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New Opera beta 50

Fresh Opera 50.0.2762.4 has been promoted to the beta channel ;-)

The change log, and the announcement.

 
"Opera 50 enters the beta stage, with an offering of Chromecast support, the ability to save web pages as PDF, more functional tab context menu, four cryptocurrencies for the currency converter, improved unit converter, and session protection against crashes.

 
Chromecast support

Chromecast is gaining popularity with Google revealing, that it has sold 55 million units, since releasing the device in July 2013. Today, Opera 50 beta supports Chromecast playback.

 

 
To start casting, go to Settings (Preferences on macOS) > Browser > User interface, and tick “Enable Chromecast support”. Opera 50 can support casting for videos, tabs and your full desktop display. To start casting a YouTube video, for example, click the cast icon found in the video’s player controls, as shown below. Opening the page’s context menu or opening the O-Menu (View on macOS) are alternatives to begin casting.

 

At the moment, Opera’s support for Chromecast is available only in certain markets, while we continue to implement this feature on a larger scale.

 
Save pages as PDF

Storing a page for offline reading, sending it to other devices or safe keeping for future reference can now be done with the "Save Page as PDF" function.

To save it as a PDF file, go to the O-Menu (or File on macOS) and select “Save Page as PDF”. When triggered, it will save the entire web page into a single PDF. A shortcut can be created for this function under Settings (Preferences on macOS) > Browser > Shortcuts > Configure Shortcuts.

The file will take advantage of PDF capabilities, which means it will be smaller than a plain screenshot, stored in PNG format, and you’ll be able to select and copy the text.

 

 
Traditional way to create a PDF has been previously available in Opera. First select to print the current page. In the printing dialog choose “Save as PDF” as your printer. There are multiple options, that control how the PDF will be generated including: layout, headers, margins and so on. This is the best option, if you later intend to print it.

 

 
What are the differences between these two methods?

The new "Save Page as PDF" option will store exactly what you see on your screen. It’s great for offline reading, sharing pages, or keeping them on your system for future reference. The printing method will ask for the page to layout itself in a printer-friendly way. As a result, you may get something different from what you see on screen. You can try both options on this blog post.

Opera’s "Save Page as PDF" option will save what your browser sees. It will not try to load images, that are currently invisible, which might be the case for sites that load images only, after you have scrolled and made them visible.

This option is screen-friendly, which means it’s optimized to save exactly what you see, and to be convenient for offline reading. However, it’s not prepared to be printed. In case you want to print the page, you should use the printing method, and fine tune the details to your needs.

 
Tab’s context menu is more functional

Items in a tab’s context menu were cleaned up and grouped into related sections, while receiving new actions. Reopening closed tabs and windows became easier with “Reopen Last Closed Tab” moved to the bottom. The option can change to “Reopen Last Closed Window” (for Windows and Linux platforms), if a full window was the last thing to be closed. “Reload” and “Reload All Tabs” are two new functions, to quickly refresh your current browsing session. The latter will ask for your confirmation, if you have more than 10 tabs opened.

 

 
Currency converter extended with cryptocurrencies

The list of currencies recognized by our currency converter is extended with four popular cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin (BTC), 1.00 BTC, Ethereum (ETH), 1.00 ETH, Bitcoin Cash (BTH), 1.00 BCH, and Litecoin (LTC), 1.00 LTC.

 
Improved unit converter

Today, our unit converter is becoming even better, as we’ve added support for millimeters [mm] to be converted into inches [in]. In addition, there’s also support for dimensions. This means you’ll be able to convert the dimensions of a 10 x 10″ picture frame, or a 10 x 50 x 25 mm collectible toy car.

 

 
Protect your session against crashes

Upon a crash loop detection, Opera will not remove your current browsing session. Instead, all pages will be marked for manual reload upon re-activation, except for the current tab, which will detail the encountered problem. This will fix the annoying issue of losing all opened tabs, due to an unrelated problem such as with syncing, for instance.

