Opera configuration??

[bigc73542]

If anyone has a question about Opera or has a setting that they think would be useful This is the Place ;)

We can start with these basic settings here (http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/browsers/opera.html)


and some more info on features here (http://reviews.cnet.com/Opera_8/4505-9241_7-31338423-3.html)

[Kye-U]

Making a Bookmarks Toolbar

To get your bookmarks on the toolbar:

Right click on the toolbar, click on customize, tick "Personal Bar" then click on OK.

Go to Bookmarks and Manage Bookmarks. If you don't see any bookmarks, click in the white space in the left window pane. Then right-click on a bookmark and click on "Show in personal bar" ^_^ (Then click on OK)

[bigc73542]

To get a bookmark on the personal bar can be accomplished by drag and drop from the address bar also ;)

[The Hammer]

Why not assume that the people your doing this for have never used Opera before only IE.

[bigc73542]

To allow opera to remember your sign in info at wilders and other sites you need to click tools at the top of the GUI then / preferences/ advanced/cookies and tick the box that says (use cookies to track password protected pages)

[bigc73542]

-{ Quote: "Why not assume that the people your doing this for have never used Opera before only IE." }-


I am, drag and drop from the address bar to the personal bar is about as easy as it gets ;)

[bigc73542]

If you have bookmarks or favorites in IE you would like to have in Opera you can import them with about two or three clicks. First click on file at top left of page and then click import from Internet explorer favorites. see screen shot you can also import firefox bookmarks also

[bigc73542]

Here are some tutorials from the opera site that might be useful here (http://www.opera.com/support/tutorials/)

[Kye-U]

Good tweak/info site:

http://nontroppo.org/wiki/OperaPerformance

[TheQuest]

Hi, bigc73542

Is there a simple way to import my bookmarks from Firefox to Opera please?

Plus the same with my emails from Thunderbird?

Also your buttons look very small are they adjustable [sizeable]?

Take Care,
TheQuest 8)

[Ailric]

You can make Opera look just like Firefox.
Under Toolbars:
-Add the Main toolbar
-Add the Personal toolbar
-Uncheck the Address toolbar

-Now, right-click the Main toolbar, select customize.
Remove buttons you don't want and add forward, back, stop, wand and home buttons.
-Drag the address field up on the Main toolbar
-Drag the search field up on the main toolbar next to the address field
-Add others such as "Go" and "Security"

Download the FFrad skin from the Opera website.

[bigc73542]

-{ Quote: "Hi, bigc73542

Is there a simple way to import my bookmarks from Firefox to Opera please?

Plus the same with my emails from Thunderbird?

Also your buttons look very small are they adjustable [sizeable]?

Take Care,
TheQuest 8)" }-


To import FF bookmarks to opera see post#7 and as far as the buttons go, I am useing about the smallest opera skin there is so I will have the maximum screen size. Some of the other several hundred skins do have much larger buttons or anywhere in between. Very customizable ;)

[The Hammer]

-{ Quote: "Here are some tutorials from the opera site that might be useful here (http://www.opera.com/support/tutorials/)" }-
That's what I was looking for. Thanks.

[WSFuser]

thanx Ailric, that really helped. now can someone tell me how to customize the tabs and how they function. with firefox i had TBE.

[TheQuest]

Hi, bigc73542

Thanks you for your quick reply.

-{ Quote: "To import FF bookmarks to opera see post#7" }-
Read it but did not see Firefox beside Netscape. [seeing the tree but no wood :-[ ]

The only theme skin I like for firefox is Noia [have for years] did a search and found it for Opera.

Will Install Opera now and give it a go.

Thanks again,
Take Care,
TheQuest 8)

[TylerGred]

How do I import my contacts from pocomail into operamail?

Also is there a way to make it so when I click on my bookmark it opens in the current page and not open a new tab or a new browser window?

Also I love the right click and search amazon, google, ebay feature. Is there a way to customize that so I can click on a movie and search IMDB from the context menu?

Sorry for all the questions, I like this broswer though.

[bigc73542]

you might check if this is checked

[TylerGred]

-{ Quote: "you might check if this is checked" }-

Oh man, I searched everywhere for that and now I feel stupid :-\

Oh well. Thanks for the help on that matter.

[Triple Helix]

Is this a full Version or Does the Paid Version Still have more Features?


