14 DAY TRIAL // Opera Software has updated the under-development version of its web browser, fixing core and UI bugs, while improving Opera Unite. A couple of changes on the Mac side are reported as well. Opera is a feature-packed web browser available for Mac OS X, Windows and Linux, and is free to download and use on any supported machine.
According to the release notes for Opera 10.10 Build 6652 Beta Unite, the user-interface changes include: auto-update dialog minimize not functional (grayed out) when status bar is disabled; string for describing Turbo compression rate should be more intuitive; Opera can crash when clicking “Download and install” in the auto-update dialog.
“We invite developers all over the world to use their creativity and imagination to push the boundaries of what is possible with Opera Unite,” Jon von Tetzchner, CEO, Opera, said. “We are moving closer to our goal of reinventing the Web and are excited to see Opera Unite continue to evolve in powerful and compelling ways.”
Core changes also include mostly fixes. Those are: [+] not converted to space in queryItems collection values; changing src of iframe adds history position; dynamically created contentEditable elements aren't editable unless html has contentEditable initially; regression: can't scroll by grabbing the slider, it moves widget instead; crash when opening downloaded widget.
Opera Unite, described as a novel technology platform that shakes up the old client-server computing model of the Web, is also seeing improvements in version 10.10 Build 6732. Opera Software says that Unite can turn any computer into both a client and a server, allowing it to interact with and serve content to other computers directly across the Web. The company has improved Unite discoverability (links to launch services from the Opera Unite Home, Unite panel is now open by default), while adding some UPNP Service Discovery improvements and bringing the Messenger to a more recent version. Other changes include:
· Removed the Sonar service from the packaged services; · 'Upgrade' now only possible with a newer version of a service; · Updated version numbers for all preinstalled apps, updated Messenger with lots of graphical fixes; · Fixed some encoding issues; · IP changes detection enabled; · Partial Fix of Bug DSK-267464 (Open Unite panel by default (clean install)).
Mac-specific tweaks include a removed broken UPNP tweak and a reverted tweak to always use JavaScript direct execution (caused plugin problems).