Opera 7.20 RC

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Opera 7.20 Build 3144 RC has been released to the public.

Opera Software today unleashed the final Opera 7.20 for Windows, making the latest in Web technology available for the millions of users in need of a better browser. This version fine-tunes speed and performance, adds support for bidirectional languages such as Arabic and Hebrew, and lets users of the ad-sponsored version choose to receive either relevant text-based ads served by Google or generic graphical ads. Opera 7.20 is a substantial upgrade, increasing performance in the fastest, smallest, most full-featured desktop browser ever released. Read more for changes and download

At the moment only the english version of Opera 7.20 is available, others will follow. Quick changelog since build 3139 (beta 13): M2: Auto CC and BCC possible under "General" tab in account properties.
Enable back button immediately when opening link. It used to be disabled until page was fully loaded.
When selecting text or searching text etc., it is possible to just press enter to activate selected link.
Timed inline find: - search only links with "," or "shift /" prefix
- possible to "paste" text into ongoing timed find
- possible to use other actions like scrolling page etc while timed find is running
- possible to find next/previous
- only fade-away if timeout occurs (3 seconds), otherwise remove the popup instantly
Show url in statusbar when using A/Q to navigate.
Added support for copying text from a multiline edit widget used as a label to the clipboard. This widget is used in message boxes.
Fixed print selection.
"Opera Directory" would not expand envvars.
Added "Edit Label Popup Menu" menu.
...And a few other fixes...
Download Thanks to kyramas FYI.