Opera 10 pre-Beta Build 1535 Released - Preview of the *new* Skin

For those who'd like a sneaky-peek at the development of the new Opera 10 skin for Windows and Mac, this is the snapshot build for you!

Things to bear in mind while you're playing with this:

• What you see here is neither complete nor final, and there will be more iterations before the final release. Some elements will still look like the current skin!
• Currently the skin is implemented for the default setup, tabs at the top, panels on the left, panel toolbar on the left and status bar at the bottom. Other setups will look a bit odd - for now.
• This build doesn't include the new features in Opera 10, so one of the reasons for the revised skin isn't there. All we be clear when the beta comes out!

A more descriptive post about the thinking behind the new skin, and why we're changing it will follow with the beta. For now, give it time to 'settle down' and see what you think!

We have also hit another issue no other browser has run into (yet!). By reaching the version number 10 we have noticed several high-profile sites and frameworks breaking because of wrong browser sniffing. Opera 10 gets (erroneously!) detected as... Opera 1. We have modified the UA string to read

Opera/9.80 (X11; Linux i686; U; en) Presto/2.2.15 Version/10.00

(or similar - depending on your platform). The "real" version is added at the end of the string. We will publish a more detailed explanation of this soon. Please let us know if you come across some web sites that break now because of this change!

Update: We have published today an article that details the UA string change. Make sure to read it.

Known Issues

• There are several issues with the skin: Speed Dial is unfinished, there are missing/outdated icons, some things may be placeholders/work in progress, and so on
• [DSK-253836] When reading mails, headers only show e-mail addresses rather than "name" for senders not in your contact list

Changelogs

• Some fixes to crash upload dialog
• Use default search engine rather than a specific search engine when tying two or more words and pressing Enter
• [DSK-180617] Links opened in external applications closes page if page is opened from a panel or mail
• [DSK-239506] Can't correct spelling using only the keyboard
• [DSK-251332] Changing the size of the searchfield when the addressbar is placed on the left causes it to disappear forever
• [DSK-251349] Search box and address field are misaligned
• [DSK-252737] No timeout when new spelling checker dictionaries can't be retrieved
• [DSK-252992] "Other Application..." doesnt' work in the BitTorren Client Selection dialog
• [DSK-253202] Replace 'Language' with 'Dictionary' in dictionary download wizard and spellcheck menu

Skinning improvements:

• Made the splitter dividers separately skinable with the sections [Splitter Horizontal Divider Skin] and [Splitter Vertical Divider Skin]. Remember their height/width is always 3px
• Text-shadow ability in the skin

Search UI updates:

• Use "?" as a shortcut (instead of, e.g., "g") in the URL field to search with the default search engine
• Show "Search the Web" and use the default search engine rather than Google specifically in the URL dropdown when typing in one or more words in the URL field

Core

• Reverted [CORE-14999] Send DOMContentLoaded when the parsing is complete even if it's discovered a little later than usual
• Partial fix: [CORE-20956] Wand does not submit if form includes two input fields and a password field
• [CORE-466] vertical-align is not inherited in tables
• [CORE-3587] Float not reset to none for absolutely positioned elements
• [CORE-4589] designMode: Text entered after creating link turns into link
• [CORE-8335] BiDi: Unable to reach end position of hilight text
• [CORE-17018] WebFonts break when using the OpenType format
• [CORE-19215] Deleted selected string incorrectly rolls back when composing using IME in editable document
• [CORE-19836] non-visible WMP not initialized
• [CORE-20012] Fastmail rich text editing breaks interface
• [DSK-244367] Error page on unsupported HTTP authentication scheme instead of showing the response body

Stability

• Mail: Crash fix for opening sent message that didn't have body
• Spelling checker: Crash fix for dictionaries that seems installed, but do not get picked up by the spellcheck module for some reason.
• Spelling checker: Fixed crash if the dictionary is downloaded but the check sum is not correct
• Fixes based on automated crash reporting
• [CORE-19581] Opera crash on searching text on a specific page
• [CORE-20406] Opera crashes on positioning tasks in Gmail2
• [CORE-20470] Calling referenced native function crashes opera
• [CORE-20598] Blog feed freezes Opera/doesn't load when Delayed Script Execution is enabled
• [CORE-20930] Inserting BODY element into existing BODY tag causes crash
• [CORE-20950] Crash at Facebook because of NULL base url (most common crash for Opera Mini)
• [CORE-21171] Freezes and eats all memory within seconds on certain pages (eztv.it, funfile.org)
• [DSK-223018] BitTorrent: Unreproducible bittorrent crash when selecting items in transfers panel
• [DSK-223722] Opera freeze for a long time when viewing transfers
• [DSK-240287] BitTorrent: Crash after downloading a few torrents
• [DSK-240724] Going to a fraud URL with a username crashes Opera
• [DSK-242050] Crash while managing feed items
• [DSK-249422] Crash when clicking certain mails
• [DSK-252115] "Feeds > (Feed name) -> Click on Post -> From -> Follow Contact" crashes Opera
• [DSK-252764] Setting feed update interval to 5 minutes for a lot of feeds makes Opera use too much memory over time
• [DSK-253542] Check spelling doesn't work or crashes in upgrade installation

