Changelog for Opera 8.01 Technical Preview 1 for Windows

Information

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• Build: 7583
• Released: May 6, 2005

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Release Notes

Unfortunately, a number of users have been experiencing frequest crashes when clicking links on certain pages since installing Opera 8.0 Final. This build contains a fix for these crashes. Your feedback about the stability of this release compared to Opera 8.0 Final is greatly appreciated.

Changes since Opera 8.0 Final

Display (Presto)

• Fixed a crash that could occur when clicking links
• Improved handling of the HTTP 204 status code
• Plugged a memory leak related to XMLHttpRequest (seen at Gmail, for instance)

SVG

• SVG animations are now disabled along with GIF animations (F12)
• Fixed several crashes
• Fixed various small problems

User Interface

• Fixed a problem with UTF-8 BOM characters that could prevent setup files from installing