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Opera is henceforth a Webkit browser

adcott — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:37:29 GMT

I started this community 10 years ago and have been an Opera user for a lot longer. I actually paid money for the browser in version 6 (back when it was ad-supported).

Today, Opera has essentially become a Chromium shell.

It's not a bad decision, Webkit is the best rendering engine and has been for a while now and site compatibility will get a lot better, it does feel like the end of an era though.

Fare thee well, Presto.

PEGI 12! Has anyone else encountered this strange one?

h0m54r — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:31:29 GMT

Opera 11.5x on both my Macs (Lion) has started producing a very strange issue. Seemingly at random, certain actions (particularly with the mouse, but sometimes with the keyboard or even idling) cause Opera to start playing the audio from a trailer for El Shaddai. I can't find the trailer in question, but Googling the quotes suggests that it was shown at Comic-Con. At first I thought it was being caused by a background tab obnoxiously deciding to play an ad with sound, but sometimes switching tabs (particularly with the mouse) makes it shut up. Restarting Opera makes it stop for a while, although it 's coming back more and more rapidly. Does anyone have any ideas what could possibly be causing this? Has anyone else even encountered it? Thanks!

Opera 11

adcott — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 09:27:55 GMT

Opera 11 has just been released.

New features:

Extensions!
Tab stacking
Visual mouse gestures
Address field fiddling
Changes to the functionality of the mail panel

Note: Opera have decided to remove the protocol (http://) from the address field for some reason - if you're like me you'll find this change oddly disconcerting, but fortunately it can be put back in opera:config.

Opera Mini: how to remove arrow button panel

ulysses4ever — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 19:48:17 GMT

Hi! I'm using Opera Mini on my Samsung touchphone and as far as I can see the panel to the bottom of the screen with arrow buttons which activate cursor is quite useless for me. I want to throw it out! Can anyone help me?

Widget. Перемещение окна с помощью мыши

eugene_ivanov — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:07:25 GMT

Создаю виджет. Использую блок с overflow:auto (scroll).

Виджеты перемещаются за хватание их в любом месте внутри окна.

Проблема в том, что даже за саму полосу прокрутки хватаешься и он не даёт прокрутить содержимое блока.

Кто-нибудь сталкивался? В чём проблема и как решить?

Problems Loading Hotmail

fiat_knox — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:16:05 GMT

I just tried logging onto my Hotmail account on Opera, only to get the following message from Windows Live:-

"The Windows Live Network is unavailable from this site for one of the following reasons:

"This site may be experiencing a problem

"The site may not be a member of the Windows Live Network

"You can:
"You can sign in or sign up at other sites on the Windows Live Network, or try again later at this site."

It can't be my system, because I'm running Firefox concurrently on the same computer, and that browser loads Hotmail easily.

So is there a problem with Opera, that Hotmail is no longer recognising it?

OK, what?!

h0m54r — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:52:30 GMT

Opera (10.1) was working fine on my Mac (10.6.3) this morning. There was a power cut during the day, and restarting it gave... this. Spot the problem.

Error!

sensati — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 11:48:14 GMT

Will not prompt how to get rid of this error if it is possible, more clearly, that is sequence of commands as my English is not so good. Reinstallation of different versions of result has not given. Thanks!

Fixed width Tab

sevrugin_ru — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:48:41 GMT

Innovations. I often open many-many tabs into the Opera. The tabs are compressed and becomes clear vital text information in the header of the tab, such as the number of unread messages in google mail. I propose to give the opportunity to adjust a combo keys and mouse width of the window and then fix it.

Here are a window to full height (clickable for the full size screenshot):

Crop to 1:1

p.s. My english is Google Translate :) Sorry

Friends page ignores the mouse

h0m54r — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:21:21 GMT

Opera 10.10 both on OS X (Snow Leopard) and on Ubuntu (x86 Karmic) has taken to having a problem with my friends page. Once it's loaded (or sometimes a short while afterwards), the scroll wheel no longer works, and my mouse clicks (on Comments links etc) are ignored. Sometimes refreshing the page restores the functionality. Anyone else experiencing this/fancy telling me how to cure the problem? Thanks!

over_thefreeway — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:24:19 GMT

Over the last few days, something has been going wrong with my beloved Opera.

