Changelog for Opera 8.60 for Symbian S60

Opera 8.60 for Symbian S60 is available for download for Symbian OS 9, 8, and 7.

Release Note

This Opera version run only on Symbian OS 7 and higher. They will not work on older Symbian handsets.

At a Glance

  • Auto-completion of Web addresses.
  • Web addresses can be opened in a new window.
  • Images can be opened directly.
  • Support for Symbian OS 9 and Series 60 3rd edition.
  • Support for SVG on Symbian 9 devices.

Changes since 8.51

User interface

  • Auto-completion of Web addresses based on history, bookmarks, and common prefixes and suffixes. Integrated option to search the Web for entered term.
  • Web addresses can be opened in a new window. Up to 4 windows may now be open at the same time.
  • Added ability to move page up and down using keypad shortcuts 6 and 9.
  • All keypad shortcuts may be customized under Settings.
  • Improvements to scrolling and spatial navigation.
  • Improved password manager, options to manage password manager under Settings.
  • New scrollbar, new skin for form elements and images
  • Tag functionality now available as customizable keypad shortcuts only.
  • Options menu reorganized.
  • The "About" section is now located under Help.
  • Added new icons for Bookmarks and Downloads

Display and standards

  • SVG support on Symbian OS 9 devices
  • Possibility to display (and bookmark) newsfeed files.
  • Multiple rendering improvements
  • Improved "Fit to screen off" mode
  • "Fit to screen" may now be turned off on pages with handheld design.

Miscellaneous

  • Multiple stability improvements.
  • Added notification dialog on first startup.
  • New default bookmarks (with clean installation).
  • Opera starts if an HTML file/attachment is opened on the device.