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Opera Desktop Team


New Opera 10.51 UNIX packagesToday
We couldn't help noticing a few of our UNIX users feeling left out after the previous Mac snapshot. Well, it turns you didn't have to wait too long for your own snapshot after all. :D

In addition to containing fixes from the previous Mac snapshot and Windows RCs the big change is that new packages have arrived for Opera 10.51 UNIX. So if you were waiting for an .rpm or .deb package before you start testing, you no longer have any excuses. ;) Please note however, that this does not mean that every issue is fixed. It simply means that you can test the packages themselves if you are comfortable with that or if the outstanding issues are not ones that bother you, then you could choose to install Opera 10.51 UNIX and make it your primary browser. In either scenario we would recommend you backup your profile ('~/.opera') first to allow you to downgrade should you need to, because once installed Opera will use the default profile (rather than a testing profile). You can of course continue to use the 'opera' script included in the root directory of an extracted tarball package to run Opera in place with a test profile, as has been the case with all Opera 10.5x snapshots so far.

I have also written a complementary article to this one on my own blog. That posting is primarily aime



Further improvements to stability on the MacYesterday
In the middle of all these Windows release candidates, we want to show that Mac is still making progress towards final. This build includes all the fixes from the last Windows RC, plus further Mac and Widgets improvements. However perhaps I should let the change log speak for itself. ;)

Known Issues
  • Some Carakan stability problems
  • Some PPC stability problems

WARNING: This is a development snapshot: things can go horribly wrong if you don’t backup before running it.

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Opera 10.51 RC3 for WindowsMarch 18
This is the third release candidate for Opera 10.51 for Windows. It fixes the following issues:

  •  Fixed CARAKAN-1187 (Crash when scrolling page)
  •  Fixed CARAKAN-1191 (Date pickers on several travel sites fail)
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Opera 10.51 RC2 for WindowsMarch 17
Here is a second 10.51 Release Candidate for Windows. A few small stability fixes have been added, and we fixed a problem with Chinese text being rotated for some users.

As always, let us know if you discover any regressions or other major issues. We'll resume with Mac and UNIX snapshots after the Windows 10.51 release.

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Opera 10.51 RC1 for WindowsMarch 13
This is the first 10.51 Release Candidate for Windows. The changes since the previous build are mostly stability fixes, and there's some work on improving Carakan memory usage compared to Futhark. We have also fixed a minor issue related to performance.

Let us know if you discover any regressions or other major issues.

Changelog
  • Several Carakan crash fixes
  • Fixed CORE-27660 (Improve Carakan memory usage compared to Futhark)
  • Fixed ALIEN-892 (Fix unite 404 issues due to zip loader not adding all folders)
  • Fixed DSK-287613 (Crash when right-clicking entries under "All messages" and selecting Compose)

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