Opera 9.5 final out.

[Arup]

Opera 9.5 final out today. :)

Get it at www.opera.com

[CogitoErgoSum]

Until proven otherwise, it appears that Opera 9.5 has beaten FireFox 3.0 to the punch by five days. Congratulations Opera!


Peace & Gratitude,

CogitoErgoSum

[lodore]

thanks
woot gonna upgrade now
gonna go on a hunt for haute secure options now.
i have tryed firefox2 and liked it. but opera 9.5 is awesome!

[CogitoErgoSum]

For those who are interested,

Opera 9.5 Features - http://www.opera.com/products/desktop/
Opera 9.5 Changelog - http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/950/


Peace & Gratitude,

CogitoErgoSum

[Arup]

{QUOTE-> thanks
woot gonna upgrade now
only problem is that atm ad muncher isnt blocking the ads from it yet.
gonna go on a hunt for haute secure options now.
i have tryed firefox2 and liked it. but opera 9.5 is awesome! <-QUOTE}

Have you tried this http://www.fanboy.co.nz/adblock/

Works nicely on my system along with the CSS file for Element Hider.

[CogitoErgoSum]

Hello lodore,

Haute Secure(HS) functionality within Opera 9.5 is enabled by default when "Enable Fraud Protection" is ticked.


Peace & Gratitude,

CogitoErgoSum

[lodore]

{QUOTE-> Hello lodore,

Haute Secure(HS) functionality within Opera 9.5 is enabled by default when "Enable Fraud Protection" is ticked.


Peace & Gratitude,

CogitoErgoSum <-QUOTE}
hello CogitoErgoSum,
cool thanks for the info.
anyway to test it?

[Arup]

{QUOTE-> hello CogitoErgoSum,
cool thanks for the info.
anyway to test it? <-QUOTE}

http://www.verybadsite.com

Enable fraud protection and then go to this site.

~added pic given some have questioned the test link's validity....Bubba~

200601

[HURST]

Will try it right now...

[steve161]

Any idea when the linux version will be available?

Edit: Ok, I see it is available now, although the update check on my beta shows I have the latest version.

[Huupi]

remarkable is the speed gain,way much faster then earlier version. :thumb:

[steve161]

Absolutely. It is actually noticeably faster on my system than the last beta.

[Pedro]

{QUOTE-> http://www.verybadsite.com

Enable fraud protection and then go to this site.
<-QUOTE}
Ah, so HauteSecure works with IceWeasel in Debian as well?

Opera is getting too advanced for me :)

[chew]

Looks good but I have a problem after upgrading to version 9.5 as it does not work on my Limited User a/c (LUA). Tried uninstalling and reinstalling to no avail so still not working on my LUA. Very unhappy.

This is how I did my upgrade:

1) Followed Opera link from this website to download 9.5 version (English).
2) Clicked install and followed instructions.
3) Then clicked on Opera icon to start and it worked fine in Admin a/c.

Then, as usual, I cleaned up using CCleaner as I did in the past with all new installation and went out.

4) Shut down PC and went out ..

5) Came back - restarted PC by login into LUA to start Opera.
6) Error message appeared.

7) Reinstalled all CCleaner registry back to before it was cleaned.
8) Restarted Opera - still did not work in LUA.

9) Reinstalled Opera 9.5 again on top of the present Opera 9.5 with Repair option which went fine.

10) Log-in to LUA to restart Opera but error message still appeared.

11) This time uninstalled Opera 9.5 completely and downloaded from website again for another 9.5 version (just used different site download) to install.

12) Reinstalled Opera 9.5 and it worked perfectly in Admin a/c but when I tried it on LUA - same error message appeared again.

I give up ...

Not a happy bunny.

>:(

P/s: any help please? I like Opera very much but if this does not work I will just stick to Firefox until such time as I can sort out the problem ...

[Mrkvonic]

Hello,

Actually, if I try the verybadsite.com in Firefox 2 I get redirected:
http://hautetest.com/opera/index.aspx

So, what exactly is the point of this?

Mrk

[Pedro]

No no, HauteSecure is that good. ::)

[Fuzzfas]

I am impressed by the speed boost of 9.50 compared to 9.27.

