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Opera 10.5 Final for Windows

Tuesday, March 2, 2010 8:25:19 AM

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Opera Software released version 10.5 of the Opera browser Desktop. Windows only right now, with Mac and Linux and friends following-up RSN.

I have written a short article for this release for the Israeli/Hebrew followers in the Hebrew Group, here:
http://my.opera.com/hebrew/blog/opera-10-5-for-windows-released

In English, however, I don't need to go into much words and details thankfully (writing so much is tiring! smile), for this we have Opera employees. All that is needed is for you to visit http://www.opera.com and check out the new browser - looks, speed, features, the whole package.

I've been using snapshots of Opera 10.5 from its Alpha stage to Beta to Final. This version truly feels like a new day for Opera. It is fast. It is packed with new features and standards support. And it retains all the things that brought us to Opera to begin with.

All that I lack now is a Final release for my Mac, and peace will be restored. smile

Give 10.5 a spin -- you won't regret it.

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Opera Tips

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 6:09:46 AM

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In this post I will share any Opera tips that will come to mind. I will try to keep this up-to-date, so it might be worth while to revisit this post once in a while.

The first batch of tips is a compilation of tips from the Opera Tips twitter page. There are lots more there, but I chose to most prominent ones for me.

Here Goes!

Tip #1
Right-click on a tab and choose "Lock Tab". This option will affectively disallow actions such as accidentally closing the tab.

Tip #2
Fast and simple scrolling with the space bar. Pressing the scroll bar will scroll the document down. Once the document's bottom is reached, pressing the scroll bar will load the next page.

Tip #3
Automatic page refreshes. Right-click on a page and choosing Reload Every will enable you to set an automatic interval to reload the page.

Tip #4
Click and hold the Back button to see a list of previously visited websites - for the currently active tab.

Tip #5
You can perform an inline search by pressing either "." or "/".

Tip #6
After the search, you can jump through the results by using the F3 key.

Tip #7
Use Opera Link to have your bookmarks with you, wherever you install the Opera browser.

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Opera 10.x

Thursday, October 15, 2009 5:57:41 AM

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Many moons have passed since my last Opera-related post.
What has happened since?

Lots of updates to My Opera (none of them, of course, dealt with the various BiDi problems...)!
Opera 10 was released. Opera Mini 5 beta was released. Opera 10.10 "Unite Edition" was released. Wow. smile

Looks like it has mostly been Good Times(TM).

The Opera browser is now better than ever in regards to BiDi support (and in general, too!!).
There are still various kinks to work out but overall - really good.

I am really excited to be able to help the Opera developers improve the browser and its BiDi/RTL support; the past few years have been very rewarding (being an Elektran and all), and I really look forward for an even better Opera in 2010.

Other then that, I have also switched to Mac and I now own an aluminum Macbook 13" (late 2008 edition).
The transition to OS X was really smooth; I've most alternative and even superior applications to use and I am really enjoying every moment (for real!). Opera for Mac also works and looks great. If you get the chance then I sincerely suggest you a Mac. smile

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Climate Change

Thursday, October 15, 2009 5:31:27 AM

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As my blog's title suggest - I am not big on blogging, not because I don't like it or find it pointless; I'm just not big on it personally. I'm a reader, not a writer. That said, today is a special and important day and I find myself compelled to chim in and actually write.

Today is Blog Action Day 2009 on the subject of Climate Change, and while I am certainly no expert, but I believe this issue is Very Important(TM). The world's nations cannot and must not put this matter aside or on the "back burner" any longer. Our world is "falling apart" because of our own doing, and it is important that we all take a stand and decide that it is time to undo our damages.

Please, take notice of this and try to raise the awareness of this issue in your own respected countries.
Take action.

http://www.blogactionday.org

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TV Series You Ought to Watch

Friday, December 19, 2008 12:35:00 PM

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This list is no longer maintained. Maybe in the future.

Some order is needed...

I am watching A LOT of series and sometimes I lose track of which ones I've watched in the past.
I like to collect seemingly random and useless data, but I also want to share this particular one as I think it will benefit other TV buffs out there.

I use pogsdesign's wonderful TV calender to keep track of air dates of the numerous series I currently follow. Really great.

So here is my [alphabetically ordered] list of series which I have followed during the years (and still follow). Highly recommended by me! wink

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Read more...

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Member of the Week

Friday, August 15, 2008 8:53:59 PM

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As I stated in a comment in the blog post, this is something I did not expect... smile
Thanks My Opera!

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Opera 9.5 Coming

Wednesday, June 11, 2008 1:40:55 PM

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After almost two years in development cycle it looks like Opera 9.5 is finally reaching its Final milestone. While I can't say I am totally pleased with its BiDi support, I do praise it for the giant leap forward in that support since the 9.2x days.

Opera Link, Speed Dial, more new features, new technologies, better support for existing ones, many many many fixed bugs, better stability, perfomance and speed, a new skin (which I have come to love, although it still has some minor issue), and more (I'm sure we'll get the complete list soon enough). All of these make Opera 9.5 IMO a very good release, amongs a stiff competition from Firefox 3 and Safari. Each with its own set of weaknesses and strong points.

That said, there are unfortunatly new regressions in 9.5 compared to 9.2x in respect to BiDi, but also luckly threre are less regressions than new bugs or fixed bugs. smile I am sure that 9.5x, 9.6(?) and 10.0 will have more fixed BiDi bugs and also hopefully new things in store for us.

Here is for Opera 9.5, the best Opera release yet (can't please them all, of course)...!

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Opera Mini - On Your Desktop

Saturday, March 29, 2008 5:54:41 PM

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You read it correctly.

Lars Kleinschmidt brought this cool idea to the attention of the My Opera community in his blog.
You can read about it here.

Credits for the original idea go to "Mr Nobody" from opera.perm.ru.

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My Opera Community Website Design and RTL languages

Thursday, March 20, 2008 7:29:29 AM

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How long will RTL users must suffer here?
The RTL community here (those who use Hebrew and Arabic and such) is not a small group of people. Opera has a huge market out there that is just being ignored.

Okay, so you don't want to take it upon yourself just yet to convert the various pages (personal, group) and add BiDi support. Fine.

BUT FOR THE LOVE OF WHATEVER, AT LEAST ADD RTL SUPPORT FOR THE GODAMN GROUP FORUMS.
It is crippled. It is F***ing annoying and it doesn't make any of us want to write here.

And to think it is merely just adding scriptingly one flippin tag to the mark-up... But as always, excuses previle.

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Opera Mini Again

Thursday, February 14, 2008 8:04:05 AM

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I've been an OM user for quite a while, but only recently I have bothered myself with reading a bit about the shortcuts and modes that are provided.

This is really Good Stuff(tm)!
I'm totally loving the ease of switching between Desktop to Mobile view and back, it's really comfertable and makes the whole process of navigating via Mobile a real pleasure. Even the BiDi support works well. bigsmile

Most excellent. smile

I do have a wishlist item, though...
I know that OM tries to detect phone numbers and make them 'dial-able', but that obviously doesn't always work and doesn't cover all formats and use-cases. So my wish is to add a key-combo that will transform the keypad to your regular dialing keys while still in OM view and allow you to dial the number while you are looking at it. Pressing the key-combo again will switch the keys back to OM-navigation keys and what not...

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