First, when clicking a link in gmail, the link will not open up in a new tab, but instead it will go to the link. I know that I can just hit the command key and have it open in a new tab, but why has this stopped working?

Also, now when I go to my speeddial, it keeps giving me a 302 Found redirect. This has never happened to me before, and I have to click it twice for it to go to the EXACT same url that was in the speeddial.

has anyone else been having these problems?

banana — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:45:23 GMT

Before Opera 10, I used to be able to get the focus out of the search box in the address bar by pressing the Escape key. Now that no longer works. I've looked at modifying my keyboard settings, but I can't find that setting. Does anyone know where I should look?

help needed with customizing speed dial icons, thumbnails, previews...etc

phill_me_more — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:19:06 GMT

I know this topic has been discussed, but when I search for it, there's like 9 pages worth of info regarding one / all of the following terms/subjects...
speed dial, icons, customization, etc or any mixture of these subjects.

I read about this site on one of the opera forums..
this generator for the icon, thumbnail, preview, etc... it's slow though when launching the sites from the speed dial...
(i think it redirects from one site, shows the "huge" icon, and then is redirected to the site.)

I just hate the icons generated of the preview of the website....i want like an icon...favicon, or whatever.

any other suggestions?
any advice would be nice....

Hi

lightsfadingout — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:54:46 GMT

So I downloaded Opera Mini for my phone. It was working and all and then now it wont let me post on livejournal. That is the main reason i downloaded it because the sprint browser would not even let me on.

At first it let me but now idk what is going on. Also on my phone I tried the beta version and it doesnt let me type using my full slide out keyboard. I hope they get this fixed! thanks

Change Black Text to White Text?

slyfoot — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:42:23 GMT

Opera 10 Build 4585
Linux slax 2.6.24.4

I have not been able to figure out how to display HTML emails or feeds with white text on a black background. Can someone please tell me if there is any way to do this? I have not been able to view HTML emails or Feeds the way i want since Opera 9.27

I suspect this can be fixed by editing mime.css but I don't know how.

Еще одно "обновление"

sergkir — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:31:00 GMT

Больше разработчики Оперы ничерта не умеют, кроме как сносить мои донастройки их суперудобных настроек "по умолчанию"???
Если при каждом обновлении нельзя вот никак сделать, чтобы не перетирались мои донастройки их суперудобных настроек "по умолчанию", то выпускайте уж тогда отдельно обновление движка, отдельно обновление интерфейса. Второе устанавливать не буду да и всё.
Вообще впечатление, что сегодняшнее обновление не что иное, как просто новая Опера практически целиком. Судя по размеру скачанного(около 10 метров), это не обновление.

В итоге: снова затерли значок тарелки у вкладки Downloads(опять же, снова переименовали из Transfers), поставили свое грязнооранжевое убожество.
Плюс: вместо обновленной страницы с заголовком светло-голубого цвета вставили уродливую точку.

upd. Поразбиравшись со скином, все вернул не круги своя. Но время жалко, посему рационализаторское предложение по разделению обновлений остается в силе.

sergkir — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:12:45 GMT

How to rename "Downloads" panel back to "Transfers"?

Обновления называется

sergkir — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:48:17 GMT

Считаю нужным высказать, ибо надоело.
При каждом обновлении Оперы хочу видеть список с указанием как отменить очередное новшество.

Сходу не нравятся 3 вещи.
1 Иконка в трее.
2 Цвет нижней панели, когда открыта вкладка Transfers. Ах извините, она теперь называется Downloads.
3 Инонка для вкладки Transfers.

По каждому объекту шерстить инет не хочу. Уходит время. Тем более, что по первому не нашлось ничего кроме -trayicons в строку запуска.
Нельзя ли режим обновления с запросом подтверждения на каждое новшество в интерфейсе?

