New Opera Browser

Discussion in 'The Lounge' started by BILLMCC66, Sep 8, 2007.

  1. BILLMCC66

    BILLMCC66 Bionic Belgian

    BILLMCC66, Sep 8, 2007
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  2. viper_boy403

    viper_boy403 MajorGeek

    oooo i like it! pretty quick and i love how the scrolling (with the middle mouse button) is smooth and not all jumpy
     
    viper_boy403, Sep 8, 2007
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  3. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Nice find Bill, cheers.

    I see they named the Alpha version after our own Kestrel ;)
     
    DavidGP, Sep 8, 2007
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  4. BILLMCC66

    BILLMCC66 Bionic Belgian

    BILLMCC66, Sep 8, 2007
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  5. Fred_G

    Fred_G Heat packin' geek

    Seems pretty nice except for the awkwardness of the Home button.

    Nice find.

    E
     
    Fred_G, Sep 8, 2007
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  6. bigbazza

    bigbazza R.I.P. 14/12/2011 - Good Onya Geek

    Thanks for that BIll. I was unaware of this release. It'll probably be listed on MG tomorrow, if I know Tim and Jim. :D

    I'm using v9.23.8808 at present. Love the speed dial. Have 7/9 set up as links to MG forums.

    I'd like them to introduce Speed Dial Folders. I could set up one for MG. Another for Broadband links and speed tests. One for Search Engines, etc.

    Will download the BETA :D version now. Bazza
     
    bigbazza, Sep 8, 2007
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  7. bigbazza

    bigbazza R.I.P. 14/12/2011 - Good Onya Geek

    Just downloaded it at an average speed of 433KB/s. :major
    Wish all download speeds / sites were that fast. :D
    Sure beats the hell out of the 10KB/s that Command and Conquer site tried to foist on me (and 500 megs d/l to boot). :cry :( :p

    Bazza
     
    bigbazza, Sep 8, 2007
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  8. bigbazza

    bigbazza R.I.P. 14/12/2011 - Good Onya Geek

    The speed dial facility converted me. But then again I was only using an AOL skin over IE6. LOL :D Bazza

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    Last edited: Sep 8, 2007
    bigbazza, Sep 8, 2007
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  9. LauraR

    LauraR MajorGeeks Super-Duper Administrator Staff Member

    I just downloaded. Am headed out for the night, but going to check it out tomorrow. I've never used opera. Is there any way to bring your bookmarks from FF over?
     
    LauraR, Sep 8, 2007
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  10. Fred_G

    Fred_G Heat packin' geek

    My Firefox bookmarks were transfered automaticly.

    E
     
    Fred_G, Sep 8, 2007
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  11. LauraR

    LauraR MajorGeeks Super-Duper Administrator Staff Member


    lol...and so they were! thanks...I didn't look.
     
    LauraR, Sep 8, 2007
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  12. LauraR

    LauraR MajorGeeks Super-Duper Administrator Staff Member

    nm...figured my prob out.
     
    LauraR, Sep 8, 2007
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  13. BCGray

    BCGray Guest

    Opera is a great browser, but just remember that there are sites even today that have problems with FF and even more with Opera. Even Major Geeks has an issue with the "Chatbox" and the last non beta of Opera.

    So always keep your old IE and FF as stand-by's, for just such occassions. Browsing with Opera is a joy otherwise, and much faster than FF, and light years ahead of IE, and more secure too, in my opinion.
     
    BCGray, Sep 8, 2007
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  14. Fred_G

    Fred_G Heat packin' geek

    I don't need Speed Dial, I have bookmarks for that. Well, I got the Opera Speed Dial thing also, nice concept!

    E
     
    Fred_G, Sep 8, 2007
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  15. LauraR

    LauraR MajorGeeks Super-Duper Administrator Staff Member


    To be honest, it isn't any faster than my FF.
    If you enable pipelining in FF, it makes it even faster than it already is. For me, it is just as fast as FF, but it's fun to play with another browser.
     
    LauraR, Sep 8, 2007
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  16. Drs Orders

    Drs Orders Private E-2

    Where do you enable pipelining in FF Laura ?
     
    Drs Orders, Sep 9, 2007
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  17. LauraR

    LauraR MajorGeeks Super-Duper Administrator Staff Member

    Type about:config in the url bar and go to that address> In the Filter area, type Network >

    Find network.http.pipelining > Right Click on it > Click on Toggle so it says True in the value

    Find network.http.proxy.pipelining > Right Click on it > Click on Toggle so it says True in the value

    Find network.http.pipelining.maxrequests > Right Click on it > Click on Modify > Change the value to 8

    Here's the link on FF ('Enabling Pipelining)- http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/tips#oth_pipelining
     
    LauraR, Sep 9, 2007
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  18. augiedoggie

    augiedoggie The Canadian Loon - LocoAugie (R.I.P. 2012)

    Pretty nice so far, clean interface, definitely see a speed increase over FF, the scrolling is a great relief to reading. Also, the memory management is fantastic, FF uses 130MB for 9 open tabs and Opera only uses half that for the same sites. I'm liking this quite a bit so far so I will use it now for a good while and see if I'll switch. Oh, for an Alpha it's been very stable so far, albeit I've only used it for an hour.
     
    augiedoggie, Sep 9, 2007
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  19. BILLMCC66

    BILLMCC66 Bionic Belgian

    I have switched to pipelining and still find Opera faster maybe our setups are different??
     
