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Almost everyone knows how to make his browser elegance by applying classy skins. Fortunately there are lots of high-quality skins made by Opera users for Opera fans. You can visit this page to get a list of compatible skins categorized in different tags.

However, it's hard to find well-designed and flawless skins. So I introduce some of my favorite skins to help you find your way through a bunch of nice and lovely skins.

● Emil_RSD
Author: RSD

A nice skin with sharp and vivid icons. Though it gives you more working space, unlike minimalist skins it's really easy to click buttons and tabs. Both small and large images as well as color schemes are supported.


● Shadowguard
Author: ducy

Dark and compact skin with sharp and clear icons. It can't be easier to use drop-down buttons because of nice effects you get by using this skin. Incidentally, you'll get more working space without sacrificing ease of use.


● Infinity
Author: Sergey

A very dark minimal skin with nice animated icons and cool effects for scroll bars, tooltips and panels. Small buttons and toolbars make this skin perfect for small screens.


● Opera IBIS
Author: Lars Kleinschmidt

Official skin from the chinese version of Opera with good contrast between red and white colors as well as nice rounded components. However, toolbar is a little bit bigger than most skins.


● 2dARk
Author: artmil

A nice dark skin with flat buttons and tabs. Though flat tabs are not regular, you'll find this effect interesting after getting used to it. Changing color scheme gives it nice impression.
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A UserJS file is a downloadable script which enhances your Opera browser and changes your browsing experience by adding or modifying webpage components. There's a large number of different scripts written for Opera browser but unfortunately they are scattered all over the web as well as MyOpera forums.
Long ago, UserJS.org was a good place to upload and download scripts but it's not been updated since a few years ago. However, you may want to take a look at this sticky topic posted by Lex1.

Now I would like to share some of the most useful UserJS files I've found. Hope they change your browsing experience.

● Google Images ThumbLink
Author: skvalen

Are you using Google Images on a regular basis? Have you ever hated the frameset preview of Google Images? Would you like to open the image instead of opening the webpage?
This script improves Google Images result pages by linking the image thumbnails directly to the images themselves. A "No Frameset" link is also added which links directly to the page referring to the image.



● Image Thumbnail
Author: Jonas Sjoblom - Kani

If you're visiting a webpage containing several links to images, you should leave the page or open a new tab to visit each image. Why are you doing so while there's an easier way?
This script allows you to view the image in the same page just by hovering your mouse cursor over the image link. It normally shows a thumbnail of the original image at the lower-left part of the screen but by holding the Ctrl key, the image with the original size will be displayed instead.


● Let Me See Images
Author: Lex1

Is there some missing images in the page you're viewing? Is there any placeholder or icon informing you of the missing image?
This script replaces empty image alt attributes and copies alt to the title. So even if an image is not loaded, the alt text will be displayed there.


● Linkifier
Author: Mike Samokhvalov

Are you reading a page containing a lot of unclickable URLs? Does the forum converts links to normal text?
This script searches the whole page for valid URLs and turns them into clickable blue underlined links.


● My Opera Community Enhancements
Author: João Eiras

Are you visiting MyOpera community every now and then? Do you want new features to be added to MyOpera forums and blogs?
Improved search results, smiley tooltips, inline attachments display, page numbers for each topic, quick find in file listing and so on...


● Scribit
Author: João Eiras

Are you a heavy duty MyOpera poster? Would you like to be able to edit your posts without leaving the original page?
This script creates an inline editor and provides the user the ability to edit all his/her MyOpera forum posts, blog posts and comments.

This is a modified version with all buttons in one row and a few shortcut changes proper for screen resolutions of 1024 or higher. To get the original script, click here.


● Snap Links (presented by Zotlan)
Author: Ayush

Are there too many links you would like to open at once? Do you hate holding the Ctrl+Shift buttons and clicking them one by one?
This script allows you to easily open multiple links in new tabs by drawing a box around them. There is visual aid to show which links are currently selected. Though only the main links are selected by default, you can select all links by holding down the Shift key. Using Alt key lets you move the rectangle. You can also press Esc anytime to cancel the progress.


● YouTube Downloader
Author: Punkesito

Do you like videos shared on YouTube? Have you ever tried 3rd-party tools or websites to download them?
This script adds two links right below the YouTube video allowing you to download both the HD and SD versions of the currently playing video.


How to install UserJS files?
It's really simple to activate these scripts in your browser...

1. Copy all UserJS files to a specific location (for example: C:\Program Files\Opera\UserJS)
2. Go to Tools > Preferences > Advanced > Content and click the "JavaScript Options..." button.
3. Enter the path of the location where UserJS files are in the "User JavaScript files" text box.

Voila! Now you feel the changes!

Almost all Opera users are trying to find an easy yet reliable way to backup their browser's profile in order to restore all the settings, bookmarks, widgets and skins in case of need.

The manual way is very easy but doesn't leave enough options to choose what parts you would like to keep and what files are useless in your eyes. So using a third-party tool is our only chance for now.

Opera Settings Import & Export tool (OSIE) is what we need. It's a little freeware tool to take some of the pain out of managing/migrating/backing up/restoring Opera profiles. It allows backup and restore of your bookmarks, mail, contacts, sessions, preferences, etc and enables easy transfer of them between Opera installations in different folders or OSes. Also good for finding and restoring lost settings if they disappeared after an Opera upgrade.

you can get more information and download the latest version by visiting its homepage.

first things first...

Opera browser is a full-featured internet suite which is known for its unlimited personalizing and customizing options. Most new users are not familiar with its easy-to-access settings, but even Opera fans (like me) are not aware of all the possibilities this great browser gives to us.

Some members have gathered useful tips and tricks about Opera in their blogs. here are just some of them:

● Tamil's blog (Opera FAQs, tips, tricks and tweaks)
● xErath's blog (UserJS, Tips and tricks for the interwebs)
● dude09's blog (MyOpera Notebook)
● Rijk's blog (Opera tips and tweaks)
● shoust's blog (Opera tips and modified UserJS files)


i'm just looking for more interesting blogs, so more links will be added in near future. if you find more useful blogs, just lemme know. thanx!