On a roll: Opera 10.51 for Windows released

March 22, 2010 · by Haavard

Opera 10.51 (build 3315) for Windows has been released.

Now even faster than before!

For example, Peacekeeper can be up to 20-30% faster than in Opera 10.50 (in fact, Opera 10.51 is currently listed as being part of the fastest system at Peacekeeper). Read more about the performance improvements at Choose Opera and the Opera Developer Network (you can also read about how Google's tests show that Opera has the most compliant JavaScript engine).

This release also addresses a couple of security issues, as well as various stability improvements and other bug fixes. Please see the changelog for more details.

Opera 10.51 final is a Windows-only release, but we are working hard on bringing the Mac and Unix versions to product quality. The build is the same as RC3.

As this is a security release, it will be available as an automatic update for Opera 10.50 and older versions that support automatic updates.

Readers' comments

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

Mark Gillespie22. March 2010, 10:20
Congratulations. A very solid release, with additional performance and many stability improvements, a definite upgrade for those on 10.50 and glad to see 10.10 getting it via auto-update.

Pre-empting the whingers that can't see the bigger picture and are WAY too wrapped up in their own little "pet bugs"...

I'm glad the Opera devs CAN see the big picture. Millions of people have downloaded 10.50 and need 10.51 to fix some of the more serious things.

First 10.52 Snapshot on Friday and can we have another 20-30% in Peacekeeper?
Adam Kaczmarek22. March 2010, 10:20
yay!
Aleksander Aas22. March 2010, 10:20
Awesome!
asfaltas22. March 2010, 10:22
yes
Siddhartha22. March 2010, 10:22
yey!

will you soon fix sidescrolling with logitech tilt scrollers?
shvvladimir22. March 2010, 10:22
Thnx Opera Team!
Robert9022. March 2010, 10:23
Great

Unix next please
Galileo22. March 2010, 10:23
YOKEY22. March 2010, 10:24
Good job released March
Mithrill22. March 2010, 10:24
Yes !
bagas eko priyo22. March 2010, 10:24
Good but iam waiting opmin 10 bt for mobile
bachokocho22. March 2010, 10:25
Congrats!
Vladimir Zaharov22. March 2010, 10:25
Nice!
ritmocafe22. March 2010, 10:27
waiting for opera 11

pun intended
Nico22. March 2010, 10:28
Great

Since this is mainly a security update, I'm looking forward for future releases that contain new features .

But Mac and Unix first.
Mithrill22. March 2010, 10:31
Originally posted by Siddhartha:

Siddhartha 22. March 2010, 10:22

yey!

will you soon fix sidescrolling with logitech tilt scrollers?

Not yet
thobi22. March 2010, 10:31
something just goes wrong with my opera/pc

Opera(v10.51) Scored:
1503 Points

but compared to the rest...
Opera 10.51: 1503
Firefox 3.6: 1339
Opera 10.10: 647
Internet Explorer 6.0: 267
Opera Fanboy22. March 2010, 10:35
Congrats. 10.51 is much better than version 10.5. I think it was a good decision to release 10.5 in time for the Browser choice screen and then fix the most urgent bugs with this release.
Publisher22. March 2010, 10:39
no changes until RC3 and final?
it's still not possible to move links direct to a folder in the Sidebar.
Opera have a very high ram usage. The evil is, when you close some tabs, it doesn't will less usage.
Prasoon Agarwal22. March 2010, 10:40
Madagio22. March 2010, 10:40
Google Maps street view is black for me. Win XP SP3 CZ
Taufiq Ahmed22. March 2010, 10:41
waited for this one.
thnx Opera Team
AgentCROCODILE22. March 2010, 10:42
When will the Windows Native skin become Windows Native again?

In any case at least this release is a lot better than the original 10.50 release.
Tamil22. March 2010, 10:43
Martin22. March 2010, 10:44
Awesome!!!
Downloading right now.

Thank you Opera Team.
Nico22. March 2010, 10:45
@ AgentCROCODILE:

I think they shall remove the native skin, since the standard skin is more native now than the native skin.
dirk22. March 2010, 10:45
Publisher22. March 2010, 10:45
Originally posted by AgentCROCODILE:

When will the Windows Native skin become Windows Native again?