Not using fraud protection though (i feel it like spyware, having a site controlling the site i have to visit and tell me if it's good).

Oh, if i type something in the address bar, it gives me a pop up list of "possible words" from my favourites, which i find very annoying. Does anyone know a way to disable this?

[Arup]

Opera running fine here on my LUA account on XP64, also upgraded my previous 9.27 without any hitch.

[HURST]

Just one question...
When I go to verybadsite.com, I get this screen:

200607

Only thing is... I'm using Firefox ATM...

Is this a fake test?

EDIT: sorry, re-posted what Mrk asked...

[Firebytes]

Using Opera 9.5 with fraud protection enabled, I get this when visiting verybadsite.com:

[CogitoErgoSum]

Hello Firebytes,

I confirm your findings with Opera 9.5. I can also confirm that if one visits http://www.verybadsite.com/ with FireFox, one will see the screenshot that HURST has posted in post #20.


Peace & Gratitude,

CogitoErgoSum

[Firebytes]

{QUOTE-> Is this a fake test? <-QUOTE}

Maybe its more of a "Hey, wanna see what it will look like if Haute Secure blocks something?" screenshot type thing, instead of an actual test.

[lodore]

does anyone else have issues with opera 9.5?
every so often opera just flashs alot, nearly enough to give someone a seizure. then the taskbar looks weird and only way to get opera working again is to crash it in task manager and reopen.
seems to be something to do with java games.
it has been fine most of the day but since around 6pm or so it started happerning every few hours.

[Zero3K]

{QUOTE-> I am impressed by the speed boost of 9.50 compared to 9.27.

Not using fraud protection though (i feel it like spyware, having a site controlling the site i have to visit and tell me if it's good).

Oh, if i type something in the address bar, it gives me a pop up list of "possible words" from my favourites, which i find very annoying. Does anyone know a way to disable this? <-QUOTE}

In order to get rid of that, go to opera:config, uncheck Addressbar Content Search and then click Save.

[Fuzzfas]

{QUOTE-> In order to get rid of that, go to opera:config, uncheck Addressbar Content Search and then click Save. <-QUOTE}

Thank you very much. I found the option as you indicated and disabled it, but it doesn't seem to work. :( I saved, closed Opera, relaunched it, controlled that it is unchecked and it STILL shows me links from my bookmarks when i start typing something in address bar...

EDIT: Just found the solution.From "Operauser" in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20630527-Update-Opera-950-Final

"Go to opera:config and search for "drop"
Then uncheck "auto dropdown" and click save"

[bman412]

Installed and running. Definitely faster than 9.27... Alt+Shift+Ctrl+H not buggy anymore for me ;D




Can anyone tell me how to set Opera to always be masked or identified as IE or Firefox for all websites visited?

[chew]

I have reinstalled Opera 9.27 and it works perfectly on my LUA for whatever reason but not 9.50.

???

[Kerodo]

Got it here also, just upgraded from the last few beta's. 9.5 is without a doubt the speed king. Firefox 3 is very quick also, but I have to give Opera the slight edge, it's very well done and certainly much faster than previous versions. Also like the new look. No issues here at all.

[cet]

Just updated to 9.5 and wow it is very fast.I love the new skin.But it uses more memory than 9.27.
I have a question:Haute secure is used with Opera.So when you search something on Google do you get site ratings such as good or bad?

[Zero3K]

{QUOTE-> Just updated to 9.5 and wow it is very fast.I love the new skin.But it uses more memory than 9.27.
I have a question:Haute secure is used with Opera.So when you search something on Google do you get site ratings such as good or bad? <-QUOTE}

Nope. Searching for something on Google doesn't display the results as good/bad.

[acr1965]

Does any search result rating tool work with Opera? Seems there would be a way to get haute secure to work.

Also, what is a good Vista skin for Opera?

Are there any other add ons for Opera?

[rolarocka]

Dont know if its a Vista skin but this two look beautiful:
http://my.opera.com/community/customize/skins/info/?id=6229
and
http://my.opera.com/community/customize/skins/info/?id=6599

[bigc73542]

links won't connect for me. But you should be able to find a skin you like here http://my.opera.com/community/customize/skins/

[acr1965]

Yes they look nice. I was wanting a Vista-like skin so the favorites open along the left side as opposed to more toward the middle.

