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One step closer to beta

November 20, 2010 · by Michal Kos

The Polish desktop team greets all Opera users. We are very happy to give you yet another snapshot of Opera 11, bringing us closer to a beta release. We are working hard to make it truly the best Internet experience. We fixed some issues with privacy settings for extensions, and added a new shortcut, Ctrl+Shift+O, to open the Error Console. Feel free to test it, and give us your feedback.

In previous snapshots, we mentioned support for auto updating extensions. If you would like to try it, you can download these versions of To-Read sites (v. 2.1) and Fast search (v. 1.1-2) that we prepared for you. You may want to disable one of them to have full overview of how it works. Once the update is available, the disabled extension should be updated on the fly and you should be informed with a notification. Running extensions are updated after browser restart or you can force an update of running extension by opening the extension manager and clicking the Update button.

Update query interval may be set via opera:config#AutoUpdate|Add-onsCheckIntervalGadgets. The minimal value is one day (86400). You can also trigger the update query manually, just go to OMenu -> Help -> Check for updates (if you don't have OMenu enabled simply go to Help -> Check for updates).

If the extensions are successfully updated:
1. You get a notification once the process has completed.
2. "To-Read sites" has a slightly changed icon (reflex effect).
3. "Fast search" has a new icon and description.
4. Both extensions have a higher version number in the extension manager.

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.

Download

Known issues
  • DSK-319455 Updates from https://extension-updates.opera.com are not yet white-listed, hence untrusted repository dialog shows up during update
  • DSK-319432 Extensions isn't updated from untrusted repository
  • DSK-318154 No notification displayed if one of extensions' update failed
Changelog
Desktop
  • DSK-318753 After opening address bar callout the second time, clicking on the Details button doesn't do anything
  • CORE-30424 Clipping windowed plugins when overlayed by HTML content not supported
  • DSK-319186 Context menu now works, even when mouse gestures are turned off
  • CORE-31929 Ensure that storage objects are released on environment destroy
  • DSK-318871 Linux: callout does not disappear when usin Alt-Tab
  • DSK-319326 Update dialog says Update from x+1 to x
  • DSK-319150 UI messages should treat specially <access origin="*">
  • CORE-34543 When accessing a non-origining_runtime's scheduler, take height
  • DSK-317977 Get more extensions is missing in extensions manager if only developer mode extensions are installed

Readers' comments

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

  • Obese Maurice20. November 2010, 18:58

    Nice, I love Saturday snapshots. yes

    Please fix mouse gestures.
  • Arseny20. November 2010, 18:58

    Thanks for mouse gestures! I have no time before to try them!
  • Kamil Piwowarski20. November 2010, 18:59

    smile smile
  • Topi20. November 2010, 19:02

    cheers
    still no option to disable gesture infos down
  • Alexsable20. November 2010, 19:07

    Thank you, guys!-)))))
  • Nico20. November 2010, 19:09

    Updates for Extensions, finally! Thank you a lot for yet another awesome Snapshot and have a great weekend smile
  • Benjamin20. November 2010, 19:10

    you rock! absolutely!
  • highstream20. November 2010, 19:10

    The Fast Search instructions above are a little too much shorthand, but fortunately kanstisama figured them out and posted a how-to step by step at the extension site. Handy tool.
  • Dmitriy Kvasnikov20. November 2010, 19:10

    Cool new snapshot!)
  • berend ytsma20. November 2010, 19:21

    Originally posted by farmacevtua:

    HTMl5 video doesn't work!
    Win 7 x86 Ultimate

    Works fine, win 7x64
  • Andrew G.20. November 2010, 19:34

    Super!

    But users gestures doesn't work. For example, my personal gesture "GestureDown ctrl" to which I set to open "new private tab" doesn't work in this build too. But it works fine 2 build ago.
  • João Eiras20. November 2010, 19:39

    Regarding extensions update, do you support a kill switch (beware of malware) ? Is the same update mechanism enabled for regular standalone widgets and unite apps ?
  • Quadunit40420. November 2010, 19:44

    Ooh, right click works normally again.

    Also, I think I might have fixed the extension updates being untrusted by adding extension-updates.opera.com to the trusted repositories in my profile.
  • rseiler20. November 2010, 19:47

    What is the rationale behind the installer timestamping Opera files to the time of installation? That's even less traditional than forcibly launching the program you're installing without a checkbox allowing you to opt out.
  • highstream20. November 2010, 19:48

    I think would also be helpful to leave disabled extensions in Appearance > Buttons > Default, and then allow the user to right click and re-enable them from there.
  • Daniel Hendrycks20. November 2010, 19:49

    Originally posted by João Eiras:

    Regarding extensions update, do you support a kill switch ?

