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Slashing bugs, and improved Speed Dial extensions

May 25, 2011 · by Haavard

Here's a build with more bug fixes, and some improvements to Speed Dial extensions.

The Add Speed Dial dialog now promotes Speed Dial extensions, and the way Speed Dial extensions are shown extensions manager has been tweaked a bit. You can also install the same Speed Dial extension more than once.

There's not much more to say, I guess, so test away! smile

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
  • DSK-336495 (Crash when waiting a few days before starting Opera when an autoupdate is ready)
  • DSK-336947 (Focused address bar always opens dropdown)
  • DSK-332333 (Unite Home application not downloaded if Link is already enabled)
  • DSK-330779 (Crash on startup)
  • DSK-313481 (Changes to toolbar style and alignment don't take effect immediately in other tabs)
  • DSK-325413 (Redraw corruption in resized HTTP auth dialog)
  • DSK-332816 (Specified background image in skin section [Hotlist Panel Skin] is no longer displayed)
  • DSK-325154 (Dialog warning about submitting to insecure site should not block program window)

Speed Dial
  • String changes
  • DSK-336657 (Crash when uninstalling/disabling updated Speed Dial extensions)
  • DSK-337147 (Extension update freezes Opera)
  • DSK-337092 (Crash when Opera is closed while Speed Dial edit dialog is open)
  • DSK-336955 (Crash on when autoupdating extension)
  • DSK-337088 (Adding extension through Add Speed Dial dialog doesn't replace synced placeholder)
  • DSK-337212 (Speed Dial extensions are merged on Desktop instead of Link server)
  • DSK-335590 (Duplicate entries for extensions on Link server)
  • DSK-336801 (Untrusted repository warning for removed extensions when checking for update)
  • DSK-336658 (Crash when closing tab/window while Add Speed Dial dialog is open)
  • DSK-337141 (Crash when opening Speed Dial after closing it with opened edit dialog)
  • DSK-335739 (Installation of same extension fails after uninstalling older version)
  • DSK-336513 (Update notification for removed Speed Dial extension)
  • DSK-336571 (Address field in Speed Dial add dialog is linked to address field from Document Toolbar)
  • DSK-336655 (Updating running Speed Dial extensions to regular ones doesn't remove duplicates)
  • DSK-336678 (Crash when installing Speed Dial Extension with Speed Dial disabled in opera:config)
  • DSK-336028 (Changing the name of a Speed Dial extension uninstalls it)
  • DSK-336659 (Wrong context menus for Speed Dial add/edit dialog edit field)
  • DSK-336815 (Editing Speed Dial with URL in typed history opens address drop-down menu)
  • DSK-335729 (Extension is displayed only once if installed in both developer and user mode)

Windows
  • DSK-333300 (Web fonts don't work on Windows under user with non-ascii letters in account name)
  • DSK-307152 (When Opera is minimized, systray options Compose, Read Mail and New Tab do not open the window)
  • DSK-333265 (Sogou IME closes unexpectedly)
  • DSK-333614 (Plugin crash)

Linux/FreeBSD
  • DSK-333315 (Copying large image to clipboard and pasting the result into Gimp crashes Opera)
  • DSK-333320 (Crash on FreeBSD when using KDE integration with old version of Qt)
  • DSK-312796 (Improve --full-version report for UNIX)

Readers' comments

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

  • Александр Карпинскийhomm25. May 2011, 11:29

    (Web fonts don't work on Windows under user with non-ascii letters in account name)

    Finally! Thanks.
  • bEuwe25. May 2011, 11:29

    Stability! love
  • PengePenge425. May 2011, 11:32

    Still no Core fixes... whistle
  • Никкиuonick25. May 2011, 11:35

    Nice! I waited very Long.. Thanks wink
  • Владимир Назаровirdose725. May 2011, 11:36

    heart heart heart
  • sabisan25. May 2011, 11:36

    Testing...up

    Still, since first 11.50 build I can't check "Start unite and extensions..." checkBox in startUp-dialog zip.

