Opera --> New Stable Version Released!

Hi,

The Opera browser's built-in ad block feature has been out in the stable channel for quite some time now.

• What's your opinion (if you have one)?
• Do you know of any recent tests or reviews?
• What do you sacrifice (if any) using this feature compared to an browser extension?

 

I think it is not too bad. It blocks a pretty amount of ads. However there is a room and still quite a big for improvements. Especially in its customization. Foremost they should include the list of various advert filters (like uBlock or Adguard) for easy selection.

 

I agree with every word.

Talking about speed. I've ran some tests yesterday against Adguard and uBlock Origin and I must say it was quite hard to tell any difference, specially against uBlock Origin (even with more lists activated than the native blocker). But, I'm not a tester and just compared the network loading time in the dev tools. Anyway, my conclusion so far is that you might as well keep Adguard or uBlock Origin because the customization part is way more user friendly. Both extensions also provides more services than just blocking ads.

 

Yes, I do.

 

The VPN has been down for several days now in the x64 developer. States "we are working on it!" Anyone know what is going on? Thank you!

 

They identified VPN memory leak heavily taking the RAM, they work on a fix.

 

40.0.2308.90 – 2016-10-18 blog post

• DNA-57279 NI does not work on XP
• DNA-57403 [Mac] Network installer retries download only 3 times
• Chromium has been updated to 53.0.2785.143

 

Opera 41 - faster and better browsing

 

41.0.2353.54 – 2016-11-08 blog post

• DNA-57379 Crash on refreshing of tooltip text when deleting a bookmarks bar bookmark in folder menu
• DNA-57387 Crash if host player closed right after opening detached video
• DNA-57430 Weird animation when opening a tab with middle-click when there’s tabs to the right of the active one already
• DNA-57633 Detached video is white for few seconds after detaching
• DNA-57701 [CAT]Crash in v8::internal::CodeStubAssembler::NumberDictionaryLookup / opera::OperaExternalVideoPreviewDelegate::~OperaExternalVideoPreviewDelegate
• DNA-57741 On any page refresh, the video popout closes
• DNA-57742 Keyboard input breaks after right clicking / mouse gesturing on detached video
• DNA-57756 Videopopout position not restored
• DNA-57775 [PN] Less articles than expected
• DNA-57816 [PN] Request: add fail-safes to discover api requesting code
• DNA-57838 [PN] XSS in Personalized Newsreader

 

41.0.2353.69 – 2016-11-23 blog post

• DNA-57985 Moving elements in bookmarks bar crashes Opera
• Chromium was updated to version 54.0.2840.99

 

Opera 42 has been released.

 

42.0.2393.94 – 2016-12-20 blog post

• DNA-57763 [CAT] Crash in KeyStorageKeyring::GetKey
• DNA-58479 Crash at opera::BookmarkMenuDelegate::BookmarkNodeMoved(bookmarks::BookmarkModel*, bookmarks::BookmarkNode const*, int, bookmarks::BookmarkNode const*, int)
• DNA-58498 Port Chromium’s fix for content::TextInputClientObserver::GetFocusedPepperPlugin crash to desktop-stable-55-2393
• updated Chromium to version 55.0.2883.87

 

Has anyone tried this yet? It's a new experimental browser of the future.

https://www.opera.com/neon

 

Say hello to Opera Neon, our new concept browser
http://www.opera.com/blogs/desktop/2017/01/opera-neon-concept-browser/

Meet Opera Neon, Opera's radical vision for the future of web browsers
Don't expect Opera Neon to replace the main Opera browser, though.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/3156...al-vision-for-the-future-of-web-browsers.html

 

ucant do anything with this. it only looks good thats all. U cant even put the site on fullscreen. There are literealy no options at all and no extension support. But Opera have say it is just a browser to show of for futures they maybe add to the normal opera. they dont want to make a to a full new browser at the moment.

 

OK, so you didn't see any groundbreaking features. Perhaps I will check it out, but I have a feeling it will be crappy.

 

No nothing new at all. just the standard chrome features. in fact chrome has way more futures at the moment than the "new" opera.

 

42.0.2393.351 – 2017-01-24 blog post

• DNA-57724 Warn user about data deletion when another opera is installed(the same stream different arch)
• DNA-57821 [Mac] Middle click in bookmarks bar menu works only after closing the menu
• DNA-58151 [Win] Handler not set properly on the engine side
• DNA-58406 LocationConfiguration retry timer can target wrong object
• DNA-58477 Currency converter not recognising decimal separator correctly
• DNA-58646 Use the “Opera Software AS” cert for all signatures
• DNA-58725 assistant_installer does not compile
• DNA-58745 [installer] Update same stream always to one location
• DNA-58764 [win] Shortcuts not removed when uninstalling x32 installed over x64
• DNA-58879 [Win7] Pinned shortcut is not removed when uninstalling x32 installed over x64

 

42.0.2393.517 – 2017-01-26 blog post

• Revert: DNA-58151 [Win] Handler not set properly on the engine side
• DNA-58671 USB installed does not send stats to OSP
• DNA-58902 [Settings] Wrong anchor to currency converter help link
• DNA-58944 [Installer] Crash at the end of install process