14 DAY TRIAL // 11.5.1 may not be a Mac-specific update for the feature-packed Opera web browser developed in Oslo, Norway, but it sure is significant for those who’ve adopted Apple’s latest cat.
Described as a security and stability upgrade, Opera 11.51 is recommended to all users running OS X Lion.
According to the Norwegian software company with the same name, Opera now finally supports the new Full Screen application mode in Mac OS 10.7 Lion.
Softpedia has tested the update and can confirm that it works flawlessly, moving Opera another step closer towards its goal of providing the most intuitive and Mac-like experience, as far as the Apple fan base is concerned.
Sadly, the scrolling lag and other graphical glitches on HTML5-rich web sites, such as Apple.com, have not been fixed.
What Opera Software has managed to fix for Mac users in particular is an issue where web fonts can cause a crash under OS X Lion.
Other issues that have fallen to their demise thanks to the new release include:
Fixed
- Extension manager utlizes too much CPU - Opera Turbo button lost on upgrade if the Status Bar was modified - Crash when dragging a button from the Appearance dialog onto the Tab Bar - Suggested extensions disappear after second click in [+] window in Speed Dial - Extensions are launched even if set not to do so - Impossible to manually resize Speed Dial if custom number of columns is set - Installed extensions are not filtered out from the suggestions - Crashes on cancelling Speed Dial add dialog after clicking the add button twice - Stability improvements - Freeze on opening dialogs and on address field input when certain AppleScript events are sent from third party applications - Crash when opening Opera Dragonfly with an old version cached locally