Opera 66.0.3487.0 developer update

[ralf-brinkmann]

ralf-brinkmann last edited by

"DNA-80584 Closing active tab – the last active tab should be shown" works worse than before:
1.) Open a new tab.
2.) Google for a word (using the address bar), watch the result.
3.) Google for another word (using the address bar), watch the result.
4.) Close the tab.
5.) You'll find yourself not in the last active tab, but in the tab on the far right.
W10x64, Operax64

[ds2902]

ds2902 last edited by

freezing extension button menu

[ds2902]

ds2902 @leocg last edited by

@leocg: all time freezing

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @ds2902 last edited by

@ds2902 And you saying it to me because....?

[beboss]

beboss last edited by

How to stop this thing "Skip to main content" showing on google and amazon and other pages??? Where is this comes from?
MacOS Catalina 10.15.1 (19B88)

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @beboss last edited by

@beboss You need to ask in a Google forum as it doesn't seem to be something from Opera.
By the way, don't remember have seen such message here.

[beboss]

beboss @leocg last edited by

@leocg apff as I said it's not only google, so makes no sense to ask every website what the hell is this, right? And it seemed to be a mac thing:
Accessibility -> Shortcuts -> Show accessibility controls.

[l33t4opera]

l33t4opera last edited by l33t4opera

New build - Opera developer 66.0.3494.0 ;-)
The change log, and the announcement.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

I have just used Opera developer 66.0.3494.0 x64 on Win10 x64 to search Opera's Extensions catalog for uBlock Origin.

Again two extensions with the same name and the same function (ad blocker), but by different developers were found.

With Opera Developer I can visit the corresponding website for the first hit:



With Opera GX LVL 1 (core: 63.0.3368.57388) I see this, at the same time:




I don't understand, neither the existence of two extensions with the same name, nor the different reaction of the web browsers to the web page call.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@yanta Better not search for user agent switch

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @l33t4opera last edited by

@l33t4opera Changelog and announcement are gone.

[A Former User]

A Former User @leocg last edited by

@leocg said in Opera 66.0.3487.0 developer update:

@yanta Better not search for user agent switch

This is something different: In these cases, developers have simply taken the function of their extensions as the basis for their names.

If uBlock Origin had just been named "ad blocker" and other developers had just named their own ad blockers "ad blocker" as well, that'd be fine with me.

In the case of uBlock Origin, however, an independent name of a highly regarded addon was simply copied unchanged. Is this really the policy of the Opera add-on catalog?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @leocg last edited by

@leocg Now they are back.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@yanta Don't know if there is any policy regarding the extensions names.

[l33t4opera]

l33t4opera @Guest last edited by

Hi @yanta, it looks like the extension by ublockplus is hidden from Opera stable, and other browsers like for example Chrome, Firefox, but is available for Opera beta and developer.

[A Former User]

A Former User @leocg last edited by

@leocg said in Opera 66.0.3487.0 developer update:

@yanta Don't know if there is any policy regarding the extensions names.

There is a policy, but there does not seem to be one that would prohibit the exploitation at will of the name of the best rated and most used extensions for one's own purposes. Thanks for the answer, though.

[A Former User]

A Former User @l33t4opera last edited by

@l33t4opera said in Opera 66.0.3487.0 developer update:

Hi @yanta, it looks like the extension by ublockplus is hidden from Opera stable, and other browsers like for example Chrome, Firefox, but is available for Opera beta and developer.

Thank you for your investigation. Once again luck (or misfortune) seems to be lying in the spoofing of the user agent...

[l33t4opera]

l33t4opera @Guest last edited by l33t4opera

@yanta You're welcome, but please keep in mind it seems to be hidden for good reasons, as you noticed it yourself as I see. I mean crashing the Opera in incognito mode, when the sidebar is disabled. Also, it looks like the issue concerns most or all extensions, which are displayed/used in the sidebar.

[A Former User]

A Former User @l33t4opera last edited by

@l33t4opera Yes, you are right.

[A Former User]

A Former User @leocg last edited by

@leocg Please clarify on what you mean.

The browser if it's a variant of Chromium is the only one that needs to completely check if the extensions work or not on their browser. Plus I really do not think it is that difficult to move the extension bar from its usual place to the sidebar.