Opera 9.51 for Unix Changelog

Release Notes

Opera 9.51 is a recommended security and stability upgrade. Please see the Security section.

Changes since Opera 9.5

User Interface

• Fine-tuned the new Opera skin.
• Improved drag/drop of tabs.
• Fixed problems with search engines when upgrading from Opera 9.2x.
• Fixed a stability issue when printing or when in print preview.
• Added an option to toggle mouse flips in opera:config (User Prefs - Enable Mouse Flips).
• Textarea inputs now clear when no-cache is set.
• Saving of images is no longer recorded in transfers.

Mail/News

• Feeds now show the first time when you subscribe.
• Corrected a stability issue that could occur when clicking the drop-down to switch views.
• Adjusted thread expanding in Mail when receiving new messages.
• Corrected a problem where multiple views (access points) show for the same account.

Display and Scripting

• Corrected a stability issue with User JS.
• Style sheets now load when navigating in history.
• window.close() now functions after invoking a context menu and when closing Opera Dragonfly.

Security

• Fixed an issue where <canvas> functions could reveal data from random places in memory, as reported by Philip Taylor. See our advisory.
• Security status is now correctly set when navigating from HTTP to HTTPS.
• Corrected an issue related to OCSP and CRLs that would lower security.
  • Note: This will take effect with the weekly update, or when checking manually for an update (Help > Check for Updates).

Miscellaneous

• Corrected a stability issue with Yahoo! Mail.
• TinyMCE 2.1.x editor now works properly.
• Printing of chat items has been improved.
• Reconnection of the IRC client has been adjusted and improved.
• Menus on deviantart.com now work properly.
• Eliminated unwanted line breaks in rich text editors.

UNIX-specific changes

• An Opera package for 64-bit Unix is now available.
• Corrected an issue that would prevent pages from closing on Qt4 builds.
• Improved the saving of changes to plugin configuration.