Opera 8.52

February 17, 2006 · by olli

As some of you noticed, Opera 8.52 was available on our ftp servers
yesterday. It was removed this morning because some files were not updated
correctly. We are currently uploading updated builds to our ftp server.

Unlike 8.51, 8.52 will be available in localized versions. Not all
localized versions on Windows will be available initially, but they will
be uploaded as they are ready over the next couple of days. Localized
versions on Mac will be available at the time of the official launch.
Downloadable language files on UNIX will be available at the time of the
offical launch as usual.

The official launch of 8.52 will occur tomorrow if no further problems are
discovered. The changelog for this release will be available at that time.

Readers' comments

Comments left by My Opera members under the original post: the first 29, as archived.

TheMajor17. February 2006, 00:35:46
ok, cool...
STNG17. February 2006, 01:12:59
What's new? Fixing security problems? Thanks for operative update

Unlike 8.51, 8.52 will be available in localized versions.

I am downloaded it yesterday. Translation quality in russian localized Opera 8.52 still is very terrible . The best russian LNG-pack by Mongoose still is not included by default to official russian Opera.

Thread about this problem in "Translating Opera" forum: Russian localization for 8th - When?
paonline17. February 2006, 04:14:19
I still can't download Russian version. :-(
Junyor17. February 2006, 08:02:14
As this post says, not all localized versions on Windows will be available initially, but they'll be uploaded over the next couple of days.

@STNG: That thread is about Opera being popular in Russia.... I guess you mean this thread: http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=88837.
Dennis_Hawks17. February 2006, 08:16:53
@Junyor
I think STNG refers to that thread:
http://my.opera.com/community/forums/findpost.pl?id=1439547
xErath17. February 2006, 08:42:04
wrong files on build but this bug wasn't fixed
http://my.opera.com/community/forums/findpost.pl?id=1437022
100% reproducible. Already bugged crashlogs.
Zajec17. February 2006, 08:56:05
Finally localized build for polish! Thanks :-)
Dennis_Hawks17. February 2006, 08:57:38
xErath,
Yes, it crashes here on WinXP with the newly downloaded 8.52.
Sorry, did not check that page with the original 8.52.
Kildor17. February 2006, 09:19:09
Tomorrow???
In saturday??????
Dennis_Hawks17. February 2006, 09:23:12
@Kildor
By olli. Friday, 17. February 2006, 02:03:22
the guy does not sleep at all
So in Norway it could be Thursday.
Pondus17. February 2006, 09:29:25
It seems to me the "Opera Image Control Status Bar Spoofing Weakness" fix has been included in this release?
Dennis_Hawks17. February 2006, 09:42:01
Is it just to satisfy clients with the fact that Opera has got ZERO vulnerabilities?
It's marketing, guys.
But I do not object.
porneL17. February 2006, 10:03:00
If that can be fixed, why not? It's not serious at all (does Opera even display status bar by default?), but having none vulnerabilities open really shows that Opera software cares about security.
Dennis_Hawks17. February 2006, 10:11:02
Originally posted by porneL:
It's not serious at all

yes, just a bit stupid joke.
but having none vulnerabilities open really shows that Opera software cares about security.

and leaves its opponents behind.
Renny17. February 2006, 10:24:05
Where's the changelog, I wonder...
Chris Hester17. February 2006, 11:32:20
The post was made 3 minutes past twelve on Thursday night, so when they said tomorrow, that meant Friday, not Saturday. (I'm guessing here.) Anyway, OPERA 8.52 IS NOW OUT. I just downloaded it and read the changelog. Go to the downloads page on Opera to get it.
Pondus17. February 2006, 11:38:20
Changelog: http://opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/852/
Kildor17. February 2006, 11:39:50
Well, I use 9.00, so don`t need in 8.52… ;-)
And timestamp of post is
Opera 8.52
By olli. Friday, 17. February 2006, 06:03:22
for me.
Anyway, read changelog…
Pink17. February 2006, 13:19:43
Are there any changes in user interface?

Language file for 8.52 contains strings for BitTorrent (9 more than 8.51) and for advertising - registering Opera (12 lines more than 9.02)

Is there any possibility to check, which strings are currently used by Opera?
non-troppo17. February 2006, 14:05:36
Great move! Remember Secunia is used as a metric to measure "security". The quicker things are fixed, the longer the browser is seen as invulnerable, and the next round of statisitics analysing security will say: "Opera has has the most number of days with no unpatched vulnerabilities". Please keep this way of doing things, even IF it is only for that reason (which it isn't as some other bugs were fixed...)
Jakub8117. February 2006, 14:16:01
I am VERY happy that Opera 8.52 is released in all languages, not only in English like 8.51. VERY happy. I think it's the biggest change. It's really important if Opera wants to grow in market share outside USA.
Zajec17. February 2006, 14:18:35
Why there is polish 8.50 only? http://www.opera.com/download/index.dml?step=2&opsys=Windows&platform=win

I can see plpl852 on FTP: ftp://ftp.opera.com/pub/opera/win/852/pl/
olli18. February 2006, 01:45:41
StarGazer: uhm build 8225 is the latest weekly build of opera 9 not 8.52
shogunu18. February 2006, 04:28:55
Hello,

I downloaded Opera 8.52 from filehippo.com (http://www.filehippo.com/download_opera/) and then aloso from opera.com. Both installers work but they have different md5 checksums, the one from filehippo.com has d3198971103d00db6d1ee070d7998030, is this the file that was updated incorrectly?

I installed them both and they work, what's the difference between the installers?
olli18. February 2006, 10:49:35
shogunu: The one on filehippo is the one we removed from the ftp server. The only difference is the licene.txt that was wrong. Except for that it's the same version
shogunu18. February 2006, 21:46:37
Ok thanks, so i'll be keeping the one downloaded from opera.com
rpsgc18. February 2006, 23:47:12
Currently Opera 8.52 is only available in English, French, German, Italian, Norwegian and Spanish. Do you know when Opera will be available in other languages ?
hesido22. February 2006, 15:00:58
I imagine there are now/will be several set top boxes with Opera pre-installed with Opera 8.5 technology, I know it is strictly dependent on the vendor, but does Opera provide easy updating of itself in those solid-state machines with respect to their license agreement to those vendors?
o2mcgovem12. March 2006, 22:21:38
Does Opera have an UK English version of their browser?
It's really irritating having to put up with US English (e.g. Color > Colour, Localization > Localisation). It's not the proper form of English, it's English that's been tampered with by Mr. Webster (I think it was him anyway, I'm not too sure).