Comments on: Opera 9.5 final released

By: Sancho

Sancho — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:07:17 +0000

I too was psyched to see 9.5 come out, but I’ve got a few complaints/words of warning for early adopters:

1. Attempting to download files by left clicking the link opens a new page and the percentage stalls almost immediately, typically less the 10%. The right-click “Save Linked Content As…” option seems to work, but files are often corrupted (e.g., zips won’t open, but are fine if i d/l with IE 7). Right-click option doesn’t work for files that auto-launch once a page starts to load.

2. Some web sites refuse to open (again, the stalled x% complete problem). They open fine in IE 7.

both the above probs do not occur in Opera 9.27.

NB: If you use Opera for email BE WARNED! A new format is in use, and if you convert your mail you cannot downgrade to 9.27 and still use mail (browser will work but you will not have access to your mail). Reupgrading to 9.5x works fine, mail is there, but so are the aforementioned problems.

Guess I’ll go post on the Community forums and hopefully find a fix.

By: honeydesign

honeydesign — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:44:59 +0000

Have anyone know how to downgrade from 9.5 to 9.27?

By: Rarst

Rarst — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:18:51 +0000

Do you get icons on new bookmakrs? If you do – try cleaning opera cache and killing icons files manually (don’t remember exact place, just look for tons of tiny graphic files in Opera folders).

If you don’t – time to try clean install and bug-report.

By: Binx

Binx — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:10:00 +0000

It was on top of previous version, which is why I was surprised. But no, the icons haven’t reappeared after visiting sites !!!

By: Rarst

Rarst — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:14:44 +0000

>disliking the overall look of the thing
Change skin – solved.

>All my bookmarks have lost their icons.
Was it clean install or on top of previous version? Anyway my educated guess is that they are going to reappear when you visit corresponding sites.

By: Binx

Binx — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:41:11 +0000

I installed 9.5, and apart from disliking the overall look of the thing, there’s one small problem I can’t seem to overcome. All my bookmarks have lost their icons. This is infuriating, since I can’t instantly spot the one I want, but have to laboriously read through them. Have I missed something obvious, or does anyone else have the same problem ?

By: 别了，Opera 9.5 | SilenceWolf

别了，Opera 9.5 | SilenceWolf — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 13:55:11 +0000

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By: Kaixi

Kaixi — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:38:32 +0000

@Angelo R.: Post the issue in the Opera Community forum. The devs of Opera Team do take a look at the posts from time to time.

By: Angelo R.

Angelo R. — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:37:37 +0000

Opera 9.5 seemed to be having a strange problem when working with wordpress. I attempted to write up a quick post, but whenever I hit the enter button it actually moved the current paragraph down and started the new one above it. Maybe it’s just me, but that’s pretty much a make or break deal for me. If I can’t update my blog, then it’s bye-bye opera.

By: Opera 9.5 - ::CiberneX::

Opera 9.5 - ::CiberneX:: — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:18:56 +0000

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By: Rarst

Rarst — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:25:04 +0000

Cool but I am waiting few more updates. :) It was in beta for months but there are always few bugs only release reveals – especially in major update.

>however, the first problem i noticed was that it takes a LOT OF TIME to start. opera 9.27 was quick. this one seems to eat a lot of memory and CPU resources

Sounds a lot like inplace upgrade issue… If you just dropped 9.50 on top of 9.27 try clean install instead.

By: Rajat Malhotra

Rajat Malhotra — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:10:16 +0000

Hey Martin…

In reference to my post above… well previously i had installed the new version over my previous one, i.e. upgraded it. later, i uninstalled opera and did a fresh install and everything became super cool…
opera’s my favourite browser once again… and frankly, mozilla can go suck an egg…

-Rajat

By: Rajat

Rajat — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:51:02 +0000

Hi Martin…

well i downloaded Opera 9.5 as soon as i read your RSS feed. it does open a lot of the websites which previously dint open in opera. however, the first problem i noticed was that it takes a LOT OF TIME to start. opera 9.27 was quick. this one seems to eat a lot of memory and CPU resources. frankly i was disappointed with this version just for this reason. the older opera was so much quicker and smooth.
anyone else having the same problem??
-Rajat

By: Kaixi

Kaixi — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:14:47 +0000

Martin, it’s offcial now. Check out opera.com