It’s been 10 days since the very first Opera 9.5 Alpha release. Today Opera team released Opera 9.5 Post-Alpha version. This build includes lots of bug fixes as well as some minor new things, for example: X button on notifiers. Regardless bug fixes there are still some known issues:
Wand doesn’t save anymore
Yahoo mail beta might crash Opera
Some UNIX packages are missing
Opera 9.5 won’t work on Windows 98/95
Changelog
[272376] Cursor in source viewer positioned at the end
[277681] Some order lists are displayed as unordered lists
[279302] Line wrapping does not work correctly in some cases, causing overly long lines of text and horizontal scrollbars; often seen at Wikipedia
[280678] Files are often saved with the incorrect file extension
[281550] Setting an external source viewer does not work
[267842] View bar is available in the customization dialog again
[274676] Original text color (inside tables) not reverted when closing content blocker dialog
[267859] Numbers (and borders) not shown in configured speed dial entries
[273030] Text squished/mashed together after removing thumbnail
[273822] Link focused by inline find cannot be activated (Enter doesn’t work after spatnav)
[281879] Show cached images randomly breaks
[282003] Lots of unread messages and drafts after upgrade
APNG 1.0 support added. Will work as animated gifs on webpages and skins
Select custom application when downloading files
Add multithreading to mail for improved performanced
Added x button on notifiers
Fixed IE bookmark folder import
General stability fixes
Tons of layout/js fixes
Windows specific changes
Greatly improved performance with alpha transparency (animations, scrolling)
Mac specific changes
Further tweaking of tabs in native skin
Removed page loading spinner from Address bar
Rounded edges on many dialog Title bars
Fixed application window focus/activation problems
Fixed problems with Flash problems with wmode=opaque and CSS hover
Prevent some start-up freezes
Pulsing progress bar
As you know it’s not a final Opera 9.5 release, use it on your own risk.
Windows
Windows Classic
Macintosh
Unix
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Vygantas is a former web designer whose projects are used by companies such as AMD, NVIDIA and departed Westood Studios. Being passionate about software, Vygantas began his journalism career back in 2007 when he founded FavBrowser.com. Having said that, he is also an adrenaline junkie who enjoys good books, fitness activities and Forex trading.
