• Where do I get it?
• Opera? What's that?
• Welcome to Opera - Now What?
• But I'm so into IE or Netscape
• Opera and DSLR?
• Opera and Proxomitron and/or my firewall?
• Other cool Opera features
• Screenshot
• Opera Tips and Tricks
• Opera Skins
• How do I store my personal information?
• How do I use Auto-scrolling?
• How do I go forward and backward?
• How do I delete the Typed URLs history?
• What are the options for graphics display?
• How do I set default image setting for new windows?
• What are Opera 8's User Agent Options? (ua.ini)
• Opera's Tabbed Browsing
• Ad Block for Opera?
• How do I install User JS Scripts?
• Alternative Ad Block for Opera
• How to remove What is Speed Dial and Hide Speed Dial buttons in Speed Dial?
• How to disable address bar auto-completion dropdown in Opera 9.50?
• Greasemonkey in Opera?
• Opera - Using G-Mail in Linux

You can download the browser at the Opera website: www.opera.com.

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by KeysCapt edited by lilhurricane
last modified: 2009-08-26 06:46:37

Opera is a very cool internet browser that has become quite popular. It is a stand-alone browser, meaning it is not dependent on any operating system, and it is "cross-platform", meaning there are versions for just about any operating system.

There is a version for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP which installs quickly and has you up and surfing in minutes with no hitches.

Opera just became free. (Sept 2005)

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by KeysCapt
last modified: 2005-09-23 21:37:27

As submitted by Rob A :

Welcome to opera, check out the following links to get started in the opera experience.

Opera Wiki (the opera bible): »nontroppo.org/wiki/Opera
Opera AdFilter: »operaadfilter.com
Opera AdBlocker & UA Editor: »www.diplo.co.uk/design/operatools.php
User JS Scripts: »userjs.org
Opera Spellchecker: »www.opera.com/support/tutorials/···llcheck/
The Original 30 Days to Becoming an Opera Lover: »tntluoma.com/opera/lover/6/
The Current 30 Days to Becoming an Opera Lover: »operalover.tntluoma.com/
Opera Resources: »www.howtocreate.co.uk/operaStuff/
Opera History: »www.markschenk.com/opera/history.html
Opera Button Maker: »nontroppo.org/tools/buttonmaker/
Opera Watch: »operawatch.blogspot.com
Opera Feature Tour: »www.opera.com/features/tour/
Shoust's Opera Page: »opera.oslocity.org/shoust/
Opera Skin Editor: »bachius.com/opera/skineditor/
Choose Opera: »chooseopera.com/
Drag N Drag Buttons: »www.xs4all.nl/~vangeijt/opera/dn···ons.html
Mouse Gestures: »www.opera.com/features/mouse/index.dml
Panels: »my.opera.com/community/customize/panel/
Skins: »my.opera.com/community/customize/skins/
Setups: »my.opera.com/community/customize/setups/
Language Files: »my.opera.com/community/customize/langs/
OpTool : »www.kreacom.dk/opera/optool/
Opera File Explorer: »users.westelcom.com/jsegur/#ofe
OpWic (plus more if you scroll down): »users.westelcom.com/jsegur/#opwic
OpSed: »opera-info.xorg.pl/en/
OpConfig: »www.philburns.com/opconfig.html
QuickShow: »www.philburns.com/quickshow.html
Opera Customizer & Profile Maker: »www.philburns.com/ocpm.html
Bookmarklets: »www.philburns.com/bookmarklets.html

Enjoy!

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by lilhurricane
last modified: 2007-07-29 11:28:18

Yeah, but after about a week of using Opera, you'll be amazed at how many features it has that pretty much blow away other browsers. And of course, in the case of Internet Explorer, you're not joined at the hip to your Operating System and the well publicized security features that are part of its baggage.

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by KeysCapt

There were some issues with DSL Reports as rendered in the Opera browser, but these have been addressed. See this thread:
/forum/remark,14279116

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by KeysCapt
last modified: 2005-09-04 15:27:42

Opera plays very nicely with Proxo.

Many have Proxo installed to help protect their privacy, prevent pop-ups, etc. Proxo is normally installed as a proxy, and Opera has no objection to that setup.

Opera also behaves nicely with Kerio Personal Firewall, and others as well.

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by KeysCapt

• FastForward and Rewind
  The FastForward and Rewind functions let the browser anticipate where you may want to go next
  
  
• Slideshow
  The FastForward button displays photo files on the Web in a slideshow. To see photos full-screen on a black background, simply press F11 to invoke Opera's presentation tool OperaShow
  
  
• Mouse Gestures
  Opera's amazing mouse gestures lets you do frequently performed browse operations with small, quick mouse movements. Mouse gestures can be found here at Opera.com
  *This added 10-12-05, courtesy of Rob A
  
  
• Built-in search
  Use the built-in search utility to search by just entering your search in the convenient search field at the top of the window
  
  
• Refuse pop-ups
  Opera can easily be configured to push all pop-up windows to the background, or to not show them at all. Just press F12 and choose..
  
