encyclo - 11:19 am on Feb 9, 2006 (gmt 0)

I've had this beta crash on me a few times today

I think we've been a bit confused by the nomenclature used by the Opera team for their test releases: apparently a "preview" for them is pre-beta and is considered unstable. Beta follows after the TP versions. See:

[snapshot.opera.com...]

So the bugs we are seeing are more understandable, and Opera 9.x has still a way to go before release.