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Gordon Darling
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news.opera.no
Opera 7.50 Preview 3 for Windows available
"Opera 7.50 Preview 3 for Windows is available for download. As usual,
discuss the new version in opera.beta and in the my.opera.com Beta
Testing forum. *Please do not distribute the download link directly*,
but link to the post in opera.beta or in the my.opera.com Beta Testing
forum.
Due to the experimental nature of this release, upgrading a previous
Opera installation is not recommended. If you'd like to test your
mail from 7.23 in this release, delete the \Opera\Mail\ folder, then
copy your *entire* Mail folder from 7.23 to your 7.50 Preview 3
installation.
=== Major New Features ===
* New - Chat File Transfer *
Opera Chat now has the ability to send and receive files from other
chat clients. To initiate a transfer, right-click another user's
nickname in the nick list and choose "Send file...". Transferred
files will display in the Transfers panel/window with a green down
arrow if they're downloads and a red up arrow if they're uploads.
* Manage Dialogs are Back! *
After a lot of valuable feedback, the Manage dialogs for Bookmarks,
Contacts, Links, and History, as well as the Transfer window, are
back. They can be accessed by their keyboard shortcuts or from the
Tools menu. The maximized panels are still available too, and can be
activated using their Ctrl+Shift+# (0 to 9) keyboard shortcuts or by
double-clicking on the panel selector button.
* Drastically Improved Threading *
Threading of e-mail and newsgroup messages should be greatly improved
with this release. There were some serious problems, especially when
you started a thread.
* SDI Feels the Love *
SDI has received some much-needed attention. For instance, keyboard
shortcuts for opening and closing pages and windows have been improved
and windows close when you close the last page. It should be a much
more comfortable experience for SDI users.
* Fixed Margin Collapsing Issues *
The display issues at LiveJournal.com have been fixed. Other web
pages that had large gabs since 7.50 Preview 1 should also display
better now.
* New - System Tray Icon *
For even better notification of new messages (and perhaps more later),
Opera now has a system tray icon. When you receive new messages in
the Unread view, it will change to an envelope. You can also focus or
exit Opera from the icon's context menu.
* Better Message Selection *
Opera now does a better job displaying the message most relevant to
you when you open a Mail view. Selected messages are also remembered
across sessions, so you'll never again have to find the message you
were looking at last time you used Opera.
A detailed list of changes is available at
http://people.opera.com/tim/changelogs/w750p3.html#detail.
news.opera.no
Opera 7.50 Preview 3 for Windows available
"Opera 7.50 Preview 3 for Windows is available for download. As usual,
discuss the new version in opera.beta and in the my.opera.com Beta
Testing forum. *Please do not distribute the download link directly*,
but link to the post in opera.beta or in the my.opera.com Beta Testing
forum.
Due to the experimental nature of this release, upgrading a previous
Opera installation is not recommended. If you'd like to test your
mail from 7.23 in this release, delete the \Opera\Mail\ folder, then
copy your *entire* Mail folder from 7.23 to your 7.50 Preview 3
installation.
=== Major New Features ===
* New - Chat File Transfer *
Opera Chat now has the ability to send and receive files from other
chat clients. To initiate a transfer, right-click another user's
nickname in the nick list and choose "Send file...". Transferred
files will display in the Transfers panel/window with a green down
arrow if they're downloads and a red up arrow if they're uploads.
* Manage Dialogs are Back! *
After a lot of valuable feedback, the Manage dialogs for Bookmarks,
Contacts, Links, and History, as well as the Transfer window, are
back. They can be accessed by their keyboard shortcuts or from the
Tools menu. The maximized panels are still available too, and can be
activated using their Ctrl+Shift+# (0 to 9) keyboard shortcuts or by
double-clicking on the panel selector button.
* Drastically Improved Threading *
Threading of e-mail and newsgroup messages should be greatly improved
with this release. There were some serious problems, especially when
you started a thread.
* SDI Feels the Love *
SDI has received some much-needed attention. For instance, keyboard
shortcuts for opening and closing pages and windows have been improved
and windows close when you close the last page. It should be a much
more comfortable experience for SDI users.
* Fixed Margin Collapsing Issues *
The display issues at LiveJournal.com have been fixed. Other web
pages that had large gabs since 7.50 Preview 1 should also display
better now.
* New - System Tray Icon *
For even better notification of new messages (and perhaps more later),
Opera now has a system tray icon. When you receive new messages in
the Unread view, it will change to an envelope. You can also focus or
exit Opera from the icon's context menu.
* Better Message Selection *
Opera now does a better job displaying the message most relevant to
you when you open a Mail view. Selected messages are also remembered
across sessions, so you'll never again have to find the message you
were looking at last time you used Opera.
A detailed list of changes is available at
http://people.opera.com/tim/changelogs/w750p3.html#detail.