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5. April 2010, 18:39:56

User Agent Button

Is there a way to make 'Mask as Firefox' show in the user agent button/pull down? I can't understand why the mask options were left out of that since they are available. I mask so many pages that it would be more convenient. What I would really like is a way to permanently change the user agent somewhere for all pages. Thats what I do with Chrome.

5. April 2010, 19:35:10

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sgunhouse

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No, the two Mask options are Site Preferences only and can't be enabled as general settings.

6. April 2010, 11:30:20

DanielHendrycks

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Posts: 2632

O Menu Button>Appearances>Buttons>Preferences>Find the "Mask as Opera button">Drag and drop it where you want.

6. April 2010, 23:18:20

There is no 'mask as firefox' button thats what I was posting about unless you know a way to make one. The button in the appearance>preferences is 'identify' not 'mask'.

Originally posted by DanielHendrycks:

O Menu Button>Appearances>Buttons>Preferences>Find the "Mask as Opera button">Drag and drop it where you want.

7. April 2010, 00:22:51

voessli

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For FireFox you have the "Modify Headers" Button oder "Quick Preferences" or "Switch Agent" ...
As for Opera ... you have to wait till someone does write a button

7. April 2010, 00:54:37

shoust

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Try the bottom "Smiley identify" button here http://operawiki.info/CustomButtons#quickprefs
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7. April 2010, 19:26:52

voessli

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thanks, but as mentioned long ago, user-agent overwriting is not possible. For FF you have "modify headers" that will change the agent -> no matter what you have adjusted in configs (useragent.override), it will be overwritten somehow - whithout changing the config. For instance, if you want to spoof your OS because its so old. I cant spoof my OS with Opera, but it must be possible.

8. April 2010, 03:59:49

I gave the smiley button a try and it is showing as opera even though I have it set for 'smiley cry' which should be mask as firefox.

I'd jump through hoops to get this done since it seems to improve the browsing experience quite a bit. I really don't understand why sites that aren't optimized for Opera don't just treat it as something else rather than break. From what I can tell its not Operas fault since tricking the site seems to make a difference.

I'd like to get the tabs on top with no title bar and I believe thats possible when i upgrade to W7 from XP.

This is hands down the best browser.

8. April 2010, 06:36:04

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sgunhouse

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You can have the tabs on top and no title bar in XP as long as you aren't using the ME-styled theme.

8. April 2010, 08:30:12

TripleDude

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Originally posted by sgunhouse:

You can have the tabs on top and no title bar in XP as long as you aren't using the ME-styled theme.

What do you mean by ME-styled theme? Can you explain that a bit? I would love to get rid of the title bar on top to get more screen real estate!
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8. April 2010, 08:34:01

shoust

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You need to enable and use the non-classic themes in xp and above to hide the tabs bar while its on top
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Thats the way it should always B.
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