Regards,

[bigc73542]

No this is the paid version with the free reg key. the free version converts to the paid version as soon as you insert the reg key.

[Triple Helix]

-{ Quote: "No this is the paid version with the free reg key. the free version converts to the paid version as soon as you insert the reg key." }-

Thanks!! One more Question! Will this reg Key work in Future Builds?

[Kye-U]

As far as I know, yes. :)

[bathisland]

Go here (http://operalover.tntluoma.com/8/day_1_general_preferences) and get all the Opera help you need. The site explains every thing you could think of and helps you set up Opera in the most efficient way.

[Eldar]

-{ Quote: "How do I import my contacts from pocomail into operamail? " }-You might want to check out Dawn (http://www.joshie.com/projects/dawn) to convert your Poco contacts. :) -{ Quote: "Also is there a way to make it so when I click on my bookmark it opens in the current page and not open a new tab or a new browser window?" }-Can't you change the behavior in the Preferences?
Sorry, not at home so I can't verify. :-[

[iceni60]

this is my fantastic tip. to download videos using feedburner. go to this (http://diggnation.typepad.com/) page and click on FEEDBURNER, under where it says "Get the feed!", Subscribe to the feed, you can then click on any that say Episode#...VIDEO make sure it says VIDEO and not AUDIO.

to organise your casts, click, at the top of the screen, where it says FEEDS, then MANAGE. there you can pick which casts you want to be notifed about.

[Eldar]

-{ Quote: "Also is there a way to make it so when I click on my bookmark it opens in the current page and not open a new tab or a new browser window?" }-Home now, so I had a look inside the Preferences but didn't find it. :-\
Maybe it's possible, so you could always look it up or ask at their forum (http://my.opera.com/forums/index.php?). :)

Hope this helps a bit. ;)

[TylerGred]

-{ Quote: "Home now, so I had a look inside the Preferences but didn't find it. :-\
Maybe it's possible, so you could always look it up or ask at their forum (http://my.opera.com/forums/index.php?). :)

Hope this helps a bit. ;)" }-

No worries. It was pointed out to me by bigc73542 that I click on the reuse existing page button under pref.

[Eldar]

-{ Quote: "No worries. It was pointed out to me by bigc73542 that I click on the reuse existing page button under pref." }-Good to know TylerGred. :)
BigC to the rescue. 8) ;)

[chew]

I have only used Opera for about 2 months so am still learning but I found this site to be very helpful.

Have a look.

http://operalover.tntluoma.com/8/day_1_general_preferences

But ... errmm ... I have only read chapter Day 1 & 2 ... then I started setting and trying out everything without reading. (somehow I don't like reading manual ...) But so far so good and I have not messed up anything yet. Rather easy to understand really.

;D

[TylerGred]

Ok, I have another one for you guys...

Is there a way to just minimize to the system tray? I see it on there while I surf, but when I minimize it, Opera just goes to the taskbar.

My ideal setting would be for me to exit opera, but leave it running in the system tray so I can click on it when I need to surf again. Any thoughts??

[Ailric]

Nope, not possible witout a third party app.
http://www.opera.com/support/search/supsearch.dml?index=490

[Eldar]

-{ Quote: "Is there a way to just minimize to the system tray? I see it on there while I surf, but when I minimize it, Opera just goes to the taskbar." }-For me it minimizes to the Systray, but I'm running WindowsBlinds.
Easy to open it without restarting. :)
Of course like Ailric said it's a 3rd party app which does the job. ;)

[WSFuser]

-{ Quote: "now can someone tell me how to customize the tabs and how they function. with firefox i had TBE." }- anyone?

[ice60]

how do you hold cookies with this browser? i admit i didn't try very hard at first, but now i have tried "use defaults for normal cookies" and everything else but, third party cookies. how do you have cookies configured for here? - Wilders. thanks

do you have third party cookies allowed for Wilders?

[ice60]

if you go to the very left of the screen you can click on the thing that looks like the picture below.

http://img358.imageshack.us/img358/9532/capture010920051547303wt.jpg

if you click it it opens to this.

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/1447/capture010920051547481jh.jpg

[Tony]

-{ Quote: "how do you hold cookies with this browser? i admit i didn't try very hard at first, but now i have tried "use defaults for normal cookies" and everything else but, third party cookies. how do you have cookies configured for here? - Wilders. thanks

do you have third party cookies allowed for Wilders?" }-

I normally change preferences to let the user decide, then visit all of the sites i visit regular that i know are safe such as this one and accept all of the cookies.