  • Teal_One25. May 2011, 11:38

    In 11.11 you fixed "Crash when opening www.falk.de" and a security bug. Is the security bug fixed in this build? I ask because the www.falk.de bug isn't ...
  • olli25. May 2011, 11:40

    Originally posted by Teal_One:

    In 11.11 you fixed "Crash when opening www.falk.de" and a security bug. Is the security bug fixed in this build? I ask because the www.falk.de bug isn't ...




    Not all the fixes from 11.11 is in here yet, but the security fix is :-)
  • alekksander25. May 2011, 11:44

    great! i love speeddial changes, but please make it "lighter" for older or\and less powerful machines,
  • Chirpie25. May 2011, 11:52

    Originally posted by alekksander:

    but please make it "lighter"

    What do you mean by "lighter"?
  • z@h3kZAHEK25. May 2011, 11:53

  • ClashCityRockerclashcityrocker25. May 2011, 12:02

    Boo Yaa to anyone that's crying about Opera adding new features before fixing old stuff...
  • pursanovd25. May 2011, 12:02

    Stability is good! Thank you. By the way, there are some features i liked in Google Chrome:
    1-Its Omnibox! Opera's address bar search algorithm is not as good as Chrome's. May be you can work a bit more on it?
    2-Autofill-is really great thing. But Opera has only one profile. For example i usually have 3 different addresses and several emails. With Chrome its easy to fill all the information in one manager.
    3-Google services! I know that Opera has some complications with Google, but you have to settle up all that problems and give users ability to use them! Opera IS modern browser. Such Google's discrimination is disgusting!
    May be i should open some thread on forum to be heard, but i hope Opera devs read these comments and i wont be only one who wants existing features' improvements.
    Thank you again for really good product that becomes better and better.
  • flatter25. May 2011, 12:03

    Yes! Haavardware acceleration smile
  • BS-Harou25. May 2011, 12:14

    Thank you! Waiting for core fixes smile
  • FavDjiXas25. May 2011, 12:15

    Since the previous build, my mouse cursor disappears when not moving.

    Same with this one.
  • EricJH25. May 2011, 12:23

    Updating with the updater works. I had it set to manual and asked Opera to check for update; and there it was. up coffee
  • setsutekh25. May 2011, 12:26

    Originally posted by DjiXas:

    Since the previous build, my mouse cursor disappears when not moving.


    It's flash doing it, not Opera. Example, play any Vimeo video.
  • alekksander25. May 2011, 12:26

    Originally posted by Chirpie:

    Originally posted by alekksander:

    but please make it "lighter"

    What do you mean by "lighter"?


    This:
    when i open new speeddial (3x4) page i have to wait some time until it opens (very annoying for regular browsing), in old speeddial it showed up immediately. i still hope opera will not forget about users with older pcs, so far i'm still on 11.01, waiting for this to change.
  • АлександрDragonLP25. May 2011, 12:40

    Speed Dial. would be better to add the item "add extension...", as well as "add site..."
  • ClashCityRockerclashcityrocker25. May 2011, 12:44

    Originally posted by flatter:

    Yes! Haavardware acceleration

    ?????
  • Ruarí Ødegaardruario25. May 2011, 12:45

    @ClashCityRocker: I have no idea why he said that either. There is no hardware acceleration in this build.
  • АлександрDragonLP25. May 2011, 12:50

    Haavardware acceleration lol
  • minho25. May 2011, 13:01

    DSK-313481 (Changes to toolbar style and alignment don't take effect immediately in other tabs)
    Thanks for fix this very old bug up yes
  • minho25. May 2011, 13:06

    Add/remove dictionary is unvailable and open folder context menu option for finished downlods does not work on linux systems. Confirm?