 
Highlights of other changes, and fixes that are included in this build:

- Snapshot was not working, when displaying PDF.
- [Win]rusradio.ua, andhitfm.ua players didn’t play music.
- [Win] Misplaced submenus in O-Menu, and bookmarks bar folders.
- [Win, HiDPI] Black frame around drown down list.
- [Win, HiDPI] Search-Copy pop-up badly rendered.
- [Win, HiDPI] Title bar didn’t look good in dark mode.
- [Win, HiDPI] Sidebar communicator badly displaced after DPI change.
- [Win, HiDPI] Captured grey area is misplaced.
- [Linux] Opera didn’t start on Debian if package chromium-widevine was installed.
- [Linux] Black border on sidebar communicator striked back on Intel graphic GPU.
- [Mac] Cmd + Shift + M didn’t hide communicator window.
- [Mac] Pinch to zoom was not working.
- [Mac] Private mode updated.
- [Mac, High Sierra] High CPU usage of browser process.
- [Mac, High Sierra] Fix for Netflix’s error message “Whoops, something went wrong…” .
- [Mac touchbar] Mask-icons didn’t work.

Known issue: casting tabs doesn’t work."

The Chromium has been updated to version 63.0.3239.9.

     

RE: При выделении текста всплывает контекстное меню искать либо копировать. Как отключить?

Привет @qq11q, попробуйте отключить его следующим образом: нажмите "Alt+P", чтобы перейти к настройкам, затем нажмите "Браузер", и прокрутите вниз до "Интерфейс пользователя", а затем снимите флажок слева от "Enable the search popup on selecting text" (у меня это на английском языке).

RE: New Opera developer 51

Hi @alexs, you can try to use the latestopera-developer-ffmpeg-codecspackage (64.0.3278.0) from the Herecura's repo, without using any command line switches.

Download it, navigate to the Opera's installation root, and make a new subfolder lib_extra, extract the libffmpeg.so file from the archive to this folder ;-)

RE: Address not being selected on address bar

Hi guys, it is fixed in the latest Opera Stable build.

RE: New Opera beta 57

New update - Opera beta 57.0.3098.20;-)
The change log, and the announcement.
 
Highlights:
- DNA-73244 [Engine] Search popup opens new tab in the right position.
- DNA-73122 [Mac] Security badge size correction.
- Toolbar dialogs and permission request dialogs are correctly placed.
- The Chromium has been updated to version 70.0.3538.67.
 
   

Opera 58 beta

The Opera 58.0.3135.21 has been promoted to the beta channel ;-)
The change log, and the announcement.
 
"We are happy to announce, that this build, based on chromium 71, comes with a new feature. Opera 58 will warn you before closing a window with multiple tabs. This means, it will prevent you from accidentally losing the data you might have typed in, when filling out forms or writing comments.

The confirmation dialog we added is there to warn you, before you close an Opera browser window with multiple open tabs. If you don’t want this window to appear, simply tick the checkbox titled “Do not show this warning again”.

This dialog will not be shown when closing private windows.

To turn the warning back on, go to Settings > Advanced > User interface."
 
The Chromium has been updated to version 71.0.3578.75.
 
   

RE: Default google localization

Hi, you can try thesolution bySgunhouse.
1. Close the Opera, go to the Opera user profile directory (you can find the path in O-Menu->About Opera->Paths->Profile),
2. Open the "Local State" file, and change the "country" and the "country_from_server" values as follows:
"country": "us",
"country_from_server": "US",
or if you would like, you can set them for the UK as follows:
"country": "gb",
"country_from_server": "GB",
3. After that, change the "timestamp" value also (it's important - without this change it will not work), for example:
from this "timestamp": "1385978822600000000" to this "timestamp": "1485978822600000000",
4. save the changes, close the file, and reopen the Opera.

New Opera stable 49

The Opera 49.0.2725.34 has been promoted to the stable channel ;-)

The change log, and the announcement.

 
"The Opera 49 has arrived with a collection of improvements, and upgrades to several of our browser features.

