Posts tagged with "opera 8"
Tuesday, 20. September 2005, 09:34:50
dutch, opera, opera 8
Yes, Opera is free.
Peter K has a
posting with the relevant links.
BTW, 8.50 is also immediately available in Dutch
Friday, 16. September 2005, 22:34:06
opera, configuration, tweak, customization
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MyOpera regular Diplo today released his
Opera Tools. These tools, combined with a tweaked menu setup, give a proper GUI to two features of Opera 8, that normally require editing of ini files: URL filtering and server-specific UA spoofing.
The readme file in the package tells all you need to know. For those that want to incorporate the tool in their already customized setup, it is accessed using this menu item:
Item, "Add to Block List" = Copy image address & Execute program,"C:\Program Files\OperaTools\OperaAdBlock.exe", "C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\Opera\Opera8\profile\filter.ini"
and
Item, "Identify As..." = Copy document address & Execute program, "C:\Program Files\OperaTools\OperaUAEditor.exe", "C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\Opera\Opera8\profile\ua.ini"
This obviously needs editing to get the paths right.
Friday, 8. July 2005, 18:41:34
opera, configuration, tweak, opera 8
Finally: an update for the
Files Used by Opera document. This was created for Opera 6, and is now updated to reflect the Profile system, M2 files, etc. Comments are welcome.
After this and the updated
opera.ini documentation, what other documentation are tweakers waiting for?
Friday, 27. May 2005, 21:47:31
configuration, opera, tweak, opera 8
Finally! The
opera6.ini documentation has been updated for Opera 8. As the old docs where valid for Opera 5 only, this is great news. No more searching in a gazillion changelogs to find newly added entries, etc. Thanks to Jorunn and Nafmo!
As a bonus, there is also an updated and improved
sysadmin handbook (with for example info on 'fixed' ini settings) and
command line switches for Opera for Linux and Opera for Windows.
Monday, 25. April 2005, 19:45:33
customization, opera, setup, shortcuts
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There is, as always, a lot of discussion about the perfect setup for Opera. People have a hard time adjusting to changes. Which is of course perfectly normal, just as it is normal for Opera Software to try to get more users on the desktop. Luckily, as
subtitles remarks, it is always possible to change Opera's setup to be (almost) exactly like it was in a previous version.
A long time ago I made the 'Classic clutter' toolbar setup for 7.5 users who yearned for 7.2's 'buttons galore' look. It is
still available in a Opera 8 version.
For those who don't dig the changes in Opera 8, here's a setup called "Seven-Five". Some might only be interested in the shortcuts (an easy way to get 'p' and 'g' back). Other might want the whole setup. Enjoy.
Edit 2007-04-17: get an updated version for Opera 9.2Note that these are not exact replicas of the Opera 7.5 setup; the new features are not hidden. For example, the security icon is not shown on the Address bar (as it is shown in the address field anyway), but the View bar toggle button is.
Tuesday, 19. April 2005, 09:16:57
opera, configuration, opera 8
Opera's Knowledge base now has a nice article about the changes you'll encounter when upgrading from Opera 7.x to Opera 8. Recommended reading for all power users that didn't closely follow the preview/beta developments. So read the
Migration Guide.
Tuesday, 19. April 2005, 08:00:29
opera, userscript, opera 8
User JavaScript has become a fully supported power-feature in Opera 8. See the
new tutorial.
Highlights:
- designate a user JS directory in Preferences > Advanced > Content
- all js files from that directory will be used
- Greasemonkey meta-data compatibility
(slow server today though
)
Monday, 18. April 2005, 17:37:07
opera, configuration, opera 8
Opera offers several search options and related resources like translations and dictionary lookups. Some of the searches will provide Opera ASA with a little money. As URLs can change, and contracts can expire, Opera needs to be able update the searches and search URLs. It is of no use if you have an Ebay search on your Personal bar, and Ebay changes it's URL or contract with Opera so the search doesn't work anymore.
