Opera 11.5 RTM Released

from JoeUser Forums

 

Opera 11.50, codenamed "Swordfish,"  is now RTM and is going like hotcakes (they put a download counter on the page).

The most visible change is an update to the default browser skin. Now the skin is brighter and less “cluttered”.

“The "Featherweight" skin sports a newly styled toolbar with borderless buttons, a new icon set, four default navigation buttons (Back, Forward, Reload/Stop, Wand) in the default toolbar, and a more accessible zoom slider. This new initiative to improve the UI of the browser is not complete yet, with further phases to be realized in upcoming releases.”

- Denis Wong, Neowin.net

 

The next major addition is in the Speed Dial extensions. Now you can have RSS feed, stock ticker, weather, clock or a photo slideshow. These extensions are accessible through the improved "Add Speed Dial" dialog.  Other important changes include: Synchronized ‘Wand’ passwords, freely arrangible dial tiles, updates to its Presto engine, along with more HTML5 support and some security (like CSS scripting).

Thanks, Denis!

 

Download link:  http://www.opera.com/browser/download/

Source:  http://www.neowin.net/news/opera-1150-swordfish-released

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

As an Opera user, I must say that 11.5 is a quite nice, stable and has lost a lot of the bugs it had during the beta. 

Still can't understand how so few people use it, it's an excellent browser, especially for maintaining an on-line database. I can get up to 1 entry per second thanks to it's use of in-page element keyboard selection options.

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Been waiting on the RTM. I have Opera but haven't used it much.

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Will Opera 11.5 RTM mess up Windowblinds themes?

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Not on my setup, but I generally exclude browsers from WB because they update so frequently... no hope for SD to catch up with that.

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Thanks i guess i won't download it now.

Reply #6 from JoeUser Forums Top

Opera did not give you a lot of choice about it (they did not "force" you to download, but made it annoying not to).  So I am not surprised of its download counter is "running up". I have had it for about 3 weeks now.  Not bad.  It takes a few minutes to get use to the no frills interface, but after that, I have no complaints.

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

The speed dial and HTML5 'tiles' are convenient.... Firefox didn't ask about upgrading... they just did it.

Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Just an observation but it seems each browser has it own little 'bumps' to contend with.  :rolleyes:

Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Here's a bump with Opera. I used it this morning and the text on the bottom of the page was all screwed up. If I scroll up it clears, if I mouse over it it clears but if I scroll down the text is all scrunched up with a line through it and blurry. Doesn't happen with FF or even with IE for that matter. 

Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Uvah, reply 9
Here's a bump with Opera. I used it this morning and the text on the bottom of the page was all screwed up. If I scroll up it clears, if I mouse over it it clears but if I scroll down the text is all scrunched up with a line through it and blurry. Doesn't happen with FF or even with IE for that matter. 
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I *high five* you that brother X| |-)

Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I just wondered if anyone else has encountered a problem with the latest Opera and WindowBlinds (I assume it's a problem with WB anyway). When I am viewing any webpages in Opera (be it a search result in Google or any website), the text starts to get a black line running through it and appears slightly distorted/in bold. This goes away as I scroll through the page or minimise/maximise the page but then reappears.

This doesn't happen in IE however. Can I tweak WB to stop this from happening?

 

Thanks. 

Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting luk3-o, reply 10

Quoting Uvah, reply 9Here's a bump with Opera. I used it this morning and the text on the bottom of the page was all screwed up. If I scroll up it clears, if I mouse over it it clears but if I scroll down the text is all scrunched up with a line through it and blurry. Doesn't happen with FF or even with IE for that matter. 

 

I *high five* you that brother
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Quoting AfxTwn, reply 11
I just wondered if anyone else has encountered a problem with the latest Opera and WindowBlinds (I assume it's a problem with WB anyway). When I am viewing any webpages in Opera (be it a search result in Google or any website), the text starts to get a black line running through it and appears slightly distorted/in bold. This goes away as I scroll through the page or minimise/maximise the page but then reappears.

This doesn't happen in IE however. Can I tweak WB to stop this from happening?

 

Thanks. 
End of AfxTwn's quote

It would help to test that with Aero, and then a couple of different skins. Then I can report the problem to Opera or put it in their Forums to see if anyone else has the problem and a fix.

To me, the problem seems random and skin specific... not in Aero, but in a few skins.

*edit:

Give a try with changing the browser font to Verdana from Times New Roman and Consolas.

Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I just tried a number of WB skins and it seems to effect pretty much everything apart from the Aero skins (default Microsoft or Stardock versions).

Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Give a try with changing the browser font to Verdana from Times New Roman and Consolas.

Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting DrJBHL, reply 4
Not on my setup, but I generally exclude browsers from WB because they update so frequently... no hope for SD to catch up with that.
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Doc is playing on the side of caution and that can be a very good thing. However I have been using Opera for years and have never excluded it. Saying that I also never had any problems with any SD products.

Reply #16 from Elemental Forums Top

I have been using opera, and then the tailored version of opera called 'pale moon,' for about six months now.  I have not experienced the text scramble you describe.  OS is Xp, and that may be the reason?

Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting ElanaAhova, reply 16
I have been using opera, and then the tailored version of opera called 'pale moon,' for about six months now.  I have not experienced the text scramble you describe.  OS is Xp, and that may be the reason?
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Pale Moon is a Firefox derivative, Elana...

Could be the problem we're seeing is W7 Cleartype related... I don't know. The XP/Opera info is interesting, though. It could also be WB/Opera related, though. Hard to tell except that it doesn't exist in Aero, so I don't think it's Cleartype related, and it didn't happen with earlier versions of OPera and WB7.

Makes me think it has something to do with the Presto engine. 

Reply #18 from Elemental Forums Top

Pale Moon is a Firefox derivative, Elana...  opps my bad.   Good thing is this derivative is safer than the ones on Wall street.

Reply #19 from WinCustomize Forums Top

:grin: .

Very good!