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Web App Tabs
Thursday, April 22, 2010 5:54:04 AM
This topic has been cross-posted on the Desktop Wishlist forum.
Back when Mozilla first released screenshots of Firefox 4.0, I could have sworn I saw a similar concept as I describe below. Apparently I was remembering a concept first promoted in Chromium OS. Nonetheless, Firefox, Chrome OS, and Windows 7 all demonstrate pieces of this concept. This is likely a feature we'll see incorporated in all browsers in the near future, especially as the web browser replaces the operating system as the focal point of the computer.
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Back when Mozilla first released screenshots of Firefox 4.0, I could have sworn I saw a similar concept as I describe below. Apparently I was remembering a concept first promoted in Chromium OS. Nonetheless, Firefox, Chrome OS, and Windows 7 all demonstrate pieces of this concept. This is likely a feature we'll see incorporated in all browsers in the near future, especially as the web browser replaces the operating system as the focal point of the computer.
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Changing Opera Profile directory
Tuesday, January 5, 2010 6:34:17 AM
Microsoft has it all wrong. Your data, software, and operating system do not belong on the same partition. Consequently, for the past decade, software vendors have conformed to Microsoft's requests.
There's several primary benefits to storing your data on a seperate partition from your operating system:
1) You can reinstall your operating system at any time without having to worry about backing up data
2) If your primary hard drive fails, you can reformat or replace your hard drive without risk of losing your data
3) If you have your computer set up as a dual-boot system, you can share your application data between systems without the need for constantly syncing profile data or using NTFS junctions to mirror data.
4) If the graphics card on your HP Pavillion dv9000 craps out because nVidia manufacturered GeForce 8400 and 8600 chips that were prone to overheating and you have to send your laptop in for repair to the tune of $280-430, and HP happens to reimage your hard drive because they didn't believe you when you told them there was nothing wrong with the hard drive or the nVidia drivers, then you will still have all of your Program Files and personal data (assuming you placed these files on a secondary hard drive that didn't get re-imaged).
Which ever scenario applies to you, you'll find that there are numerous benefits to separating your OS, Program Files, and data. Rijk has a very simple tutorial on how to change the location of your profile data.
Originally posted by Rijk
There's several primary benefits to storing your data on a seperate partition from your operating system:
1) You can reinstall your operating system at any time without having to worry about backing up data
2) If your primary hard drive fails, you can reformat or replace your hard drive without risk of losing your data
3) If you have your computer set up as a dual-boot system, you can share your application data between systems without the need for constantly syncing profile data or using NTFS junctions to mirror data.
4) If the graphics card on your HP Pavillion dv9000 craps out because nVidia manufacturered GeForce 8400 and 8600 chips that were prone to overheating and you have to send your laptop in for repair to the tune of $280-430, and HP happens to reimage your hard drive because they didn't believe you when you told them there was nothing wrong with the hard drive or the nVidia drivers, then you will still have all of your Program Files and personal data (assuming you placed these files on a secondary hard drive that didn't get re-imaged).
Which ever scenario applies to you, you'll find that there are numerous benefits to separating your OS, Program Files, and data. Rijk has a very simple tutorial on how to change the location of your profile data.
Originally posted by Rijk
- To move to a setup with the profile data saved in a random location
- take note of the current locations shown in 'Help > About Opera' or opera:config
- close Opera
- copy the Profile and Mail folders from the 'Documents and settings' folder to your chosen locations
- open 'opera6.ini' or 'operaprefs.ini' from the Profile folder in a plain text editor
- update all the file paths you find there
- save and close 'opera6.ini' or 'operaprefs.ini'
- create a shortcut with this commandline (of course, using you chosen locations):
"C:\Program files\Opera\opera.exe" /settings "{path to profile folder}\operaprefs.ini"
Something to do for the Holidays
Sunday, December 13, 2009 10:07:36 PM
After a marathon of a term away at Cal Poly University, I get some time to relax. Here's the news for the past couple months:
- I got a Windows Mobile smartphone a couple months ago. The first thing I did was load Opera Mobile 9.7b on it, and to say the least, 9.7b was a bit less than I had hoped for. Then not too long ago Opera Mobile 10b1 was released. There were big improvements in stability and features, but still wasn't the killer application that Opera is on the desktop. Opera Mobile 10b2 was released a couple weeks ago and it is INCREDIBLE. I never knew my phone could be so smart for being 2-year old technology. Kinetic scrolling, Speed Dial, Link, Turbo, and a much better layout engine are a couple features to drool over. If you weren't impressed with 10b2 or 9.7b, then make sure you try out 10b2. A ton has changed. I can say with 100% confidence that I will never need to boot up Pocket Internet Explorer on my mobile anymore for incompatible websites. Oh, and Opera Mobile 10b2 warrants the title "so fast you'll crap your pants."
