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Skin debugging and more

May 8, 2009 · by csant

New snapshot available - now with all major platforms again :smile: Enjoy, and as always: your (constructive) feedback is welcome! Also, we are getting loads of useful crashlogs automatically submitted! Keep the devs busy! :wink: But: the more info you add in the crashlog dialog, the better. Please try not to submit the logs without any comments - having some details on the actual crash greatly speeds up identifying the actual issue. And fixing it :smile:

Note: If you come across any reproducible crash bugs, we would still appreciate it if you report them through the Bug Report Wizard.

WARNING: Please only test upgrading if you have backed up your Opera profile!

Known Issues
  • [DSK-250495] Linux: Spellcheck no longer working in some Linux distributions (Mandriva, Fedora) after recent changes to locations of configuration files.
  • [DSK-251955] Windows: Opening downloaded files in external application not working

Changelog

Highlights
  • Skin designers can enable opera:config#UserPrefs|DebugSkin and hover any button for skin element info
  • Crash report improvements, and the crash upload dialog can be disabled from opera:config#UserPrefs|ShowCrashLogUploadDialog
  • [DSK-173345] Work in progress: No easily accessible option to use another BitTorrent client (affected by DSK-251955 under Known Issues)

Stability
  • Fixed crash when tab closing behaviour is "Activate first tab opened from current tab"
  • Work on: [CORE-19925] Many scripted plugins at the same time can crash Opera
  • Reverted "[CORE-20191] crashes when overwriting TEXTAREA in designMode document"; fixes CORE-20342 and DSK-251789 (Gmail rich text problem, and freeze on several sites)
  • [DSK-229929] Crash when dragging tabs in and out of windows
  • [DSK-250634] Crash on form submit
  • [DSK-251868] Crash dialog crashes on right clicking input
  • [CORE-19023] Crash on loading sueddeutsche.de
  • [CORE-20030] Opera starts freezing when more than 22 dashes ("-") appear in a textarea
  • [DSK-251275] Crash on printing
  • [CORE-20541] Crash on animateMotion with empty values attribute
  • [CORE-19030] Manipulating styles on an object that is showing fallback content causes script execution lockup
  • [DSK-251437] Crash on clicking refresh display toolbar button when Opera inactive
  • [DSK-252417] freeze on hovering image link in aligned block

User Interface
  • Usage report additions: Searches, number of accounts preferring HTML compose, spell check preference, log if the search was a default search from dropdown or history search from dropdown
  • [DSK-197251] Keyboard shortcut assigner shoud be able to handle non-ASCII characters
  • [DSK-237245] Text cut off in save attachments dialog
  • [DSK-248270] White edges/background for newsfeed/RSS icon
  • [DSK-248653] Login dialogs corrupted on startup
  • [DSK-250638] Background not highlighted on Personal bar links
  • [DSK-251283] Fake shortcut displayed for some menu items (such as Full Screen)
  • [DSK-251288] Add an option to disable the crashlog dialog
  • [DSK-252185] Fast forward in Google doesn't work in Italian
  • [DSK-251279] Font selection buttons are switched in Preferences
  • [DSK-250270] Opera shows green light for unsecure http auth when accessed secure https site before
  • [DSK-192585] Japanese text in EXIF gets garbled

Core
  • [CORE-20485] Don't always check cached redirects by default
  • [CORE-18820] Executing delayed scripts must be finished before sending content loaded event
  • [CORE-15286] emptying img src does not stop image from loading
  • [CORE-17828] GetBoxRect gives incorrect result for inline which contains block
  • [CORE-14977] Doesn't fire DOMContentLoaded when a script is added with document.write
  • [CORE-20373] Scripting not resumed after manipulating visibility of display:none object (Elements are unclickable when signed in for blog.sina.com.cn)

Site Compatibility
  • [CORE-11248] Nested forms break layout
  • [CORE-18920] Check if the url is a relative url even if it contains a colon but not ://

Opera Turbo
  • Fix for Turbo icon height
  • [TURBO-202] Make sure context caches get cleared along with normal cache
  • [TURBO-203] Perform full reload with new usage info when opening images manually

