Changelog for Opera 7.50 Beta 1 for Mac

Opera 7.50 beta for Mac

Please note that this release requires Mac OS X 10.1 or later.

Changes since Opera 6.03:

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

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 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 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 - a password and form manager. You can set one master password for both e-mail and Wand.
New "Tools" menu gathers handling of preferences, private data, etc.
Extended drag-and-drop support, notably in toolbars, bookmarks and e-mail panel
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

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

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