The snapshot feature now comes with editing tools, and selfie mode to help personalize your sharing of the web. VK Messenger signs on to the list of integrated sidebar messengers, and we’ve added five new currencies for the currency converter.

Today’s release offers also new customization options, including extensions rearrangement, and an Easy Setup mode for quick browser adjustments. Private mode, the O-Menu, and History panel, all received improvements.

To top it off, Opera 49 welcomes a direct VR Player, and the browser has been sharpened to look its best on HiDPI screens.

 
Create, edit and send the perfect screenshot

We love to find new things on the Internet, but for the past 20 years, when wanting to share content with our friends, we could only send links, and print screen dumps. Earlier in the year, we embarked to change this, when we released our concept browser.

Continuing our mission of re-imagining what a web browser should be capable of, Opera 49 offers a snapshot tool with editing features, including a selfie camera, to help you add raw emotion to your screenshot. Capture any part of the web, and add your own flare, to let your friends know how exactly you feel about that new film, or how excited you are for your holiday in Rome.

 

 
How to use Opera’s snapshot tool

You can launch snapshot, either directly from the sidebar via the camera icon, or by hitting Ctrl + Shift + 5 (⌘ + ⇧ + 5 on macOS). An adjustable frame will appear on your screen, where you can frame exactly what you want, before hitting “Capture” to snap your screenshot. If you wish to quickly snap a full web view screenshot, simply click “Capture Full Screen”.

Once snapped, editing tools – including pencil, arrow, blur, zoom, emojis, and a selfie camera – will appear at the top. When finished, click “Copy and Close” to send your screenshot to your clipboard (you can also hit Ctrl + C from your keyboard). You may also save the screenshot to your system as a .png file.

 

 
VR player

Opera became the first browser to provide support for 360-degree videos to be played directly into virtual reality headsets. Owners of HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and other OpenVR compatible devices can now easily view the quickly-growing library of awesome 360-degree content.

In order to contribute to the 360-degree content in the web, we partnered with 360 Labs, the world-class production company specializing in immersive, panoramic photography and video. Check out how great their video looks in our VR 360 Player!

 

 
Opera’s VR 360 Player will automatically detect an installed VR headset. When a user browses to a video, the “Watch in VR” button will appear on the top (next to the video pop-out button). One simple click will engulf the viewer into the 360-degree world offered by the video. Plus, you will not need a mouse, or keyboard to look around in the video. Simply turn your head in the direction you want to look.

Opera’s VR playback system will not only support 360-degree videos, but standard videos as well. You can launch any of your favorite 2D movies, or standard 180-degree videos through your headset, creating an awesome, personal movie theater experience.

 

 
VK Messenger joins built-in sidebar communicators

When you’ve finished creating the perfect screenshot, send it to a friend in one of four integrated sidebar messengers. VK Messenger joins the party, started by Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and Telegram.

Since being unveiled in Opera 45, Opera’s integrated sidebar messengers have made chatting and browsing simultaneously a breeze. For each messenger, simply log in to begin chatting. You will be notified by a new message with a notification badge over the messenger icon. Using the shortcut Ctrl + Shift + M (⌘ + ⇧ + M on macOS), will cycle through all opened messengers while surfing the web.

You can pin the sidebar to your browser, so that it is accessible in every tab as you browse. From the Speed Dial, click the slider found at the bottom of the sidebar to pin it to your browser. Your new Easy Setup panel (explained below), offers the choice to pin or unpin the sidebar. You can also go to Settings (Preferences on macOS) > Browser > Sidebar to turn off notification badges for your messengers.

 
Easy Setup

Easy Setup takes over for the previously labeled “Customize Start Page” panel found in the top-right corner of the Speed Dial. Along with its redesigned layout, Easy Setup is an all-in-one panel to help first-time users set up their Opera browser, while providing seasoned veterans a shortcut to commonly-configured features.

