HOSTS file issues in Software

HOSTS file issues in Software http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20639295 en Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:36:05 EDT Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:36:05 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20737319 caffeinator : Yeah, I just installed the official release of 9.51 now..seems great. :)

Same build number as the early one I posted.

Version 9.51
Build 10081
Platform Win32
System Windows XP

Changelog: »www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/951/

That leak appears to have been fixed, so I'm happy.

They really got on top of things quickly this time..nice job Opera!

-CaFF]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20737319 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:21:59 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20735291 Dustyn : Removed Firefox 3.0
I'm in love with Opera 9.50. :D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20735291 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:15:41 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20733161 MarkAW :

said by caffeinator

:

Here's a link to the Opera 9.51 final (build 10081)
It seems Opera 9.51 will be released very soon

»ftp://ftp.opera.com/pub/opera/win/951/en/

It's pretty much the same as 9.51 RC3 though.

Opera forums thread is here: »my.opera.com/community/forums/to···d=240642

~CaFF

Thanks Cafe i usally don't update until it's offical but the upgrade from 9.50 to 9.51 seems to have gone well.
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Plus they say that 9.51 will be available tomorrow and will have the same build number any way.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20733161 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:42:04 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20733135 illJazz :

said by caffeinator

Saw the post on Desktop Team blog this morning.. but only getting to downloading and installing now. Thanks for the post! Wohooooo :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20733135 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:38:03 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20732821 caffeinator : Here's a link to the Opera 9.51 final (build 10081)
It seems Opera 9.51 will be released very soon

»ftp://ftp.opera.com/pub/opera/win/951/en/

It's pretty much the same as 9.51 RC3 though.

Opera forums thread is here: »my.opera.com/community/forums/to···d=240642

~CaFF]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20732821 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:35:06 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20729380 illJazz :

said by FiOS Dan

said by Blackbird

:

Whether that fixes what you're seeing, you'll only be able to tell by trying it.

I will do so and report back Blackbird. Thanks for the info.

We're at RC3 already, thankfully. It can't be too long before 9.51 final sees the light of day.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20729380 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:43:33 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20729247 FiOS Dan :

said by Blackbird

:

Whether that fixes what you're seeing, you'll only be able to tell by trying it.

I will do so and report back Blackbird. Thanks for the info.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20729247 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:12:29 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20729139 Blackbird :

said by FiOS Dan

:

Just an update, my BBR colleagues, which is a bit shocking for me. Opera 9.5 with just two tabs open is using 121 MB. What gives? :huh:

There are issues for some people with 9.50 consuming large amounts of memory, running processor usage up to 100%, and/or GDI resource/memory leak(s) - particularly on Win98 systems, but also on XP and Vista. Whether these are all related by cause, I'm not sure (and I'm not certain if Opera folks fully know yet). There's been a fair amount of buzz related to it over at Opera's forums, in any case.

At least some of this (particularly the GDI leak) is supposed to be fixed in 9.51 which is currently at the RC2 level, and will possibly be 'final' in a week or so. Whether that fixes what you're seeing, you'll only be able to tell by trying it.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20728822 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:46:58 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20704303 rlt2562 :

said by caffeinator

:

Another thing that's always confused me in Opera.. why is there no option to disable the built-in Bittorrent client from Opera's preferences?

Here's how I did it:

Tools > Prefs > Advanced > Downloads

Uncheck the 'Hide filetypes opened by Opera'

There should be a 'Quick Search' bar that you can plug 'tor' or 'torrent' into. Select 'Edit' and then
'Open with Other Application'. Hopefully it'll stick.
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said by caffeinator

:

Ya, this box is running XPsp2.

I have another one with Win2k, and one running Xubuntu, but I haven't upgraded those to 9.5 yet.

I guess there's a difference in what is displayed in Opera's prefs on OSX as opposed to Windows. Why? No idea.. but it seems to be the case.

Another thing that's always confused me in Opera.. why is there no option to disable the built-in Bittorrent client from Opera's preferences? Each time I want to disable it I have to go through opera:config.. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20702920 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:04:25 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20702897 caffeinator : Ya, this box is running XPsp2.

