such language
  

  Originally posted by Drazick:

  Please, do something with the memory consumption.

  
  Confirm totally
  
  Plus:
  1. When using the 'Open in background window' option, new window doesn't opened as in background, just as new window.
  2. Russian letters could not be typed in any input field. It just stay as clean as it was.
  
  Btw, Ubuntu Linux 10.04 x64
  
  PS/ Huge thanks and have happy holidays!

• Stilezy1. April 2010, 17:28

  Definite improvement. The effects are being obscured by startup memory bug DSK-290618 (forum link), meaning I have to switch to offline mode to load a large session piecemeal, which makes it hard to tell if tabs are loading fully first time round.
  
  My impression is that pages are definitely loading with fewer "part loaded and empty loaded" problems, and the "DNS confirmation" bug appears historic here (once-off fix if it does happen: clear cookies for affected site + clear history/cache + restart Opera, clears the problem for any site still affected). Pages that don't load properly are more often responsive to reload (although sometimes not until a new tab is opened for the same URL).
  
  If DSK-290618 is fixed I'll be able to check if this is accurate or just an impression. But with Opera liable to temporarily request then release > 2 GB memory during startup, it's impossible to let it freely load all tabs from a large session otherwise it crashes.