  
• Skins
  Changing the look of a browser is easier with the new one-click skin install
  
  
• Mail Client
  Opera's mail client automatically categorizes and sorts e-mail messages, has an integrated spam filter, and supports POP3, IMAP, and ESMTP
  
  
• Small-Screen Rendering™
  Check out Opera's Web browser breakthrough for mobile phones and PDAs in your desktop browser
  
  
• Wand password manager
  Opera now offers one-click log-in to password protected sites
  
  
• Security
  Opera has been designed from the beginning with security and privacy in mind. Opera supports Secure Socket Layer (SSL) versions 2 and 3, and Transport Layer Security (TLS)
  
  
• Hotlist
  Bookmarks and history, windows sessions and e-mail can be now be managed via the Hotlist and shown respectively as a bookmarks, history, e-mail, or windows panel
  
  *Below added 08-22-05, courtesy of Rob A
  
  
• Quick Preferences
  Pressing F12 displays Opera's 'Quick preferences' menu to easily switch settings such as browser authentication, pop-up and cookie preferences.
  
  
• Notes
  Notes can be kept in conjunction with a Web site you want to refer to later, to remind you of any particular information you may like to review again.
  
  
• Zoom
  With Opera you can zoom the contents of any Web page from 20%-1000% using the zoom dropdown or the + and - keys.
  
  
• Fit To Window Width
  The ability to get rid of the horizontal scrollbar in a single click, without losing any of the page.
  
  
• Sessions
  Save a collection of open pages as a session, for later retrieval, or start with the pages you had open when Opera was last closed.
  
  
• IRC Chat
  Communicate with people all over the world using Opera's IRC chat client.
  
  

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by KeysCapt edited by lilhurricane
last modified: 2005-10-12 17:40:26

Click on the thumbnail to view a screen shot of the Opera browser:



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by KeysCapt
last modified: 2003-07-08 19:26:28

See this page

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See this page

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Tired of typing the same data into forms over and over again? Opera lets you save time by storing your personal information in the browser.

To store your information in Opera go to Tools-->Preferences-->Advanced-->Wand and fill in your data.

Next time you need to fill out a Web form, right-click on a field, choose Insert from the pop-up menu, and select your saved data from the provided list.

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by DSmithLady edited by MSeng
last modified: 2006-03-31 19:51:33

Click the scroll wheel once and see the mouse cursor change to a large "dot" with arrows appearing on the top or bottom, depending on whether you move your mouse up or down.

Now, you can move the mouse up/down and the page will automatically scroll. The speed depends on how far up or down you move the cursor. This way, you can, for example, leave the mouse and let the lines scroll slowly by while you sit back, relax, and read the text.

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by DSmithLady edited by MSeng
last modified: 2003-07-26 21:55:52

Opera remembers the documents you have visited in the correct order. This way you can easily re-visit places where you have just been. If you wish to go back to the last read page or several previous pages press on the left arrow in the button bar. The right arrow will move you forward again.

You can also move backwards and forwards in the history list by holding down the Ctrl or Alt key and using the Right and Left arrow keys or just using Z and X.

Opera also maintains a global history of all sites you have accessed. The number of entries can be set in the "History and cache" section of Opera's Preferences (accessed through the "File" menu or by pressing Alt+P on the keyboard).

*TIP* You can access the global history via Window > Special > History. The file where Opera stores these entries is called "global.dat", and you can delete it if you want to remove traces of your online surfing or if Opera crashes when trying to access it.

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by DSmithLady edited by MSeng
last modified: 2003-07-26 21:56:30

If you wish to delete the "Typed URLs" history, you can delete the file dhistory.dat, by default located in E:\System\Apps\OperaToggle image display.

*Note* Your drive letter may be different.

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by DSmithLady edited by MSeng
last modified: 2003-07-26 21:56:44

Opera has three settings for graphics: you can opt to see no images, only images that has previously been loaded, or all images on a page.

Because retrieving images can be very slow, the first two states may seriously speed up your browsing.

This setting can be toggled in any window by pressing the g key or clicking the button that looks like a tiny screen on the left side of the document address.

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by DSmithLady edited by MSeng
last modified: 2003-07-26 21:57:01

Open the File > Preferences menu, or press Alt+P

Select "Multimedia" from the left-hand side list

In the "Images" frame, select "Show loaded images only" to see images loaded in earlier sessions and stored in the cache.

Click "OK"

You can now select which images you want to load by right-clicking where the image will appear and selecting "Show image".

