Take a look at this post on the Opera blog. Go ahead, I’ll wait here until you get back.

Now, did that look like an announcement for a new version of Opera? It does mention an Opera version (36), but it doesn’t say whether version 36 has been released, or if so, when. Maybe it means they’re still working on it. Maybe it was released two weeks ago and they’re just now talking about it. There are also no links to release notes or change logs.

I don’t keep current version numbers in my head. So I ran Opera and checked its About page. Sure enough, it was version 35, and it started downloading Opera 36 right away. Great!

To find out what changed in Opera 36, I started with the current software versions page (that I formerly maintained) on this site. That page had links to the Opera change logs and release notes (current, previous, and history).

According to the change log for Opera 36, the new version fixes numerous bugs, including some related to crashing and performance issues. None of the bugs addressed seem to be related to security.

The sort-of announcement for Opera 36 doesn’t provide much additional information. Mostly it’s about improvements related to Windows 10.

There’s also a ‘unified change log‘ for Opera 36, that lists what Opera considers to be the most important changes in Opera 36: better Windows 10 compatibility, minor improvements to the Start page, and stability and performance improvements.

A couple of minor bug fixes and a Chromium Engine update prompted the release of Opera’s latest version, 35.0.2066.68. You can check out the full change log, but trust me, there’s not much there.

Opera 35 features tab audio muting, improvements to download management, a separate search box, and access to more settings. The Webkit-based version of Opera is finally starting to look like the browser it replaced, although we’re not quite there yet. Tab control is still somewhat lacking: there’s no setting to switch to a new tab automatically, for instance.

The new version includes numerous other changes and bug fixes, including several related to stability. The unified change log for Opera 35 provides a brief overview of the changes, while the full change log gets into the technical details.

The announcement for Opera 34.0.2036.50 states that the new version consists of stability and performance improvements. The change log provides very little additional information.

A few minor bug fixes motivated a new release of the Webkit-based Opera browser on January 12. Of particular interest for Netflix users is a fix for aspect ratio problems. There are apparently no security fixes in this release. The change log has additional details.

The latest version of the Webkit-based Opera browser is 34.0.2036.25. As usual, there was no proper announcement, just this weird article on the Opera desktop blog. At least the article bothers to point out that there is a new version, referring to it as 34.

The release notes describe some changes that are not likely to excite much interest, and go on to say vaguely that the new version contains ‘Stability enhancements and bug fixes.’

The full change log for version 34 lists numerous bug fixes and improvements. It’s not clear whether Opera 34 includes any security fixes, but I like to think anything like that would have been mentioned in the change log.