Inside Easy Setup are switches to help customize how your Opera browser will look with themes, wallpapers, bookmark, sidebar options and more. You’ll be able to tailor our top features, including ad blocker, configure download locations, manage browsing data, and import bookmarks. If you are switching from another browser, Easy Setup makes it simple to import bookmarks, and data from your old browser, while making Opera your new default browser.

 

The link to the full settings page is at the bottom of the panel.

 
Five new currencies for currency converter

The search pop-up tool has been a staple of Opera’s features since the 39th edition of the browser. The utility tool allows you to highlight text from any web page, to begin a new search with your default search engine, or to copy the text to your clipboard.

 

 
We have enhanced this tool with a number of convenient features. The search pop-up tool can convert currencies, units of measurement, and time zones to a form that is familiar to you when you highlight them.

The search pop-up tool can currently convert 32 units of measurements, 14 time zones and now 37 currencies. The five new currencies added to the original 32 are: Ukrainian hryvnia (UAH, ₴), Kazakhstani tenge (KZT, ₸), Georgian lari (GEL, ლ, ₾), Egyptian pound (EGP, E£), and Belarusian ruble (BYN).

The currencies are converted to the currency of your choosing. Go to Settings (Preferences in macOS) > Browser > User interface, and select from one of 37 available currencies in the drop-down menu, next to the “On text selection convert currency to” dialogue.

Any value, that is converted can be copied to your clipboard by hovering your mouse over the converted value, and clicking the revealed “Copy” button.

 
Rearrange your extensions

Your extension icons, placed to the right of the combined search and address bar, can be rearranged. Done similarly as rearranging your tabs, you can click and drag your extensions in any order you please. By default, your extensions are ordered from left to right based on their installation date. You can shop for extensions in our add-ons market. To manage your extension settings, click the box icon found in the sidebar.

 

 
Refined private mode

We have altered the appearance of the private mode window for the Windows and Linux platforms. The private window now closer resembles the regular light theme mode of Opera, with an appropriately matched dark address bar. We feel this alteration should cause less eyestrain, as was reported by our users.

 
O-Menu and History panel improvements

In Opera 48, we reorganized the O-Menu to make it cleaner and more contextual, and added the list of recently closed tabs and windows to the History menu item.

For Windows and Linux users, your browsing history across multiple windows is recorded into a single place. With this “global” history, you can close a tab in one window, and reopen it in another. No matter from which window you will access the history menu, it will contain the same list of closed tabs.

Additionally, closing a window, along with its tabs, is easier to locate. When closing it, all of its tabs will be listed as a single item in the recently closed tabs page. For example, if you terminate 99 tabs from a window, you can later reopen them all under “99 Tabs – Window.”

 
Looking good on high-resolution monitors

We spent a significant amount of time, to ensure that Opera runs smooth on the latest HiDPI monitors, and the latest Apple macOS system. Icons, tabs, buttons and pop-ups have all been sharpened, and buffered to look their best on the best-available monitors.

 
New Speed Dial wallpapers

One way to get a glimpse of the sharpened visuals is to try out one of our new wallpapers for your Speed Dial. The new wallpapers come from the works of Tom Anders Watkins and Miguel Noa, and have been modified to fit your Speed Dial. You can find these new wallpapers, and others on our add-ons page".

The Chromium has been updated to version 62.0.3202.62.

"To learn more about the changes in the engine itself, visit dev.opera.com/blog/opera-49".

 
     

RE: Opera Equivalent of Lazarus?

Hi @gpeoples: you can install the "Lazarus: Form Recovery" extension from the Chrome Web Store, but to install it in the Opera, you need install first one of the extensions: "Extension source viewer", or "Download Chrome Extension"

New Opera beta 51

The Opera 51.0.2830.2 has been promoted to the beta channel ;-)

The change log, and the announcement.

"We’re happy to announce, that Opera 51 enters beta today. It offers improvements like quickly scroll to the top of the web page with just a click of the tab, import bookmarks added in bookmarks manager, improvements for video pop-out and tabs, new design of private mode and more.

