Opera 7.20 beta 3 for Windows Released
Posted by: Newsfactory on: 08/07/2003 10:28 PM [ Print | 5 comment(s) ] · 2581 views
Thanks to kyramas for the Info: This is Opera 7.20 beta 3 (build 3038), another limited newsgroup/forum beta. A Linux version of beta 3 will also be available! Click on the 7 to start your download.
As usual, discuss the new version in opera.beta and on the my.opera.com forums. If you install over pre-beta 2 installations, it will not yet re-index your messages for use with separate accounts. Only mail received after installing beta 2 or beta 3 will be available if you choose to show separate accounts.
Notable changes since the last newsgroup beta:
General
Crash fixes Fixed several crashes when closing pages Fixed problem where saving pages or images occasionally crashes Opera Fixed crash at http://seb.mozdev.org/firebird/ Fixed several general web site crashes Several BiDi fixes Arabic Shadda breaks joining Two consecutive unicode control codes should be two separate words Bugfix for two consecutive BIDI_ES characters Several display fixes Numerous fixes for run-ins and absolute positioned boxes Fixed that background sometimes disappeared when turning print preview on and off Fix for max-width not wrapping float text Fixed display of MAP elements Several DOM/ECMAscript fixes Fixes to get XML Events working again - Scripts with language="" are no longer ignored Fixed several problems with getComputedStyle Fixed a style.backgroundColor problem Adjusted security password policy: Minimum 6 characters and either 1. At least one alphabetic character and one non-alphabetic character, or 2. At least one character from a non-western european character set (specifically: not Latin-1) Autologin with wand even if there is no username Added experimental support for IPv6. See INI settings section of changelog for related preference Added ability to delay initial document paint. See INI settings section of changelog for related preference Dialup should work again Fixed use of OperaDEF6.adr for bookmarks and missing default bookmarks New URL scheme supported: data (RFC 2397) Fix for sending form data written in Japanese/Russian/etc. Should fix many form related issues (CNN QuickVote, banking sites, etc.) Fix for AltGr+z, AltGr+n opening page/window instead of typing a Polish character on Win9x systems Reintroduced Kioskmode
User Interface
Always change text in address dropdown when switching pages when address dropdown control is located outside the address toolbar Show an archive icon for files with extension 'gz' in hotlist/links view Append addresses that are entered from the "Go to" dialog box (F2) to the typed history list Pressing Enter/Return will now activate the selected page entry in the window view of the hotlist Tooltips and drag'n'drop in mails and panels should now work Support for opening a new page at the location a url was dropped in the pagebar + rightclick menu support in hotlist/window list Fix a delete problem in the keyboard config dialog and let "Default" in the same box work properly Do not place a copy of a bookmark/contact in trash when CUT'ing it Fixed regression bug: Rightclick-select disabled in some menus Show image name (not path) in image property dialog caption Added support for confirmation when closing all pages or closing all but active page Fix for sending window to back, when using classic MDI window cycle Try not to steal focus from other apps Fix for starting opera with minimized pages Many small fixes to make opera mdi (when pagebar is off) work a bit more like classic windows mdi Allow bookmark drop inbetween other bookmarks even though we are in sorted mode so that the bookmark will "jump" to sorted position when dropping it Move keyboard focus to document when pressing escape in search dropdown, zoom dropdown and search edit fields Fix for address field not being set right away when opening a bookmark or similiar Fixed a problem that caused the "reuse window" setting to be ignored from the F2 dialog box
M2
Initial support for mail export to mbox format added for accesspoints/views Crash fix, renaming view without e-mail account set up. May also fix some filter related crashes Fix for account selector not updating properly INI Settings - [Adv User Prefs] Force Winsock2 API=1 to force Opera to use the Winsock 2 API when available, even if the presence of dialups would normally have prevented it
[User Prefs] -First update delay= to delay first paint of a loading page/window for the specified number of seconds (default 2 seconds)
As usual, discuss the new version in opera.beta and on the my.opera.com forums. If you install over pre-beta 2 installations, it will not yet re-index your messages for use with separate accounts. Only mail received after installing beta 2 or beta 3 will be available if you choose to show separate accounts.