I have another one with Win2k, and one running Xubuntu, but I haven't upgraded those to 9.5 yet. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20702897 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:01:54 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20702778 illJazz : Ok..

caffeinator

, you're on Windows, right? That might shed light on this mystery. The Mac build might just be missing those options where they do appear on Windows for whatever reason.
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It's pretty, but takes up way too much valuable space running 1024x768 on a 17" CRT. :)

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20702729 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:33:00 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20702513 illJazz :

said by maximus_808

:

Not only are you missing those 2 items your help and ok buttons are reversed.

What the.. hell!?

said by Lex Luthor

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Try seeing if the option is there if you use the default skin.

The skin you are using might not be fully compatible with Opera 9.5.

This is Opera's brand-new default skin for 9.5! Er, I'm pretty confused. Maybe a reinstall is in order :/

Weird thing is.. I completely uninstalled whatever weekly I had before installing 9.5 final. Arg.
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The skin you are using might not be fully compatible with Opera 9.5.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20701393 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:51:02 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20701278 maximus_808 : Not only are you missing those 2 items your help and ok buttons are reversed.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20700720 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:10:13 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20700701 caffeinator :

said by illJazz

:

What I'd like to know is where the heck the smooth scrolling option went.. I can't find it in the prefs anymore :/

It's in the same place as the option I mentioned above.
On the top of the "Browsing" section of "Advanced" Prefs. ;)

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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20700701 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:58:50 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20700676 illJazz : What I'd like to know is where the heck the smooth scrolling option went.. I can't find it in the prefs anymore :/

UPDATE:
Found it via opera:config. It seems odd they removed that from the regular prefs though. Kind of an obvious setting to have available without having to screw around with opera:config.. oh well.

And the description above definitely sounds like a memory leak. For me, Opera's simply using a ton of memory.. seemingly way too much. This might be a good topic for discussion in the Opera forums.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20700676 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:49:06 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20700658 caffeinator : This is odd.

Ok, just this one thread open...I have been using it heavy all day though if that makes a difference. P3 1Ghz, 512 ram, XPsp2, and using a customized, but very minimal Opera setup.

when I checked, with this Opera not-minimised..49M. Minimised it..went down to 11M. Now the weird part...re-maximized it and it went to about 18M...and started climing while I watched. Keep in mind that the only tab open is this one..either it's leaking or IDK what. Last I saw it was at 25M adn still rising..while Opera is doing nothing at all.

Just checked task manager again..was at 31M. Once again..as I watched, it started climing again. :huh:

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I don't get it.
Can anyone explain that besides a memory "leak"?

Oh, I changed the page loading from the default I had of instantly to 1 second..and now I haven't seen that screen garbling bug. (it's in prefs >> advanced >> browsing)

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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20700658 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:39:45 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20691908 Jodokast96 :

said by MarkAW

said by caffeinator

:

It's faster for sure...although I have also seen the mem hog aspect of it..unsure why. But, 63M used for one tab..this site at that, is a bit much.

I haven't seen the "mem hog aspect" as you call it at all with 1 or 3 tabs open, as you can see on my XP Home it uses around 11,524K with a CPU Usage of 1%.

Well, if you find out why, please share. Even with older versions I was seeing anything from 30-200mb. Couldn't tell you what I'm getting right now as my system with Opera on it is currently down.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20691908 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:07:56 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20691183 MarkAW :

said by caffeinator

:

It's faster for sure...although I have also seen the mem hog aspect of it..unsure why. But, 63M used for one tab..this site at that, is a bit much.

I haven't seen the "mem hog aspect" as you call it at all with 1 or 3 tabs open, as you can see on my XP Home it uses around 11,524K with a CPU Usage of 1%.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20691183 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:01:56 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20691068 FiOS Dan : FWIW, I am now running Maxthon with four tabs open and memory usage of 19M.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20691068 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:41:10 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20691026 illJazz :

said by FiOS Dan

:

Lifted from a Google search:

"Link prefetching is a browser feature that allows an HTML page to retrieve web content when an end user's browser connection is idle. The prefetched content gets stored into the browser's cache, and will therefore appear quickly once the user goes to the page containing the prefetched content. A web page can specify what content may be prefetched via a specific link tag."

