Changelog since Opera 9.5 Beta 2

For an overview of changes since Opera 9.27, please refer to the main changelog for Opera 9.5.

User interface

Installed a new, default UI skin.
Added three default Speed Dial entries.
- Changed default Speed Dial search engine from Yahoo to Ask.
New look for the address field drop-down introduced.
Added bookmark title and URL to the address bar auto-completion.
F8 now works again to focus address field when focus is in panels.
Improved the panel selector dropdown and plugin facility.
Improved the search facility.

Opera no longer wants to update a nonexistent mail store when upgrading from 9.2 to 9.5.
'Download message bodies' is now enabled on all POP accounts.
Improved download of mail from POP servers.
Improved viewing of feeds with slow loading images.
SMTP Authentication is enabled by default for new mail accounts.
Improved filter properties dialog.
Made "Send queued e-mail after checking e-mail" setting POP-specific.
Added notification that no new mail was available when manually checking POP accounts.
- Disabled using opera:config#UserPrefs|ShowNotificationForNoNewMessages.
Improved connecting to NNTP servers requiring authentication.
"Move Spam to Trash" and "Empty Trash" are now limited to the active account(s).
IMAP mailboxes that cannot be checked are greyed out.
Improved forwarding, replying and redirecting of HTML-only mails.
Modified display of Japanese file names in Mail.
Changed handling of Delete:
- DelAlways moves to Trash bin.
- Shift+DelNow deletes completely without using the Trash bin.
Several improvements to the undo functionality:
- undo after marking all as read should work now
- undo now reverts marking as spam
- undo removing from filter

Improved JavaScript performance.
Improved process of calling abort() from readyState 2 or 3 in XHR.
Various improvements to XPath.
Added integration of Opera Dragonfly (alpha) web developer debugger to Tools > Advanced > Developer Tools.
- A custom title for the Developer Tools (Opera Dragonfly) Window using <title> can now be set in the tool top level document.

Solved an issue where Images could be read cross-domain with canvas, as reported by Philip Taylor. See our advisory.
Fixed an issue where certain characters could obscure the page address, as reported by Tony Thomas. See our advisory.
Pages held in frames are no longer able to change the location of pages in unrelated frames on the parent page. See our advisory.
Modified EV status policy. See Yngve's blog.
Improvements made to certificate handling, the new certificate repository and the certificates UI.
Added defense against malware to Fraud Protection.
Improved links in the Fraud Protection dialog.