    BILLMCC66, Sep 9, 2007
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  20. LauraR

    LauraR MajorGeeks Super-Duper Administrator Staff Member


    hmmm....don't know. I haven't changed anything. It's the same speed for me for both, pretty much immediate load (haha...hows that for tech speak :D). Maybe it has to do with my isp connection?

    IE doesn't even compare though (we're talking the tortoise and the two hares)
     
    LauraR, Sep 9, 2007
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  21. BILLMCC66

    BILLMCC66 Bionic Belgian

    yep i have to say it's very marginal but it could be the ISP.

    has anyone got the spell check working i have the tab but it will not start????
     
    BILLMCC66, Sep 9, 2007
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  22. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    To change MAX connections in Opera to make it slightly quicker in page loads, click Tools > Preferences > Advanced then Network in the menu list then where its says Mac Connectionsto server and Max Total choose 128 for both then OK



    Also be aware this is not BETA software but a pre beta in being an ALPHA version, so these are likely much more buggy than betas, and on a side note, thoose who like FF, should try Minefield aka FF3, this is also late Alpha version but IMO works much quicker than FF2, especially with Vista.
     
    DavidGP, Sep 9, 2007
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  23. Drs Orders

    Drs Orders Private E-2

    Thanks Laura , will certainly try it .
     
    Drs Orders, Sep 9, 2007
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  24. bigbazza

    bigbazza R.I.P. 14/12/2011 - Good Onya Geek

    I've got bookmarks for all my MG sites as well, but Speed dial is light seconds :D quicker in finding and executing them. Bazza

    @Halo@
    Thanks for the hint. Have altered Max and MIn to 128. Will see what happens.
    Baz

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    Last edited: Sep 9, 2007
    bigbazza, Sep 9, 2007
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  25. Fred_G

    Fred_G Heat packin' geek

    My previous post was poorly worded. Me likey the Speed Dial! If they would give me a Home button on the toolbar I would be sold on Opera.

    E
     
    Fred_G, Sep 9, 2007
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  26. shanemail

    shanemail Fold On

    Only downloaded opera 9.23 yesterday (let the rest of you test out the alpha :))

    In this version to get the home button onto the toolbar
    right-click on vacant space on a toolbar
    select 'customise'
    select the tab 'buttons'
    and drag the 'Home' icon to where you want it.

    or

    Tools
    Appearance
    will get you to the same place

    I have placed the home & stop buttons up there (not sure why they didn't ?)
     
    shanemail, Sep 9, 2007
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  27. LauraR

    LauraR MajorGeeks Super-Duper Administrator Staff Member


    Perfect! Works for the Alpha too. :) After you hit the buttons tab, you need to go to browser under categories.
     
    LauraR, Sep 9, 2007
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  28. Fred_G

    Fred_G Heat packin' geek

    Thanks Shanemail! It works. Well, I guess the Firefox icon will get a bit dusty now...

    E
     
    Fred_G, Sep 9, 2007
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  29. bigbazza

    bigbazza R.I.P. 14/12/2011 - Good Onya Geek

    I'm not sure why I need home and stop buttons.
    My Home site is MG, of course, :major and is the first one of my speed dials. As for stop, I simply close down Opera.

    Am I missing some use of those buttons that I should load? Bazza

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    bigbazza, Sep 10, 2007
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  30. Adrynalyne

    Adrynalyne Guest


    You can get speed dial on Firefox.
     
    Adrynalyne, Sep 10, 2007
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  31. bigbazza

    bigbazza R.I.P. 14/12/2011 - Good Onya Geek

    Tell me how, please Adrynalyne. I might consider FF as an alternative as it has lots of plug-ins that I have read of. Bazza

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    bigbazza, Sep 10, 2007
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  32. Adrynalyne

    Adrynalyne Guest

    Adrynalyne, Sep 10, 2007
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  33. bigbazza

    bigbazza R.I.P. 14/12/2011 - Good Onya Geek

    bigbazza, Sep 11, 2007
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  34. bigbazza

    bigbazza R.I.P. 14/12/2011 - Good Onya Geek

    Using Opera v9.5 Alpha now, for a trial.
    No problems so far, but only just setting things up. Bazza
     
    bigbazza, Sep 11, 2007
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