Mail
  • [DSK-252321] Mail lost when upgrading if you have no Mail Root Directory set
  • [DSK-251611] Opera randomly crashes on compose window
  • [DSK-226623] Deleting Text in Quick Reply with Shift-Del removes message

Windows
  • Made the MSI installer display an error when Opera is running
  • Fixed eternal crash logging loop on a crash during startup
  • [DSK-251283] Fake shortcut displayed for some menu items (such as Full Screen)
  • [DSK-235536] Spaces inserted before the last character in Korean words
  • [DSK-247941] Chinese Input method Issue, Which can't overwrite the selected content in text box.
  • [DSK-248683] It should not be possible to upgrade Opera while Opera is running as another user
  • [DSK-250011] Thumbnail profile folder not moved to correct location
  • [DSK-252012] "Open with other application" gives "No registered application for this extension" error message

Mac
  • Fix for missing dialogs on Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
  • Properly remove antialiasing on fonts smaller than the AA threshold
  • [DSK-247069] Silverlight doesn't work
  • [DSK-251919] Fix for opening downloads in default application

Unix
  • Allow right click menus be available after dragging a widget
  • [DSK-242992] No files in "Choose" dialog
  • [DSK-248017] Middle-clicking Speed Dial entries wasn't working.
  • [DSK-250407] Couldn't switch languages following resource changes.
  • [DSK-251946] Clipboard not updated when copying in an external application, after copying in Opera


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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Readers' comments

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

  • Tamil8. May 2009, 14:41:02

    :up:
  • LZ2SDC8. May 2009, 14:44:43

    Thanks,Opera Team!
  • Galileo8. May 2009, 14:48:00

    :hat: thank you
  • man on the street8. May 2009, 14:50:47

    ...on to it now!!
  • newscpq8. May 2009, 14:53:44

    Thanks, will this snapshot autoupdate?
  • Bill_P8. May 2009, 14:59:28

    Thanks for the Linux build but (and I'm not the only one who will ask, and no I don't expect an answer) what's with a qt4 64bit build?
  • Kireta8. May 2009, 15:01:17

    Cool, thank you :smile:
  • fearphage8. May 2009, 15:02:30

    Nice big long... changelog :wink: Thanks folks!

    Crash report improvements, and the crash upload dialog can be disabled from opera:config#UserPrefs|ShowCrashLogUploadDialog

    Does this mean disable crash reporting or silently submit crash reports?

    Usage report additions: Searches, number of accounts preferring HTML compose, spell check preference, log if the search was a default search from dropdown or history search from dropdown

    I was hoping to see userjs stats added :-/ (bug #341105)

    [CORE-20485] Don't always check cached redirects by default

    Does this mean opera caches redirects now? or is this talking about a new option added? I don't understand

    Originally posted by desktopteam:

    Known Issues:
    [DSK-251955] Windows: Opening downloaded files in external application not working
    ...
    Changelog:
    [DSK-252012] "Open with other application" gives "No registered application for this extension" error message

    confused.

    Originally posted by newscpq:

    will this snapshot autoupdate?

    Good question... either way, i can't wait :smile:
  • hogehogehoge8. May 2009, 15:03:51

    http://www.nhk.or.jp/genba/
    Only the right side.
  • Hades328. May 2009, 15:06:39

    Thanks!!!
  • SailorMax8. May 2009, 15:06:47

    Height of new "Panels"-icon is too large.
  • HeinzDo8. May 2009, 15:07:48

    Whats about 64bit QT4-builds?
  • snf8. May 2009, 15:09:38

    Thank's
  • jerobarraco8. May 2009, 15:19:01

    :yes: tankssssssssss
  • Chimak Q8. May 2009, 15:21:01

    You've listed this one twice!

    [DSK-251437] Crash on clicking refresh display toolbar button when Opera inactive
  • olli8. May 2009, 15:26:12

    Chimak Q: It needed to be fixed twice :-p
  • pROCKrammer8. May 2009, 15:29:17

    yeeehaaaa .... Linux Builds available
  • adioni8. May 2009, 15:32:35

    Is the "Text Selection On/Off" button new to this build? Either way it's awesome.