Mail

• Fixed threading of reopened drafts
• Better error handling to avoid duplicate mails
• A new error message from m2 when a message fails to be indexed
• Added format=flowed parameters to the content-type header
• Fixes to "show sent" mail in threaded view
• Enable "show sent" when setting Sent IMAP folder
• Do the consistency check on exit after upgrade
• Wrapping should depend on account settings
• Show a bit more relevant context menu when using context menu button in compose window
• [DSK-189699] Mails are not sorted on latest message in thread view
• [DSK-199963] M2 doesn't add a name to e-mail address when composing the e-mail from existing address
• [DSK-233440] Dragging message between IMAP accounts sometimes fails
• [DSK-239836] Forwarding a feed in HTML will include the word "article" in a huge font
• [DSK-224803] Cannot view email headers if text/plain not opened by Opera: Force viewer to be Opera when opening raw mail
• [DSK-244169] Font used in body field doesn't reflect font in drop-down
• [DSK-246522] The compose action opens webmail page instead of compose window
• [DSK-247011] Automatic RTL detection on reply
• [DSK-247788] M2 wrongly claims that there are no new messages when connection to server is interrupted
• [DSK-248265] Hide HTML formatting in newsgroup compose window
• [DSK-248267] Directionality detection missing when editing an existing email
• [DSK-248543] The last part of Japanese Subject is not shown
• [DSK-249350] Database consistency check should be periodic
• [DSK-250841] Drafts appear in received folder when any characters was entered into the to field
• [DSK-251008] Opening a mail copy from Sent, changing its To address and sending it, replaces the copy in Sent instead of creating a new sent email entry
• [DSK-252156] Forced exporting mail option
• [DSK-252235] Upgrading results in duplicate and blank messages
• [DSK-252238] "Show read" gets unchecked for Received view when upgrading
• [DSK-252495] Bottom border in mail compose area missing
• [DSK-252658] Fetch all e-mails when switching from Low-bandwidth mode to "Make all messages available offline"
• [DSK-253417] Mail folder not copied when upgrading from 9.64
• [DSK-253425] To, CC, and BCC fields not shown when opening Mail in Sent view

Chat

• Partial fix: [DSK-246177] Connnecting to a malevolent IRC server can render Opera usuable with too many modal dialog popups
• [DSK-228014] Saving IRC/Chat window silently fails if MHT or "HTML with images" is chosen
• [DSK-248365] IRC password not memorized when using /join command
• [DSK-253327] Joining a password protected channel for the first time via a typed join command fails

Opera Link

• [DSK-249571] Link queue not sent when exiting Opera

Opera Turbo

• Context menu changes
• Changes to the Turbo dialog
• Adding Turbo icons for the turbo notification dialog
• [DSK-247507] Turbo button not automatically added to status bar in upgrade installations
• [DSK-248836] Turbo mode not keyboard accessible
• [DSK-249981] Turbo: Text color for the turbo button is not changeable by skin
• [DSK-252890] Turbo status icons should respect the text-only option
• [TURBO-159] A placeholder is needed for plugins that are not loaded yet: Changing the icon
• [TURBO-183] Turbo state not switched after clicking JavaScript links
• [TURBO-220] Tabs opened from mail, chat etc. windows should use global setting to determine Turbo Mode state
• [TURBO-224] Correct handling of history positions when reloading in new Turbo Mode state

Windows

• Fixed a problem that would prevent the previous opera instance to be registered for uninstallation
• Added registry value indicating whether installation was done by administrator
• [DSK-226188] Extension lost when renaming a file in the save dialog to include a period
• [DSK-231787] Unable to set default browser in the Start Menu
• [DSK-245142] Removed spellcheck.dll, as it's no longer needed for new spelling checker
• [DSK-245686] Silverlight crash when reloading quickly
• [DSK-246447] Can't install Opera with a limited account
• [DSK-246448] Fix for automatic updates with limited (non-admin) XP accounts
• [DSK-251584] Hidden popup blocks installation process when Opera is still running
• [DSK-252544] Information about installation directory missing must not be handled by browser
• [DSK-253587] Ddouble file extensions added on download

Mac

• [CORE-19054] Fix for showing print preview)
• [DSK-248272] Possible to insert non-images using Insert > Image)
• [DSK-248013] Sub-menu items replace menu items in the Opera menu)

Unix

• Removed '-nosession' as a separate command line option. It is already handeled as an alias to '-nowin'
• [DSK-230698] Serious drawing issues in the Qt4 build
• [DSK-235281] Refresh causes Opera to go backwards in history after interaction with Flash
• [DSK-251177] navigator.plugins.refresh() takes long time; cache the plugin information
• [DSK-251573] Don't renice pluginwrapper to 19
• [DSK-251805] Hang when doubleclicking text while flash is running

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

• Windows MSI / Windows Classic
• Macintosh (Intel-only) / Macintosh (Universal)
• UNIX/Linux