[bigc73542]

In the screen shot are the skins I use in vista,(bottom img) they all open the favorites/bookmarks on the left. they can all be found at the link I posted. There are a lot to look through but they are there somewhere.:D

[gerardwil]

Hmm, guess I will stay with default.
( the only extra thing is the green border, which is not default Opera)

Gerard

[MasterTB]

Using it (been a user since ver 4) and Loving int. Can't imagine browsing with anything else!!

[ghodgson]

Just started using Opera 9.5 ....it's great.
But I am a little confused about this little fix..
{QUOTE-> By Fuzzfas
"Go to opera:config and search for "drop"
Then uncheck "auto dropdown" and click save" <-QUOTE}

I can't even find Opera:config !! help

Regards and thanks Gordon

[MasterTB]

{QUOTE-> Does any search result rating tool work with Opera? Seems there would be a way to get haute secure to work. <-QUOTE}

Not that I know of but you can try searching thru Scandoo (it uses google's engine)
http://www.scandoo.com/

@ghodgson
Type opera:config in the address bar and you´ll see

[Firebytes]

{QUOTE-> Just started using Opera 9.5 ....it's great.
But I am a little confused about this little fix..


I can't even find Opera:config !! help

Regards and thanks Gordon <-QUOTE}

type opera:config in your opera address bar and hit enter

[chew]

Oh well ... installation of 9.50 did not go smoothly but I managed to solve the problem by copying & pasting the Opera folder from Admin(programme folder) to LUA (programme folder) and guess what it works! Surprisingly the setting for Admin & LUA remain as they are! i.e. the bookmarks for both are slightly different but somehow it remembers that both are slightly different!

Well, it is not the proper way to solve a problem but hell it works ... now I have two copies of Opera on my system ... hmmm ... one on Admin and the other LUA.

:-[

P/s: I did a complete installation again before my solution above by cleaning everything out but I guess the profiles for both were not deleted and that's one reason both still retain it's setting.

[ghodgson]

{QUOTE-> type opera:config in your opera address bar and hit enter <-QUOTE}

Thanks Firebytes got it and the fix works fine.

Gordon

[Defcon]

Opera is faster but the killer feature of FF is extensions. It doesn't matter how good Opera/IE8 are, without all the wonderful extensions they will always be a step behind. Of course this doesn't matter for a lot of people who just use the basic browser functionality.

[the Tester]

Opera 9.50 final is running better than the beta did or the previous final.At least on this box.

[bman412]

{QUOTE-> Opera is faster but the killer feature of FF is extensions. It doesn't matter how good Opera/IE8 are, without all the wonderful extensions they will always be a step behind. Of course this doesn't matter for a lot of people who just use the basic browser functionality. <-QUOTE}

Never had the need for Firefox extensions. Opera's built in functionalities suite me just fine. ;D

[aigle]

{QUOTE-> Hmm, guess I will stay with default.
( the only extra thing is the green border, which is not default Opera)

Gerard <-QUOTE}
How u keep the Favicons only as bookmarks. Whenver ii use the option to delete private data in Opera my favicons are gone.

[aigle]

I have only a small problem. In the previous version when i write any search trem in search box and then hit Enter, the search will start but now pressing Enter does not do anything. I have Scandoo as my default search. ::)

Other searches work OK. Scandoo wil not work.

[acr1965]

{QUOTE-> In the screen shot are the skins I use in vista,(bottom img) they all open the favorites/bookmarks on the left. they can all be found at the link I posted. There are a lot to look through but they are there somewhere.:D <-QUOTE}

thanks, nice picture

[aigle]

{QUOTE-> How u keep the Favicons only as bookmarks. Whenver ii use the option to delete private data in Opera my favicons are gone. <-QUOTE}
I found out the way. Mark the items in Images( C:\Documents and Settings\Shahbaz\Local Settings\Application Data\Opera\Opera\profile\images) folder as read only.

