The Opera Web Browser

[LaRoza]

I don't like mouse gestures. That is one of the things that puts me off of Opera. Of course I could disable it, but I don't even want it in the browser.

Oh, I do. If it is disabled, what does it matter if it is there?

Is the email and irc features turned off in the beta? I can't find it anywhere, it used to be in the slide out sidebar didn't it?

There are there somewhere.

[Vaelrith]

Oh, I figured out if you right click on the popout sidebar and click customize you can change it. However, "Mail" and "Chat" are greyed out/disabled.... I guess they turned those off because it's beta?

[ChameleonDave]

Use the new beta version for flash support. (9.50 beta)

I have Opera 9.50 beta, and Flash does not work properly.

If it works for you. you're lucky.

Flash doesn't necessarily work in Konqueror either. I wish I could find a decent guide to making those browsers work as well as Firefox.

[tbroderick]

It's just that when I browse forums I tend to middle click on a lot of threads that I want to read and when I view one thread, close it, it reverts all the way back to the previous tab that was opened rather than the one directly next to it. I do realize the merit in having Opera go back to the last tab viewed but I'm used to Firefox, lol. If there's a way to adjust it to the way I liked it, great but if there's not, I don't particular mind too much, it's a different browser and so I'll have to get used to a different way of doing things Just like Linux and Windows. Actually thinking about it, I don't want to adjust it, I'll get used to it.

http://operawatch.com/news/2008/02/f...-in-opera.html

[mini_g]

Oh, I figured out if you right click on the popout sidebar and click customize you can change it. However, "Mail" and "Chat" are greyed out/disabled.... I guess they turned those off because it's beta?

Try creating an account (Under Tools > Mail and Chat Accounts) first. Tis what enabled them for me in the sidebar.

[G_man]

opera is not open source. it is freeware

well, you can say that about the linux browser and some others. But it not always free.

[master5o1]

I get the feeling that people here see this equation:

Opera + Firefox Extension Support = dream.

(of course, why not just use firefox then?)

I used Opera 9.x for a month last year and liked it...but near the end of the month got really pissed of with it (weird). FF is "so natural" now that I have been using it for years...

[smartboyathome]

Oh, I do. If it is disabled, what does it matter if it is there?

Yes, if it is there, it is taking up space on the disk, whereas with firefox, most functions you can add yourself, meaning not many that you don't want. Kind of like DIY (Arch) versus preconfigured (Ubuntu).

[Vaelrith]

Try creating an account (Under Tools > Mail and Chat Accounts) first. Tis what enabled them for me in the sidebar.

Wow, don't know how I overlooked that... Thanks

[LaRoza]

Yes, if it is there, it is taking up space on the disk, whereas with firefox, most functions you can add yourself, meaning not many that you don't want. Kind of like DIY (Arch) versus preconfigured (Ubuntu).

Open a couple of tabs with Firefox. Firefox is now using more RAM and disk space than Opera in the same situation.