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Opera 9.52 released
After two quick RC versions, the Opera Software Desktop team has now finished and release the Opera 9.52 browser. The new version features the following changes:
User Interface
- Added several improvements to the icons and skin
- Added a bookmark path to autocompleted bookmarks in the address bar to better distinguish them from visited pages
- Added a Help button to "Engine Init() Failed" error message on start-up to inform users about a problem
Mail, News, Chat
- Fixed an issue where "Mark all as read" in Opera Mail would also mark as read some mails not visible in the current view
- Fixed the creation of the POP AOL/aim.com account
- Fixed a problem with POP accounts where message bodies were not downloaded
- Added work-arounds for problems with various POP servers
- Fixed mail appearance when Opera is installed in a folder with a "#" character in its name
- Fixed a problem that could occur when opening mail notification popups on a secondary monitor
- Fixed a problem connecting to online.no (Users experiencing problems with online.no should change their incoming server to use Plaintext authentication)
- Fixed a problem updating signature when switching accounts
- Fixed a problem where UI would not update after unsubscribing an IMAP folder
- Fixed an issue where IRC would disconnect users without informing them
Display and Scripting
- Fixed an issue with history navigation: an iframe with document.write is not added to history anymore
- window.close() now functions after invoking a context menu - now also works in widgets
- Fixed a URL encoding issue: java script: URLs
- Fixed an issue with lists not displaying correctly when text is rendering in RTL
- Fixed a problem where content blocker adds a generalized block rule when using the Details button
Security
- Fixed a startup crash that could allow execution of arbitrary code
- Sites can no longer change framed content on other sites
- Fixed an issue that could allow cross-site scripting, as reported by Chris Weber of Casaba Security
- Custom shortcuts no longer pass the wrong parameters to applications, as reported by Michael A. Puls II
- Prevented insecure pages from showing incorrect security information, as reported by Lars Kleinschmidt
- Feed links can no longer link to local files
- Feed subscription can no longer cause the wrong page address to be displayed
Miscellaneous
- Fixed a problem where Gmail would not load
- Fixed the opening of files in external applications when disk cache is off
- Fixed an issue with low quality on YouTube video previews
- Embedded YouTube videos should work more often now without having to reload
- Fixed RealPlayer on BBC
- Fixed a small memory leak in the BitTorrent code
- Fixed some translation errors
Windows-specific changes
- Returned the Windows shell menu to the Transfer context menu
- Fixed the opening of PDF files in Acrobat Reader plug-in when the folder contains special characters
- Added a "Close Tab" entry to the File menu
UNIX-specific changes
- Made the -geometry command line argument work even when Opera was previously maximized
- Added a "Close Tab" entry to the File menu
To get the fresh Opera 9.52 visit opera.com/download.
Article published by TechConnect Magazine
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