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Integrate Opera better with Aero

Monday, 20. July 2009, 09:08:38

Opera user Rafael Oliveira decided to "hack" Opera and see if he could make Opera integrate better with Windows Vista/7 by making the tab bar glass-enabled. And to his big surprise it actually worked! According to himself it's not a perfect solution, but it does do the trick. Please note that this also removes the title bar.

If you want to try it, check out his tutorial.

Warning: This approach is highly experimental. We have not tested the files and/or methodology to make this work. Use at your own risk.

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Hans Bendiksen # 20. July 2009, 09:13

Nice!!

Hope Opera comes with aero by default.

Casey Jade # 20. July 2009, 09:15

glass enabled??? wow

CASH MONEY # 20. July 2009, 09:23

hi thats cool and hot so dont get it twisted is nice job from opera

vIrGE # 20. July 2009, 09:28

Ivan # 20. July 2009, 09:28

Interesting!

Vy Nguyen # 20. July 2009, 09:31

lol NIce~! That's worth a try.

Konstantin # 20. July 2009, 09:32

Wow, it's advice for Opera team for following versions

Tamil # 20. July 2009, 09:41

Alexis # 20. July 2009, 09:48

Kewl!

Demon # 20. July 2009, 10:18

I think in the opera browser download webpage, they should give the option to download opera with aero skin, so people like me can download it as is without the need to modify it ourselves.

Tuấn Ngọc # 20. July 2009, 10:33

Opera browser beta 10. is error. it run very low.

And I dun know why.

Resly Dumasapal # 20. July 2009, 11:21

Wow, its nice for a change...

Charles # 20. July 2009, 11:54

Can't wait to see this integrated into Opera 10.

Soumitram4u. # 20. July 2009, 11:59

kalagh # 20. July 2009, 12:33

i'm just wondering why Opera has not got rid of that useless titlebar yet?

Uwalaka Sunny # 20. July 2009, 12:39

Is a great wok bt must b tested by opera team

dirk # 20. July 2009, 13:20

Ovidiu Radoi # 20. July 2009, 13:45

Add this to Opera 10.
If it's not possible in the release, then add it as soon as you can

Alexei # 20. July 2009, 13:51

Should be a default, really. All other major browsers are focusing on having their applications as native as possible...

opaques popo # 20. July 2009, 14:36

HURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAYYYYYYYYYYYYY

2 YOU ALL

evgeny-ig # 20. July 2009, 15:01

I don't like it... Tabs become unnoticeable... and I use XP and Ubuntu. And in both systems there is no Aero

Charles Schloss # 20. July 2009, 15:04

Alex # 20. July 2009, 15:17

Yes! I like it!

Amagwula Ikechukwu O. # 20. July 2009, 16:06

Very Nice. Love that.

aboleo # 20. July 2009, 16:14

Is it possible to port this hack into a XP-Version?
I would have done it by myself .. but my abilities

Kai Ockendorf # 20. July 2009, 16:44

Very nice! Hope that it will be in the final
Opera 10 & the Opera-Team will integrated
much MORE Aero:)

wirtschaft # 20. July 2009, 16:47

great work.

Sardorbek # 20. July 2009, 16:55

walter # 20. July 2009, 16:55

Carol # 20. July 2009, 17:10

Hubba hubba sweet

Ricardo Ferreira # 20. July 2009, 17:15

What about removing the bar? In XP?

Manu # 20. July 2009, 17:22

It's working fine under Windows 7 64bit, but the transparency affects the tab font and when I have background image, it's not very readable.
But really nice implementation! ;-)

PozsonyiMark # 20. July 2009, 17:54

Must Be Default

Samuel # 20. July 2009, 18:14

Tough I have no Vista or 7, it seems a nice add. And also it should be default! And the dissapearing of the Title Bar Too!!

Meggie Patrick # 20. July 2009, 18:20

Nice ...

Bleachfinder # 20. July 2009, 18:41

Can't wait to see this integrated into Opera 10. Too

mambo mamiya # 20. July 2009, 19:08

Opera 10

Marce Bigaboy # 20. July 2009, 23:05

I don't think i understand very well what it is maybe when i'll get it i'll understand it hope it will be for free.

Karen # 21. July 2009, 02:45

Neato!

Bhup's !!!!! # 21. July 2009, 04:10

10 blast your beauty . . Oooopera..!

Wu668 # 21. July 2009, 06:57

yeremya davin pratama # 21. July 2009, 08:10

K. SUBRAYA BHAT # 21. July 2009, 09:34

Very Good. Pretty

Dike charles # 21. July 2009, 10:23

That's wonderful. Great work and hard working bring better resuits. I say beautiful work. Well done

Asrul syam # 21. July 2009, 10:54

Yulizar # 21. July 2009, 11:04

David Shamloo Ekblad # 21. July 2009, 14:17

Looks great!

steven # 21. July 2009, 14:59

EJ902 # 21. July 2009, 15:58

I think this does look very nice, though I really hope that if Opera Software do implement it they don't get rid of the menu bar and replace it with a small bookmarks menu and settings menu next to the address bar like IE, Chrome and Safari have done (and how Mozilla are thinking of doing). Perhaps it would be feasible to put the menu bar in with the aero stuff (and an option to disable it for those who don't want it).