    +1

    Originally posted by desktopteam:

    You can also trigger the update query manually

    Can there be an option to do it in the extension manager? Like near "Get Extensions" or under the Gear dropdown.
  • mulB20. November 2010, 19:52

    The left mouse button is not working on www.spiegel.de (a main top web side in Germany) when the NoAds extension is installed.

    And!

    Please don't forget DSK-309829 and DSK-306106 (black lines in images when zoom is > 100%)

    Thanx!
  • zoquete20. November 2010, 19:55

    Originally posted by crash1:

    who can tell me, how long this bugs will be fixing

    nobody
  • Galileo20. November 2010, 19:59

    The dimmed part of the url is not bad, but a bit stronger would be better.
  • rugas20. November 2010, 20:05

    after installing, it made 3 shortcuts of stable version on my desktop. i checked all shortcut options during install

    xp sp3

    *ok weird. it's ok now. here's the ss of what happened
    http://my.opera.com/rugas/albums/showpic.dml?album=3235291&picture=80132502
  • Hoborg20. November 2010, 20:08

    wasn't that "ctrl+shift+o" sometime in the past times for minimize to tray? it's ancient p
  • grogge20. November 2010, 20:09

    DSK-319186: context menu now works, even when mouse gestures are turned off.

    Yay, finally the back and forth mouse buttons work again, too.
  • minho20. November 2010, 20:14

    Waiting for fixes to old bugs and more core fixes. up coffee
  • David Håsäther20. November 2010, 20:20

    Originally posted by xErath:

    Regarding extensions update, do you support a kill switch ?

    The spec supports it at least, see http://dev.w3.org/2006/waf/widgets-updates/#acquiring-an-update-description-document and "HTTP 410 Gone".

    Not sure if this is implemented yet though.
  • vilpapa20. November 2010, 20:21

    On mail "Trash" numeral display doesn't work.
  • archive120. November 2010, 20:32

    the minimize and maximize mouse gesture still gives incorrect result
  • Роман Кузнецов20. November 2010, 20:39

    Opera label on install progress screen is smooth like was enlarged from smaller image
  • ttaveira20. November 2010, 20:56

    Shortcuts such as New Tab and New Window stop working when Opera has no window open.

    MacBook Pro 5,5 + Mac OS 10.6.5
  • micsk20. November 2010, 21:01

    Extension manager: When hovering the border of the extensions list, the extensions list changes its background color (slowly hover your mose from far left to the right; the border is only 1px wide). I think the expected behavior is that the list keeps its changed background color when the cursor is anywhere inside the list.
  • Szőts Ákos20. November 2010, 21:10

    Refresh and open on new tab in the background is the same in the gesture help circle.
  • Jan Henrik Helmers20. November 2010, 21:15

    Originally posted by vilpapa:

    On mail "Trash" numeral display doesn't work.

    It is not enabled. Why would you like to know the number of unread elements in the trash (or the number of items in the trash in general)?
  • QuHno20. November 2010, 21:22

    If I reduce the width of the mail panel below the width of a displayed counter (about 76px) Opera stalls with 98 to 100% prozessor load, crashes sometimes (not caught by the crash logger) and shows massive redraw problems on my XPSP3.
    Reported as DSK-319557
    screenshot png
  • Morphdreamer20. November 2010, 21:23

    Update query interval may be set via opera:config#AutoUpdate|Add-onsCheckIntervalGadgets. The minimal value is one day (86400).

    Will setting it to 0 disable autoupdates?
  • Z1-AV6920. November 2010, 21:30

    Originally posted by QuHno:

    If I reduce the width of the mail panel below the width of a displayed counter (about 76px) Opera stalls with 98 to 100% prozessor load, crashes sometimes (not caught by the crash logger) and shows massive redraw problems on my XPSP3.

    win7 x64: freeze, had to kill the Opera process and delete my toolbar.ini to get Opera working again. This is a bad one, don't try at home! wink
  • Avola20. November 2010, 21:33

    My speed dial still keeps shrinking in size. Is anybody else experiencing this? After restarting Opera it goes back to normal, but soon shrinks again.
    Win7 x64
  • QuHno20. November 2010, 21:40

    Originally posted by Z1-AV69:

    win7 x64: freeze, had to kill the Opera process and delete my toolbar.ini to get Opera working again.

