carpetshark3
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Re: Secure browser by default
I'm with you. You have to jump through hoops to get anything to work your way. If you don't like and "improvement" some people in the browser's forums get all upset that you don't want the internet their way. I've managed to tweak FF 30.10 the way I want it, can't find the post in Opera about how to get rid of widgets on the tool bar and the speed dial. I don't want all the extras either - just choice about scripts running, popups, and ads.
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mysec
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| said by norwegian  :How ever, I've had enough of the endless bandwidth taken up by the countless communications. Free must be subsidised somehow, so I can't blame Opera's methods, but for me it isn't what I want.
What communications are you referring to?
said by carpetshark3 :can't find the post in Opera about how to get rid of widgets on the tool bar
I assume you mean on the Menu Bar.
•Close Opera and open the standard_menu.ini file
•Comment out the widget submenu line thus:
;Submenu, M_WIDGET_MENU, Browser Widgets Menu
said by carpetshark3 : and the speed dial.
•In your address bar, type:
opera:config#Speed Dial State
•Then change Speed Dial value to 3
•Save and restart Opera.
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| said by mysec :said by norwegian :How ever, I've had enough of the endless bandwidth taken up by the countless communications. Free must be subsidised somehow, so I can't blame Opera's methods, but for me it isn't what I want. What communications are you referring to? Opera 9.64
Does an update once in a while, have not found a setting to turn off.
Clear browser history, needs connection to refresh speeddial, which I do not use.
Opera 10
Every time I open the browser it checks online
Delete browser history connects to 4 or 5 IP for similar reasons to 9.64
95% of the time first opening bookmarks checks online, for whatever reason
It's a lot going on for me just wanting to visit the WWW.
I'm one of those that check my own updates for software.
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carpetshark3
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| I've never had Opera update on its own. It will say that there's an update available. No history is showing at all. I've never kept history. If browsers change bookmarks the way Chrome was said to - I'll have to post links in notepad, or find a tweak to put notes in FF.
Thanks, Ironwalker, I'll have to read the Mozilla forum here. I forgot what tweak I had to use to get FF to download since I have IE locked down tight. My daughter is still having to download thru Opera.
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MeDuZa
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said by norwegian :Opera 9.64 Does an update once in a while, have not found a setting to turn off. Clear browser history, needs connection to refresh speeddial, which I do not use. Opera 10 Every time I open the browser it checks online Delete browser history connects to 4 or 5 IP for similar reasons to 9.64 95% of the time first opening bookmarks checks online, for whatever reason Type in your address bar:
and set to '0'
Type in your address bar:
and set them all to '0'
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norwegian
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Tried those settings and unselected all sync options but still get the internet connections on doing a delete of browsing history in 9.64.
The other browsers I will have a look over in the next few days; thanks for the links.
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MeDuZa
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| said by norwegian :Tried those settings and unselected all sync options but still get the internet connections on doing a delete of browsing history in 9.64. Are you sure nothing else other than browsing history is selected for deletion?
I'm asking because I've tested both 9.64 / 10 beta1 and can't confirm.
After all be aware in case you also select 'bookmark visited time' and/or 'delete entire cache' Opera will attempt to download some favicons. This unfortunate 'feature' was implemented to overcome complains regarding the loss of favicons after deleting private data. A poor workaround IMHO.
Opera doesn't offer an option to stop these requests.
Possible workarounds for deleting 'bookmark visited time':
- delete offline
- put the favicons URLs on a block list
Possible workarounds for deleting the cache:
- delete offline
- delete manually within Opera's cache4 (v9.64) / cache (v10 beta) folder
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1 edit | said by MeDuZa :said by norwegian :Tried those settings and unselected all sync options but still get the internet connections on doing a delete of browsing history in 9.64. Are you sure nothing else other than browsing history is selected for deletion? I'm asking because I've tested both 9.64 / 10 beta1 and can't confirm. After all be aware in case you also select 'bookmark visited time' and/or 'delete entire cache' Opera will attempt to download some favicons. This unfortunate 'feature' was implemented to overcome complains regarding the loss of favicons after deleting private data. A poor workaround IMHO. Opera doesn't offer an option to stop these requests. Possible workarounds for deleting 'bookmark visited time': - delete offline - put the favicons URLs on a block list Possible workarounds for deleting the cache: - delete offline - delete manually within Opera's cache4 (v9.64) / cache (v10 beta) folder A method that was pointed out to me to "fix" that was divert to 127.0.0.1. as follows in the search.ini found in
C:\Program Files\Opera\search.ini
EG:
becomes
Do that change for everyone of the Favicons. It fixes that issue for good. I've been using it ever since and it seems to work fine. It was discussed here for 9.51 when it first appeared and notmentat supplied this fix for my question.
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MeDuZa
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Austria
| said by norwegian :Do that change for everyone of the Favicons. It fixes that issue for good. I've been using it ever since and it seems to work fine. Unfortunately it doesn't fix the issue anymore for Opera 10.
Some requests seem to be hard-coded. (You can test with your search.ini files located in your locale\en and profile folders.)
Nevertheless if you consider using Opera I would recommend to take a closer look to Opera 10.00b1.
I usually don't recommend betas but this one is worth mainly because of improvements of the rendering engine.
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norwegian
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| That is why I started this topic, as I've tried that beta version, I get COM+ errors and that mixed with all the communication and promise of better online file sharing, is why I started this topic;
a lot of the newer version as you say is beautiful art work with it's rendering, I am impressed no end.
I'm just weighing up my options, 9.64 is still configurable, but I'm thinking of what is my next step. IE, Firefox, Opera, I have tried, what's your next choice.
I have not looked at Google Chrome either, and not yet really though of giving it a try for long term, but unsure if it is worth stepping off the beaten track for a while. 
Noticed the comment about the main engines and my getting off track and it makes you wonder and think - you would think with all the software available, choice's would be bountiful.
Or is the communication out there that restricting?
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nwrickert
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| you would think with all the software available, choice's would be bountiful. When Microsoft decided to use its monopoly power to make IE the leading browser, the choice of available browsers rapidly diminished.
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sivran
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Eh, if you're going to go for a Webkit browser, I'd say go with Safari's windows port. Chrome/Iron is more of a tech demo than a browser, with an extremely small feature set, and the least configurability of any browser I've ever used.
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