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Opera for Windows 9.0 Build 8031 Technology Preview 1 beta

18 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/opera-for-windows-9-0-build-8031-technology-preview-1-beta.17290/

Sourabh
Sourabh Original post #1
Oct 21, 2005 at 12:18 AM
Opera for Windows 9.0 Build 8031 Technology Preview 1 beta

List of Changes:

User Interface: Enhanced pop-up blocker to detect more unwanted pop-ups
User Interface: Added new message console for warnings and error messages
User Interface: Added opera:config for managing preferences
User Interface: 'Find' feature now highlights all matches when searching for text on the page
User Interface: Added internal source viewer
User Interface: Implemented tab locking
User Interface: New bookmark icon in address bar
User Interface: Fix to prevent key presses being lost after using Alt+Tab
User Interface: Updated search.ini
User Interface: Changed keyboard shortcuts for closer cross-browser compatibility
Messaging and Newsfeeds: Enabled new IMAP code
Messaging and Newsfeeds: New account storage format
Messaging and Newsfeeds: Added support for Atom 1.0
Messaging and Newsfeeds: External embeds are now always allowed in newsfeeds, and are not disabled when the "Surpress external embeds" preference is set
Messaging and Newsfeeds: Fix to prevent chat windows going blank when redrawing from cache

Read More/ Source: Betanews

Download from: here | Size 3.9 MB

Hope Indyan doesnt KILL me.
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deadman #2
Oct 21, 2005 at 8:25 AM
Oh YEAH!

gr8 news

i mean its actually gr8

i luv opera(less than INDYAN)

deadman is here
goobimama
goobimama #3
Oct 21, 2005 at 12:48 PM
surprising that it was someone other than Indyan who posted this thread....

@ Sourabh: There is no hope left. indyan will surely...
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cyberia.in #4
Oct 21, 2005 at 10:43 PM
Who needs that memory hogging Fox ?! I'm falling in love with Opera.
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devilhead_satish #5
Oct 22, 2005 at 12:54 AM
Right you are. Now with RTF i have no reason at all to use Mozilla. Though it still has to be improved, this is just a tech preview.
expertno.1
expertno.1 #6
Oct 22, 2005 at 9:39 AM
hey hey the browser wars not here
go here for wars
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=30860

well on this ocassion opera 9.0 gives more speed than opera 8.0

just try it
busyanuj
busyanuj #7
Oct 22, 2005 at 9:56 AM
it had to come.
Opera 8.50 sure is buggy, it hangs while accessing gmail and many other sites, no wonder Opera 9 beta has been released.
expertno.1
expertno.1 #8
Oct 22, 2005 at 5:05 PM
hmmmm

one thing sad thoguh

couldn't overwrite opera 9 over opera 8

but i am using both

ok i want to import cookies from opera 8 to opera 9

is there a way ?

p.s i have already imported the bookmarks
Sourabh
Sourabh #9
Oct 22, 2005 at 9:58 PM
What do you mean to say? cant overwrite?

Close opera before starting the new setup.
expertno.1
expertno.1 #10
Oct 23, 2005 at 4:17 AM
yeah thast the problem

my cookies will go na
my caches
my mail setups

i am using both opera 8 and opera 9 at present

i want to copy all the chaches cookies and bookmars from 8 to 9
Sourabh
Sourabh #11
Oct 23, 2005 at 1:58 PM
What are you talking about expert? Hope I am not missing something.

I still have got all my cookies, passwords, mail setup, bookmarks, customized personal bar intact. I dont this this version is any different. Just Close Opera and start the installation and install it in the same directory as before. Atleast that worked for me.
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shivaranjan.b #12
Oct 23, 2005 at 6:34 PM
Thanks for that news buddy..
Is it free???? Opera 8.50 was free...

Regards...
expertno.1
expertno.1 #13
Oct 26, 2005 at 6:11 PM
I still have got all my cookies, passwords, mail setup, bookmarks, customized personal bar intact. I dont this this version is any different. Just Close Opera and start the installation and install it in the same directory as before. Atleast that worked for me.
Click to expand...

hey thanks

i thought that this version will have different directory structure

and i read it somewhere that not to install v ersion 9 over 8

ok leave it

the problem is solved
mail2and
mail2and #14
Oct 26, 2005 at 9:56 PM
cyberia.in said:
Who needs that memory hogging Fox ?! I'm falling in love with Opera.
Click to expand...

have u ever tried using opera on other platforms? Try comparing Opera/FF on linux/OS X... u'll get the answer...
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cybermanas #15
Oct 26, 2005 at 10:14 PM
Opera will soon cut firefox to size.
Ashis
Ashis #16
Oct 27, 2005 at 7:04 PM
mail2and said:
cyberia.in said:
Who needs that memory hogging Fox ?! I'm falling in love with Opera.
Click to expand...

have u ever tried using opera on other platforms? Try comparing Opera/FF on linux/OS X... u'll get the answer...
Click to expand...

Whats the Answer? :?
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Sreekanth V #17
Oct 27, 2005 at 10:59 PM
Right Opera in Linux hogs more memory.
But who want to use those memory hogging Linux!
I have only 128 mb ram and Windows XP works faster than linux in my system. I am going to delete the linux partitions completely.
Opera works fine with Windows (in 128mb ram itself) ,than FF.
BTW , I am waiting egerly for the full relese of Opera 9.
Sourabh
Sourabh #18
Oct 28, 2005 at 1:20 AM
Anyone who upgarded to the build 8031, having probs in resuming the partial downloads left half way previously. I am not able to resume all of them. Messed everything :| All i now see in the Filesize and Progress is ??.