 
Click the tab to scroll

Some sites lead us through an endless pit of web content such as our Facebook or Twitter feeds or a busy discussion board on Reddit. These kind of pages leave us with a long climb back to the top! It’s then another long descent down to continue where we were.

Now with one click on the tab you will be able to return you to the top of the page, and then with other single click jump back to where you were before.

 
Import bookmarks added in bookmarks manager

We’ve added imported bookmarks as a single folder there together with exported bookmarks, available in the expandable menu. This is another way for you to import your bookmarks from other web browsers. You can also import bookmarks and other settings through the Easy Setup menu found in the start page.

 
Collapsible lists of opened and closed tabs in tabs menu

This has been a frequently requested feature, especially for those who use the tabs menu often. Going to the tabs menu, found in the far-right of your tabs bar, you’ll find two collapsible lists for your open and recently closed tabs. This will declutter the right side of the browser after opening the tabs menu while also making it easier for you to locate a particular tab.

Another new feature for your tabs is to permanently keep tabs pinned no matter what restart option you have selected (open the start page, continue where I left off, or open a specific page or set of pages). Your pinned tabs will be restored after opening the browser for a new session.

 
Private mode

We’ve updated the style of private mode on macOS to match the Windows design. Furthermore, we changed the static image to a new animation on all platforms. You can use the “Do not show again” checkbox at the bottom of the page to get rid of the animation and jump right to Speed Dial if you tend to open private windows a lot.

 
“Back to tab” button for video pop-out

With video pop-out you have possibility to browse the Internet while your favorite video plays in an adjustable window on top. Now, with the “Back to tab” link you have ability to go back to the tab playing the video. You can find it on the top of the popped out video by hovering your mouse over the title of the video.

Your video will continue playing in the pop-out window after clicking “Back to tab.”

We also updated style of the detach button on macOS.

 
Allow all sites to use Flash

Now it’s possible to run Flash on all sites without request. By default, Opera requires sites to ask first before allowing sites to run Flash.

You can enable running Flash on all sites without prior request in Settings (Preferences on macOS) > Websites > Flash.

 
Reset browser settings

Previously, resetting your Opera browser settings to its original state required a lengthy process of deleting the browser after saving preferences in a separate file. Opera 51 beta offers a single button to reset your browser settings in one click.

You can reset your browser to its original settings in Settings (Preferences on macOS) > Browser > “Reset browser settings…” button.

Resetting your browser will revert any custom search engines to the default ones, remove pinned tabs, disable extensions and will clear temporary data such as cookies. Your bookmarks, history and saved passwords will remain in place with the refreshed browser.

 
Preferences backup

We now have a mechanism for backing up and restoring working profile preferences to help avoid the unintentional alterations of these settings. Whenever profile settings have been read successfully, we create a backup of the files involved.

When the files exist but can not be parsed, we use the backed up files instead. This means that Opera should still be usable after external applications or users that like the manual editing of JSON files have possibly made incorrect changes to Opera’s settings files.

 
Other highlights:
- Opera for Mac now supports AppleScript, allowing you to create snippets for Alfred, or automate your workflow easily.
- Units converter recognizes dash symbol as a minus ex. −17.78 °C (wikipedia).
- [Mac] Reduce number of VTDecoderXPCService instances."

The Chromium has been updated to version 64.0.3282.15.

  :spock-hand:  

RE: New Opera developer 52

New update - Opera developer 52.0.2845.0 ;-)

The change log, and the announcement.

 
Better way of showing which wallpaper is selected in easy setup

We’ve changed blue border to a tick, to make selected tile more visible. It can be found in all, and recent wallpapers views.

 
New animations:
- Network access denied.
- DNS errors.
- Connection timed out.
- Internet disconnected.
- Fraud warning
- Malware warning

We’ve updated also effects for adding new tile, and dismissing the window in Speed Dial.

Moreover, we’ve fixed some HiDPI and Adblock issues, and improved multiple tabs selection on macOS.

 
Other highlights:

Fixed:
- No favicons for bookmarks imported from Firefox 57.
- Internal pages icons are black on Bookmarks bar.

