PRESENTS-Opera 9.52
A full-featured Internet browser, Opera includes pop-up blocking, tabbed browsing, integrated searches, and advanced functions like Opera's groundbreaking E-mail program, RSS Newsfeeds and IRC chat. And because we know that our users have different needs, you can customize the look and content of your Opera browser with a few clicks of the mouse.
* Tabbed browsing and pop-up blocking * Opera integrated search * Integrated search * Improved security * Password manager * Opera skins * Customization * Integrated voice features * Full support for Gmail * Atom newsfeeds * First Web browser to natively support Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)
Title: Opera 9.52 Filename: Opera_952_10108_en.exe File size: 6.71MB (7,040,192 bytes) Requirements: Windows (All Versions) License: Freeware
Changes since Opera 9.51 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 o Note: 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: javascript: 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: see our advisory * Sites can no longer change framed content on other sites: see our advisory * Fixed an issue that could allow cross-site scripting, as reported by Chris Weber of Casaba Security: details will be disclosed at a later date * Custom shortcuts no longer pass the wrong parameters to applications, as reported by Michael A. Puls II: see our advisory * Prevented insecure pages from showing incorrect security information, as reported by Lars Kleinschmidt: see our advisory * Feed links can no longer link to local files: see our advisory * Feed subscription can no longer cause the wrong page address to be displayed: see our advisory
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
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