Opera 11 snapshot, Core, UNIX and Extensions fixes

November 6, 2010 · by Tomasz Kupczyk

Hello Opera users! We're still working hard to make your Opera experience much better, it's Saturday, it's raining, there's no sunshine, generally the weather is bad here in Poland today... but a bunch of new hot fixes have arrived!

First of all there's a lot of Core fixes, and plenty of *nix fixes are also in. Next there are several Opera extensions fixes and improvements. Now you can use external repositories as your extensions auto update source. You can also install extensions from external repositories and add these addresses to white list to make your life easier next time. The extensions installer has a new look plus it shows additional info about installed extension.

For extensions developers, from now on if you drag'n'drop extension's config.xml file onto Opera a separate list is created in Extensions Manager which is titled 'Developer mode'. Each entry on this list has additional buttons: 'Reload' (you don't have to install and uninstall to see the changes now, just click 'Reload') and 'Open containing folder' which we think can be quite useful.

I wish you good coffee while reviewing the new changes!

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

Desktop

CORE-33558 & DSK-317319 to fix common crashers
DSK-317389 (Insecure Third Party Module warning when starting Opera (DEP/Data Execution Prevention))

Extensions

Separate list for developer extensions plus 'Reload' and 'Open containing folder' buttons
Start extension installed via d'n'd of config.xml right away (unix)
'Open error console' button
DSK-315232 (Extension pop-up windows are transparent when loading)
DSK-316771 (Untrusted repo dialog for extensions auto update from non opera servers)
DSK-317907 (Extensions should not be aware of private windows)
DSK-317908 (Extension opens non-private tab in private window)
DSK-317888 (Extensions are disabled if Opera is restarted automatically after a crash)
PGDSK-546 (Extensions installer updates)
PGDSK-584 (Core strings adjustments)
PGDSK-584 (Extension installed or updated from 3rd party location)

Core

CORE-1419 (Text boxes and Unicode combining characters)
CORE-8336 (opera:historysearch can't find a word containing )
CORE-33472 (Crash at digg.com)
CORE-33452 (Crash with hidden input in frames document)
CORE-27828 (JS .focus() and autofocus attribute should not be respected during history navigation)
CORE-27152 (Unintuitive auto-completion of IDN addresses)
CORE-28984 (Garbage when going back in history to images with wrong mime-type in disk cache)
CORE-31004 (URL crash)
CORE-33240 (Get rid of opera:illegal-url-xx)
CORE-30649 (AIA certificate handling allow content specific decoding to Unicode, leading to certificate decode failure)
CORE-33335 (Incorrect property value transfer optimization when first instruction is jump target)
CORE-32722 (Incorrect cascading of properties on SVG root element)
CORE-33057 (Scope connection might not send handshake)
CORE-33948 (Memory usage on Flickr)
CORE-33062 (Canvas shadowBlur with clipping causes artefacts (and crash))
CORE-33076 (Stylesheet loaded via redirected URL uses wrong base URL for resolving relative URLs)
CORE-31379 (Printing from print preview results in either a freeze or corrupted page)
CORE-32328 (Removing both scrollbars from a scrollable container at the same time doesn't work)
CORE-30891 (Freeze when scrolling on clutter-project.org)
CORE-32626 (Using same stylesheet as normal and alternate breaks styling)
CORE-32565 (Page search highlights too much text, including next line)
CORE-32360 (Online-HTML-Editor.org toolbar wraps)
CORE-16556 (Outline on table is misapplied to cell children in some cases)
CORE-17453 (getComputedStyle().getPropertyValue("border-style") should return "none")
CORE-32839 (*:first-letter wrongly applies to HTML element)
CORE-32372 (Crash when going back on a page with iframes and JavaScript)

Linux/FreeBSD

DSK-313253 (Crash when configuring Speed Dial and checking "Hide Speed Dial")
DSK-314344 (Crash when double clicking install unite from web page)
DSK-314820 (Crash on setting language file path through the ui)
DSK-294521 (Doesn't fall back to IPv4 if IPv6 connection fails)
DSK-313800 (Fallback to second address is very slow)
DSK-303654 (IME: Committed segment is temporarily duplicated)
DSK-304408 (IME: Only the first typed Chinese character is committed in iBus)
DSK-308536 (IME: Korean doesn't work on Ubuntu 10.04)
DSK-314406 (IME: When input switches away from opera, opera should release the IM)
DSK-314419 (IME: Opera should only enable the input method when actually receiving text input)
DSK-315596 (IME: Overwrite all characters after cursor when inputting Chinese chars >1 before any char or word)
DSK-314863 (File selector opens with wrong path)
DSK-314869 (File selector (X11 based) does not properly display media and filter strings with a non latin1 translation)
DSK-315029 (Path error when loading language file on startup)
DSK-313828 (Dialogs create a separate task bar button when they should not)
DSK-313823 (WM_CLASS property is not correct for dialogs (regression))
DSK-314610 (Opera is not positioned correctly when using a virtual root window)
DSK-314430 (Apply correct skinning for the Bookmarks bar)
DSK-314899 (Popup menu layout does not match the selected toolkit layout)
DSK-315228 (Can not apply color scheme on non-skinned X11 based browser UI)
DSK-315020 (Empty workspace background is hardcoded)

