Software Update: Opera 7.20 beta 3 build 3038 Windows

raf draws our attention to version 7.20 beta 3 build 3038 of the Internet browser Opera. This release is only available for Windows and is available from this location are downloaded. Unfortunately, Linux users will have to wait a little longer for the third beta version. Below you can read what the changes are compared to version 7.20 beta 2:

General

• Crash fixes
• Fixed several crashes when closing pages
• Fixed problem where saving pages or images occasionally crashes Opera
• Fixed crash at
• Fixed several general web site crashes
• Several BiDi fixes
• Arabic Shadda breaks joining
• Two consecutive unicode control codes should be two separate words
• Bugfix for two consecutive BIDI_ES characters
• Several display fixes
• Numerous fixes for run-ins and absolute positioned boxes
• Fixed that background sometimes disappeared when turning print preview on and off
• Fix for max-width not wrapping float text
• Fixed display or MAP elements
• Several DOM/ECMAscript fixes
• Fixes to get XML Events working again
• Scripts with language=”” are no longer ignored
• Fixed several problems with getComputedStyle
• Fixed a style.backgroundColor problem
• Adjusted security password policy: Minimum 6 characters and either
• At least one alphabetic character and one non-alphabetic character, or
• At least one character from a non-western european character set (specifically: not Latin-1)
• Autologin with wand even if there is no username
• Added experimental support for IPv6. See INI settings section of changelog for related preference
• Added ability to delay initial document paint. See INI settings section of changelog for related preference
• Dialup should work again
• Fixed use of OperaDEF6.adr for bookmarks and missing default bookmarks
• New URL scheme supported: data (RFC 2397)
• Fix for sending form data written in Japanese/Russian/etc. Should fix many form related issues (CNN QuickVote, banking sites, etc.)
• Fix for AltGr+z, AltGr+n opening page/window instead of typing a Polish character on Win9x systems
• Reintroduced Newsstand Fashion

User Interface

• Always change text in address dropdown when switching pages when address dropdown control is located outside the address toolbar
• Show an archive icon for files with extension ‘gz’ in hotlist/links view
• Append addresses that are entered from the “Go to” dialog box (F2) to the typed history list
• Pressing Enter/Return will now activate the selected page entry in the window view of the hotlist
• Tooltips and drag’n’drop in mails and panels should now work
• Support for opening a new page at the location a url was dropped in the pagebar + rightclick menu support in hotlist/window list
• Fix a delete problem in the keyboard config dialog and let “Default” in the same box work properly
• Do not place a copy of a bookmark/contact in trash when CUT’ing it
• Fixed regression bug: Rightclick-select disabled in some menus
• Show image name (not path) in image property dialog caption
• Added support for confirmation when closing all pages or closing all but active page
• Fix for sending window to back, when using classic MDI window cycle
• Try not to steal focus from other apps
• Fix for starting opera with minimized pages
• Many small fixes to make opera mdi (when pagebar is off) work a bit more like classic windows mdi
• Allow bookmark drop inbetween other bookmarks even though we are in sorted mode so that the bookmark will “jump” to sorted position when dropping it
• Move keyboard focus to document when pressing escape in search dropdown, zoom dropdown and search edit fields
• Fix for address field not being set right away when opening a bookmark or similiar
• Fixed a problem that caused the “reuse window” setting to be ignored from the F2 dialog box

M2

• Initial support for mail export to mbox format added for accesspoints/views
• Crash fix, renaming view without email account set up. May also fix some filter related crashes
• Fix for account selector not updating properly