Opera uses a separate file to store the necessary information: search.ini. This file is copied to Profile directories, because different profile users can choose different searches to show on the personal bar. This file has a version number, so when you install a new version of Opera the installer can see if you are using a version that is up to date. Opera 8 will have some updates, and the version number of search.ini will incremented to 5. Existing search.ini files will be backed up (renamed search.bak) and replaced with the newer version.
Tweakers have of course found out that you can manually edit search.ini and so add searches. Nontroppo's wiki has a whole section dedicated to it. Everyone who tweaked search.ini and installs new versions should consider these options:
- manually compare the new search.ini and their old search.bak, and edit the new search.ini to incorparate the tweaks again
- change the version number of their search.ini before upgrading, thereby preventing the replacement with the newer search.ini, and manually check to see whether the URLs in their tweaked search.ini that came from the official search.ini still work
To help with this, here are the changes since version 4:
- new entry 'Opera web search'
- new URL for Ebay search
- redirector URLs are now used for encyclopedia and dictionary and many translations, to prevent the URLs from going stale
Sunday, 27. March 2005, 20:07:12
opera, userscript, opera 8
Opera developer Peter K. presents a 'Google Suggest Everywhere' userscript (not written by himself BTW). It adds the Google Suggest functionality to all google.com search fields.
<
http://www.softwolves.pp.se/blog/2005-03-26>
I've tried it, and it works very well. It was inspired by the Greasemonkey script from
<
http://holovaty.com/blog/archive/2005/03/19/1826>, but redone to make use of Opera's special userscript functionality.
I've also cleaned up my User JavaScript page a bit, offloading extra userscript functions for use in my user.js framework to a new page:
<
http://people.opera.com/rijk/opera/userjs-collection.html>
The functions have been cleaned up a bit with help of fellow Opera users. And I've even provided equivalent downloadable scripts for Greasemonkey users.
Wednesday, 23. March 2005, 11:08:16
opera, userscript, extensions, security
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I've been linked to from Cnet:
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http://news.com.com/Firefox+add-on+lets+surfers+tweak+sites%2C+but+is+it+safe/2100-1032_3-5631009.html>
links to
<
http://people.opera.com/rijk/opera/userjs.html>
"In what could signal a trend toward user scripts, Norwegian browser maker Opera Software picked up the idea, adding the functionality to Beta 3 of Opera 8, acknowledging Greasemonkey."
Grumble... maybe I should make it clearer on my page that Greasemonkey was
not the inspiration for developing User JavaScript. This idea had come up between Jonny A. (Opera tech thinker) and Lars H., (our main JavaScript guy) in 2002 already, and the code was actually written last year.
They also quote my quote of Hallvord's 'be careful' warning.
Monday, 21. March 2005, 19:15:15
opera, userscript, customization, opera 8
http://my.opera.com/hallvors/journal/45This stuff transcends the realms of copy & paste javascripters. Real JavaScript understanding is required. But with
window.opera.addEventListener() you can truly make any website do what you want.
Wednesday, 16. March 2005, 21:22:11
opera, configuration, userscript, security
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NOTE: I've made a webpage now to present the user.js framework script. See <
http://people.opera.com/rijk/opera/userjs.html>
Hallvord introduced Opera's latest surprise for tweakers in his Journal.
What is a user scriptBasically it is a script from a local file that gets executed before any other scripts (or event handlers) on the page, once in every document.
I've collected some more or less interesting scripts that I'd like to run on all pages, and on specific sites, in this user script: <
http://people.opera.com/rijk/opera/scripts/user.js>. I'm not yet using any versioning there BTW, it can be a different script tomorrow, or in an hour. The script is set up to easily add extra functions, and enable/disable them for all or for specific sites when you want. Don't expect me to explain specific functions, because I'm not a proficient JavaScripter myself. I'd say: experiment, share, and file bug reports if necessary.
Enabling user script in Opera 8 beta 3[User Prefs]
User Javascript=1
User Javascript File=C:Program FilesOperauserjs.js
SecurityThe script has exactly the same restrictions as a script on the page, except that it can access some User JS specific functionality (we'll get back to you on that) and that it can read the text property on any script element (normal scripts can't read the text property of external scripts loaded from other servers than the document.)
