For Opera Browser lovers

Trying out the new Opera 11 and it is nice.

Also trying mouse gestures for the first time - pretty cool.
Full explanation and demo video on the Opera 11 Upgrade page.
Short demo video Visual Mouse Gestures
How to Enable Mouse Gestures in Opera 11

Opera press release: Are you ready for Opera 11?

Opera 11 reviews:

• Opera 11 - CNET Australia
• Opera 11 - Expert Review

Some helpful links - press F11 for Opera Show presentation:

• Keyboard Shortcuts
• Backing up Opera

also Keyboard Shortcuts Everyone Should Know

 

One browser feature that everyone takes for granted now is Tabbed Browsing which was first
developed by Opera.

The Add Bookmark dialog in Opera is much better than in FF/Palemoon.
There was an add-on OpenBook
which emulates the Opera dialog, but it is not compatible with the latest version of FF/Palemoon.
OpenBook developer's page

In FF/Palemoon Organize Bookmarks library is opened in a separate window.
In Opera Manage Bookmarks is opened as a new Tab.
This tab can be positioned at far left so that it is always available via Ctrl-Tab tab selection dialog.

Searching Bookmarks:

Opera does not use Tags as in FF/Palemoon, but the description textbox is immediately available
when adding a bookmark.
The bookmark search facility via the Quick Find text field in the Opera bookmark library
also searches through all text in a bookmarks description box, so it functions similarly to searching tags.
F8 puts the cursor into the Quick Find text field which Saves previous search words/phrases
that can be re-used from the dropdown listbox.

Tip:
F4 is a left panel On/Off toggle which can also be used to instantly access Bookmarks,
History, Page Info, Downloads, etc.

A new feature in Opera 11 is Tab Stacking which serves a similar funtion to the
TooManyTabs add-on for FF/Palemoon.

Also new in version 11 is Opera Extensions,
the feature that made Firefox so popular.

All of the new features are demo'd on the Opera 11 Upgrade page.

Tips for Firefox/Palemoon users:

• Shift+Click on a link to open in a new tab (instead of Ctrl+Click)
• Use the Shift key and arrow keys as the fastest way of moving around a Web page
  when wanting to locate links and Web form elements.
• F8 or Ctrl-L to set focus in the address field
• F9 Set focus to Web page (to enable keyboard navigation)

Web Of Trust with Opera:

Thanks to dr.moriarty for this find.

By putting javascripts in a folder of your choice, set through the Preferences -> Content dialog,
Opera user scripts can alter the browser's behavior.

The wot.js script enables WOT to be used with some search engines in Opera.

To use this script, download the script and put it in a folder that you define as follows:

• Tools -> Preferences -> Advanced tab -> Content -> Javascript Options...
• In the text box labeled User Javascript folder, enter the full path to the folder
  that will contain the script.
• Use the Choose button to navigate to the folder.
  You can make a new folder directly from this dialog.

The download link is at the end of the article on this page,
before the Comments section.

I have tested this with Opera 11 and it works with the following sites.

• www.bing.com
• www.echcho.com
• www.exalead.com
• www.google.com
• www.greenmaven.com
• www.lycos.com
• www.metacrawler.com
• www.wikio.com
• www.yauba.com
• www.yippy.com

I did not test all of the sites included in the script.
Some did *Not* work, for me at least.

 

Opera's new address field features

Make Opera 11 to Show Full URL in the Address Bar with Web Protocol

 

Tab Stacking in Opera 11

Tab Stacking

You can also Right click on a tab and Pin the tab.