After i have been to all sites and logged on etc i then change preferences to
"normal cookies - treat as specified in server manager."
"Third party cookies to accept all".

[aagfr]

-{ Quote: "Ok, I have another one for you guys...

Is there a way to just minimize to the system tray? I see it on there while I surf, but when I minimize it, Opera just goes to the taskbar.

" }-

Here is a button (look under "Various Other Buttons" - Hide Opera aka Boss Button): http://nontroppo.org/wiki/CustomButtons#various

Just drag the Hide Opera button (upward) to your toolbar.

[iceni60]

-{ Quote: "I normally change preferences to let the user decide, then visit all of the sites i visit regular that i know are safe such as this one and accept all of the cookies.

After i have been to all sites and logged on etc i then change preferences to
"normal cookies - treat as specified in server manager."
"Third party cookies to accept all"." }-
thanks, i'll give it a go. so you mean you allow your trusted sites -
"normal cookies - treat as specified in server manager."
"Third party cookies to accept all"

oh, i don't understand it looks like i'll never login again. i'll never allow any site control of cookies (third party) i have had third party setup to accept cookies to the server it's self, and block all, but it still doesn't work. and i put Wilders in the cookie manager.

so the only way i can have cookies work here is to allow all third party? i know that's not right. I GIVE UP. :'(

[iceni60]

i'm logged in :D

[Tony]

Another way is to once again visit all of your safe sites and log in and save the cookies.
Close the browser, start it up again, check "delete new cookies when closing opera"
Then close the browser, start it up again, then all new cookies from your recent browsing session will be deleted every time you close opera.

[iceni60]

i have that option ticked, thanks. it seems to be working for the first time now. i hope it lasts. :o

[pcuser]

Hello People,

I am amazed by opera so far. I have a small problem at the moment, which I haven't been able to solve. I sign-in a page with a password, for example in yahoo-mail, or in a forum and then I sign out. Still, if I click the back button, it really takes me back in, without asking me for the password again. How one can deal with that (without closing opera and/or deleting all private data)? It doesn't happen in IE or Firefox,

thanks.

[WSFuser]

in firefox ctrl + enter puts www. and .com around the address (e.g. yahoo), shift + enter puts www. and .net around it, and ctrl + shift + enter puts www. and .org around it.

does opera at least have an equivelent for the first shortcut?

[bigbuck]

Anyone had a play with the voice thing in Opera yet?

[iceni60]

-{ Quote: "Anyone had a play with the voice thing in Opera yet?" }-
i would have tried it, but you have to download the software for it to work :( i just had a look and it's a 10.5 MB download.

is it possible to turn off mouse gestures? i keep on going to the last page i was at when i accidently (click on two buttons at the same time, or something?)

[bigbuck]

I'd be still interested to try it though.....

Took me a while to find mouse gestures.....didn't even know it had them!

[iceni60]

-{ Quote: "I'd be still interested to try it though....." }-
someone must have tried it ??? i promised myself i'd go abit easier on the downloads on this install, although, i do have the brilliant Ashampoo uninstaller.

-{ Quote: "
Took me a while to find mouse gestures.....didn't even know it had them!" }-
Wow, i'm very impressed, i had convinced myself you couldn't turn them off. thanks for your help, Brad

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/images/icons/icon3.gif
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[ice60]

Does Opera tell you when it needs to be updated? i still have 8.02.
i'm fairly sure it's still the latest build. am i right?

[snowbound]

-{ Quote: "Does Opera tell you when it needs to be updated? i still have 8.02.
i'm fairly sure it's still the latest build. am i right?" }-
I just go to the Help drop down box and check from there.

Version 8.02
Build 7680

seems to be the latest.


snowbound

[iceni60]

-{ Quote: "I just go to the Help drop down box and check from there.

Version 8.02
Build 7680

seems to be the latest.


snowbound" }-
that's a good idea. i promise, i did look there, i must have missed it :-[ thanks for the help SB :)

[Acadia]

Cookie handling in Opera is kind of tricky, not done like other browsers; complicated but it works:

http://nontroppo.org/wiki/CookieSettings

Acadia

[snowbound]

-{ Quote: "that's a good idea. i promise, i did look there, i must have missed it :-[ thanks for the help SB :)" }-
Your welcome ice. ;) ;D


snowbound

[The Hammer]

Apparently you can download a version containing Java or one without. What is recommended here?

