It's a new day

September 25, 2009 · by Tommy A. Olsen

And a new build, for you!

We're fixing more and more bugs, and our webapps team is getting closer to the ideal design for Unite Applications. But many of the recent changes in the Unite Applications didn't make it into the builds. How about album art in the media player? You got it, but only from the Opera Unite application repository.

Highlights

Many Unicode fixes for Unite
Unite local (IP-address) connections to Mac should work now. If you have more than one machine on your network, you can see others running Unite by clicking the Unite icon, or right-clicking the Unite panel
Text-shadows in Opera Widgets on Windows aren't magenta anymore
Switch to use PNG instead of XPM for the application icon on UNIX. Should improve the icon in most Desktop Environments, but it is also a bit buggy at the moment

WARNING: This is a development snapshot: It contains the latest changes, but may also have severe known issues, including crashes and data loss situations. In fact, it may not work at all.

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Changelog

User Interface

Added Opera Portal as feed provider
Fixed Bug DSK-144064 (Return key opens Mail page instead of submitting forms or entering newline)
Fixed Bug DSK-261431 (Autoupdate dialog minimize not functional (grayed out) when status bar is disabled)
Fixed Bug DSK-265106 (Make opera take the custom changes to the operaprefs into account when upgrading from a version older than 10)
Fixed Bug DSK-266138 (Different color behavior for selected and unselected checkbox)
Fixed Bug DSK-266210 (Selecting "Search in Web" from address bar doesn't work (%20 instead of space))
Fixed Bug DSK-266212 (F2 dialog in mail view opens page in background tab)
Fixed Bug DSK-266225 ("Selected Text bgcolor nofocus" doesn't work)
Fixed Bug DSK-266363 (Can't view SVG source)

Core

Fixed Bug CORE-24416 (Plugin crash)
Fixed Bug DSK-221407 (Crash when trying to open a PDF)
Fixed Bug DSK-229094 (Text-shadow blur gets magenta colored artifacts)

Opera Unite

Fixed Media Player encoding issues
Changes to ASD registration
Changing "Add App" link, re-naming the panel from "UniteServices" to "Unite", renaming some action strings: related to the change from Unite Services to Applications
Fixed Bug CORE-22019 (Unite crash when closing Opera)
Fixed Bug CORE-24348 (UPnP settings not working as advertised)
Further Fix to Bug DSK-264985 (Double-clicking a service in the Unite services panel always opens a new tab)
Fixed Bug DSK-265666 (When advanced settings are disabled, they are shown as enabled)
Fixed Bug DSK-266370 (Dragging an application into a folder opens the widget part)
Fixed Bug DSK-266555 (Remove "do you want to start Unite now?" dialog when you first click on a Unite application)
Fixed Bug DSK-266567 (Not using device name from opera:config)
Fixed Bug DSK-266581 (Unite application doesn't open when starting unite the first time)

Opera Mail

Added new style for "no message selected"
Improvements to signature handling
Fix for mails appearing in different views
Fixed Bug DSK-259049 (Crash when creating new mail account)
Fixed Bug DSK-262958 (All drafts gone after upgrade to peregrine)
Fixed Bug DSK-265041 (Viewing sent IMAP messages creates draft copies in 'List only' display mode)
Fixed Bug DSK-265926 (Follow/ignore contact doesn't work from message header toolbar)

Windows

Fixed Bug DSK-255778 (Downloadable webfont in page is used to render browser chrome/UI)

Mac

Fix for Silverlight crash on exit
Fixed Bug DSK-259431 (Flip4Mac Plugin Crash)
Fixed Bug DSK-265009 (Will only get responses from requests made from the first connection when connecting through localhost/ip)
Fixed Bug DSK-265270 (Create menu bar entries for widgets in widget runtime)
Fixed Bug DSK-265069 (Resetting cache4 to default creates new folder "/{Users}/Library")

Unix

Updated the SVG icon with an optimized one
Overriding arch for ppc64 RPM
Fixed Bug DSK-260580 (Downloads sometimes don't start, just show progress bar)
Fixed Bug DSK-262907 (Widget taskbar entries have no icon, or random icon)
Fixed Bug DSK-263296 (Should use PNG instead of XPM for taskbar and titlebar icons)
Fixed Bug DSK-266455 (Crash in when doing mouse gesture on mail)

