Норвежская компания Opera Software выпустила новый alpha-релиз версии 9.5 популярного веб-браузера для персональных компьютеров.
Opera is known as the fastest and smallest full-featured browser, a first choice for people using older PCs and Windows 95 and a brilliant alternative to the default IE from Microsoft. This new version has a chance to actually beat IE hands-down because it has a truckload of new and exciting features. It complies to all the current web-page standards, it has a completely new interface (you can choose from single window and multi-window view), built-in search, a download manager, an advanced mail/news reader, print preview, a huge bookmark collection and much more in a 2Mb free package! Well, the free package also includes banner ads, but Opera is believed to be completely free of spyware, unlike some of its competitors. It’s lightning fast as well as stable and it looks gorgeous. It’s simply perfect! For a complete list of features check out the official website, there’s vastly more to discover.
Opera, first of all, is client World Wide Web, that is the program for extraction of the information from WWW as the documents created with help HyperText Markup Language (language of a marking of hypertext HTML). Low requirements to resources of system. Opera will work even on 386 computer about 6 Mb of operative memory. MDI the interface. You can open without special expenses of memory any quantity of windows inside one working window, having chosen thus a tabulared or cascade mode.
Known issues: • Wand doesn't save anymore. • Yahoo mail beta might crash Opera. • Some UNIX packages are missing. • Won't work on Win98/95
Changelog: • [272376] Cursor in source viewer positioned at the end • [277681] Some order lists are displayed as unordered lists • [279302] Line wrapping does not work correctly in some cases, causing overly long lines of text and horizontal scrollbars; often seen at Wikipedia • [280678] Files are often saved with the incorrect file extension • [281550] Setting an external source viewer does not work • [267842] View bar is available in the customization dialog again • [274676] Original text color (inside tables) not reverted when closing content blocker dialog • [267859] Numbers (and borders) not shown in configured speed dial entries • [273030] Text squished/mashed together after removing thumbnail • [273822] Link focused by inline find cannot be activated (Enter doesn't work after spatnav) • [281879] Show cached images randomly breaks • [282003] Lots of unread messages and drafts after upgrade • APNG 1.0 support added. Will work as animated gifs on webpages and skins • Select custom application when downloading files • Added multithreading to mail for improved performance • Added x button on notifiers • Fixed IE bookmark folder import • General stability fixes • Tons of layout/js fixes
Windows specific: • Greatly improved performance with alpha transparency (animations, scrolling)
Mac specific: • Further tweaking of tabs in native skin • Removed page loading spinner from Address bar • Rounded edges on many dialog Title bars • Fixed application window focus/activation problems • Fixed problems with Flash problems with wmode=opaque and CSS hover • Prevent some start-up freezes • Pulsing progress bar
