Release Notes

* Opera 9.5 is a recommended security and stability upgrade. See the Security section.
* This release also introduces new storage and indexing formats for Opera Mail (including feeds). See the Mail/News section.

Changes Since Opera 9.27
User Interface

* Introduced Opera Link.
o Opera Link enables the synchronization of Bookmarks, Personal bar, Speed Dial and Notes with other instances of the browser via the menu option File > Synchronize Opera. See: Opera Link - Web Everywhere.
o The most recent Speed Dial entries will always be used during the Opera Link synchronization process.
* Added Quick Find, an improved full text history search tool. Quick Find searches for text inside pages previously visited, not just the title and address. It is available from:
o the address field
o the history panel
o opera:historysearch
* A redesigned Address bar drop-down is displayed when entering text in the Address bar:
o Improved the visual design.
o Includes excerpts from previously visited pages (Quick Find - see above).
o Added bookmark title and URL to the address bar auto-completion.
o Improved the panel selector dropdown.
o Added local file auto-completion.
* Re-enabled the Status bar by default and copied some UI elements from the View bar to Status bar; View bar is now disabled by default.
* Speed Dial:
o Changed default Speed Dial search engine from Yahoo to Ask.
o Added Undo capability for Speed Dial entries through Edit > Undo, and Ctrl+Z, which restores a cleared url entry.
* Added alternative tab-closing behaviors. The preferences now include the following options when closing a tab:
o Activate the last active tab (default).
o Activate the next tab.
o Activate first tab opened from current tab.
* "Open with" functionality added to web page context menu and Transfer panel/page.
* Content blocking improvements:
o Added site-specific toggling of content blocking.
o Double-clicking entries in the Details dialog now edits them.
o CSS and JS files matching blocked patterns are now also shown in the Details dialog.
* Added ability to save only the active window as a session (File > Sessions > Save This Session > Only save active window).
* Disabled dragging links/favicons to arbitrary toolbars (exceptions: Personal bar and opera: buttons); hold Shift or open the Tools > Appearances dialog to enable dragging.
* Wand feature will no longer block form submits, making it possible to see if login was successful before storing your login credentials.
* Introduced a new security notification scheme in the address field; see Security..
* New spatial navigation highlighting introduced, similar to the one used in Opera Mini 4 and the Wii browser.
* Added spatial navigation for client side image maps, Xlink references in SVG documents and elements with click event handlers that simulate links/buttons.