Currently we’re working on colors update in address bar on all platforms.
 
Known issues:
- Tabs on Windows 7 may become transparent.
- Tabs on Tab Bar are invisible (black) until the cursor is placed on the tab.

   

RE: New Opera developer 52

New update - Opera developer 52.0.2850.0 ;-)

The change log, and the announcement.

 
"Today’s developer update for Opera 52 includes some visual improvements for a few elements in our browser. We’ve added a new spinner animation, and improved color shading for the address bar.

 
New tab spinner

We would like to introduce a new tab loader animation. The tab spinner will blink, when connecting with the internet, and will spin around during the site loading state. Refresh some of your tabs to see how it looks now.

 
Color shading correction in the address bar dropdown

We defined new colors for the address bar dropdown to better blend with your choice of light, or dark theme for the browser. Take a look at the new colors for the highlighted cells backgrounds.

 
Most important fixes:
- Crash when running installer on Windows.
- Crash on startup affecting some users.
- Improve tick image for selected wallpaper.

 
Known issues:
- Tabs on Windows 7 may become transparent.
- Tabs in Tab Bar are invisible (black) until the cursor is placed on the tab."

Chromium is updated to version 65.0.3315.3.

   

New Opera developer 53

The first Opera developer 53.0.2880.0 ;-)

The change log, and the announcement.

"Today, we’re unveiling the very first of Opera developer from the 53 line.

 
News below Speed Dial

Inaugurating this build is the news feature, which can now be seen directly below the Speed Dial. Upon expressing their consent, users will get access to news chosen based on their personal preferences. In the current build, users from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and USA will be able to play around with the feature. While we continue to work on it, please take a look at the screenshot below, and let us know what you think.

 
Other highlights:
- Fixed for wrong order of opened pages from Speed Dial.
- [Win] Fixed issue when moving bookmark.
- [Linux] Fixed crash when saving PDF."

   

Brand new Opera 52 - instant search, one Flow with Opera Touch

The Opera introduces a brand new Opera 52.0.2871.97, with Instant Search, and makes browsing on mobile and desktop one;-)

The change log, and the announcement.

 

 
Today is an exciting day! This morning we are hosting a live launch event, where we will unveil a surprise new version of our desktop browser, and a brand new smartphone browser named Opera Touch. Both browsers have a new search feature, that we call Instant Search, and they are designed to work together in a new seamless way we’ve named Flow.

We gave this combined mobile, and desktop release the code-name R2. Following our Neon and Reborn releases, R2 is our third step in creating a new type of web browsers. We believe, that together Opera Touch, and the new Opera for PCs, will truly change the way you surf the web.

 
Instant Search lets you search the web, and find tabs quickly

Searching the web is something we all do numerous times every day, but when we started thinking about how we could make it better, we realized, that to make a new search you needed to stop whatever you were doing, and return to the address bar, or open a new tab. This often led to distractions, or fear of losing your current content. We wanted to develop a solution, that would be quicker and distraction-free - it’s a new way of searching we’re sure, that you’ll love.

Instant Search opens a search box on top of the web site you are currently on, and lets you look something else up. The current web site is dimmed, while you are searching for something new. When you finish, just close Instant Search, and you’ll resume with the web site you were on. Distraction avoided!

You can open Instant Search by pressing ALT + Space, or by clicking the new magnifying glass icon in your Opera sidebar.

 
Instant Search lets you also to find a tab lost among many

That’s not everything, that Instant Search does for you. A quarter of the respondents we asked in our US survey said, that they usually have several tabs open in their browser, and can’t seem to locate the exact one, they would like to be working with. Based on this research, and our own experiences, we decided to solve this common problem once and for all.

In order to find the tab, that is tucked away out of sight, all you have to do is launch Instant Search (Alt + Space), and press the Tab key on your keyboard to transform your Instant Search into a tab search, and then type in some keywords related to your missing tab. You can also enter Tab Search directly by pressing the Ctrl + Space shortcut. Looking up new stuff online, and finding older tabs have never been easier.

