Faster startup times on systems with NTFS and ReiserFS file systems.
Improved search results in Opera Mail when using Quick Find.
Opera can now be set as the default mail application from the control
panel.
Improved feed download speed when there are many existing feed messages.
Reduced CPU usage when downloading torrents.
Numerous bug fixes and optimizations.
Display and Scripting
Added MathML support. See the article on Dev.Opera.
Opera now cloaks document.all. See the discussion on Hallvord's
blog.
Improved performance of Web pages with XMLHttpRequest (AJAX).
Added support for getClientRects and getBoundingClientRect.
Added support for the CSS color and background-color properties for the
::selection pseudo-element.
ACID3
Zero bytes in encodeURIComponent and encodeURI are now handled correctly.
Unicode escapes can no longer be used to put non-identifier characters
into identifiers.
getSVGDocument is now supported in an iframe.
createDocumentType now throws an exception for malformed qualified name.
Fixed NodeFilter returning true => 1.
Fixed HTMLTableRowElement.rowIndex and .sectionRowIndex returning
undefined for table rows created via DOM.
HTMLButtonElement.type now defaults to "submit".
Fixed form control collection not indexed by name when outside the main
document tree.
Fixed Range.surroundContents().
Fixed insertNode to not collapse range.
Fixed removeNamedItem() and removeNamedItemNS() to throw a not-found
error.
Fixed NodeIterator to function well also under dynamic changes.
Fixed Date.UTC() to do proper 1900 year offsetting.
Miscellaneous
All mail and history searching now occurs in a separate processor thread.
Opera Link now synchronizes notes, in addition to bookmarks and Speed Dial
entries.
New search.ini includes Google Images and Wikipedia.
Improved compatibility with Gmail 2.
Security
Improved back-end for Fraud Protection, now enabled by default.
Added support for Extended Validation (EV) certificates.
Added automatic updates of root certificates.
Introduced a new security notification scheme in the address field:
gold lock on green field for secure sites with Extended Validation
silver lock on yellow field for regular secure sites
question mark on gray field for HTTPS sites with problems
no notification for normal sites
fraud warning on red field for blacklisted sites
Opera now distinguishes between local servers on localhost, intranet
servers, and remote servers on the Internet. Local servers can use remote
resources, but not vice versa.
Windows-specific changes
Improved performance of painting on Web pages demanding graphics-intensive
operations.
Windowless mode for Silverlight 1.1 now works.
Program Information Category:
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Free Version: 9.50 beta 2 Size: 4.3MB Works on: Windows
