Changelog for Opera for Windows 8.51

Opera 8.51 for Windows is available for download.

Release Note

This release is fully compatible with language files created for 8.50.

Changes since 8.50

User interface

Added Answers.com search option, with 'a' as keyword to search from address field. The version number of search.ini has not been increased; the change will only be visible in fresh installs.

Security and plug-ins

• Macromedia Flash version shipped with Opera is now 7r61. Addresses issue reported in Secunia Advisory 17437.
• Solved severe stability issue when using the Acrobat Reader 7.0.5 plug-in.

Miscellaneous

• Fixed multiple stability issues.

More information

• Opera 8.50 changelog
• Advisory: Combinations of right-to-left text and negative margins can crash Opera
• Advisory: Specially crafted Java applets can crash Opera
• Advisory: The link tooltip and the statusbar can be misleading