Readers' comments

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

Tamil25. September 2009, 14:59
Morphdreamer25. September 2009, 15:03
Great!
zoquete25. September 2009, 15:11
'< auuuuuuu yes
kokeee25. September 2009, 15:17
andrewsam25. September 2009, 15:18
Wowww! yes
Bill_P25. September 2009, 15:21
in qt4 linux the task tray icon looks much better but the systemtray icon still has the gray background
cranil725. September 2009, 15:22
Finaly I am 6th!! Keep up your build coming.
thetomster25. September 2009, 15:23
pinhaomega2425. September 2009, 15:23
great! keep going!
to test!
DanielHendrycks25. September 2009, 15:28
BS-Harou25. September 2009, 15:29
Keldian25. September 2009, 15:38
Nice! Downloaded and working now...
jerobarraco25. September 2009, 15:43
those are really intresting fixes, i'll try it right now (specially 4 the plugin and unite crashes)
DanielHendrycks25. September 2009, 15:44
I am sorry this is off topic but this small thing needs to be brought to your attention.

This would save a lot of confusion.
ar1pe25. September 2009, 15:52
Lovely!
ElectriX225. September 2009, 15:55
Thanks testing now...

Originally posted by DanielHendrycks:

I am sorry this is off topic but this small thing needs to be brought to your attention.
+1
aFamous25. September 2009, 16:02
Fixed Bug DSK-266210 (Selecting "Search in Web" from address bar doesn't work (%20 instead of space))
andrewsam25. September 2009, 16:08
The no message indication is certainly a lot better (more neutral to theme color changes) and so is the XPM to PNG icon change in Linux.

But still not able to view 10s and 100s of Tamil and Hindi websites correctly due to the font rendering issue which has been reported for quite sometime now in Linux.

www.tamilwin.com
www.nerudal.com
www.puthinam.com
www.naamtamilar.org

and I can keep adding so many ...

DSK-261954
harish.l25. September 2009, 16:11
Originally posted by DanielHendrycks:

I am sorry this is off topic but this small thing needs to be brought to your attention.

This would save a lot of confusion.

+1
neon122525. September 2009, 16:22
Thanks
TriMN25. September 2009, 16:22
Videos on http://www.adressa.no/tv/ still won't show when on a Mac using Mac OS X 10.6.1 with latest flashplayer.
Doliprane25. September 2009, 16:24
thankooooooooooz
porneL25. September 2009, 16:24
Fix for mails appearing in different views

Is this supposed to affect old mails? Because my newsfeeds views still contain imap e-mails.
Arguggi25. September 2009, 16:27

Downloading.....

Bug DSK-266210 (Selecting "Search in Web" from address bar doesn't work (%20 instead of space))

Not fixed for me, bug still happens with search engines ecc ecc, Actually now i see and not %20 anymore.

Vista 32 SP2
DanielHendrycks25. September 2009, 16:28
Originally posted by TriMN:

Videos on http://www.adressa.no/tv/ won't show when on a Mac using Mac OS X 10.6.1 with latest flashplayer.

Not on Windows.
mrkukov25. September 2009, 16:28
"Many Unicode fixes for Unite"

Finally \o/
patkoscsaba25. September 2009, 16:36
Bill_P25. September 2009, 16:43
does Turbo actually work consistently? I keep getting messages that it can't establish a connection (even on some MyOpera pages)

It doesn't bother me that it doesn't Turbo all my page requests but the pop up is annoying - any way to turn it off?
Publisher25. September 2009, 17:03
- The "Mail Compose Window Skin" are not Native
- If i move a mail from Inbox to anywhere, Opera just copy and not move the mail. (imap)
- The Scrollbar Knob (vertical) on Windows Classic Skin are not correct.
- Why is a Pagebar-backgroundimage in Windows Native Skin?
wiczkowski25. September 2009, 17:07
- can't auto update from b.1792 is there any hack in config to really "download al snapshots" ?
- also now I see that "Auto Update State" goes back to 0 after restarting Opera (b. 1799 Vista SP2)
- new "no message selected" to bright IMO
- Uneite paned disappeared after updating
DanielHendrycks25. September 2009, 17:15
Originally posted by Bill_P:

any way to turn it off?