 
Flow: mobile and desktop web become one

You might notice another new icon in Opera’s sidebar. This arrow-like button is Flow, our other new feature. Flow is actually pretty cool: it’s a thread for links, YouTube videos, and other files, that you want to save for later reference, or to share with your mobile device, but not with other people.

 
Opera Touch: a new mobile browser from Opera

Remember, we have already mentioned we’re also launching a new mobile browser for Android (and soon also for iOS): Opera Touch. Opera Touch is designed to work together with your Opera desktop browser, regardless of your device manufacturer. Opening up to this experience actually requires a few steps from you, but bear with us and give it a try – you just might be blown away.

To begin, go to your Google Play store, and download Opera Touch on your smartphone. Come back to your Opera browser for desktop, open Flow (the arrow icon), and then scan the QR code displayed on your computer screen, with the new mobile app. That’s it, you’re all set.

We have mentioned Opera Touch here, but this is a desktop blog, so we will keep it brief. Opera Touch is a smartphone browser, designed to be used on the move, and with just one hand – even on large smartphones. You can read more about Opera Touch in our separate blog post.

 
Check out our launch event recording

This is a lot of news coming from one browser company in a day. To sum it up: we have launched a new version of our Opera PC browser, and the brand new Opera Touch mobile browser. They are a perfect pair, and best experienced together.

We hope you’ll enjoy our two new products, just as much as we did creating them. You can also read about all their features, and how they interact, as well as watch a recording of our live launch event here.

           

RE: Brand new Opera 52 - instant search, one Flow with Opera Touch

New, quick update - Opera stable 52.0.2871.99 ;-)

The change log, and the announcement.

Most important fixes:
- Crashes, when closing Instant Search.
- F8, Ctrl+L or Cmd+L not selecting text in the address field, Ctrl+L , type URL + ENTER failed.
- Crashes, when clicking the Flow icon in the pop-up window.

   

RE: Videos not playing on twitter

Hi guys, @denisftw @igormiguel777, if you want, please follow the additional steps - to the tip mentioned above, and check if it helps in your case: navigate to the Opera's installation root (check the path in opera:about), rename the libffmpeg.so to e.g. libffmpeg.so-org, and make a symbolic link to the libffmpeg.so described in the link.

RE: youtube: your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available (continued)

Hi @tcll5850, try to add this repo, and install/update the "chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra" package, or download it from here, and install it using dpkg -i *deb. If it still not working, try additional steps: navigate to the Opera's installation root, add a new subfolder "lib_extra", and make there a symbolic link to the lib as follows: ln -s /usr/lib/chromium-browser/libffmpeg.so.

RE: New Opera developer 56

New update - Opera developer 56.0.3013.0 ;-)

Since the blogs.opera.com site is "under maintenance", I'm posting info about a new version, this time without the change log, and announcement. Hopefully the site will be available soon again.

The Chromium has been updated to version 69.0.3472.3.

   

New Opera stable 55

The Opera 55.0.2994.37 has been promoted to the stable channel ;-)

The change log, and the announcement: "Opera 55 offers better control of web pages, and more accessible bookmarks".
 
"It has been a big summer for us at Opera, and today we are excited to unveil the Opera 55.

The new stable build of our browser includes smarter layout for the settings page, expanded security badge, and page information pop-up for better page control, easier Chrome Web Store extension installation, and more accessible bookmarks.

Our busy, and exciting summer continued on July 27, when we became a listed company on the Nasdaq market, and enjoyed successful initial public offering. This was major milestone for our company, and one we could not have accomplished without the support and trust from you, our users. A week later, Opera launched as a snap in the Snap Store for Linux systems.

In the meantime, our desktop team has been hard at work to produce Opera 55 for you.

 
New layout of settings page, with dark theme support

Opera 55’s settings page has been restructured into four sections, to help you locate and adjust the browser’s features, security options, wallpapers and more. In addition, Opera’s dark theme will be applied to the settings page, if you have it enabled for the browser.

