Opera 80 Beta news
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l33t4opera last edited by l33t4operaThe Beta channel has been updated to 80.0.4170.4
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The blog post.
New Opera's flags in beta - disabled by default (still work in progess):
- #global-vpn-throttle
With this flag enabled the browser will avoid connection issues in some VPN usage scenarios.
This is a prerequisite to enabling "No VPN credentials delay".- #
new-session-manager
Enables Chromium's session manager implementation.- #
reader-mode(adopted from Chrome, styled up UI with Opera's look) - disabled by default (work in progress)
Allows viewing of simplified web pages.- #
snap-meme-generator
When enabled, shows controls in the Snap editor allowing to create a meme from the snap.- #
static-tab-audio-indicator
Show a static audio indicator in tab.- #
yat-emoji-addresses
Resolves emoji-only URLs from the address bar.
The flags: #bookmarks-trash-cleaner and #easy-files-downloads-folder are enabled in this version (ready to use it).
Removed flags: #advanced-search-in-history, #dropdown-suggestion-buttons-tab-focusable, #ipfs, #lookalike-url-navigation-suggestions, #player-service-control-panel-scrubbing, #search-tabs-synched-devices, #search-tabs-visual-changes, #switch-to-tab-in-dropdown, #tutorials and #workspaces-emoji.
Some changes, fixes and improvements:
- DNA-74099 Add new entry in "Keyboard shortcuts" to mute/unmute tab (opera:settings/keyboardShortcuts > Toggle mute tab)
- DNA-95024 Control panel: make a shortcut to open full Player panel
- DNA-92914 Handle direct messages sent to desktop from mobile clients after they receive a shared key
- DNA-94230 Improve text contrast for Speed Dial items
- DNA-94794 Add an API to move browser actions from Sidebar to Toolbar and vice versa
- DNA-94862 Continue shopping on Amazon doesn’t work correctly
- DNA-94879 [Conference] popup steals focus after opening a new tab
- DNA-95006 [Conference] can’t manually pop out when automatic pop out is on
- DNA-95007 [Conference] closing video pop-out should not switch back to video tab
- DNA-94925 [Player] control panel appears when it should not
- DNA-95018 Sidebar extensions don’t show up on Sidebar
- DNA-95037 Style up reader UI with Opera look
- DNA-95123 Reader Mode badge appears when it should not
- DNA-95099 Easy Files popup appears almost out of view of the screen
- DNA-95138 Add setting to synchronize Pinboards
- DNA-95142 Fix “Pending downloads” dialog
- DNA-91337 [Mac] cannot quit Opera via menu when sidebar panel is open
- DNA-94642 [Mac] high memory consumption
- DNA-95084 [Mac] Cannot quit through menu with snapshot editor open
- DNA-94605 [Win] 32-bit Opera freezes for a moment during first run
- DNA-94641 [Linux] proprietary media codecs not working in Snap builds
- DNA-94668 [Linux] draw desktop frame rounded corner with alpha
- DNA-95130 [Linux] It’s very hard to resize a window
- Info about five crash fixes and other changes in the change log
Chromium is updated to 94.0.4606.31.
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mmichel last edited by
Dark mode is disabled
I can't scan QR code in Whatsapp Panel, although it does work in Whatsapp web in a tab. Even with this, the panel loads but nothing is shown. -
l33t4opera last edited by l33t4opera
Hi @mmichel, have you checked it with the latest update? I can't check it myself right now.
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l33t4opera last edited by
New update - 80.0.4170.7
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The change log and the blog post.
Important fix: DNA-95526 Some Webstore extensions are not verified properly.
Chromium is updated to 94.0.4606.41.
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l33t4opera last edited by l33t4opera
New update - 80.0.4170.11
;-)
The change log and the blog post.
New Opera's flag in Beta #pinboard-local- disabled (it seem that it still needs some work).The flag #global-vpn-throttle is enabled in this version (ready to check it out).
Some changes, fixes and improvements:
- DNA-95241 “Switch to tab” button is visible only in the on hover state
- DNA-95516 Wrong label for themes in Settings
- DNA-95445 Crash when removing not synced Pinboard's bookmark with sync enabled
- DNA-95372 [Mac retina screen] Snapshot doesn't capture cropped area
Chromium is updated to 94.0.4606.54, which includes several important security fixes.