[Kerodo]

{QUOTE-> Never had the need for Firefox extensions. Opera's built in functionalities suite me just fine. ;D <-QUOTE}
Same here, I always like to keep the extensions to a minimum in FF, I only use mouse gestures, which Opera already has, and NoScript. The main selling point for me is just speed, which Opera seems to excel at..

[nick s]

FYI, with 9.50 on XP, I see Opera's cache location has changed from...

\Documents and Settings\your username\Application Data\Opera\Opera\profile\cache4

to...

\Documents and Settings\your username\Local Settings\Application Data\Opera\Opera\profile\cache4

If you wipe Opera's cache on demand (as I do with Eraser), you will need to adjust the path.

Nick

[gerardwil]

{QUOTE-> How u keep the Favicons only as bookmarks. Whenver ii use the option to delete private data in Opera my favicons are gone. <-QUOTE}

Just rightclick on a Favicon, choose properties and delete the text after the Favicon. That's it :)

Gerard

[aigle]

Ya, I undersatnd that. I was asking to prevent their deletion during deleting private data in Opera. For that u need to mark favicons as read only.

[bman412]

{QUOTE-> FYI, with 9.50 on XP, I see Opera's cache location has changed from...

\Documents and Settings\your username\Application Data\Opera\Opera\profile\cache4

to...

\Documents and Settings\your username\Local Settings\Application Data\Opera\Opera\profile\cache4

If you wipe Opera's cache on demand (as I do with Eraser), you will need to adjust the path.

Nick <-QUOTE}

Wondered why CCleaner can't clear Opera's cache after my upgrade to 9.5 :D Thanks for the head's up. Added the following line to CCleaner's ini file and hope it does the job.

Include1=PATH|C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application Data\Opera\Opera\profile\cache4\|*.*

*edit* Seems I may have to add the profile folder including subdirectories to clear the cache. True or not? ???

*edit* forgot to mention the user must tick on the Custom Folder's dialogue box on CCleaner's GUI (bottom line on the Windows tab)

[Firebytes]

Hopefully CCleaner will come out with a new update to quickly address the fact that Opera stores to a different location now.

[fce]

hopefully KIS8 "privacy cleaner" will include Opera....not only IE.

[nick s]

{QUOTE-> *edit* Seems I may have to add the profile folder including subdirectories to clear the cache. True or not? <-QUOTE}
Wiping the profile\cache4 folder should be sufficient. I follow that with using Opera's "Delete Private Data" function to delete everything else (history, cookies, etc). Do not depend on Opera to securely erase its cache. The last time I checked, Opera does not wipe its cache and those cache files are easily recoverable.

On my XP systems, the profile\opcache folder contains what looks like a config file that includes the following text:

"This file is part of the Opera web browser.
**
** This script patches sites to work better with Opera
** For more information see http://www.opera.com/docs/browserjs/
**
** If you have comments on these patches (for example if you are the webmaster
** and want to inform us about a fixed site that no longer needs patching) please
** report issues through the bug tracking system
** https://bugs.opera.com/
**
** DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE! It will not be used by Opera if edited."

Deleting it may break something. Opera does not recreate it once it's gone. I would leave it alone.

Nick

[stapp]

When you go here
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application Data\Opera\Opera\profile\cache4\

the revocation certificates are kept there which I believe check the validity of a site.

Should these be cleaned?

[SystemJunkie]

Opera 9.5 looks royal on Vista.

[nick s]

{QUOTE-> When you go here
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application Data\Opera\Opera\profile\cache4\

the revocation certificates are kept there which I believe check the validity of a site.

Should these be cleaned? <-QUOTE}
ATM, on my XP systems, the 1KB files in that folder (vlink4.dat, etc) contain no possibly sensitive info. That could change. For now, I see nothing that needs wiping in the "revocation" folder.

Nick

[SystemJunkie]

FOr Vista this way:{QUOTE-> AppData\Local\Opera\Opera\profile\cache4 <-QUOTE}

{QUOTE-> AppData\Local\Opera\Opera\profile\images <-QUOTE}
A separate icon space, interesting.

[fce]

any idea why my opera used ~100k of memory?