The additional privileges are available when the User JS file is initially executed and when a User JS event is being handled. Global functions defined by User JS but called from a script in the page have no special privileges.
Friday, 4. March 2005, 01:51:34
opera 8, opera, customization, tweak
Add a 'BlogThis!' button, for those with a Blogger.com account. Select a quote from a web page and press your new button to get a blog compose window. In Opera 8 beta 2, you can finally use the layout buttons for Bold and Italic (though they insert the markup for STRONG and EM strangely enough) etc in the compose window.
It's a bit hard to add a clickable button link to a Journal post, so I'll redirect you to my buttons webpage to pick it up:
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http://people.opera.com/rijk/opera/dndbuttons.html>
Monday, 28. February 2005, 13:39:49
opera, security, shortcuts, opera 8
For those who wondered how to access the security info without using the mouse: the answer is Ctrl+I. Works when a browser window has focus.
Friday, 25. February 2005, 13:01:40
opera, customization, tweak, opera 8
A new widget is being tested in Opera Beta 2: the hidden dropdown. It looks like this in the toolbar.ini file:
Button, 21209=Back + Show hidden popup menu, "Internal Back History"
This adds a single 'back' button to the toolbar, but on holding it pressed for a second the dropdown menu will appear. You can also hold your mouse button pressed and move down to make the menu appear.
Advantage: enables features while keeping the UI clean
Disadvantage: not intuitive, so will have to be learned
Friday, 25. February 2005, 11:50:54
opera, shortcuts, customization, opera 8
Beta 2 goes further on the path of making Opera safe for browser switchers.
This is easiest to see in the keybaord shortcuts. Opera has some single-key shortcuts which can drastically alter the look of the page: P and G. These have been changed in Beta 2.
And to make our cross-platform set of shortcuts more manageable, Ctrl+G will perform 'Find next' in all desktop versions of Beta 2. F3 will continue to work as well, but Ctrl+G is the normal shortcut for Find next on Mac and in several Linux applications.
The new shortcuts are:
- Ctrl+G: Find next
- Shift+G: toggle user mode/author mode
- Shift+I: toggle images on/off/cached
- I: Load all images
- Shift+P: toggle print preview
Furthermore, Ctrl+F11 has been assigned to 'Fit to Window width' in Beta 2. On Linux, you can still remove the menu bar with Alt+F11.
Those who hate change can edit the shortcuts in the Preferences, or restore the old standard_keyboard.ini file from the backup folder.
Those who use a custom keyboard setup and perform an upgrade, might not notice all the new shortcuts.
Thursday, 23. December 2004, 14:20:30
opera, opera 8, setup, screenshot
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Opera Beta is out!
Update: Beta 2 is outI've updated the toolbars below to take advantage of the latest features, I didn't change the menus yet.
Edit 2007-04-17: get updated versions for Opera 9.2
If you need to convince your coworkers that Opera's UI can be molded in anyway you like, try the Firefox lookalike setup:
Skin: <
http://my.opera.com/community/customize/skins/skin.cgi?id=2297>
Toolbar: <
http://people.opera.com/rijk/opera/ini/tb/munin_toolbar_800.ini>
Menus:
http://people.opera.com/rijk/opera/ini/menu/munin_menu_800.iniKeyboard shortcuts:
http://people.opera.com/rijk/opera/ini/kb/munin_keyboard_800.iniIf you prefer a Safari look and feel, try these:
Skin for Windows: <
http://my.opera.com/community/customize/skins/skin.cgi?id=1354>
Skin for Mac (and only Mac!): <
http://my.opera.com/community/customize/skins/skin.cgi?id=2009>
Toolbar: <
http://my.opera.com/customize/setups/setup.pl?id=1653&show=toolbars>
(best suited for registered version, with ads this one is better: <
http://my.opera.com/customize/setups/setup.pl?id=1647&show=toolbars> )
You can even get an Internet Explorer XP look and feel:
Skin: <
http://my.opera.com/community/customize/skins/skin.cgi?id=747>
Toolbar: <
http://people.opera.com/rijk/opera/ini/tb/operaexplorer_toolbar_800.ini>
Menus:
http://people.opera.com/rijk/opera/ini/menu/operaexplorer_menu_800.iniKeyboard shortcuts:
http://people.opera.com/rijk/opera/ini/kb/munin_keyboard_800.iniNotes:
1. These toolbars and menus might contain oddities when not used together and with the recommended skin.
2. Thanks to Ralf Demuth (Safari toolbar and Safari and Firefox skin) and Lars Kleinschmidt (IE XP skin).
Monday, 13. December 2004, 19:47:42
opera, opera 8, screenshot, setup
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The new toolbars and menus as tested in the 8.0 beta are great, and exactly what Opera needs at this moment. But I know some people disagree. And frankly, sometimes I want to have more menus, buttons etc as well. Even though I am usually content with keyboard shortcuts for arcane functions as 'Validate page' and 'Copy raw mail'.
Toolbars are very personal and very easy to adjust to your own taste, but the same can't be said for menus. So I've made a downloadable menu for 8.00 (beta 1) that contains almost everything Opera can do from the menu, eschewing sub-menus whenever possible. Get it here:
Edit 2007-04-17: get an updated version for Opera 9.2<
http://people.opera.com/rijk/opera/ini/menu/bigger_menu_800.ini>. Not happy? Choose 'Opera Standard' from 'Tools > Preferences > Toolbars and menus' and the original menu is back.
One thing I didn't include were the gazillion toolbar customization options on the toolbar context menus. I hope everyone is used to the 'Customize...' dialog by now!
BTW, no guarantee that this menu will work flawlessly in a final 8.0, though I will make updates available.
Screenshot with pagebar context menu:
<
http://people.opera.com/rijk/opera/img/biggermenus1.png>
Screenshot with document context menu:
<
http://people.opera.com/rijk/opera/img/biggermenus2.png>
Edit 2004-12-23: changed text, menu renamed and slightly updated, for 8.0 beta
Friday, 27. August 2004, 23:13:24
opera, opera 8, tweak, customization
The 7.60 preview is out, and should preferably be getting a clean install on your system when you want to test it. It is just a preview, after all. But for the
tweakers here...
If you want to reuse your setup files made for 7.5x, you'll have to change a few things to take advantage of the new features. So below you'll find all the changes in the setup files since 7.5x.
- Toolbars: the Voice button was added to the address bar and main bar. Only relevant for Windows users BTW. You should be able to add the 'Voice' button to the toolbar of your choice from the 'Customize toolbars' dialog. The 'buttons and fields' repository and the 'Defaults' are taken from the standard_toolbar.ini, which will be updated by the upgrade. So the new button is available there, no tedious editing necessary. The only other changes in toolbar.ini were some minor localization changes.
- Keyboard shortcuts:
The new keyboard shortcut Ctrl+F9 (stop speaking!) was actually already available in 7.5. If you have to add it to a custom keyboard setup, it looks like this:
F9 ctrl = Cancel current voice (and it goes into the 'Application' section)
Also added to 7.6, in the 'Button widget' section which hopefully no-one modifies:
Enter shift = Click button
Enter shift ctrl = Click button
- Menus:
For those who have manually edited their menu file, they will have to to do some more edits now. New items are included in the menus in these sections:
- Mark thread as read, in the [Mail Item Mark Menu] section:
Item, 70126 = Mark thread as read
- Kick with reason and Ban under [Chat User Control Menu]:
Item, 70044= Chat command, 9
Item, 70047= Chat command, 10
- The new Medium screen mode aka 'Fit to width' is placed under the [Browser View Menu]:
Item, 69482= Enable mediumscreen mode | Disable mediumscreen mode
- The Voice console is placed under [Advanced Tools Menu]:
Platform Windows-QNX, Item, 69312= Show Voice Console
- And lastly there is a direct link to the Voice help under [Help Contents Menu]:
Platform Windows-QNX, Item, "Voice"= Go to page, "opera:/help/voice.html"
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