+1
Regnareb22. March 2010, 10:49
Great !
This bug is also corrected but not in the changelog "Mouse gestures disabled when no tabs"

Great reactivity !

PS : After some tests, dont work if you close the last tab with a mouse gesture
netwolf22. March 2010, 10:56
I wish I could cheer, but TBH I'm pretty disappoin
ted...
Toxigene22. March 2010, 10:57
Can't get http://mrdoob.com/120/Harmony_HTML5 to work properly in Opera. Chrome 5 dev and FF 3.6 works fine.
thobi22. March 2010, 11:00
Originally posted by madagio:

Martin Kucera 22. March 2010, 11:40

Google Maps street view is black for me. Win XP SP3 CZ

same here
geza07922. March 2010, 11:02
Why does the search bar have to be so wide ? It's all over the page. Can't your make it narrow like in version 10.10 ? Also progress bar sometimes gets stretched.

http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=gxlUxBS

One more thing, sometimes you can't paste new text on top of the old.
Kai Ockendorf22. March 2010, 11:04
Old-Nick22. March 2010, 11:08
Mark Gillespie22. March 2010, 11:09
Originally posted by phanikumarseelam:

Opera Fanboy 22. March 2010, 10:35

Congrats. 10.51 is much better than version 10.5. I think it was a good decision to release 10.5 in time for the Browser choice screen and then fix the most urgent bugs with this release.

My feelings exactly...
sabisan22. March 2010, 11:14
Cheers to Opera Team!
i4u122. March 2010, 11:16
Mark Gillespie22. March 2010, 11:28
Originally posted by i4u1:

i4u1 22. March 2010, 11:16

Things must be pretty darn good if that is all you have to complain about..
i4u122. March 2010, 11:30
"Waiting for DNS confirmation of cookie domain(s)..."
Appears sometime. opera.com was unreachable on first run. guess with following settings:
Enable Cookies=3
Ryan22. March 2010, 11:30
When will Fast Forward with Button7 work again? Still doesn't work even after modifying the command.
HanSheng22. March 2010, 11:31
Thanks~`
mjpa22. March 2010, 11:33
Can anyone say if the middle clicking / copy link address still caches redirected URLs incorrectly? And if the flickering while scrolling still exists? And finally, if double clicking the tab bar still causes the page to lose focus?
Lito22. March 2010, 11:41
Originally posted by mjpa:

Can anyone say if the middle clicking / copy link address still caches redirected URLs incorrectly?

Still present. Did you file a bug report about it?

Originally posted by mjpa:

And if the flickering while scrolling still exists?

Happens to me from time to time.

Originally posted by mjpa:

And finally, if double clicking the tab bar still causes the page to lose focus?

I'm not sure about this one. What do you mean? If I double click the tab bar I get a new empty tab.
Rui Costa22. March 2010, 11:41
It's the same build as RC3
Titanium Gerbil22. March 2010, 11:44
Originally posted by RyLeeRyno:

When will Fast Forward with Button7 work again? Still doesn't work even after modifying the command.

If your mouse software allows, assign the keystroke "alt+right arrow" to that button for Opera. I've been using that since 10.5 to make the mouse 'forward' button behave the way it used to.
eehsun22. March 2010, 11:45
Originally posted by Lito:

Originally posted by mjpa:

And finally, if double clicking the tab bar still causes the page to lose focus?

I'm not sure about this one. What do you mean? If I double click the tab bar I get a new empty tab.

For instance, the speed dial pages may not load on the first click, you might have to click twice.
eliotcougar22. March 2010, 11:46
Originally posted by mjpa:

Can anyone say if the middle clicking / copy link address still caches redirected URLs incorrectly?

Final = RC3 (r3315). Thus, YES, that bug is still there... A bit annoying bug...
mjpa22. March 2010, 11:47
Originally posted by Lito:

Still present. Did you file a bug report about it?

Yep, reported in the pre-beta stages I think, it's DSK-282518.

Originally posted by Lito:

I'm not sure about this one. What do you mean? If I double click the tab bar I get a new empty tab.

Double click the tab bar, new tab appears, move the cursor to over the new page content (eg the speed dial entries) and the first click you do doesn't register nor do any hover effects.
kimyu9222. March 2010, 11:47
pls show changelog since rc3
thx.