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You can download the browser at the Opera website: www.opera.com. by KeysCapt edited by lilhurricane 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) by KeysCapt 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/o ··· ools.php User JS Scripts: »userjs.org Opera Spellchecker: »www.opera.com/support/tu ··· 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/op ··· raStuff/ Opera History: »www.markschenk.com/opera ··· ory.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/ ··· ons.html Mouse Gestures: »www.opera.com/features/m ··· ndex.dml Panels: »my.opera.com/community/c ··· e/panel/ Skins: »my.opera.com/community/c ··· e/skins/ Setups: »my.opera.com/community/c ··· /setups/ Language Files: »my.opera.com/community/c ··· e/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/jseg ··· r/#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/bookma ··· ets.html Enjoy! by lilhurricane 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. 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 by KeysCapt 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. by KeysCapt
by KeysCapt edited by lilhurricane by KeysCapt See this page by KeysCapt See this page by KeysCapt 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. by DSmithLady edited by MSeng 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. by DSmithLady edited by MSeng 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. by DSmithLady edited by MSeng 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. by DSmithLady edited by MSeng 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. by DSmithLady edited by MSeng 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". by DSmithLady edited by MSeng »operalover.tntluoma.com/ ··· _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. by JTM1051 edited by lilhurricane 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.) by Rob A edited by lilhurricane 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/a ··· -helpers Note: Links verified as of 11-07-10 by Rob A edited by lilhurricane 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 by Rob A edited by lilhurricane Alternatives: 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. by addicted2 edited by lilhurricane Set Speed Dial "State" to 2. This will also remove X in the upper right corner. Ref: »Re: Opera / »my.opera.com/Tamil/blog/ ··· a-faq#54 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/ ··· a-faq#87 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 its just a matter of testing the scripts on whatever website they are working on. Credit to Martin / »www.ghacks.net/2008/08/1 ··· n-opera/ |