Opera

Opera 7.50 for Mac Changelog

Opera version 7.50 is now available for download.

Release Notes

Opera 7.50 (Beta 1 and final release both) fixes a Telnet URI handler vulnerability as reported in iDEFENSE Security Advisory 05.12.04. Users of earlier Opera versions are adviced to upgrade.

Please also note the following concerning Opera 7.50 for Mac:

• Mac OS X 10.1 or newer is required.
• Although import from Address Book to Opera's contacts is supported, changes made in Opera's contacts are at this stage not written back to Address Book.
• Some problems with switching fonts for Asian languages may occur, and inline Input Method Editors (IMEs) are not supported.
• Coming releases will continue to improve on the Mac OS X integration and Macintosh look and feel of the user interface.
• Users may experience some problems with the current Java implementation, which will also be improved on in coming releases.
• LiveConnect is not supported at this point.

If you would like to see a (more detailed) listing of changes since Beta 1 only, there is a separate changelog.

Changelog

Changes since Opera 6.03:

At first glance

• Opera Mail - revolutionary e-mail, Usenet news and newsfeed client
• Chat client
• Faster rendering engine
• Redesigned user interface
• "Fast Forward" button
• Panels
• Support for bi-directional text
• Web Unicode keyboard layout support

Presto, Opera's rendering engine

• 100% ECMAScript support. New JavaScript console
• Partial support for bi-directional languages
• Support for page/document reflow
• Support for DOM (Document Object Model) level 2
• Support for dynamic HTML
• Extended CSS2 support, including e.g. styling of form elements
• Improved HTML 4.01 support
• Added support for SCRIPT in XML
• DOCTYPE switching enabled (see separate document for details)

Operating system integration

• Support for OS X Services. Full support requires that Opera be installed in "Applications" folder
• Dynamic updating from Addressbook
• Wand passwords are also stored to Keychain

Opera Mail

• Supports import from Apple Mail.
• Perfectly integrated with the Opera browser.
• Automatically generated access points, including auto-detection and threaded display of mailing lists.
• Support for Usenet news servers with password authentication.
• Support for SMTP authentication.
• Learning spam filter and custom filters.
• Filters support regular expressions.
• Messages can be labeled by importance, status, etc.
• Support for POP3, IMAP, and ESMTP.
• Quick reply - send your reply without opening a compose window.
• Support for RSS newsfeeds:
  • RSS 0.9x, 1.0 and 2.0 are supported.
  • "Newsfeeds" added as access point in the e-mail panel.
  • Clicking RSS link automatically adds newsfeed to Opera Mail.
• Context-sensitive automatic filling of to-headers.
• Choose timespan for visible e-mail messsages - one day, last week, last month, last 3 months, last year, or forever.
• Personal information or the content of any Opera note can be added to messages from the context menu.

New chat client

• Uses IRC (Internet Relay Chat) protocol.
• New chat panel lists visited chat rooms and status of on-line contacts.
• Support for sending and receiving files using DCC.
• Graphical smileys are generated from textual equivalents.

User interface

• New Panels feature
  • Notes panel -- write reminders or annotate web sites
  • Links panel -- lists all the links on the current page and allows you to quickly download groups of files in just a couple of clicks
  • Transfers panel -- lists all your downloads and file transfers from chat
  • Search panel -- multiple search options gathered in one place
• Introduced "Fast Forward" for quick navigation by auto-detection of "next"-type links ("Forward" button changes automatically when available)
• Session manager -- choose between multiple saved sessions from the start-up dialog
• The Wand is Opera's password and form manager, integrated with Keychain.
• New "Tools" menu gathers handling of preferences, private data, etc.
• Extended drag-and-drop support, notably in toolbars, bookmarks and e-mail panel
• Help key now works like Cmd+?. For a complete overview of keyboard shortcuts, press Cmd+B while running Opera.
• Middle-click support is now fully enabled.
• Support for embedded favicons
• Support for one-click download-and-install skinning -- skin is applied directly, but deleted from disk if user opts not to keep the skin
• Color schemes can be selected from the "View" menu
• "Show only when needed" option for page bar.
• The "Opera Preferences" file
  • Added setting to make lists with alternating background colors more accessible (disabled by default):

    [User Prefs]
    Color List Row Mode=1

  • Added setting for controlling support of the autocomplete="off" attribute in FORMs (disabled by default):

    [User Prefs]
    AutocompleteOff=0

• Added setting for reverting single-click behavior for panel items:

  [HotListWindow]
  Hotlist Single Click=0

Accessibility and Usability

• Support for alternate style sheets
• Built-in accessibility user style sheet
• Support for multiple user style sheets, including 100% CSS-made text browser, that can be applied to any Web page
• User mode address-bar icon has a drop-down menu that lets you choose alternative ways to view a Web page
• Press Alt+Shift+F11 to enable Small-Screen Rendering (SSR), which emulates a handheld (small-screen) device running Opera
• Move focus to page elements with Shift+arrow keys
• Multiple new keyboard shortcuts increase accessibility. For a full listing of existing shortcuts, press Cmd+B while using the latest Opera version. Keyboard shortcuts for all actions can also be customized in Mouse and keyboard Preferences
• New navigation bar supports page/document navigation defined using link tags
• Dynamic on-the-fly generation of access keys in menus
• Paste and go - pressing Cmd+D will use clipboard URL to go to new Web page (replaces the sequence of focusing address field, pasting address and hitting Return

Miscellaneous

• Web and e-mail Unicode keyboard layout support
• Choose between Google relevant ads and a generic selection of banner ads in the ad-sponsored version of Opera. Read more about Opera Browser Google Ads.
• Support for accepting requested pop-ups only
• Built-in help files open as ordinary browser pages