Opera 9.52 for Unix Changelog

Release Notes

Opera 9.52 is a recommended security and stability upgrade.

Added several improvements to the icons and skin
Added a bookmark path to autocompleted bookmarks in the address bar to better distinguish them from visited pages
Added a Help button to Engine Init() Failed error message on start-up to inform users about a problem

Fixed an issue where Mark all as read in Opera Mail would also mark as read some mails not visible in the current view
Fixed the creation of the POP AOL/aim.com account
Fixed a problem with POP accounts where message bodies were not downloaded
Added work-arounds for problems with various POP servers
Fixed mail appearance when Opera is installed in a folder with a # character in its name
Fixed a problem that could occur when opening mail notification popups on a secondary monitor
Fixed a problem connecting to online.no
- Note: Users experiencing problems with online.no should change their incoming server to use Plaintext authentication
Fixed a problem updating signature when switching accounts
Fixed a problem where UI would not update after unsubscribing an IMAP folder
Fixed an issue where IRC would disconnect users without informing them

Fixed an issue with history navigation: an iframe with document.write is not added to history anymore
window.close() now functions after invoking a context menu - now also works in widgets
Fixed a URL encoding issue: javascript: URLs
Fixed an issue with lists not displaying correctly when text is rendering in RTL
Fixed a problem where content blocker adds a generalized block rule when using the Details button

Sites can no longer change framed content on other sites: see our advisory
Fixed an issue where certain characters could be used to allow cross site scripting, as reported by Chris Weber of Casaba Security: see our advisory
Custom shortcuts no longer pass the wrong parameters to applications, as reported by Michael A. Puls II: see our advisory
Prevented insecure pages from showing incorrect security information, as reported by Lars Kleinschmidt: see our advisory
Feed links can no longer link to local files: see our advisory
Feed subscription can no longer cause the wrong page address to be displayed: see our advisory
Fixed a problem with the CRL override for certificates that do not have a CRL specified: Override was not checked
- Also fixed related problems of a freeze occuring and a handshake that never completed

Made the -geometry command line argument work even when Opera was previously maximized
Added a Close Tab entry to the File menu