The four sections of the settings page include: Basic, Privacy and security, Features, and Browser.

Basic appears, when opening settings, and includes the most popular features and options in Opera. This section includes options for blocking ads, wallpapers, appearances, the sidebar, synchronization, search engines, changing your default browser, and browser startup options.

The remaining three sections are nested in Advanced. You can click Advanced in the left sidebar of the settings page, to reveal them.

Privacy and security includes preferences for privacy and security, and webRTC.

Features includes options for Opera’s VPN, battery saver, Instant Search, My Flow, the search pop-up, the video pop out, personal news, and Opera Turbo.

Finally, Browser includes options for the start page, user interface, languages, downloads, system, shortcuts, and for the reset of settings.

Use the search bar in the top-right corner of the settings page, if you are having trouble locating something.

The settings page can be opened by clicking the cogwheel icon in the left sidebar of the Opera’s start page. You can adjust common settings in Opera by opening Easy Setup in the top-right corner of the start page.

 
Better control of the pages you visit, with expanded badge pop-up menu

Security badges in the Opera provide important security, and page information about the current website, or web page you are viewing. They tell you, if a page has secured connection, what kind of certificate it has, and which content settings are used.

Opera 55 improves the page information pop-up, by providing all security, and content information about the page in one place, as well as offering shortcuts to Opera’s settings page for adjusting the page’s content settings. Now, for example, if you wish for a website to stop tracking your location, you can choose to have Opera always block location tracking from the pop-up, instead of going to the Settings.

To open the page information pop-up for the web page you are viewing, click the badge to the left of the web address in the address and search bar. The top of the pop-up will show, if the web page is on a secure or an insecure connection. Certificates and cookies used for this page can be viewed in detail by clicking their respective links in the pop-up.

You can adjust content settings for the entire website from the security badge pop-up. Click on the Site settings button, to open the content settings page, and customize how Opera will handle content such as: Flash, camera and microphone access, or ad blocking for the website.
 

 
Easy installation of Chrome extensions

Extensions from the Chrome Web Store are now easier to install on Opera 55. The next time you visit the extensions web store, you will be offered to click the Install Extension button, found at the top of the page. This will allow you to quickly add extensions from the store in Opera.

Adding Chrome extensions is simple. Browse Chrome’s catalogue for the extension you want, and click the + Add to Opera button. To complete the installation, you will then go to Opera’s extensions manager, and confirm the installation by clicking the install button.

Please note, that some extensions require APIs (applications programming interfaces), that are not fully supported in Opera. Follow through with the extension’s installation in Opera, to confirm its compatibility.

The Chrome Web Store icon will appear in the address and search bar, after you install the web store extension.
 

 
Easier access to your bookmarks

The bookmarks bar is turned on by default for Opera 55, so you can access your bookmarks at anytime, while browsing.

To add a web page to the bookmarks bar, click the heart icon on the right side of the address and search bar, and select Bookmarks Bar from the dropdown menu. You can later edit, open or delete the bookmark, by right-click or Ctrl+click on it, and opening its context menu.
There are also other ways to add a page to the bookmarks bar – in Settings, or Easy Setup.

If you have not enabled the bookmarks bar before, updating to Opera 55, there will be five suggested bookmarks for popular websites in your country. These bookmarks will not appear, and your original bookmarks will remain if you already have the bookmarks bar enabled.

You can disable the bookmarks bar in the Opera’s settings, in the bookmark bar’s context menu with Hide Bookmarks Bar, or in Easy Setup. You can edit or remove bookmarks in the bookmarks page, accessible from the heart icon in the sidebar of Opera’s start page."
 
The Chromium has been updated to version 68.0.3440.106.
 
   

RE: New Opera developer 59

Hi @sencor90, @donq, @temkem, this is the first build, that includes a new redesign. Some parts of the UI, and other things are not implemented completely, e.g. white background of the pop-up window in the dark mode. It should be in one of the further versions.

Hi @devoncito, it's known issue, it should be improved in one of the next builds.