    With it, I might be able to go back to using Opera on my Tablet PC w/ passive-digitizer instead of using Firefox with the grab & drag add-on. Is there anyway to make the current text selection setting persistent when creating new tabs?
  • lwiczek8. May 2009, 15:35:32

    Originally posted by desktopteam:

    Known Issues:
    [DSK-251955] Windows: Opening downloaded files in external application not working
    ...
    Changelog:
    [DSK-252012] "Open with other application" gives "No registered application for this extension" error message


    confused.


    It confused me also, but... it seems to be fixed (i.e. works on my computer, which is great because it was one of the most annoying things in previous alpha (; )
  • ar1pe8. May 2009, 15:39:18

    :D Yes.
  • angeltown8. May 2009, 15:51:09

    Wow! Great work!
  • rafaelluik8. May 2009, 15:58:11

    Now the Tab Bar is more elegant! :heart:
  • dfyfe8. May 2009, 16:08:32

    Please can someone tell me where I can download the "Integrated crashlogging tool" version from March 18th

    Thanks,
    David
    Mac OSX-PPC 10.4.11
  • szotsaki28. May 2009, 16:17:22

    UNIX (x64) builds: :up:.

    When do we get Qt4?
  • White_Eagle8. May 2009, 16:24:25

    Fantastic! :yes:

    Thanks a lot for the qt4 linux builds, I can finally test one of Opera's turbo snapshots on my machine!

    Oh, the detailed changelogs are so awesome! Thanks! :up:
  • echoes18. May 2009, 16:32:42

    i'm not using this build on principle and for a technical reason. for god's sake opera, if you refuse to offer qt4 x86_64 builds, for those of us on pure kde4, please make qt3 static builds!!
  • Zotlan8. May 2009, 16:35:47

    Ah, nice :D
    I'd lost hope we'd see a new build this week.
  • Micky8. May 2009, 16:37:58

    Problems on the following sites persist (most of these problems are similar in Opera 9.6):

    europe.real.com/video - bottom center: Movies - not playing at all
    facebook - if you drag&drop News feed filters on left they disappear
    youtube - horizontal bar too long
    www.profilo-telra.com - not loading, high CPU usage
    wbcn.com & mix985.com - sites refreshing itself forever
    top500.org & washingtontimes.com - slightly bad render
    european-films.net - top banner screwed
    singinst.org - red button bottom left not clickable

    Old bug DSK-240775 still present (opera.exe process not quiting itself after exit if using Yahoo Java games).

    Spellcheck - "Ignore all" is not ignoring all underlined words.

    [System: Intel, WinXP_SP3, Opera10_1491]
  • svobodniy8. May 2009, 16:45:23

  • Chas48. May 2009, 17:05:50

    :up:
  • zoquete8. May 2009, 17:08:52

    QT4 debian build crashes permanently by clickin on menu. --> not usable

    QT3 works without problems.
  • Bill_P8. May 2009, 17:09:41

    "Empty trash" does not seem to be working (in panel) but right clicking "delete permanently" in the tab window clears trash
  • Simo858. May 2009, 17:23:43

    Thanks for the new release, but this website
    http://www.shop.gasjeans.com/index.php/eshop/category/Gas-Jeans-Coat.html?a=/1/frmCatID/1792/

    is not correct to see :-(
  • Rijk8. May 2009, 17:34:22

    @svobodniy some context would be nice... I'm installing Opera as non-admin user and that works fine after giving the password for elevation. But I haven't tried all combinations of Classic/MSI/upgrading/clean/running etc.
  • Fer848. May 2009, 17:40:04

    I don't like the new 'panels' icon (doesn't fit in any way) but it's a great idea trying to make it more intuitive thought!
    The clear private info icon has also changed?? was better before!
    IMHO, icons in general are pretty ugly since the black skin was adapted.
    I also don't like the 'separator' between the search and URL places.

    By the way, in my opinion it's much more beauty the grey (silver) color used in the last stable versions (like 9.64) than the new one. Why did u changed it?