Readers' comments

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

element1196. November 2010, 15:27
yay
Tamil6. November 2010, 15:27
Saturday surprise.
Andrew Frazier6. November 2010, 15:27
I hope the fix for common crashers includes restoring from minimised. I shall find out momentarily.

Edit: yep, it appears to be fixed. Excellent.
Muhammad-Ubaid raza6. November 2010, 15:27
OMG nice list.
Thanks love u!! I have been waiting since last two builds were quite unstable. thanks
slalaurette6. November 2010, 15:32
Yeah!!! DOWNLOADING
ColKilkenny6. November 2010, 15:33
Thanks guys
I wonder if I'm the only one who doesn't see any video when using Youtube with HTML5 player? Problem was already in previous snapshot.
Audio works fine but the video is always just black.
vvoody6. November 2010, 15:34
Thanks for your works of IME:D
Dove6. November 2010, 15:40
>>>DSK-317888 (Extensions are disabled if Opera is restarted automatically after a crash)

Is it optional in about:config ? (to make it off)
Commaster6. November 2010, 15:42
The arrow in <Unite> - <Set computer name> is somewhat glitched: http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/7234/arrowa.png (Ubuntu x64)
Unite apps download on Windows is working again!!! YAY!
Frans6. November 2010, 15:43
Not all known issues from the last snapshot are listed as fixed, but there are no listed known issues. What does this mean!?

Anyhoo, nice work.
David Tsunamy6. November 2010, 15:49
Thank u!!!
miki1006. November 2010, 15:50
Thanks for unix fixes! Greetings from Poland
Ruari Ødegaard6. November 2010, 15:52
> CORE-33558 & DSK-317319 to fix common crashers

Just to clarify these slightly. CORE-33558 is the crash some people know as a crash on http://www.guru3d.com/news/call-of-duty-black-ops-launch-trailer/ (though it also happened on other pages). DSK-317319 is the crash that some Windows users got on minimising with Classic skin.
vilpapa6. November 2010, 15:52
Unexpectedly! Thanks. I hope corrections will give the chance to use the Opera.
Ruari Ødegaard6. November 2010, 15:54
Originally posted by Frenzie:

Not all known issues from the last snapshot are listed as fixed, but there are no listed known issues. What does this mean!?

It means less people are around on Saturday and those that are around are working hard so this was overlooked. I'll see if we can get these cross checked and added but it might not happen on the weekend.
Dmitriy Kvasnikov6. November 2010, 15:54
I still can't see some installed extensions (Яндекс.Погода)
Nico6. November 2010, 15:55
Thanks a lot!
Ruari Ødegaard6. November 2010, 15:58
Originally posted by vvoody:

Thanks for your works of IME:D
and we are not done yet, we hope to fix a few more in the future as well.
vvoody6. November 2010, 16:02
Much better than before;-) So, what're the problems left?
Raphael6. November 2010, 16:09
Linux/FreeBSD (32bit Only)

If there is only a 32-bit-version, what contains opera_11.00.1055_amd64.deb?
Penge6. November 2010, 16:10
CORE-33240 (Get rid of opera:illegal-url-xx)

Thanks! Thanks! Thanks!
QuHno6. November 2010, 16:16
I've got a mysterious alert during the first start after install, saying: "Unite update user access..." or so, (making a screenshot failed, may be I pressed the wrong keys, sorry) that asked for username and password when starting up the new version that I installed over an existing one. I could type in what I wanted nothing changed. I had to press cancel to start using this version. A clean install didn't show that behavior.

Did anybody else see that?
What is that good for, is it intended and buggy or just a bug?

XP, with several .ua installed.
Alexs6. November 2010, 16:17
Thanks, but the new arrows in menus are to big.
aptosid/xfce

And please comeback (fix) the old F2 function.
scy11926. November 2010, 16:17
Mod edit: Please do not spam the comments section with the same thing over and over again.
Squall Leonhart6. November 2010, 16:21
Great! Thanks!!!
Ruari Ødegaard6. November 2010, 16:22
Originally posted by therami:

Linux/FreeBSD (32bit Only)

If there is only a 32-bit-version, what contains opera_11.00.1055_amd64.deb?

