Download Opera 9.20

Opera has just released version 9.20 of its namesake program. Opera is a free-to-use internet browser with features such as tabbed browsing, a pop-up blocker, and an email program with a spam filter. Downloads are available in 31 different languages, including Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Solaris. New in this release is something Opera’Speed ​​Dial‘, which allows nine websites to be saved as thumbnails and can be quickly accessed by using a hotkey combination. The full list of changes made since version 9.10 is as follows:

User interface

• Changed keyboard shortcuts Ctrl + 0-9 to call speed dial entries. Panel activation shortcuts moved to Ctrl + Shift + 0-9
• Kiosk mode defaults to not displaying Speed ​​Dial. Added new kioskmode switch kioskspeeddial to enable feature.
• Added thumbnails on hover in Windows panel.
• Added support for automatic search from address bar when entering more than one word.
• Start bar disabled by default.
• Added support for animated GIF images in skins.

Mail, messaging, and news feeds

• IRC /quit messages now work properly.
• Transfer status on IRC improved.

Display and scripting

• CSS height:inherit now inherits the computed value.
• Scripts in framesets now execute onload.
• Applets inserted with innerHTML can now be called by JavaScript.
• Manipulating content inside about:blank will now change the address of about:blank to match that of the manipulating page.

Developer Tools

• Introduction of developer tools.

Security

• Fix for character encoding inheritance issue with frames, which could enable cross-site scripting. See the advisory.
• Fixed an issue regarding handling of FTP PASV response, as reported by Mark at bindshell.net
• XMLHttpRequest now treats separate ports on the same server as a different server. Issue reported by Egmont Koblinger.
• Fixed an issue where scripts could continue to run after leaving the page, as reported by Herrmann Manuel.
• Skandiabanken.no’s message about successful certificate installation is now shown.

Miscellaneous

• Multiple stability fixes.
• Voluntary, anonymous usage statistics reporting feature added.
• Flickr Organizr now works correctly in Opera.
• Full screen movies on YouTube now start.
• Images with broken exif data now display.
• Saving big images should now work more reliably.
• When specifying address:port without specifying the protocol, ” is once again inferred.
• Added support for the optional “key” in BitTorrent tracker requests.

[break]Speed ​​Dial in Opera. Click on the image for a larger version.