- I have been participating in functionality testing of Songbird, a next-generation media player based on Gecko that gives WinAmp, iTunes, and Windows Media Player a run for their money. I'm a former user of MusicMatch Jukebox Plus, but ever since Yahoo! bought the media player anddestroyed it removed all the useful features in it, I've been jumping between media players trying to find one that I was satisfied with. Like Firefox, Songbird's selling point is its extensions. It has an extension to pull lyrics from the web when a new song plays so I never have to jump over to Opera and type [lyrics Artist Songtitle]. It has an extension to tell you when your favorite artists are performing in town. It has an extension to scrobble your tracks with Last.fm. And recently they've been working on CD rip support and adding in MSC and MTP device support. Songbird, built by Pioneers of the Inevitable, Inc., is a cool company that you should check out.
- If you're still pounding through your final week of school and you need to procrastinate from studying, or maybe you just want some low-key relax time, jump on over to Opera's Trivia IRC channel to answer some trivia questions and maybe discover some other Opera users who live in your area or make some friends.
- Team Fortress 2 has started a competition between Demomen and Soldiers to see who can get the most kills and will release weapon upgrades to these two classes within the next week. I'm hoping Soldiers win. I play on TrashedGamers' servers under the username Kiwi. Make sure to say hi if see me online.
- In spirit of the holidays, Opera's holding a Christmas competition. Every day EspenAO, Opera's Community Manager, posts a new question that you have 24 hours to answer. Someone wins every day, which includes your very own Opera t-shirt and some goodies straight from the Opera HQ. I won on Day 12 of the competition. All you need to play is a My Opera account, internet connection, and a keyboard. So what's your excuse to not enjoy the holidays with Opera?
- I got a Windows Mobile smartphone a couple months ago. The first thing I did was load Opera Mobile 9.7b on it, and to say the least, 9.7b was a bit less than I had hoped for. Then not too long ago Opera Mobile 10b1 was released. There were big improvements in stability and features, but still wasn't the killer application that Opera is on the desktop. Opera Mobile 10b2 was released a couple weeks ago and it is INCREDIBLE. I never knew my phone could be so smart for being 2-year old technology. Kinetic scrolling, Speed Dial, Link, Turbo, and a much better layout engine are a couple features to drool over. If you weren't impressed with 10b2 or 9.7b, then make sure you try out 10b2. A ton has changed. I can say with 100% confidence that I will never need to boot up Pocket Internet Explorer on my mobile anymore for incompatible websites. Oh, and Opera Mobile 10b2 warrants the title "so fast you'll crap your pants."
- I have been participating in functionality testing of Songbird, a next-generation media player based on Gecko that gives WinAmp, iTunes, and Windows Media Player a run for their money. I'm a former user of MusicMatch Jukebox Plus, but ever since Yahoo! bought the media player and
- If you're still pounding through your final week of school and you need to procrastinate from studying, or maybe you just want some low-key relax time, jump on over to Opera's Trivia IRC channel to answer some trivia questions and maybe discover some other Opera users who live in your area or make some friends.
- Team Fortress 2 has started a competition between Demomen and Soldiers to see who can get the most kills and will release weapon upgrades to these two classes within the next week. I'm hoping Soldiers win. I play on TrashedGamers' servers under the username Kiwi. Make sure to say hi if see me online.
- In spirit of the holidays, Opera's holding a Christmas competition. Every day EspenAO, Opera's Community Manager, posts a new question that you have 24 hours to answer. Someone wins every day, which includes your very own Opera t-shirt and some goodies straight from the Opera HQ. I won on Day 12 of the competition. All you need to play is a My Opera account, internet connection, and a keyboard. So what's your excuse to not enjoy the holidays with Opera?
