Opera FAQs, Tips, Tricks & Tweaks

Opera Shutdown was created using AutoHotkey to shutdown/hibernate computer when Opera completes transfers. Size is 203 KB and installation is not required.

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When there is a transfer, Opera title bar will contain Transfers XX:XX - Opera and this will change to Transfers - Opera when transfer completes. OperaShutdown.exe will check periodically for this change and will show the following dialog box when transfer completes. If there is no response from you during timeout period, it will shutdown/hibernate computer.

Confirmation dialog

• OperaShutdown.exe will beep and run in background.
• You must keep transfers tab in Opera active.
• To close OperaShutdown.exe at any time use keyboard shortcut, Win+X. Opera Shutdown will beep before exit. To change exit keyboard, open OperaShutdown.ini and change the value for Exit Shortcut. See this to know modifier symbols to define hotkeys.
• If you use other than English language, open OperaShutdown.ini and change the value of Trigger Text to <Transfers as in your language file> - Opera.
• To shutdown instead of hibernate, open OperaShutdown.ini and change the value of Hibernate to 0.
• To close Opera without system shutdown/hibernate, open OperaShutdown.ini and change the value of Test to 1 and in Opera disable confirm exit in Tools → Preferences... → Advanced → Browsing

Changelog

Date	Changes
Mar 14, 2009	Added option to change exit keyboard shortcut.
Mar 12, 2009	Added option to close Opera without system shutdown/hibernate.
Jan 24, 2009	Added option to hibernate.
May 17, 2008	Initial release.

Opera personal bar (default)

Right click on a bookmark in personal bar > Properties... > Name (rename with short name)

Opera personal bar with short names

Right click on personal bar > Customize... > Style > Images only

Opera personal bar with images only

Bookmarks > Manage Bookmarks... > Right click on a folder > Properties... > Show on personal bar

Opera personal bar with folders

Sometimes we need to specify two parameters for search as in the following search.

http://images.google.com/images?imgtype=face&q=monkey

It is possible to create search engine for the above using JavaScript.

By creating a search engine with the following JavaScript in address field, you can search Google Images from address bar by typing <search engine keyword><space><search parameter 1><space><search parameter 2> (example: gi face monkey)

javascript:var s='%s';var p=s.indexOf('+');if(p>-1){var s1=s.split('+');var s2=s.slice(p+1)};window.location.href='http://images.google.com/images?imgtype='+s1[0]+'&q='+s2;

To create search engine for another site, modify images.google.com/images?imgtype='+s1[0]+'&q='+s2; part in the above JavaScript. When you perform search, s1[0] will be replaced by first parameter & s2 with second parameter.

If <search parameter 1> is more than one word use the following JavaScript. Use dot instead of space as separtor between search parameters.

javascript:var s='%s';var p=s.indexOf('.');if(p>-1){var s1=s.split('.');var s2=s.slice(p+1)};window.location.href='http://images.google.com/images?imgtype='+s1[0]+'&q='+s2;

Update: Apr 28, 2008

No. of members joined upto 2004 : 127000 (approx)
No. of members joined in 2005 : 139000 (approx)
No. of members joined in 2006 : 341090
No. of members joined in 2007 : 607954

In 2007, 78.24% increase in members compared to 2006. We will reach 2 million members before the end of 2008.

Opera Community member statistics for 2007

Number of members vs Month

Average members per day vs Month

You can install & run Opera alpha/beta version without affecting your current Opera settings.

Windows
Install Opera beta in different folder such as Opera Beta. Your settings will be stored inside %APPDATA%\Opera\Opera Beta folder.

Linux
Download Opera beta package in TAR.GZ or TAR.BZ2 format, extract it and run opera shell script. Your settings will be stored inside profile folder.

Mac
Running Multiple Versions of Opera on OS X

See How to transfer all settings from one Opera installation to another? & Test Opera weekly/beta/final with & without changing current Opera settings using Sandboxie.

Update: Feb 20, 2009