Download Opera 10.0 Alpha Build 1491

A new development milestone of Opera 10.0 is now available for download, and this time around the browser comes in versions tailored to all supported operating systems, including Linux, not just Windows and Mac OS X as the release at the end of April. Opera 10.0 Build 1491, still in Alpha stage, went live at the end of the past week, and is now up for grabs. In the previous release, Opera has included automated crash reporting capabilities in version 10 Alpha, and it appears that the volume of feedback on the browser has increased.

“We are getting loads of useful crashlogs automatically submitted! Keep the devs busy! But: the more info you add in the crashlog dialog, the better. Please try not to submit the logs without any comments – having some details on the actual crash greatly speeds up identifying the actual issue. And fixing it,” promised Claudio Santambrogio, Opera QA desktop test manager.

Opera 10.0 Alpha Build 1491 brings to the table various enhancements boosting stability, UI tweaks, compatibility and even the Turbo component. According to Santambrogio, the crash reporting features of the browser have been improved. He also noted that opera:config#UserPrefs|ShowCrashLogUploadDialog allows for the crash update dialog to be switched off. An issue affecting the Turbo icon height has been resolved, with Opera also making sure that “context caches get cleared along with normal cache; [and that] performing a full reload with new usage info when opening images manually,” Santambrogio added.

When it comes down to stability, Opera 10.0 Build 1491 no longer crashes when the “tab closing behavior is "Activate first tab opened from current tab." There are also fixes that prevent the browser to crash when tabs are dragged in and out of windows, “on form submit, on right click input, on printing,” Santambrogio said.

The latest build of Opera 10.0 for Windows is available for download here.
The latest build of Opera 10.0 for Linux is available for download here.
The latest build of Opera 10.0 for Mac OS X is available for download here.