Links Downloading

slyfoot — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:25:25 GMT

In Opera 9.27 I was able to select many links and they would all go to the Transfer window, and eventually they would all get downloaded. But with Opera 9.64 at most only four links will be sent to the Transfer window, and once those are downloaded, nothing happens. I've been trying to figure out how to get it to put all the selected links in the transfer window the way Opera 9.27 did. Does anybody know? I really do not want to upgrade to Opera 10 if I can avoid it.

Opera HTML Email Colors

slyfoot — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:36:02 GMT

Opera HTML Email Colors

Can any Opera users tell me what configuration file I would use to specify the background, text, and link colors for HTML emails in Opera 9.63? I have changed everything I can in mime.css but it doesn't affect HTML emails. I keep ending up with black text on a black background.

Thanks in advance!
+S

Opera HTML Email Display Problem

slyfoot — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:46:32 GMT

I just upgraded to Opera 9.63 browser for Linux, and one thing I am having trouble with is I use black backgrounds for everything and I can't figure out how to specify white text for HTML emails. So unfortunately I keep ending up with black text on black backgrounds in HTML emails, or sometimes dark gray on black. Does anyone have an idea how I can fix that?

I've tried changing all colors in mime.css to white except for the background but this only seems to work for text emails not HTML emails. Any ideas?

Opera 9.63 now available!

operasoftware — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:31:24 GMT

Opera Software released Opera 9.63 today, which addresses several security issues. This release is a recommended security update for all those running the previous stable releases. Download it now at http://www.opera.com/browser/.

Check out the changelogs for Windows, Mac and Linux/UNIX (http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/).

Opera 10 Sneak Peek!

operasoftware — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:15:14 GMT

At noon today we released a preview of the future of Web browsing with Opera, with the alpha release of Opera 10! Get an insider’s look at www.opera.com/browser/next.

Don't think of this as the launch of Opera 10, but moe a taste of Opera’s new rendering engine, Presto 2.2, which will form the future of Opera 10-based products on mobile and device platforms. It is a release for developers and the community to encourage you to test out the next generation of Opera!

Opera has fine-tuned its standards-support and the alpha achieves Acid3 Test 100/100 score. We also introduce popular features requests from the community, including:
• Auto-update, to automatically update the browser to the latest version
• Automatic in-line spell-check, so you can spell-check as you type,
• Added support for HTML formatting of e-mails in Opera Mail (M2).

Opera Mini 4.2 beta released!

operasoftware — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:55:00 GMT

Opera yesterday released the beta of Opera Mini 4.2, available to download free at http://www.operamini.com/beta/. We also celebrate that Opera Mini has 20 million active monthly users worldwide!

What’s new in 4.2 beta?
• Opera Mini users in the Americas and Asia-Pacific region can now experience faster speed, due to the addition of an Opera Mini server park in the US. Users in the rest of the world will also experience faster page downloads because of the reduced the load on our other servers.
• Personalise your Opera Mini with a cool selection of new skins, available in six colours (see below).
• Improved support on more phones for YouTube and other mobile video services. If you have a new Sony-Ericsson or Nokia phone, the chance is high that you can take Opera Mini for a spin on m.youtube.com.
• The handy Notes functionality from the Opera Desktop Web browser just got more portable through Opera Link. All of your notes are available in Opera Mini directly from the Bookmarks menu.

Where do you Opera Mini from?
To celebrate our 20 million users across the world, we want to see where you Opera Mini from! Send a photo from wherever in the world you use Opera Mini, either by mobile phone or email, to blog+miniblog@my.opera.com. Please include your location in the title/subject header too!

Opera Mobile betas and widget competition

operasoftware — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:33:00 GMT

Today Opera released Opera Mobile v9.5beta2 for Windows Mobile, 9.5 beta 1 for Symbian UIQ, and a developer version of the Widget Runtime on Symbian S60. We are also releasing a new updated version of our Opera Widgets SDK.

To coincide with this, Opera this morning launched a competition for all you keen widget developers out there with a first prize of $5000, and $10 000 to be won all up! Check it out at my.opera.com/widgets.