Tools>Preferences>webpages>turbo section>details>uncheck "notify me about network speed"
squillaz25. September 2009, 17:17
Originally posted by TriMN:

Videos on http://www.adressa.no/tv/ still won't show when on a Mac using Mac OS X 10.6.1 with latest flashplayer.

Confirmed on Snow Leopard (10.6.1) with latest flash. They play fine in Safari so looks like issue with Opera. You should open up a bug ticket make sure to note that they do work in Safari and this is an OSX (or maybe just non-windows) issue.
squillaz25. September 2009, 17:22
Originally posted by Arguggi:

Bug DSK-266210 (Selecting "Search in Web" from address bar doesn't work (%20 instead of space))

Not fixed for me, bug still happens with search engines ecc ecc, Actually now i see and not %20 anymore.

Vista 32 SP2

They kinda work for me in OSX. If you use the arrow/enter key on keyboard it will search ok in google. If you use mouse to select "Search the Web" it fails giving message:

The URL http://Search the Web for "bla bla bla" contains characters that are not valid in the location they are found.

opera:illegal-url-11

edit:
Note, in error message you actually see the html tags rather than text in bold so it's like this without the spaces: "bla bla bla"
nibushibu25. September 2009, 17:29
Originally posted by Arguggi:

Not fixed for me, bug still happens with search engines ecc ecc, Actually now i see and not %20 anymore.

Me too.

on Mac OSX 10.6.1
andn25. September 2009, 17:30
hiding the "new tab" button still makes the "deleted tabs" button disappear when the tab bar is on the left
see http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/show.dml/4329491?startidx=150#comment10172888
Ockendorf25. September 2009, 17:32
Bill_P25. September 2009, 17:34
@DanielHendrycks - that does not stop the Turbo "unable to connect" popup notification (at least for me)
vivabrevis25. September 2009, 17:41
Cyro25. September 2009, 17:48
thank you
Filip00725. September 2009, 17:49
Opera is not updated with Ubuntu updater and Auto Update don't find new Opera?

On Windows i just over install with Classic setup and that's about it...
DanielHendrycks25. September 2009, 17:49
Originally posted by Bill_P:

@DanielHendrycks - that does not stop the Turbo "unable to connect" popup notification (at least for me)

Sorry, I thought you wanted it to stop saying that you are on a slow connection. (That is in a pop-up form too so that is what caused me to think that.)
Qyngali25. September 2009, 17:54
I imported about 20000 mails from Eudora 7, and most of them show "Warning: While decoding this file Opera encountered errors." in red when I try to view them. If I select "view all headers and message" from the right click menu the message opens as HTML rendered as plain text.
Strathos25. September 2009, 18:00
Getting closer and closer!
smshUA25. September 2009, 18:09
New mail compose when HTML mode is default is still bugged - font not initialized well in size and typeface
Details at:
http://my.opera.com/community/forums/findpost.pl?id=3082754
EricJH25. September 2009, 18:13
Thanks again...
belthur25. September 2009, 18:38
Thanks !!!
d4rkn1ght25. September 2009, 18:39
Yay! The widgets icons are fixed!

But the problem with Feed Reader Widgets from Widgetize still not working properly. When I click on them to read the news, they don't do anything and some freeze.

Try to load the widget on the address bar of this page to see what I mean.
FataL25. September 2009, 18:42
Originally posted by Subscriptions > Latest news:

New comments to "It's a new day" by Opera Desktop Team
Enyone else noticed this?
ElectriX225. September 2009, 18:51
Problem with download manager:
When many files downloaded the opera freeze when download manager focused. Possibly it's because the icons of files must be loaded. Windows Vista x32, Windows 7 x64.
vinczej25. September 2009, 18:54
Originally posted by changelog:

Improvements to signature handling

But no one can apply picture to signature. (Function exists, but not works. Last correct version was b1535 )