Changelog for Opera 6.0 for Linux TP 1

This document details the changes made in Opera for Linux since version 5.

Changelog

  • Alpha-transparency for PNG images
  • Support for XBM, BMP, WBMP
  • Faster network communication
  • Faster page layout
  • Unicode support
  • Gesture support
  • "Delete private data" dialog box
  • Extended MDI behavior. A normalized window can now appear on top of a maximized window without causing a resize of the maximized window
  • Quick Preferences menu (press F12) with a number of handy on/off functions (javascript, popup-windows etc)
  • Help is now shown in separate windows
  • Contact list support
  • Bookmark bar > Personal bar with more capabilities
  • Improved bookmark editing capabilities
  • Integrated search in bookmark page of hotlist view
  • Panel support in hotlist view
  • Bookmarks can be exported as an HTML page
  • Skinning capabilities
  • Cookie editor
  • KDE 1/2 bookmark import. All bookmark paths can be specified
  • Scroll position is restored in open documents
  • Improved plug-in support:
    • Codeweaver's crossover plug-in works (e.g. Quicktime w/Sorenson)
    • Tcl 2.0 plug-in works
    • "Find plug-ins" works (mostly...)
    • Preference setting for plug-in search path
    • Lots of stability improvements
    • Possibility (through editing opera5.ini) of setting timeouts
  • xml support
  • Double/triple click on document text combined with language and currency translations (Hotclick)
  • New printdialog that accepts a custom printer setup
  • Numerous bugfixes
  • Tip of the Day support
  • A lot more I have forgotten now

See the changelog for Opera 5.0.