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by DSmithLady edited by MSeng
last modified: 2003-07-26 21:57:17

»operalover.tntluoma.com/8/day_9_uaini

domain.com=1 -- Identify as Opera
domain.com=2 -- Identify as Mozilla
domain.com=3 -- Identify as Internet Explorer
domain.com=4 -- Identify as Mozilla, hide Opera ID completely
domain.com=5 -- Identify as Internet Explorer, hide Opera ID completely

Now 1, 2, and 3 are (believed) the same as what you get if you make those choices via the F12 menu. What is new is 4 and 5, which come with the option of removing the word "Opera" from the User Agent string entirely.

By editing the ua.ini file you can trick sites into believing that you are using a different browser. Most of the time you will find that the sites work just fine, even if they told you that you had to use Netscape or Internet Explorer. This is highly recommended for just about any website run by Microsoft, especially MSN which has a history of blocking Opera for no reason.

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by JTM1051 edited by lilhurricane
last modified: 2005-09-03 17:18:21

Opera uses a completely different type of tabbed browsing than other browsers like Firefox and Netscape use. Opera uses MDI (Multiple Document Inferface) instead of SDI (Single Document Interface). This means that all your windows are handled inside opera. For example, say your browsing in Firefox and you click a link that is meant to open it a new page, it will open up a completely different window with a new set of tabs. In opera, it will open in a new tab, everytime. Even if you have popup blocking disabled, even popups will open inside opera, not in the taskbar, unlike in other browsers where they open in completely new windows.

What are the other advantages to MDI? You can view more than one tab at once, all inside opera! The attachment show examples of opera tiling windows. To tile windows press F6 + shift, press F5 + shift to cascade. You can also use find the cascade and tile buttons in tools-appearance-buttons-browser. This really comes in handly when you need to view more than one page at once.

(Tip: When cascading or tiling, you are likely to get a horizontal scrollbar, use fit to window width to make it go away by pressing ctrl + F11 or going to view>fit to window width.)





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by Rob A edited by lilhurricane
last modified: 2005-10-01 23:14:47

Yes, here' a way to block ads in opera.

Definition of Filter.ini can be found @ nontroppo.org

Software:

•Opera AdBlocker

Alternatives:

•Proxomitron
•AdMuncher

Flash Ads:
Hide objects until double click

•Flash Block

..another find by MarkAW - »my.opera.com/Lex1/blog/adblock-f···-helpers


Note: Links verified as of 11-07-10

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by Rob A edited by lilhurricane
last modified: 2010-11-07 09:06:27

To install a user javascript code, first save the script to a notepad file anywhere you want as a .js file. Then in opera go to tools-preferences-advanced-content-javascript options-and then 'My Javascript Files' type in the directory in which your .js files are located (for example, if your .js files are located in C:\userjs, then use that as the directory).

A lot of user JS scripts for Opera can be found here: »userjs.org

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by Rob A edited by lilhurricane
last modified: 2005-09-24 16:52:31

Fanboy's AdBlock List (Free)
»www.fanboy.co.nz/adblock/

How to Install:

Click on the Opera button and save the urlfilter.ini file into the following:
C:\Documents and Settings\"your username"\Application Data\Opera\Opera\profile

The following is for Windows XP only.

The "Application Data" subdirectory is a hidden subdirectory, so you may first have to do the following before you can download the urlfilter.ini file listed above:

Click on “My Computer”, then “Tools,” then “Folder Options,” then “View,” click on “show hidden files and folders”, then click “Apply”. All done. Now download the file as outlined above.

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by addicted2 edited by lilhurricane
last modified: 2007-12-16 09:52:18

Set Speed Dial "State" to 2.

This will also remove X in the upper right corner.

Ref: »Re: Opera / »my.opera.com/Tamil/blog/opera-faq#54

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by lilhurricane

Disable Auto Dropdown. This will remove dropdown completely including typed-in address dropdown, auto-completion dropdown, bookmarks in dropdown, etc. To disable bookmarks in dropdown, disable Show Bookmarks In Addressfield Autocompletion.

Ref: »Re: Opera / »my.opera.com/Tamil/blog/opera-faq#87

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by lilhurricane

Did you know that you can easily load Greasemonkey scripts into Opera? While Firefox users need an extension for that Opera users can simply import them into Opera. Well, some manual work is required but nothing to serious. Takes probably half a minute to import it.

First you need to download the Greasemonkey script that you would like to use in Opera. You may need to rename that script so that the file ends with user.js if that is not already the case.
Now open Opera and go to Tools > Preferences > Advanced > Content and click on the JavaScript Options button.

There is a form at the end called User Javascript Files that points to the directory that contains all the custom Javascript files. If you got more than one put them all in that directory. I suggest you create a new folder in the Opera directory and name it Javascripts or something like that.




Opera needs to be restarted so that the scripts can be loaded once the folder has been selected. After that it’s just a matter of testing the scripts on whatever website they are working on.

Credit to Martin / »www.ghacks.net/2008/08/10/grease···n-opera/

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