HTH

No idea, then.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20691026 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:34:43 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20691019 FiOS Dan : Lifted from a Google search:

"Link prefetching is a browser feature that allows an HTML page to retrieve web content when an end user's browser connection is idle. The prefetched content gets stored into the browser's cache, and will therefore appear quickly once the user goes to the page containing the prefetched content. A web page can specify what content may be prefetched via a specific link tag."

HTH
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20691019 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:33:22 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20690713 illJazz :

said by DownTheShore

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Is it doing a lot of prefetching?

Prefetching? Clarify.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20690713 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:45:48 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20690616 DownTheShore : Is it doing a lot of prefetching?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20690616 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:29:13 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20689983 illJazz :

said by FiOS Dan

said by caffeinator

:

It's faster for sure...although I have also seen the mem hog aspect of it..unsure why. But, 63M used for one tab..this site at that, is a bit much.

Good point caffeinator which had escaped me. Same situation here, with one tab open (this site) and 61K of memory usage. :hmm:

Hm.. I never actually bothered to check memory usage for 9.5. After your comments I did, and Opera's using about 200MB of RAM with three tabs open.. that does seem a bit much. This is on Vista.

I just checked on my Macbook, and Opera 9.5 uses almost 500MB of RAM with 14 tabs open. Yikes!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20689983 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:52:42 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20689968 FiOS Dan :

said by caffeinator

:

It's faster for sure...although I have also seen the mem hog aspect of it..unsure why. But, 63M used for one tab..this site at that, is a bit much.

Good point caffeinator which had escaped me. Same situation here, with one tab open (this site) and 61M of memory usage. :hmm:
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20689968 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:45:14 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20689802 caffeinator : I have noticed the video bug you mentioned..I'd chocked it up to crappy onboard vid..hmm. Seems to pop up when streaming vids.

It's faster for sure...although I have also seen the mem hog aspect of it..unsure why. But, 63M used for one tab..this site at that, is a bit much.
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As always, I'm looking forward to the next version, though I can't say I'm having any noteworty problems with 9.5.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20689649 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:07:36 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20686297 jp10558 : Not really, with the newish weeklies, they pretty much start bugfixing point releases right away. That said, it hasn't been unusual for there to be monthly bugfix releases after a major release, at least since 7.x]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20686297 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:26:59 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20685442 jabarnut : For what it's worth, I noticed there was an Opera 9.51 Beta that showed up while "playing" with Filehippo Update Checker quite a while back.

I haven't really researched it at the Opera Site, but I did find it unusual at the time that a new Beta was available so soon after 9.50 was released.

Maybe they know there are more problems with 9.50 than they originally thought, and are working on a quick release of 9.51? (Just thinking out loud, I suppose...maybe most of you already knew about it). :)
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said by illJazz

:

Sorry to hear your experience is so lackluster Blackbird

. I have yet to find any problems with my Opera 9.5 installation on OSX.

I'm sorry too! I had been looking forward to some of the new 9.5 features, and I certainly was pleased with the much faster speed I observed when I was using it. From what I've observed at various forums, the problems folks are having with 9.5 are both very real and very uneven... a number of users have similar problems - but many other users don't see them, for whatever reason. Kind of reminds me of some of the more problematic Windows updates (or even the Vista release) that would work fine for many and give "fits" to others.

Probably some of the problems are related to Win98 compatibility bugs... the tiny-image print problem is likely one of those. Others (like the GDI resource and/or excess-object problem) are showing up on a number of OSs.

There's a lot of "not ready for prime time" buzz over at the Opera Forum regarding 9.5... but I choose not to focus on that. I'm just grateful that Opera has so consistently put out top-notch browser versions for free over the years. And, if there should be the rare "blowout" upgrade that crops up from time to time, that's why I run imaging software on my systems - and often.

