<![CDATA[Opera 96 dev news]]>The Dev channel has been updated to 96.0.4640.0 ;-) The blog post.
 
Two new Opera's flags (disabled by default - work in progress):
#speed-dial-custom-image
Allow users to edit their Speed Dial item image on Start Page.
 
#tab-tooltip-close-tabs
Adds button on tab tool-tip, that allows closing tabs.
 
Removed Opera's flag #safe-browsing.
 
You can find all changes for this version in the change log.
 
Chromium is updated to a new major version 110.0.5449.0.
 
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]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/59689/opera-96-dev-newsRSS for NodeWed, 15 Apr 2026 20:21:44 GMTWed, 11 Jan 2023 12:30:21 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Opera 96 dev news on Mon, 23 Jan 2023 19:13:26 GMT]]>New update - 96.0.4674.0 ;-) The blog post.
 
New Opera's flags:
#platform-aac-decoder-in-gpu (Mac/Windows, disabled by default - work in progress)
Controls whether the platform AAC decoder runs in the GPU process instead of the renderer process.
 
#ui-compositor-multithreaded (enabled by default - ready to test it)
Use separate compositor thread in the browser UI.
 
The flags #snapshot-full-page and #tab-tooltip-close-tabs are enabled in this version (ready to check them).
 
Selected changes, fixes and improvements:
- DNA-104544 Crash at Snapshot Tool: opera::LayOnCenterTop(int, std::initializer_list)
- DNA-104601 Crash at opera::EasyShareButtonControllerTabHelper::StartOnboarding()
- DNA-104602 Crash at cc::RasterContextProviderWrapper::CleanUpOnImpl()
- DNA-98747 Disabling bookmarks syncing makes Pinboards toggle unclickable
- DNA-104241 Manage password button doesn't work
- DNA-104369 Videos and sound don’t stop after hiding Messenger in the Sidebar
- DNA-104390 Remove Windows 7/8 support from media patch
- DNA-104422 Video pop out controls not appearing on Google Drive videos
- DNA-104612 [News] Invisible button in news category
- Other changes in the change log
 
Chromium is updated to 110.0.5481.30.
 
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]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/299024https://forums.opera.com/post/299024Mon, 23 Jan 2023 19:13:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera 96 dev news on Wed, 11 Jan 2023 13:30:51 GMT]]>New update - 96.0.4660.0 ;-)

The main news in this version is an option to add own images for Start Page tiles - more info in the blog post.
 
Selected changes, fixes and improvements:
- DNA-104104 Lucid mode doesn't work in PiP
- DNA-104324 Unrecognized Content-Security-Policy directive ‘opera-toolkit-inline-svg-policy’
- DNA-104328 Clicking on ‘Lucid Mode’ or ‘Pip’ button on video in the tab unmutes TikTok in the panel
- DNA-104354 Tab title is unexpectedly replaced by *…*, when it fits in tool-tip width
- DNA-104353 [Mac] no hover state on traffic light buttons
- DNA-103923 [Win] Opera's installer silent installation should not add consent to installer prefs
- Other changes in the change log
 
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]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/298092https://forums.opera.com/post/298092Wed, 11 Jan 2023 13:30:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera 96 dev news on Wed, 11 Jan 2023 13:05:24 GMT]]>New update - 96.0.4653.0 ;-) The blog post.
 
Selected changes, fixes and improvements:
- DNA-104223 DCHECK at break_list.h(145), when clicking “Search tabs” button
- DNA-102931 Typing in the address bar increases CPU usage, when a lot of windows is opened
- DNA-103340 Adapt ‘run at startup’ feature
- DNA-104027 Restore "Progressive Web Apps" support
- DNA-104196 News Categories don't work
- DNA-104201 Set back Baidu as default search engine in China
- DNA-104230 Auto-fill is not working correctly
- DNA-104234 Opera update resets all consents to False value
- DNA-104236 Don’t allow consent prefs to be overwritten by installer
- DNA-104254 Opera renders red QR code square for WebAuthn authenticator
- DNA-104278 Don’t show Lucid Mode button on videos, when hardware acceleration is off
- DNA-104116 [Mac] Opera accesses desktop files even if user doesn't allow it
- Other changes in the change log
 
Chromium is updated to 110.0.5464.2.
 
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