Toggle into Opera's Semi-Fullscreen Mode
Sunday, October 11, 2009 10:24:10 AM
Sometimes I want to watch a YouTube video full screen while checking my email on my dual-screen monitor (once you go dual, you'll be a slave to productivity). The problem is that if you click the fullscreen icon on YouTube and you click your mailbox, YouTube will unfullscreen itself. This is likely the same case for other online video services.
Next I tried using Opera's zoom feature (hit the + key to zoom in, hit 6 to zoom back to 100% if you have single-key shortcuts enabled or repeatedly press - until you're zoomed out), but realized that the address bar, tab bar, status bar, and menu bar all decreased the maximum pseudo-fullscreen mode.
I learned how to quickly show/hide these menu items from Tamil's blog. Even if you don't have dual monitors, this is still useful to make a minimalistic container for viewing any web content (the idea behind Google Chrome's minimalistic design).
There's several options:
1. Add to your right-click menu
1. Open your menu.ini configuration file (either located here or C:\Program Files\Opera\ui\standard_menu.ini)
2. Find the section labeled [Document Popup Menu]
3. At the end of that section, just below the line that reads 
2. Add as a keyboard shortcut
1. Go to Tools > Preferences > Advanced > Shortcuts
2. Under the Keyboard Shortcuts section, click the "Edit..." button
3. In the Edit Keyboard Setup tree, expand the "Applications (default)" item.
4. Click the "New..." button
5. Under the "Input context and shortcuts" column under the newly created blank entry, type "F11 alt".
6. Under the "Actions column", type 
3. Add a button to your toolbar
1. Click this button: FS.
(warning: if you put this button on your toolbar and that toolbar gets hidden, you'll have to go through Opera Appearances to show the hidden toolbars.
If this doesn't work, try copy-pasting the following code into your address bar. You must be using Opera in order for the shortcut to be made:
1. Add to your right-click menu
1. Open your menu.ini configuration file (either located here or C:\Program Files\Opera\ui\standard_menu.ini)
2. Find the section labeled [Document Popup Menu]
3. At the end of that section, just below the line that reads Item, MI_IDM_FULLSCREENTOGGLE = Enter fullscreen | Leave fullscreenadd the following line:
Item, "Semi-Full Screen" = Enable menu bar & View page bar, 6 & View address bar, 6 & View status bar, 6 | Disable menu bar & View page bar, 0 & View address bar, 0 & View status bar, 0
2. Add as a keyboard shortcut
1. Go to Tools > Preferences > Advanced > Shortcuts
2. Under the Keyboard Shortcuts section, click the "Edit..." button
3. In the Edit Keyboard Setup tree, expand the "Applications (default)" item.
4. Click the "New..." button
5. Under the "Input context and shortcuts" column under the newly created blank entry, type "F11 alt".
6. Under the "Actions column", type Enable menu bar & View page bar, 6 & View address bar, 6 & View status bar, 6 | Disable menu bar & View page bar, 0 & View address bar, 0 & View status bar, 0USAGE: Hit Alt+F11 to hide the menu, page, address, and status bars. Hit Alt+F11 again to show all the toolbars. You can change the items that are shown and hidden in this shortcut by changing the Actions column. Tamil's blog entry on Auto-hide toolbars in Opera shows you the names of the toolbars and the codes to use. As you can guess, the action code takes the form of x & y & z | x & y & z, where | denotes an additional state and x, y, and z are complete commands.
3. Add a button to your toolbar
1. Click this button: FS.
(warning: if you put this button on your toolbar and that toolbar gets hidden, you'll have to go through Opera Appearances to show the hidden toolbars.
If this doesn't work, try copy-pasting the following code into your address bar. You must be using Opera in order for the shortcut to be made:
opera:/button/Enable%20menu%20bar,,,%22FS%22%20&%20View%20page%20bar,%206%20&%20View%20address%20bar,%206%20&%20View%20status%20bar,%206%20%7C%20Disable%20menu%20bar,,,%22FS%22%20&%20View%20page%20bar,%200%20&%20View%20address%20bar,%200%20&%20View%20status%20bar,%200ConclusionAt the end of all of this, you should be gaining around 110 pixels of vertical space. If you want to watch a movie that's 400 pixels high, this much space savings means a lot. Here's the before and after pictures:
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