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*NIX family focus

June 3, 2010 · by Daniel Aleksandersen

I hope all of you aren’t tired of testing just yet. Because mere hours after releasing the previous one, here is yet another Opera snapshot (YAOS) for testing!

For Mac, we have fixed a significant SVG drawing/animation regression from Peregrine, and optimized the start-up sequence to make it faster. Two crashers introduced with 10.60 Alpha 1 have also been fixed.

For FreeBSD and Linux, we have numerous font fixes, improvements to X11 mode, and the KDE file selector freeze is fixed.

Known issues
  • The User Agent states two different Presto versions
  • Icon replacements for internal pages are stretched in the tab hover previews
  • Web fonts not working on Mac
  • Java is not working on FreeBSD/Linux
  • IME is not working on FreeBSD/Linux

WARNING: This is a development snapshot of Opera. It is released for testing purposes, and there may be serious bugs and unfinished features.

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Changelog

Core
  • CORE-30188 (Frequent Carakan crash)
  • CORE-30259 (Text selection removed on right clicking)
  • CORE-30317 (Excessive memory consumption (>1.5 GB))

Desktop
  • DSK-281488 (Some custom shortcuts do not work)

Mac
  • Fixed memory leak on pages with dynamicaly updating content and SVG animations
  • DSK-283694 (Big SVG drawing performance regression)
  • DSK-300340 (Copy does not work in mail composer)
  • DSK-300471 (Various small startup performance improvements)
  • DSK-300476 (No representation of dragged GIF and crash on dropping)
  • DSK-300677 (Remove JEP license from opera:about)
  • DSK-300722 (Crash when dragging text from input field)

FreeBSD/Linux
  • DSK-276417 (It is not possible to change the KDE style whilst Opera is running)
  • DSK-288576 (Right mouse button, copy image to clipboard doesn't work)
  • DSK-288597 (Nothing happens after clicking OK on missing flash prompt in widgets)
  • DSK-294940 (KDE file chooser often freezes after hovering folders)
  • DSK-296279 (Font rendering looks different to system when using slight or medium hinting)
  • DSK-297441 (Crash after changing KDE style and canceling save KDE dialog)
  • DSK-297453 (Crash in when canceling download dialog before clicking save)
  • DSK-299664 (kfmclient exec doesn't work)
  • DSK-299670 (Opening content via "Pass web address directly to application" doesn't work)
  • DSK-299995 (Medium hinting should be mapped to full hinting)
  • DSK-300004 (Slight hinting does not look good)
  • DSK-300026 (Font kerning is disabled)
  • DSK-300094 (Ctrl+Tab cycler can not be closed with mouse highlighting activated)
  • DSK-300206 (Wrong color on tooltips in X11 based version on UNIX)
  • DSK-300272 (Highlighted entry in drop downs is painted white on white in X11 mode)

Readers' comments

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

  • Joonas Lehtolahti3. June 2010, 14:32

    Yes! I barely got time to try the previous snapshot as I just installed it a few minutes ago and now a new one with some nicer bug fixes. :D
  • YongShun3. June 2010, 14:32

    Very very fast indeed :wink:
  • Lukáš Bart!3. June 2010, 14:34

    Not tired. I am just installing and testing .)
    Thank you
  • Avola3. June 2010, 14:35

    Nice, keep up this pace :smile:
    Still crashes on Youtube Inbox
    Win 7 x64
  • ColKilkenny3. June 2010, 14:45

    Fonts look amazing. :yes: :cheers:

    Now, UI wise I would love some libnotify integration :cool:
  • Meow the Cheetah Goddess3. June 2010, 14:46

    Please fix the issue of Chinese fonts in Opera for Mac, please.
  • i4u13. June 2010, 14:47

    Yeah! It's better frequent than... hm, infrequent) C.O.
    We want more!
  • Daniel Aleksandersen3. June 2010, 14:47

    Originally posted by meowgoddess:

    Please fix the issue of Chinese fonts in Opera for Mac, please.

    What issue? Examples?
  • OperaDrBruce3. June 2010, 14:49

    Daniel, can you please look at this page:

    http://www.kinosiska.si/

    Is it Opera's fault? It crashes.

    Win7x64.
  • Jaywin Jacob Varghese3. June 2010, 14:53

    Unable to scroll to bottom of print preview.

    Windows 7 32 bit
  • Morphdreamer3. June 2010, 14:54

    At this rate Opera will be the first browser to have 100% SVG support :smile:.