    No need to delete the toolbar.ini this time wink
    Just open the operaprefs.ini in your profile folder and look under

    [HotListWindow]

    and change the value of cxDocked to this:

    cxDocked=200

    save it and start Opera. More than 200 is OK, too smile

    This is a bad one, don't try at home! wink

    I forgot the warning about the restart problem. Sorry!
  • Jernej Simončič20. November 2010, 21:44

    Bug: Address bar background is white in this version instead of using the system colours (the text is grey, except for the server part of the address bar, which uses system colour, which makes it hard to read).
  • TORM3NTOR20. November 2010, 21:50

    hotmail, gmail and html5 working normal here [XP SP3]
  • Z1-AV6920. November 2010, 21:51

    Originally posted by QuHno:

    No need to delete the toolbar.ini this time

    Actually I cut it out and put it back in later, that was faster than searching operaprefs.ini. Thanks for your perfect explanation though!
  • adamthirnis20. November 2010, 21:52

    Ubuntu 64 bit

    http://www.racingpost.com/

    Still redirects to a banner advert. Other browsers don't.
  • Leonhard Preis20. November 2010, 21:55

    Originally posted by Helmers:

    It is not enabled. Why would you like to know the number of unread elements in the trash (or the number of items in the trash in general)?

    The number of items in the trash in general is useful if someone empties it only occasionally - like me. In case I, by pure chance, notice it has gone above 100 I'll purge it. But this only works if I can see this number with a glimpse. Besides I don't know of another way to count the number of messages in a folder or filter. Did I miss out on this functionality somewhere?
    Thanks for the build, btw.
  • shaneh20. November 2010, 22:01

    divs on reddit are still resizing once a link is clicked. This often causes the link to move from under the mouse and the link not being clicked.

    I'm surprised this bug is still there for so long considering the promotion Opera has been doing on Reddit for Opera 11.
  • Chirpie20. November 2010, 22:04

    Originally posted by mrkukov:

    still no option to disable gesture infos

    Just do the gesture faster, and it won't show up. You don't need an option to do something that can be achieved already, and without an option.

    Originally posted by shaneh:

    divs on reddit are still resizing once a link is clicked. This often causes the link to move from under the mouse and the link not being clicked.

    Where are you seeing this? I can't see it anywhere.
  • Asires20. November 2010, 22:14

    Wrong. I will do gesture as I want. Also, needed steps are too big.


    Also, please fix this visual bug (strip at bottom - from Opera 10.5!), if not that hard -
    http://files.myopera.com/Asires/screenshots/strip.jpg
    (when taskbar at top and Opera starts maximised).

    Everytime I see this annoying luminous white strip.
  • shaneh20. November 2010, 22:20

    Originally posted by Chirpie:

    Where are you seeing this? I can't see it anywhere.


    The main page of reddit.com while logged in. Clicking any link causes it to "jump" as it gets resized. I've turned off content blocking and have no userjs but it still does it for the past 4 snapshots.

    EDIT: I worked out what is causing it. When "display links with the reddit toolbar" option is used (in preferences) the divs resize on link click.
  • Jan Henrik Helmers20. November 2010, 22:23

    Originally posted by blackcaeser:

    The number of items in the trash in general is useful if someone empties it only occasionally - like me. In case I, by pure chance, notice it has gone above 100 I'll purge it. But this only works if I can see this number with a glimpse.

    The main reason is that the counter is an unread counter, not the total number of mails.

    Originally posted by blackcaeser:

    Besides I don't know of another way to count the number of messages in a folder or filter. Did I miss out on this functionality somewhere?

    The default Mail toolbar will state the number of unread as well as the total number for each selected view.
  • Bhikkhu Pesala20. November 2010, 22:29

    I don't know what I did differently, I installed into the same folder as before, and cleared all the option for desktop shortcuts, etc., but this update reset my Opera 10.63 operaprefs.ini to the defaults.

    I had to reselect my custom toolbars, menu, keyboard, mouse, and fonts, etc., as well as resetting Opera 10.63 as my default browser (that always happens when installing the beta).

    O:\Opera\ (for 10.63, multiuser=0)
    O:\Opera Beta\ (for 11.00, multiuser=0)

    I am using Windows XP Home SP3

    I tried running the installer again, but could not repeat the problem.
  • nixdagibts20. November 2010, 22:30

    No option to disable visual noob gesture help sad
    This means: No scrolling through tabs with right mouse button + wheel up/down. ugly
  • Sander Evers20. November 2010, 22:35

    Spam removed by moderator.
  • David20. November 2010, 22:51

    https://online.dds.ga.gov/SuperSpeeder/

    asks me to use another browser. how dare they!!

About this article

Published inDesktop Team blog
DateNovember 20, 2010
AuthorMichal Kos
TagsExtensions, 11, AUTOUPDATE
OriginalInternet Archive