Opera 9.02 final
The developers of Opera has finished the 9.02-version. Opera 9 has a lot of features.User interface
- Fixed quick find field in Windows panel
Mail, messaging, and newsfeeds
- Fixed high CPU usage while downloading big emails.
- Properties can now be accessed within the contacts and bookmarks panel
after deleting items. - Image attachments can now be saved using the context menu.
- Accessing a news link when no news server is configured will now prompt to
configure a server.
Display and scripting
- Fixed a DOMParser bug affecting some menu scripts.
- Click events are now correctly received in designMode.
- Implemented support for Node.selectNodes, Node.selectSingleNode, and
Attr.text. - Improved rendering efficiency for repositioned elements, as in Flickr's
updated "organizr". - Allow large integers to be used in object declaration property names, as
on the comments form on Slashdot beta.
Plug-ins and Java
- Fix for playing sound clips on Amazon.
Security
- Fixed an OpenSSL RSA signature verification flaw. See the advisory.
Miscellaneous
- Multiple stability improvements, including a stability issue on
my.yahoo.com. - Improved handling of downloads when the disk is full.
- Improved handling of Web site logins on slow connections.
- Improved handling of WAP text inputs.
Windows-specific changes
- Fix to allow opera to be set as default browser using the prompt at
startup. - Fix for attaching read-only files in mail.
- Support for the Windows XP Media Center Edition remote control.
- Added new settings in the Java section of opera:config to allow you to
override the system defined JRE.
Mac-specific changes
- Schubert PDF plugin now works again.
- Enabled Web archive filenames with more than 28 characters.
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