    Fedora 15 with Gnome 3
  • Fhury25. May 2011, 13:11

    Why so many ask for new features? Lets first make all work bug free/stable and fast

    Reminder:

    DSK-331882 not fixed

    Please! smile
  • exzentrik25. May 2011, 13:14

    Still buggy visited links. They are getting lost after a browser restart. VERY annoying.

    http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=838232
    http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=611592

    --

    Angry Birds webversion is choppy and unplayable, even in SD-quality (or does it need hardware acceleration?)

    http://chrome.angrybirds.com/

    --

    Still problems with search boxes.

    http://www.thq.de/ -> the whole upper area disappears when typing in the search box

    http://www.thq.com/ -> the whole upper area disappears when typing in the search box

    http://community.mxvsatv.com/forum -> "type:forum"-string after hitting enter in the search box (this problem exist in FF4, too)
  • SteveKong25. May 2011, 13:30

    We all have waited for Haarvardacceleration. lol
    Two strange things in Link resp. Speed Dial
    1. After (manual) update of Opera Next, all Speed Dial entries are gone.
    2. After clean install of Opera Next, Speed Dail entries are fetched from Link in wrong order and additional (advertising) entries are added.
  • FavDjiXas25. May 2011, 13:30

    Originally posted by sutekh:

    It's flash doing it, not Opera. Example, play any Vimeo video.



    Thanks for help but I have no flash content opened.

    EDIT: Aha! Found the site which is causing this

    Bug

    http://blog.infolinks.com/2011/03/17/win-a-dream-trip-to-africa-and-hot-air-balloon-safari/

    Please open and scroll down. Can anyone else confirm that mouse cursor disappears (no need to play video)?
  • minho25. May 2011, 13:36

    Originally posted by exzentrik:

    http://www.thq.com/ -> the whole upper area disappears when typing in the search box


    Confirmed here.

    Fedora 15 with Gnome 3
  • minho25. May 2011, 13:37

    Originally posted by DjiXas:

    Bug

    http://blog.infolinks.com/2011/03/17/win-a-dream-trip-to-africa-and-hot-air-balloon-safari/

    Please open and scroll down. Can anyone else confirm that mouse cursor disappears (no need to play video)?


    Unconfirmed.
    Fedora 15 with Gnome 3
  • setsutekh25. May 2011, 13:39

    Originally posted by DjiXas:

    Please open and scroll down. Can anyone else confirm that mouse cursor disappears (no need to play video)?


    Yes, and it's still flash, if you disable plugins on that site it won't happen. This flash video is causing it, btw. http://www.flickr.com/photos/60683780@N04/sets/72157626153444211/show/
  • Calinclambacalin25. May 2011, 13:41

    Originally posted by minho:

    http://www.thq.com/ -> the whole upper area disappears when typing in the search box


    Confirmed Win7 x32

    Originally posted by minho:

    http://blog.infolinks.com/2011/03/17/win-a-dream-trip-to-africa-and-hot-air-balloon-safari/

    Please open and scroll down. Can anyone else confirm that mouse cursor disappears (no need to play video)?


    Confirmed Win7 x32
  • nimu_channimuchan25. May 2011, 13:51

    Very cool! thank you!! up
  • Sushubh25. May 2011, 13:52

    Ok... This is sort of weird. I am used to saving images from the web using Control+Click on the images.

    But in this build... Control+Click does not work if the image is also a link.

    This is very different behavior from previous builds (and all the releases for a very long time).

    Is this a new default behavior? Or just a bug?

    Can I change this behavior from the settings?

    If this is the new behavior, I would probably have to stick with the previous build for ever. I already am frustrated with two other bugs that remains unresolved for a long time now.
  • Martin RauscherHades3225. May 2011, 14:00

    When opening the email page with the "E-Mail" button, it displays the "search for '%s' bla bla" bar over the messages list...
  • Martin RauscherHades3225. May 2011, 14:03

    Originally posted by Sushubh:

    But in this build... Control+Click does not work if the image is also a link.
    This is very different behavior from previous builds (and all the releases for a very long time).
    Is this a new default behavior? Or just a bug?
    Can I change this behavior from the settings?


    This is is so, because in the future it should be possible to use CTRL-click to (additionally to CTRL-SHIFT-click) to open tabs in the background, just like every other browser. This is just not integrated yet.