[Trooper]

Still trying to get used to this browser. :P

Me thinks it is time to hit that 30 days to loving Opera site. :D

[iceni60]

how do you update it ??? i tried clicking on the "check for new release" but nothing happens :| i still have 8.02. should i download the new version and install it over the top of this version? a new version has come out hasn't it? 8.5, i think.

[iceni60]

-{ Quote: "Apparently you can download a version containing Java or one without. What is recommended here?" }-
i'd get the java version and disable it, and only enable it if you need it and on a site you trust.

[bigc73542]

for the last several versions I just install the newer versions over the top of the old one. It has always worked well.

[iceni60]

-{ Quote: "for the last several versions I just install the newer versions over the top of the old one. It has always worked well." }-
thanks BC, i think i'll try that way. thanks 8)

[bigbuck]

I'd be interested to hear a bit about opera mail....who's using it? any good? how to configure? etc. I've currently got a pop3 through thunderbird, another through outlook2003, and a couple of gmails.....

[bigc73542]

I used to use Opera mail but didn't like it much it can't touch thunderbird and gmail.

[bigbuck]

-{ Quote: "I used to use Opera mail but didn't like it much it can't touch thunderbird and gmail." }-Thanks Curt! That one's easily sorted then! ;D
Cheers,
Brad.

[Paranoid2000]

Since no-one has yet mentioned this, it is possible to configure Opera to warn you whenever you connect to a secure website (https://...). This can be important since the (encrypted) content will not be picked up by any third-party filtering applications, so if you are relying on such an application for handling cookies or Javascript, https:// pages will bypass it.

Some advertisers (e.g. DoubleClick) have placed ads on secure webpages (e.g. with banks or online stockbrokers) so making this change will alert you to these and allow you to stop such connections.

For more details, please see the Dangers of HTTPS (http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=31087) thread.

[Tony]

-{ Quote: "Thanks Curt! That one's easily sorted then! ;D
Cheers,
Brad." }-
Actually opera`s gmail is the only one that i use.
The only way to know whether or not it is for you is to try it.

I like the way i can have it in the tabs along with my web pages.

Also, it means that i dont have to have another program running.

[iceni60]

hi, i was just at another site reading about keyboard shortcuts, i want to stop using my mouse completely and might unplug it for a week. anyway, i clicked an Opera link, at Neowin, thinking it would take me to a page to show some shortcuts, but it was a direct download and some shortcuts were installed in under a second. how do i uninstall them?.

this link below takes you to a page that has keyboard shortcuts, but not the one i downloaded. it is safe to go to. there's one with a very similar URL called MoreMail 7.5 for Opera 7.5. how can i find what i installed? i did a google search for the url, but nothing. and how can i uninstall it? thanks

here's the safe link to the page with the shortcuts.
http://my.opera.com/community/customize/setups/index.pl?show=keyboard

this is the link i clicked at Neowin thinking it would take me to the link above, but it installed the shortcuts. i wouldn't go there as i don't know which shortcuts they are.
hxxp://my.opera.com/customize/setups/setup.pl?id=1321&show=keyboard

i just had a look at Tools>Preferences>Advanced tab>Shortcuts and in the keyboard box it says Opera Standard, so do you think i might have downloaded something that was for an old version and it didn't install? even though it did say installing keyboard shotcuts with no errors when i pressed the link? i don't want them (:(

has anyone ever used these shortcuts at the link? are there any good ones? thanks.

Opera Newbie needs help =8O|

thanks in advanced, in need of an Opera wizard 8<:-)

[Tony]

Dont worry you have not compromised your system :) it is an official opera webpage.

If you want some keyboard shortcuts and would like to read about them and read some reviews then go here...
http://my.opera.com/community/customize/setups/keyboard/

[iceni60]

-{ Quote: "Dont worry you have not compromised your system :) it is an official opera webpage.

If you want some keyboard shortcuts and would like to read about them and read some reviews then go here...
http://my.opera.com/community/customize/setups/keyboard/" }-
thanks Tony, i knew it wasn't malware and the page was save, but i was wondering where on my HDD the shortcuts were saved so i can delete them. do you know? actually, i hadn't checked my Opera folders, but just looked for a setting inside Opera. i'll have alook in the folders to see if i can find it and delete it from there.