    Also thanks for fixing some irritating bugs (DSK-294940!).
  • Kjell R. Jørstad3. June 2010, 14:55

    Originally posted by OperaDrBruce:

    http://www.kinosiska.si/



    Crashes for me too
    Opera 10.60m 8366

    Plattform
    Mac OS X, 10.6.3
  • Uriel Baruch Martinez Torres3. June 2010, 14:57

    woow :smile: great job

    you don't stop to work xD

    Thank you
  • karolp3. June 2010, 14:57

    Crash on kinosiska.si is a known issue (CORE-30228)
  • vladleo893. June 2010, 15:05

    If "Show Menu Bar" is On I can get "Tools/Advanced/Password Manager" When I "Show Menu Bar" is Off
    I can find how to rich "Password Manager" please solve
  • Yamaneko3. June 2010, 15:12

    @vladleo89

    O menu -> Settings -> Prefences -> Forms -> Password manager
  • mknod3. June 2010, 15:13

    After some time of work in KDE tray when mouse on opera icon I see this:

    http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/4074/vlcsnap2010060318h08m48.png

    In 6346 build I didn't see this.
  • sergiol3. June 2010, 15:18

    Still asking for two things:

    1. Search engine suggestions
    2. Autocomplete

    what have Opera guys against those features? every other major browser has them.

    Opera gains competitive advantage in some very complex things, and in things so simple as these two they loose it. So strange ...
  • Besmir Godole3. June 2010, 15:24

    One of the best Linux builds: thank you for the font fixes and others. Another irritating bug is the weird corner around the drop-down lists, for example, http://files.myopera.com/bgodole/files/Modeli.png
  • Kai Ockendorf3. June 2010, 15:25

    wow...thanks for the hard work :yes:
  • Rui Costa3. June 2010, 15:26

    Opera is much faster now :yes: However it still freezes momentarily when I try to open a new window (Ctrl+N) :frown:

    And before someone says it's my computer, someone else was complaining about it too a while ago.

    Windows 7 64-bit
  • Annihilator6663. June 2010, 15:27

    IE8

    Opera 10.60 ANY BUILD!

    Opera 10.54 and earlier versions normal...
  • Taxidriver053. June 2010, 15:28

    Hmmm...

    Still the same issue with www.liveside.net and other Microsoft-Related sites, that use video players...

    If they are written with Silverlight, there might be some issue using Silverlight.

    My system: Windows 7 Professional (x64)
  • Роман Кузнецов3. June 2010, 15:31

  • Владимир Назаров3. June 2010, 15:33

    Thank you!!!:smile:
  • miki1003. June 2010, 15:34

    Very nice and fast build, but (I know i said it hundred times....) Flash still isn't working on openSUSE 11.3 Milestone 7(a.k.a Factory). More details here: http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=559301&t=1275319086&page=1#comment5680202
    I appreciate your work guys, but this bug makes problems-almost all sites have now Flash elements. :frown:
  • abhitux3. June 2010, 15:37

    Woooohooo! Ruari and his Opera Linux team rocks! The small issues have been fixed. My apostrophe works! Yeah. The mail and RSS reader though is still giving a headache.The "unread" feeds default to "read" which needs to be fixed with next version. Otherwise, the random crashes with the previous builds has been fixed.

    (I am using Ubuntu 10.04).

    Keep up the good work guys. Finally the *nix users are getting their worth...
  • Uriel Baruch Martinez Torres3. June 2010, 15:39

    I have a Problem when I try to edit my Signature
    mainly when I try insert an image check at the ScreenShot



    after that.. the image never appear

    anybody have the same problem??


  • adamthirnis3. June 2010, 15:40

    Wow lovely smooth fonts - I'd almost given up hope.:D

    Well done!

    Ubuntu Lucid 64 bit
  • Taxidriver053. June 2010, 15:41

    Originally posted by uriel-xD:

    I have a Problem when I try to edit my Signature

    mainly when I try insert an image check at the ScreenShot






    after that.. the image never appear



    anybody have the same problem??



    What system are you using?
  • NoxArt3. June 2010, 15:42

    Nice

    I think that "Menu" and "O" could be lighter (more brightness)
  • Luchio3. June 2010, 15:43

    Oooohhh! Nice fonts!
  • Uriel Baruch Martinez Torres3. June 2010, 15:43

    Originally posted by Taxidriver05:

    What system are you using?


