Comments on: Opera 9.51 update

By: gary

gary — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 06:06:51 +0000

I found the biggest problem on linux. I have to stop and start gmail loading about five times. On windows (w2k pro & vista) I usually only have to stop & start loading gmail once after I call it up on Speed Dial the first time. Started with Opera 9.50, but Google has been playing with gmail as well, so it may not all be Opera’s fault.

It is still a pain nonetheless.

By: Shiro

Shiro — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:42:07 +0000

I do agree with everyone. I seem to be having issues with a few websites too, to include my Banks website and gmail. I hope they put out an update soon that will fix these issues. I have been useing Opera for quite some time and I would hate to move on.

By: D

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:02:16 +0000

@Ondra

Thank you so much.
Gmail and Googlemaps now work flawlessly.

Now I wonder what did google change to make it suddenly stop working…hmm.

By: vanshyp

vanshyp — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:41:56 +0000

I can assure you that gmail2 is working in Opera 9.51 by default. You do not need any userjs to make it work. even the standard link https://mail.google.com/mail/ works now. You don’t have to append “?nocheckbrowser” anymore.

The default user-agent has changed to “Opera/9.xx” since… well, version 9. No more default spoofing as MSIE. Make sure the value under “opera:config#UserAgent|SpoofUserAgentID” is set to “1″ so that Opera identifies itself correctly. Then reload Gmail and see if it works. If it doesn’t, right click the page and edit the “site preferences-network” tab. Make sure that “Identify as Opera” is checked, save your settings and reload the page.

If that doesn’t work, check for any userjs, adblock scripts (urlfilter.ini anyone :-)) or user css that may interfere with Gmail2. That should do it… Almost… I had to do the ol’ https://mail.google.com/mail/?nocheckbrowser trick at work for some reason. Maybe the proxy spoofs user-agents? Who know… Who cares?! It works now

If the above doesn’t help, you’re on your own.

By: Sayed Sharif

Sayed Sharif — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:29:02 +0000

I do not know why but Opera 9.51 build 2061 for linux still have many bugs in it. Opera freezes often. my setup is 1.25 gig ram 2.0 ghz ubuntu 8.04 so i know it is not a hardware issue. I don’t want to sound like I am complaing I love that Opera is on Linux but the latest version leaves alot to be desired. I use firefox most of the times now instead of the inverse, I hope they will iron out the bugs in the next update.

By: Driving me crazy

Driving me crazy — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:37:20 +0000

9.51 on Vista is driving me crazy with many small problems that add up to it being virtually unusable. I’ve used Opera for about 10 years, don’t make me switch to something else.

Gmail doesn’t work properly. I’ll double click on send and it opens up a preferences window, the wait circle goes round and round and nothing happens. I copy my emails text. Close GMail and reopen it, paste the text into my email, click send and it will go.

I’ll click on Gmail in the Speed Dial and nothing happens. I’ll cick on it again a few minutes later and it MIGHT work. If it doesn’t I’ll delete private data, close Opera and reopen it and it MIGHT work.

Also the speed dial will show the wrong websites eg For Gmail it may show Yahoo (also on my speed dial page)

It also seems to remember where I was last time and when i open Yahoo mail it will open at Send Mail - with a blank email ready to be sent

There are too many other little bugs like this but its driving me mad.

I thought it was vista and reinstalled it but its just the same

HELP

By: @li

@li — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:49:45 +0000

The temporarily solution is link http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=1&disablechatbrowsercheck=1

By: totti

totti — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:08:04 +0000

Yeah, Gmail is not working for me either!

(9.51 upgrade from 9.50 on WinXP)

I tried identifying the browser as Opera
Tools > Preferences > Advanced > Content > Manage Site Preferences
with no luck, its already identified as Opera!

I noticed Minusf suggestion, I donno though about its security, specially when Google says in its disclaimer..

(Please note that this project is not officially affiliated with Google or Opera Software and that Opera is not an officially supported browser for Gmail.)

Pluto posted the problem on July 3rd, why hasn’t this been fixed yet?!

By: Ondra

Ondra — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:40:35 +0000

I had the same problem and solved it by unchecking the Site Preferences->Content->Enable Content Blocking checkbox. It’s some wierd google related problem as O9.51 has the same problem (with the same solution) on google maps as well.

By: KenKP

KenKP — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:07:05 +0000

@Damian I have the same problem.. gmail standard view was working fine with 9.51 for a while but stopped working for some reason.

By: JelmerBV

JelmerBV — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:32:30 +0000

@Tamil (for comment to Wojtek): doesn’t work either.
However, GMail is working for me in Opera 9.51 on another computer I’ve here…

By: minusf

minusf — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:27:25 +0000

the nocheckbrowser parameter works nice here (9.51) — it loads the new ui.
funny that it works great. one could also try this (i am using it at the moment):
http://code.google.com/p/gmail2-for-opera/

By: Drew

Drew — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:09:04 +0000

Gmail works for me now.
Thanks to whoever (pon) sent me the note about browser ID in Opera 9.51.
I changed the browser ID string to identify as Opera and Gmail works in standard mode.
This never affected it before, but as long as it works, I can switch as needed.
Maybe something changed in Gmail, but I don’t know.
I have to identify as IE for some sites I use.

By: Damian Kumor

Damian Kumor — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:43:32 +0000

Gmail was working with 9.51 for a bit but then stopped working for me about a week ago. Maybe they did something?

By: Tamil

Tamil — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:21:43 +0000

@Anoop, Try classic installer.

@Wojtek, Try https://mail.google.com/mail/?nocheckbrowser