Notable changes since the last newsgroup beta:
General
Crash fixes Fixed several crashes when closing pages Fixed problem where saving pages or images occasionally crashes Opera Fixed crash at http://seb.mozdev.org/firebird/ Fixed several general web site crashes Several BiDi fixes Arabic Shadda breaks joining Two consecutive unicode control codes should be two separate words Bugfix for two consecutive BIDI_ES characters Several display fixes Numerous fixes for run-ins and absolute positioned boxes Fixed that background sometimes disappeared when turning print preview on and off Fix for max-width not wrapping float text Fixed display of MAP elements Several DOM/ECMAscript fixes Fixes to get XML Events working again - Scripts with language="" are no longer ignored Fixed several problems with getComputedStyle Fixed a style.backgroundColor problem Adjusted security password policy: Minimum 6 characters and either 1. At least one alphabetic character and one non-alphabetic character, or 2. At least one character from a non-western european character set (specifically: not Latin-1) Autologin with wand even if there is no username Added experimental support for IPv6. See INI settings section of changelog for related preference Added ability to delay initial document paint. See INI settings section of changelog for related preference Dialup should work again Fixed use of OperaDEF6.adr for bookmarks and missing default bookmarks New URL scheme supported: data (RFC 2397) Fix for sending form data written in Japanese/Russian/etc. Should fix many form related issues (CNN QuickVote, banking sites, etc.) Fix for AltGr+z, AltGr+n opening page/window instead of typing a Polish character on Win9x systems Reintroduced Kioskmode
User Interface
Always change text in address dropdown when switching pages when address dropdown control is located outside the address toolbar Show an archive icon for files with extension 'gz' in hotlist/links view Append addresses that are entered from the "Go to" dialog box (F2) to the typed history list Pressing Enter/Return will now activate the selected page entry in the window view of the hotlist Tooltips and drag'n'drop in mails and panels should now work Support for opening a new page at the location a url was dropped in the pagebar + rightclick menu support in hotlist/window list Fix a delete problem in the keyboard config dialog and let "Default" in the same box work properly Do not place a copy of a bookmark/contact in trash when CUT'ing it Fixed regression bug: Rightclick-select disabled in some menus Show image name (not path) in image property dialog caption Added support for confirmation when closing all pages or closing all but active page Fix for sending window to back, when using classic MDI window cycle Try not to steal focus from other apps Fix for starting opera with minimized pages Many small fixes to make opera mdi (when pagebar is off) work a bit more like classic windows mdi Allow bookmark drop inbetween other bookmarks even though we are in sorted mode so that the bookmark will "jump" to sorted position when dropping it Move keyboard focus to document when pressing escape in search dropdown, zoom dropdown and search edit fields Fix for address field not being set right away when opening a bookmark or similiar Fixed a problem that caused the "reuse window" setting to be ignored from the F2 dialog box
M2
Initial support for mail export to mbox format added for accesspoints/views Crash fix, renaming view without e-mail account set up. May also fix some filter related crashes Fix for account selector not updating properly INI Settings - [Adv User Prefs] Force Winsock2 API=1 to force Opera to use the Winsock 2 API when available, even if the presence of dialups would normally have prevented it
[User Prefs] -First update delay= to delay first paint of a loading page/window for the specified number of seconds (default 2 seconds)
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Caleb Unregistered |
#46064 Posted on: 08/08/2003 12:22 AM
once you go opera, you can never go back |
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kyramas Junior Member Posts: 1 Joined: 2003-05-21 |
#46066 Posted on: 08/08/2003 02:44 AM
Yes ! Opera rulez them all. Firebird has potential but its still early. we will see... One is sure....IE is dead !!! |
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K6-III Unregistered |
#46076 Posted on: 08/08/2003 07:26 AM
YAY!!!! No longer crashes with Warp2Search like beta2!!! |
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kyramas Junior Member Posts: 1 Joined: 2003-05-21 |
#46077 Posted on: 08/08/2003 08:13 AM
Yes Opera 7.20 beta 2 was a nightmare... I was using Firebird while beta 3 was in development. Now beta 3 is solid as a rock. So i guess 7.20 final is arround the corner somewhere. |
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El_Coyote Senior Member Posts: 555 Joined: 2002-12-18 |
#46093 Posted on: 08/08/2003 06:55 PM
except for that homebanking 
i sure hope my bank will switch to suns jwm when Java2 1.5 is out. |