    When will you add more languages for the spell check?
  • csant8. May 2009, 17:42:37

    Originally posted by zoquete:

    QT4 debian build crashes permanently by clickin on menu. --> not usable



    Could you please specify which Qt style you use for Qt4?
  • axel6688. May 2009, 17:54:53

    Cool, love this one ... lots of bugs fixed and it feels even faster !! Thanks a lot, Opera Team :yes:
  • Zotlan8. May 2009, 17:55:56

    Crashes here on any menu, bug filed as #252563
    OPensuse 11.1 KDE4.2.2 QT4.5
    QT style is Oxygen

    EDIT: No crashes after switching to cleanlooks
  • FataL8. May 2009, 17:56:24

    Originally posted by Rijk:

    @svobodniy some context would be nice... I'm installing Opera as non-admin user and that works fine after giving the password for elevation. But I haven't tried all combinations of Classic/MSI/upgrading/clean/running etc.


    Same here while using Classic installer to upgrade previous "classic installation". But this happens for a while already (since first builds of 10). I just answer "No" to rollback question, and it "works" somehow.
  • tomassplatch8. May 2009, 18:00:15

    Originally posted by csant: "Linux: Styling of Qt menus does not work in this build."

    Well styling works for me on Ubuntu 9.04, qt4 version. When I start Opera, I see those ugly standard Opera menus, but immediately after starting the system appearance manager, the menus change and respect the system style.
  • FataL8. May 2009, 18:02:57

    New "Open panel" icon looks strange with the panel on the right side setup.
    Also the icon looks like a tab which is also strange in current state of skin.
  • serious8. May 2009, 18:04:04

    sounds great. I hope I find some time during the weekend to check it out (maybe when I reinstall my main machine)
  • kamalesh8. May 2009, 18:05:02

    Nice build, guys & girls! :wink:

    Noticing anchor tags aren't working at PBS site. (Mac-intel build)

    EDIT: Reported as bug# DSK-252567.

    @Skully, Metalraise:
    Thx for confirming on *nix, Win. :up:
  • man on the street8. May 2009, 18:09:25

    when i go to https://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=account and hover over the options near the top of the page (LEND, ABOUT, COMUNITY etc)the whole page seems to try to reload ... can anyone else see that?

    XP SP3
  • Zotlan8. May 2009, 18:19:58

    It's just loading the image for the hovered button i think. A case of bad site design.

    EDIT: really weird, UserJS seems not to be working for me any more on my.opera pages.
  • tomassplatch8. May 2009, 18:23:18

    I was wondering what kind of a new panel icon you were talking about, I see now after installing the windows build - there is still the old icon in linux version (which is good, as I don't like the new one).

    EDIT: my mistake, I didn't make clean install, now I see it...
  • kamalesh8. May 2009, 18:26:32

    Originally posted by man on the street:

    when i go to https://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=account and hover over the options near the top of the page (LEND, ABOUT, COMUNITY etc)the whole page seems to try to reload



    Hovering does trigger the colored buttons and it seems slow (creating a "shaking" action), but after clicking on a few other buttons, after they get cached seems to work smoothly...

    Mac-intel

    Originally posted by dfyfe:

    Please can someone tell me where I can download the "Integrated crashlogging tool" version from March 18th



    I don't think it's available yet for Mac builds. You can install SCR instead to auto-report your Mac issues (and try to add a description to better aid the Opera elves. :wink:).
  • Skully8. May 2009, 18:33:11

    Anchors do not work on unix build here too. (tried on wikipedia for example)
    edit:
    They seem to work on some sites and some not.

    http://de.selfhtml.org/javascript/objekte/anchors.htm#length do work
  • MetalRaise8. May 2009, 18:36:51

    I agree with others that the new panel icon isn't really a win. It's way too shiny, doesn't blend in with the rest of the skin too well.


    As already mentioned, anchors do not seem to work in this build (Windows user here).
    For example, go to Opera's Wikipedia article and click any of the links in the 'Contents' table.
    Anchors not working is pretty annoying in forums, too.
  • FataL8. May 2009, 19:06:20

    [CORE-11248] Nested forms break layout

    :up:
    I see some sites are fixed now (IndyMac Federal Bank, acdivoca.org).
    But generic test suite still not fixed. bug DSK-251641

    :idea: Hope to see more fixes like this before version 10 will be released.

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Published inDesktop Team blog
DateMay 8, 2009
Authorcsant
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