IE used only ~40k

[WSFuser]

The new Opera uses more memory for cache (performance?) I think.

[Fuzzfas]

{QUOTE-> The new Opera uses more memory for cache (performance?) I think. <-QUOTE}

Mine uses 50 MB right now. I have set History to 1000 addresses and uticked "remember content in visited pages".

[Arup]

Roughly 50-100mb here on my 8gb RAM system.

[aigle]

Around 64 MB with about 12 tabs open- no memory teaking etc.

[L815]

Opera's new look is very very nice. I wish FF would learn a few things from the GUI designers of Opera :P

QT feels much lighter and more responsive than what Mozilla uses.

[aigle]

{QUOTE-> Opera's new look is very very nice. <-QUOTE}
Really it is impresssive. I never liked previous GUI and none of the skins. This one is so nice. No need for any skins now.

I am also impressed with GUI pf IE7, very neat n elegent and so is Opera now.

[acr1965]

Anyone used this?

Customize Google for Opera-

http://www.smir.de/cg/

[the insider]

i like Opera 9.5 very much but I find no solution to the problem that everytime Opera is started, the widgets need to be restarted also ( by hand) ... is there no autostart mode ?

[cet]

{QUOTE-> The new Opera uses more memory for cache (performance?) I think. <-QUOTE}
That was what I was thinking before trying new skins for Opera.After trying the beos-3-0 skin I found out that the new skin is using more memory.Now I am using the beos-3 skin and Opera uses 40 MB at most.Before it was using 100 MB.

[aigle]

{QUOTE-> i like Opera 9.5 very much but I find no solution to the problem that everytime Opera is started, the widgets need to be restarted also ( by hand) ... is there no autostart mode ? <-QUOTE}
Try this. Open a blank page and start your widgerts. Save this as a session. Then set Opera to restore/ load this session on each launch.

[the insider]

Thanks Aigle !!!!!!!!! It worked !!!!!!!:-*

[aigle]

Nice to hear that it worked! :)

[ghodgson]

Hi, I have been using Opera 9.5 now for about a week and at first loved it, but as time passed I noticed it was quite buggy when browsing-- as reported on their website, (I believe 9.51 is due out imminently with some fixes). So I uninstalled 9.5 and went back to 9.2, or at least tried to, 9.5 was a devil to get rid of. Finally did a clean install of 9.2 and now I notice if I get an email with a weblink, and click the link nothing happens, that is the browser doesn't open. I have looked around Opera and OE but can't see anything. Anybody got any ideas?

Cheers Gordon

[Arup]

Under set program defaults>custom set Opera as your default browser.

[Togg]

I noticed the CCleaner cache cleaning issue and am happy to wait for a CCleaner update.

Another thing I noticed was that using 'Immunize' in Spybot no longer finishes the 'Opera Owner (Cookies)' section. I'm not particularly worried, just interested.

[Arup]

CC has been updated to incorporate the latest Opera issue. Its on version 208

[huntnyc]

{QUOTE-> CC has been updated to incorporate the latest Opera issue. Its on version 208 <-QUOTE}

Is there a build 2.09? If so, where is this build for CCleaner? Thanks.

Gary

[Arup]

Its 208.588 currently.

[aigle]

{QUOTE-> CC has been updated to incorporate the latest Opera issue. Its on version 208 <-QUOTE}
No, it is not. I tried and it still scans older cache file loaction only.

[Arup]

Thanks for the clear up.

[Arup]

http://majorgeeks.com/CCleaner_With_Yahoo_Toolbar_d5125.html

2.90 finally out.

[ghodgson]

Thanks Arup,

{QUOTE-> Under set program defaults>custom set Opera as your default browser. <-QUOTE}

I should have realised, I changed it and everything is ok now.
Many thanks Gordon

[Arup]

{QUOTE-> Thanks Arup,



I should have realised, I changed it and everything is ok now.
Many thanks Gordon <-QUOTE}


You are welcome, I even have my mail client set to Opera and it works well.

[rdsu]

I'm already waiting for Opera 10... ;D

For those who use Opera in a debian based OS, like me: The Opera .deb Repository (http://deb.opera.com) ;)