    Not sure if you will be able to change this behavior. Maybe it will just change so you can use SHIFT-CTRL-click for image saving...
  • Marco Maierschwiebie25. May 2011, 14:10

    Is the disappearing cursor a new feature?
    It disappears after a while (about 2 seconds) and reappears when I move the mouse.

    Ok, no feature.
    It's affected by this site:

    Originally posted by DjiXas:

    http://blog.infolinks.com/2011/03/17/win-a-dream-trip-to-africa-and-hot-air-balloon-safari/


    When the site is already open, the cursor disappears on every other site.
  • Sushubh25. May 2011, 14:23

    Originally posted by Hades32:




    This is is so, because in the future it should be possible to use CTRL-click to (additionally to CTRL-SHIFT-click) to open tabs in the background, just like every other browser. This is just not integrated yet.

    Not sure if you will be able to change this behavior. Maybe it will just change so you can use SHIFT-CTRL-click for image saving...



    great. another functionality i lose because of standardization of keyboard and mouse shortcuts. sad

    i really hope that they make it a toggable setting. i guess i am stuck with the previous build for a long time now.
  • btyop25. May 2011, 14:26

    Opera Turbo still doesn't display the manga images immidiately after the page load completely in all online manga sites such as MangaStream, MangaReader, CityManga, etc. You need to switch to another tab then switch back again and then the manga images will displayed.
  • tormenthor25. May 2011, 14:31

    Originally posted by exzentrik:

    http://www.thq.de/ -> the whole upper area disappears when typing in the search box

    http://www.thq.com/ -> the whole upper area disappears when typing in the search box


    Confirmed, WinXp sp3
  • btyop25. May 2011, 14:34

    Originally posted by schwiebie:

    Is the disappearing cursor a new feature?
    It disappears after a while (about 2 seconds) and reappears when I move the mouse.
    WinXP


    Unable to confirm. Win 7 Home Premium.
  • ClashCityRockerclashcityrocker25. May 2011, 14:38

    Clicking install Speeddial extension most of the time does nothing here, if it does it's VERY laggy
  • Marco Maierschwiebie25. May 2011, 14:48

    Originally posted by btyop:

    Is the disappearing cursor a new feature?
    It disappears after a while (about 2 seconds) and reappears when I move the mouse.
    WinXP

    Unable to confirm. Win 7 Home Premium.


    Yes, in the meantime i realize that this behavior only occurs when this site is opened:
    http://blog.infolinks.com/2011/03/17/win-a-dream-trip-to-africa-and-hot-air-balloon-safari/
  • minho25. May 2011, 14:56

    Render is very bad here
    http://demo.joomlaxtc.com/corporate/

    win 7 sp1 64 bits
  • macecoshubi25. May 2011, 15:05

    speed dials can be zoomed on mac (two finger zoom over a speed dial).

    looks pretty ugly ; )
  • bnegat1ve25. May 2011, 15:06

    Have a look please
    It does not look nice
    http://s1.ipicture.ru/uploads/20110525/kocRS8zp.png
  • maexl25. May 2011, 15:12

    All my speed-dials are removed since new install - very annoying! :-( But the suggestions look nice... smile

    Win7 32bit
  • Rijk25. May 2011, 15:16

    Originally posted by Sushubh:

    great. another functionality i lose because of standardization of keyboard and mouse shortcuts.

    Only for images that are also links, it still works fine for plain images (where it is arguably more likely that you want to store them locally). Please don't wait for a special setting here, that is not really practical to implement. I know it is a nice handy extra, but two clicks (right-click > save image) instead of one with a modifier key is hardly a showstopper.
  • Rijk25. May 2011, 15:17

    Originally posted by minho:

    Render is very bad here
    http://demo.joomlaxtc.com/corporate/

    I guess some Javascript wizard will have to figure out what's happening there. The error console didn't really provide clues. Edit: BTW, this site worked in Opera 11.01 but started breaking in 11.10. Did you file a bug report?

About this article

Published inDesktop Team blog
DateMay 25, 2011
AuthorHaavard
OriginalInternet Archive