    Linux Mint 9 kernel 2.6.32-21
  • Pepe Lemoco3. June 2010, 15:43

    Now I'm happy! Fonts great again...
    Thank you
  • Kai Ockendorf3. June 2010, 15:46

    even a little bit faster than the previous build :up: !! Well done :yes:

    W7x64
  • Taxidriver053. June 2010, 15:47

    Originally posted by uriel-xD:

    Linux Mint 9 kernel 2.6.32-21



    Okay...
    I am using Windows 7.
    There isn't such an issue...
  • figarofigarofigaro3. June 2010, 15:51

    Wow Thank You. 2x snapshot a day. Impressive...

    About that *nix focus, well after months of development now you've decided to focus on long overdue *nix OK... , that is belated a bit one might say....

    And this short quotation from yesterday for comic relief:

    "For Unix users, this obviously means that there will be no 10.5x version. However, we are aiming for synchronizing the 10.60 release across all platforms."

    Aiming... hehehe. Good one. You got me, no kidding.

  • Daniel Aleksandersen3. June 2010, 15:55

    Originally posted by ColKilkenny:

    libnotify integration

    Hm. Good one. Don’t hold your breath for it in 10.60, though.
  • cyberdude m3. June 2010, 16:00

    NEVER never use the word tired....it doesn't suit me.....infact i am very very happy you have released a version and that too with memory consumption fix....:D :D

    p.s i always love beta testing...and hate stable releases :lol: :lol:
  • eliotcougar3. June 2010, 16:06

    CORE-30259 (Text selection removed on right clicking)


    Yay!!! Quoting works again...
    I just wonder what does "CORE-30317 (Excessive memory consumption (>1.5 GB))" fix mean... Does that mean Opera now doesn't try to keep very long .flv files entirely in memory cache while playing them?..

    Originally posted by minicyberdude:

    p.s i always love beta testing...and hate stable releases


    Me too... Using stable releases is no fun... Too boring... No bugs... :smile:
  • Juan Musat3. June 2010, 16:10

    hello great works but I have a problem when change skin (2dARk) I can not close tabs please vereficar that point and thank you very much
    (Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Bits)

    http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/7884/sshot2221.jpg
  • Christian Ihle3. June 2010, 16:11

    Opera still doesn't feel integrated in KDE:

    http://files.myopera.com/blurpy/albums/3406192/konqueror_opera_meny.png

    The white color on the font on mouse over, and the square corners are wrong. Look at Konqueror for how it should look.

    Using KDE 4.3.5 in OpenSUSE 11.2.
  • Olli3. June 2010, 16:15

    You're insane, 2 snapshots in a few hours!!:yikes: :yikes:
  • PraetorianX3. June 2010, 16:16

    Some videos in moddb still don't play. This has been present ever since early 10.50 builds.
    However it works with Opera 10.10.
    Example: http://www.moddb.com/events/2009-mod-of-the-year-awards/features/best-upcoming-mod-2009

    Win7 x64
  • adr-vecktor3. June 2010, 16:18

    Originally posted by NeoNRoma:

    opens as text

    http://download.doubletwist.com/doubleTwistSetup.exe



    Works fine in both of my PCs (WinXP/Win7)
  • Kai Ockendorf3. June 2010, 16:20

    I´ve noticed too much "flash of unstyled content" in the 10.60 builds on some pages! It´s the only thing what bothers me at the moment...:right:

    W7x64
  • eliotcougar3. June 2010, 16:20


    This happens if you set Wrapping mode for tab bar - wrap to multiple lines, and if the Opera window is not maximized...
  • minho3. June 2010, 16:22

    Here is a grotesque problem with Gmail. This problem only happens with messages that have multiple conversations, and is occurring since the previous build. It is unfortunate that the Opera has so many problems with sites so popular.:cry:
    http://picasaweb.google.com/glaubersm/Opera1051#5478583090187949842

    win xp pro sp3
  • Mod05283. June 2010, 16:28

    Opera forcing to close when trying to download pdf at:
    http://db.stat.gov.lt/FileService/attach.aspx?attach=41B4DF87-7A92-42A7-A4FF-F7D3448AD64E

    Win7x64, Opera 10.60
  • Aakhunaten3. June 2010, 16:29

    Opera 10.60 is definitely faster than the previous builds ... BUT.. i came across this browser called Sunrise and it is supposed to be based on WebKit. Pages definitely load much faster on that browser... for example, typing srubs in the address bar brings the google search result like in a flash and then clicking the link to the wikipedia again brings the page in a flash. In opera, the wikipedia page takes at least 5 seconds to completely show up!

    I WANT Opera to beat every browser out there! :smile:

    btw, this is on Mac (Snow Leopard)

About this article

Published inDesktop Team blog
DateJune 3, 2010
AuthorDaniel Aleksandersen
Tagsperformance, svg, 10.60, fonts, linux, MAC, elephants
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