The 64 bit Linux version.

Only the 64bit FreeBSD version is missing (though it will be back next time).
d4rkn1ght6. November 2010, 16:24
Ruari Ødegaard6. November 2010, 16:26
Originally posted by alexs:

Thanks, but the new arrows in menus are to big.
aptosid/xfce
See what you mean. Ok, will look into what happened there.
Ruari Ødegaard6. November 2010, 16:27
Originally posted by vvoody:

Much better than before;-) So, what're the problems left?
Not much major that I a can recall but a few minor things.
Vectronic6. November 2010, 16:31
New action: "Reload Extension Data (eg. Window)" shows up (keystrokes, etc) exactly like that, with the "eg" and all.
Łukasz6. November 2010, 16:31
Why is opening new tab by doubleclicking in gray area (with no windows) disabled? It was very handful, but since few builds I can't find this feature in prefs..
nimu_chan6. November 2010, 16:32
Wow...Thanks
Just install!
Gereford6. November 2010, 16:38
Thx. Testing. What about know issues?
Gousti Fruit6. November 2010, 16:48
Originally posted by PientaL:

Why is opening new tab by doubleclicking in gray area (with no windows) disabled? It was very handful, but since few builds I can't find this feature in prefs..

I didn't know about this feature but I just tried and it is working !?
Nico6. November 2010, 16:55
When starting Opera, the address field isn't highlighted anymore since a few Snapshots. Is this a known issue, or shall I report it?
Anton Diaz6. November 2010, 16:57
New Developer Mode is great.

But Яедекс.Погода extension not work:
https://addons.labs.opera.com/addons/extensions/details/widget-2/1.0%20beta/?display=ru
Ruari Ødegaard6. November 2010, 17:11
Originally posted by alexs:

And please comeback (fix) the old F2 function.
Read this thread.
minho6. November 2010, 17:25
wonderful changelog!
minho6. November 2010, 17:35
This page freeze Opera.
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/11/unity-to-embrace-wayland-display-server/
Ubuntu 10.10
Can anyone confirm?
Wesley6. November 2010, 17:37
Thanks a lot.
joshas6. November 2010, 17:38
Thanks for great Unix support.
Arguggi6. November 2010, 17:40
I don't know if this is a known issue but on this blog i can't see any avatars.

Vista 32
Tomasz J.6. November 2010, 17:40
Originally posted by ColKilkenny:

I wonder if I'm the only one who doesn't see any video when using Youtube with HTML5 player? Problem was already in previous snapshot.

You're not the only one.
minho6. November 2010, 17:47
Originally posted by Arguggi:

I don't know if this is a known issue but on this blog i can't see any avatars.

Same problem here, If you close Opera with this blog open, Opera dont show any avatar when restarted. It's necessary close tab and open this blog again then avatars reappears.
coyotemon6. November 2010, 17:52
crash in elotrolado.net seems to be fixed, now testing this snapshot
TZ866. November 2010, 18:00
Originally posted by minho:

This page freeze Opera.
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/11/unity-to-embrace-wayland-display-server/

It make opera is too slow, but not freeze for me.

Originally posted by Arguggi:

I don't know if this is a known issue but on this blog i can't see any avatars.

Yes, after restart all avatars are lost.

ArchLinux 32-bit.
coyotemon6. November 2010, 18:05
Originally posted by TZ86:

Originally posted by minho:

This page freeze Opera. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/11/unity-to-embrace-wayland-display-server/
It make opera is too slow, but not freeze for me.
Seems to be a bad javascript, turn off scripting works ok
Originally posted by TZ86:

Originally posted by Arguggi:

I don't know if this is a known issue but on this blog i can't see any avatars.
Yes, after restart all avatars are lost. ArchLinux 32-bit.
I see all avatars here, Arch x86_64 try to clean the opera cache
TORM3NTOR6. November 2010, 18:08
grande
minho6. November 2010, 18:18
Scroll in print preview dont works.
Ubuntu 10.10
Christian Rivest6. November 2010, 18:24
Originally posted by QuHno:

I've got a mysterious alert during the first start after install, saying: "Unite update user access..." or so, (making a screenshot failed, may be I pressed the wrong keys, sorry) that asked for username and password when starting up the new version that I installed over an existing one. I could type in what I wanted nothing changed. I had to press cancel to start using this version. A clean install didn't show that behavior.

Did anybody else see that?
What is that good for, is it intended and buggy or just a bug?

the same for me but when i go to Help > Check for Updates

Win 7 x64