Comments on: 5 Reasons Why You Should Not Upgrade to Opera 9.5

By: Roto Rooter

Roto Rooter — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:43:11 +0000

I too have to second the warnings about 9.5x. As a long time opera user and advocate, I can’t believe that they have foisted this pile of sh*t on us.

The problem for me is related to the GDI (windows) problem. It would run longer with 9.51 than 9.5, but with 9.51 it was hanging the system! I hacked around and got 9.27 running as an alternate installation, and the system is back to normal. I even got it going with all of my personal data, EXCEPT for the email. I found this page looking for a way to export years worth of email stuck in 9.5x format. I always say backup early and often, but..

By: Peter Korkala

Peter Korkala — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:16:36 +0000

Whil I didn’t have that kind of problem (I upgraded from 9.27 -> 9.50), I still can agree with your warning.

Opera 9.50, including 9.51, is the most unstable program installed in my computer. It crashes several times a day here… I so want my Opera 9.27 back…

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:07:32 +0000

I can also confirm that opera v9.5 is the most unstable version I have seen for a long time! That is after testing the new released opera on several operating sytems. To see what I mean, do this test:
while downloading some files go to Transfers tab and right click on a finished file and check its properties…:-*

By: Christopher McKenna

Christopher McKenna — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:49:44 +0000

That has to be the worst post you can put out there R Mak. Here I am thinking there’s a major issue with Opera 9.5 and all it turns out to be is some fool did not save his bookmarks. It is really sad when you go online to inform everyone in this manner. All five reasons are solely related to your lack of understanding. People fail to understand and they immediately critize. THere’s nothing wrong with Opera latest version; it’s just coded into a new format where, 9.2 versions use another format. All you have to do is to go to bookmarks in the opera preference file, copy it, and fly it into 9.5’s prefs folder. All your bookmarks will be there. Learn how to use it before sounding the fire alarm.

By: usable

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By: heh

heh — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 10:53:42 +0000

So because you messed something up, everyone else will too?

The upgrade worked fine here. And the data isn’t deleted, it’s just stored somewhere else.

By: CoryMathews

CoryMathews — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:21:44 +0000

More then likely your beta is still installed. Just go back and export everything. Also it may sound dumb but did you resyncronize? All your bookmarks, notes, and speeddial are saved online if you just login, then you cannot lose them unless the server at Opera does.

By: JD

JD — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:15:17 +0000

That’s because you were using the beta version, it has nothing to do with problems with Opera itself. If you still have your beta installation of opera installed, you can move over everything you complained about with instructions from
http://my.opera.com/neeraj_deshmukh/blog/show.dml/6579
While, I do have problems with Opera 9.5, ignorance is a terrible reason to begin hating a browser.

By: web design company

web design company — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:34:54 +0000

You have been warned, don’t download or upgrade till you have backed up your private data.

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