Anyhow, I'll just sit on the version sideline until I feel (from changelogs, etc) that there's a fair chance my problems are resolved... then I'll dip back into the upgrade waters. ;)
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. I have yet to find any problems with my Opera 9.5 installation on OSX.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20684402 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:56:37 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20683760 Blackbird : Well, I've finally hit an Opera upgrade that bombed out for me. After trying Opera 9.5 for about 10 days, I've Ghosted my Win98 computer back to version 9.27. Because I use the Win98 system as something of a guinea-pig for upgrades, I'll not even be attempting a 9.5 upgrade to the XP systems here... way too many recurring Opera 9.5 problems with 98, 98SE, XP, and Vista surfacing at a number of online forums, and way too few on-target fixes from Opera thus far. Methinks this'll cause me to pass for several upgrade versions before I regain the confidence to try upgrading again.

Problems that were insurmountable for me were:
1) Printing a web-page on an HP inkjet created a 1x1-1/2" micro-image in the top left corner of the page. Attempts at all sorts of creative zooming, scaling print, print from print preview, and other 'back-door' attempts at printing all failed to remedy this problem. Opera forum shows several others with the identical problem.
2) There is a major GDI leak/failure-to-release of some kind in Opera 9.5. Each very ordinary web page loaded (including Opera's own website) ate up 3-5% of available GDI resources - but would never release the resources, even if the caches were cleared. Eventually, after 15-25 sites were visited and as the GDI resources dropped below 5-10%, the screen image would begin to break up, usually first appearing in the tool, menu, and message bars - but eventually progressing across the whole window - black lines, gibberish, bars, etc. If one reacted quickly enough, Opera could be force-closed with the "x" button, but if I was too late, the entire computer locked up.

Lesser problems were:
3) The "back" button would often bring up a previous page with corrupted format, requiring a forced manual reload to recover the correct format.
4) Cookies were no longer able to be edited... the "edit" button seemed inactive, and only "delete" was available as an option, and the "add" button was not present.

And with all these issues, I never even got to the point of checking for some of the download/transfer screen problems many others have been seeing. But I did find the new inability to clear the transfer/download cache of records more than a bit annoying and risky to privacy.

Note: regression to v9.27 cleared up every single problem.
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said by Rob A

said by MarkAW

:

I'm liking the new look of Opera 9.5, it's easy on the eyes.

Wow I didn't even notice opera changed the default interface as I just installed over 9.27. Not bad, but it could be better. :p

No one uses the default anyway. :D

I do now :). The new skin is VERY pretty. It's not as space efficient as my favorite, Breeze Micro, but it's a very well designed skin nonetheless. It shows that a lot of work went into it.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20652191 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:13:20 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20649377 pleekmo : I'd originally thought v9.50 was a dog, but that might've been because I had 204 tabs open through three instances of Opera. :o (I'd get around to checking certain sites/pages eventually...) It hung up on me and would not complete pages, it seemed. Would take a long time to come to focus.

I ended up backing up, removing, and reinstalling v9.50 from scratch and restoring bookmarks and mail.

Seems to be OK now so far.

Now I've got only ten open tabs in one Opera instance. :p
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I'm lucky that I'm not using M2 as I've heard of lots of messes upgrading that esp. with large Db's.

A few things though...

1. I had to turn on mouse jestures for mouse naviagtion to work again. (i.e. hold & click opposite button for backwards/forwards)

2. My personal bar uses only the favicon images to save space..those are in a different format now. I had to re-visit the sites, and in a few cases I hade to recreate the bookmark and re-add to personal bar for the icons to show.

3. It automatically changed a few toolbars I'd customised..but was easily fixed.

4. I had to change type to "identify as FF" for the IPcop box adress to get menus back again. Local LAN sites can be tricky I found..esp. with the Content Blocking turned on in site prefs.

All in all, it zooms though...verrry fast even compared to 9.27. Even my old nemesis Ebay seems faster now. :)

Nice work Opera.

