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Opera 10.50 | Windows ± OK

This is the prove that I am a quite impetuous person. Few days ago I made a rant on Opera 10.50 Beta (I was heavlity disaapointed, no kidding: I expect the best from the best ones, mercy is just for average ones). But I have to say it loud: I am currently using Opera Beta 10.50 on Windows. I uninstalled it anyway. But I installed it back to make the screenshot that accompained the rant. And I just forgot to uninstall from previous time.

Few days later I just opened and I was surprised by an announcment that Beta2 was out. And that one did not crashed. So I went more and more for it. And surprisingly (never seen a release that fast) Opera 10.50 definitive came out. So from now on I kept on with Opera. (Just on Windows, on Mac I keep on using the venerable and sattisfactory Camino).

So as you remember about my issues:

  1. Crashes: No crashes since Beta2. Perfect.
  2. Widgets: I stopped using them. I liked the old ones, that just worked while on the browser.
  3. The MenuBar dissapearance: Well, as Al-Khwarizmi told me, it was not gone forever: I could re-enable it.

Oops, but that was a bad move: there is an ugly bug on the Menu Bar:

Opera 10.50 and the ugly font rendering on the menu bar

In case you don't notice, the font is not rendered with smooth edges. Does not seem a big deal in this screenshot but it makes the fonts not very much legible at small pixel size (in my laptop screen). Never the less I am just hoping the fix it as soon as they can.

12 March 2010