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said by MarkAW

:

I'm liking the new look of Opera 9.5, it's easy on the eyes.

Wow I didn't even notice opera changed the default interface as I just installed over 9.27. Not bad, but it could be better. :p

No one uses the default anyway. :D
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20648408 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:07:36 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20645143 richter35 : If you want to add more buttons to speed dial go here: »cybernetnews.com/2008/06/13/help···pera-95/]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20645143 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 01:51:57 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20644978 Littlem129 : Got it Thanks, I can't believe how much faster it is. :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20644978 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:35:20 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20642041 maximus_808 : I am officially a happy Opera user again.

The problem i was having with Deviant Art can be fixed.
»my.opera.com/community/forums/to···d=235994

And i couldn't get the spell check to work so after some digging around i found this ... »opera.gt500.org/ospell/
It works great. :)
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said by anoncoward54 :

Agree speed is much improved in this version. I notice one issue however, Opera does not seem to shutdown quickly when closed. The browser "disappears", but opera.exe continues to run for about a minute in the background according to task manager. Anyone else notice this?

Takes 6 seconds after i shut down Opera v9.50 for opera.exe within task manager to go away on my XP Pro SP3.
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said by Rogue Wolf

:

Web page icons are not being saved on my favorites.

Same here on my laptop. Does anybody know what's up with that?

Edited to remove incorrect statement that favicons are showing on PC with Opera 9.5. PC still has 9.27 installed. :o

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said by Graycode

:

... Apparently I have to hunt down some Win ME version of msimg32.dll and maybe gdi32.dll to get rid of their warning.

(edit)
For anyone else encountering this, a link to the WinME DLL is available via the Opera forums: »my.opera.com/community/forums/to···d=236172

Thank you greatly, Graycode

, for the link to »my.opera.com/community/forums/to···d=236172 !! :)

A post therein seems to have solved the Warning message problem for me. The second post in that thread (from Cybe-Rider, about placing a downloaded 5.00.2218.1 version copy of msimg32.dll in the Opera folder only, thereby not perturbing the existing older version in the Windows/System folder) works like a charm for Win98 FE. His download link in that post works fine to get the dll file, and the downloaded copy scanned clean here.

After placing the dll file in the Opera folder, the warning message no longer pops up when Opera's started, and Opera (so far) seems to work fine on all the sites I've tried - though it remains to be seen what will happen if Opera actually tries to invoke a transparency function in the newer dll that may not have an appropriate version of some linked dll in my older Win98 system versions. So far so good, anyway... at least Opera seems happy now when started, and I can avoid "dll Hell" for the rest of the system.
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»my.opera.com/community/forums/to···d=226872

quote:
If you are using your hosts file to redirect to 127.0.0.1 (localhost) then you are encountering a new security feature that blocks public servers from loading content private servers as part of their documents.

In my case I've seen the browser be very unpredictable, occasionally allowing a localhost URL but often just silently refusing to open it. It's raising real havoc trying to do web development where the web server is running on my own PC. This Opera is also unpredictably not connecting to a proxy on this machine (also a localhost specification).

I can appreciate what they were trying to defend users from, but it really needs to be a configuration option that can be turned off. Or at least it should work consistently since being unpredictable totally ruins it as a security feature.

It's forced me to revert to using Firefox for local web development since I can only use Opera after the content is published to remote servers :huh:

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20639295 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:01:15 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20639279 Steve Jobs : Got any numbers/tests for that or do you just perceive it to be faster?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20639279 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:57:07 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20639161 anon : I agree with purple ;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20639161 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:33:33 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20639148 anon : Thanks for the tip.. :p]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20639148 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:31:32 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20638973 rlt2562 : There's an interesting collection of Widgets available. You can also download torrents from within the browser, no plugin necessary. I'm sure I'll be discovering much more as I find time to goof off!

I will now convince my wife that this needs to be the default browser on our XP box (this one is Linux Mint 4.0).

(Raising my ice-cold, adult beverage)Cheers!
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I'm liking it as well..and it does seem snappy ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20638628 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:05:02 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20638182 MarkAW : I'm liking the new look of Opera 9.5, it's easy on the eyes.

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20638182 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:36:20 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20638173 dadkins :

said by joshop :

I don't see opera config to disable auto dropdown. All I have is tools> preferences and it doesn't show anything related to auto dropdown

New tab
Type in - opera:config
Enter
Search for drop
Uncheck the box
Click Save

Close tab. :)
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20638173 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:33:32 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20637940 PCInTech : WOW! Opera continues to rock my World! This is indeed a masterpiece! :) :) :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20637940 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:45:43 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20637874 anon : I don't see opera config to disable auto dropdown. All I have is tools> preferences and it doesn't show anything related to auto dropdown]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20637874 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:33:19 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20637597 Graycode : Opera 9.50 puts this whenever it starts in Win 98SE. Apparently I have to hunt down some Win ME version of msimg32.dll and maybe gdi32.dll to get rid of their warning.

(edit)
For anyone else encountering this, a link to the WinME DLL is available via the Opera forums: »my.opera.com/community/forums/to···d=236172

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20637597 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:42:01 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20637189 mankind99uk : Anyone noticed that with 'Auto Dropdown' unticked in opera:config, typed url's are not saved but when its ticked they are.

Also when you are selecting an url that is already in the dropdownlist just by clicking on it, it doesn't come up to be the first url on the list anymore. It does, when you type it in manualy... So over the time all your most visited websites end up at the end of the dropdown list. Very Annoying. :(]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20637189 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:26:40 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20636592 Rogue Wolf : Well, I'm glad to see they've finally fixed a handful of small but rather annoying problems I kept running into, especially the .gif animation speed. However, I'm still running into two bugs- one old, one new.

- Web page icons are not being saved on my favorites.

- The address-bar history will not update. I tried clearing it out and now absolutely nothing goes in it.

Anyone have any ideas on these two?
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However... on my Windows 98 First Edition systems, each time Opera is now opened, a warning message occurs indicating the msimg32.dll file is either missing or an older version that could cause problems properly rendering transparency effects. The message then suggests replacing the file with one from a Windows ME disk set. Unfortunately, that could conceivably be a fast-track that descends into "dll Hell", since other dll's linked to msimg32 might also need to be updated as a result, and their dependency dll's updated as well... and so on, down into the abyss.

So far, I've encountered no problems with rendering any of the sites I've tried... but the warning message each time I start up Opera is a pain... you have to manually clear it to let Opera load. There needs to be some way to allow/direct Opera to ignore the msimg32 version for those willing to live with any rendering problems that might appear from time to time. That, or there needs to be some positive assurances (based on tests) that a specific later version of msimg32.dll will work with Windows 98 FE with no unpleasant dll side effects. My version is 5.00.1693.1.

I've submitted this to Opera as a bug, but I'm not sure it really falls into that category...
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said by MarkAW

:

Damn is this 9.50 fast.

Fast??

Opera = Warp 10

FF = 1/4 Impulse

I'm very impressed so far!
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The new look is great too...Loving it so far.
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said by illJazz

said by ExitWound

:

There's a definite speed increase when dealing with the javascript-heavy sites such as Facebook and Digg. 9.27 started to slow as Digg, especially, added their new comment section. Now, on 9.5, it flies! Love the new scrolling too. Easier on the eyes :)

Am I missing something? What's new about the scrolling?

Something is different with it. I don't know if it's faster but it's definitely not what it was.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20635400 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:16:09 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20634941 illJazz :

said by ExitWound

Am I missing something? What's new about the scrolling?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20634941 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:47:06 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20634938 illJazz : Damn I'm late to the party..

whoooohoooooooo! It's out :D

What the.. when I first went to opera.com just a few minutes ago, I got that beautiful, page-filling plage page with the announcement that it's out. When I go to opera.com now, I just get the regular Opera site where it says Opera 9.5 out now, but not that black page.. :/

Totally unimportant, I know, but strange enough to warrant a mention I guess :)
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Got it. Thanks!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20634183 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:15:37 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20633827 Pole883 : Got it..........thanks man!

I'm out.........

Trillin']]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20633827 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:00:56 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20633707 Anonymous_ : i keep getting page not to be displayed


how TO DISABLE THIS crappy item?

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20633707 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:38:13 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20633118 CruiserMD : I started using Opera in '97 with 3. something version. The 9.5 ......youv'e come a long way, baby..... :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20633118 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:48:13 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20633056 Jodokast96 : Anyone notice any differences from the beta?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20633056 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:38:58 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20632975 lilhurricane : I'm in too :)

Nice, thank you]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20632975 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:25:27 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20632900 Rob A : I gotta start visiting BBR more often, this is starting to get really bad. ;) :D

Woooooooo 9.5 is out! Downloading... Thanks richter!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20632900 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:15:20 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20632637 dadkins :

said by operauser :

Lex ... here is one way to disable the dropdown menu
Go to opera:config and search for "drop"
Then uncheck "auto dropdown" and click save

Yep! That did it!

Thankd operauser! :)
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Go to opera:config and search for "drop"
Then uncheck "auto dropdown" and click save ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20632545 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:19:46 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20632048 dadkins : Cool!
Thanks richter! :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20632048 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:44:26 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20632004 Lex Luthor : I got it this morning as well.

Couple of little annoyances I've found so far.

When I type in the address bar, when I start typing, it suggest things to me that are in my bookmarks. How do I disable that?

Also, In Opera 9.5, I'm unable to have transfer history deleted automatically.

In opera:config, I have set keep transfer days to 0.

When I exit opera and re-load, the transfer history is still there.

In Opera 9.2x, transfer history was deleted once I closed and reopened Opera when using these settings.

What's annoying is I posted this a long time ago when I saw this behaivor with the weeklies. This should have been easy to fix.

Can anyone else confirm this bug? Any workaround?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20632004 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:34:40 EDT Re: [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20631307 jabarnut : Thanks richter!

Was just notified through the internal updater.

Everything is lookin' good so far! ;)
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. :)

Edit: Damn is this 9.50 fast.

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20630621 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 02:17:27 EDT [Update] Opera 9.50 Final http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20630527 richter35 : Hmm...from RC to final in 24h. They must have been in a hurry. :D

Here's the announcement:

Almost two years ago I stepped onto a pier in Seattle to unveil Opera 9 to the world. Many things at Opera have changed since then, but our commitment to providing you with a powerful, safe and fast Web experience has not. Since that day we have been hard at work on our next generation browser, code-named Kestrel. I'm pleased to announce that today we are ready to share the fruits of our labor with you.

I invite each of you to try Opera 9.5, arriving very soon. We've worked exceptionally hard during the past two years to make something we're very proud to present to you. We've listened to your feedback, learned from your experiences using our browser, and channeled your input to make our best browser yet.

Opera 9.5 has a brand-new look that feels inspired by high-end audio equipment and Scandinavian design. Our refined address bar allows you to find *any* word on *any* Web page you have visited before. Opera Link allows you to bring your favorite browser with you, wherever you go. You can sync your bookmarks, Speed Dial, and Notes, and work seamlessly with Opera Mini, our award-winning browser for your mobile phone. We protect you against two different types of malware that may try to infect your computer.

We refused to compromise, and I think the result speaks for itself. I truly feel this is our most powerful, safest and fastest Web browser yet.

But while we are pleased about our release of Opera 9.5, today is really about you. You have supported us and helped us evolve since we began 12 years ago. Back then we were just two people, sitting in a Norwegian basement. Now we are more than 500 people working to improve the Web for all. I cannot thank you enough for everything you have done - and continue to do - for us.

I hope you enjoy Opera 9.5, and I hope you will continue to support us by turning the whisper into a shout. Help us continue making the Web a better place for all by telling someone about Opera today.

Respectfully yours,

Jon von Tetzchner, Opera

The release is on their server. Their homepage has yet to be updated.

»get.opera.com/pub/opera/
»get.opera.com/pub/opera/win/950/ (Windows)

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