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guitarnerd
June 2nd, 2002, 02:52
WOW...I just bought opera and it is the greatest...I know I was using mozilla awhile ago, but I had no idea, I used the demo all day and now I just bought it. This is SO COOL. It works with every thing unlike mozilla and I love the skins, options and the over all browser I reccomend it to anyone!
Akalon
June 2nd, 2002, 03:07
Yes, it's awesome... but you paid? You honest person :angry2: :p
is0lized
June 2nd, 2002, 03:09
personaly i dont mind the ads
guitarnerd
June 2nd, 2002, 03:10
Trust me it is better without the adds, It is like IE but better and it doesn't open multiple windows. I love how I can use the mouse to move and there are a ton of hot keys that I got to learn. IT is just awesome.
One question how do I organize my buttons?
Christopher
June 2nd, 2002, 09:56
Does it have all of the browsing features? Like Java and stuff... Or some things like IFrame?
Daniel
June 2nd, 2002, 10:56
Originally posted by Christopher
Does it have all of the browsing features? Like Java and stuff... Or some things like IFrame?

yep
guitarnerd
June 2nd, 2002, 15:21
So far I have not run into any incompatibilities

Will someone please tell me how to arrange the buttons
Dusty
June 2nd, 2002, 18:45
Incompatibilities as in what? Oh, and Mozilla can do tabs too. I thought IE could as well, but I just checked and it doesn't.

Anyway, to answer your question, to change the look of the browser go to File > Preferences > Browser Look and Browser Layout. I don't know if you can re-order the buttons, though, unless by reorder you mean remove some. Maybe you can edit the buttons.ini file?
guitarnerd
June 2nd, 2002, 19:00
I just want my buttons to go in this order

Back, Forward, stop/refresh, home, save etc etc When I got it I think they were in that order but for some reason now they are not I will see if it is in the ini file though
Dusty
June 2nd, 2002, 19:09
Mine are: "Back" "Forward" "Reload" "Home" "Hotlist" "Print" "New". I just tried, you can re-order the buttons by editing the buttons.ini file.

10032 is "Back"
10031 is "Forward"
10056 is "Reload/Stop"
10072 is "Home"
13010 is "Hotlist"
10004 is "Print"
10000 is "New"
Christopher
June 6th, 2002, 21:20
(Just installed Opera)

Why do these forums look weird in them? By the posters name and Title and stuff is all small and weird...

Although, it is now my favorite browser!
guitarnerd
June 7th, 2002, 00:10
Originally posted by Christopher
(Just installed Opera)

Why do these forums look weird in them? By the posters name and Title and stuff is all small and weird...

Although, it is now my favorite browser!
Yeah I thought so too...just don't pay for it unless you have used it for at least 2 weeks
Canuckkev
June 7th, 2002, 00:31
Opera is fast, I'll give it that. I like the tabbed browsing. But I miss autocomplete. It doesn't store passwords like IE or Moz.

I notice very few if any sites with incompatibilities. If so, they are usually amateur sites set up on free web servers by people too lazy to make proper code.
guitarnerd
June 7th, 2002, 00:40
Originally posted by Canuckkev
Opera is fast, I'll give it that. I like the tabbed browsing. But I miss autocomplete. It doesn't store passwords like IE or Moz.

I notice very few if any sites with incompatibilities. If so, they are usually amateur sites set up on free web servers by people too lazy to make proper code.
It has auto complete. And it has the thing where you can right click and paste your info
stu
June 7th, 2002, 01:23
what does OSH stand for?

just curious...
guitarnerd
June 7th, 2002, 02:43
I don't like to use God's name in vain

EDITED because people are pickey
stu
June 7th, 2002, 11:29
oh i get it now...:biggrin2:
Christopher
June 7th, 2002, 16:17
I still don't get it. :confused2
guitarnerd
June 7th, 2002, 16:38
Originally posted by Christopher
I still don't get it. :confused2
I don't like saying God in any manner that would be dis-respectful
So it is like I am saying Oh My Gosh Instead of what OMG usually means
Coolin
June 7th, 2002, 18:57
Originally posted by guitarnerd
I don't like to use God's name in vein Well, I guess you'd be using it in vain...

But I don't know when the name entered your blood stream.
Christopher
June 9th, 2002, 20:00
Originally posted by guitarnerd

I don't like saying God in any manner that would be dis-respectful
So it is like I am saying Oh My Gosh Instead of what OMG usually means

Oh, where I saw (OSH) I thought that was another short form for something...

Anyway - I just bought Opera, its nice. I configured it to my liking...
Dusty
June 9th, 2002, 20:31
It is, it's short for Occupational Safety and Health. Would've been more clear he meant it as an extension of the "G" if it were lowercase, I think.

The browser itself is nice, but I never liked the "look" of Opera. I'm never comfortable using it.
Daniel
June 9th, 2002, 21:47
Originally posted by Dusty

The browser itself is nice, but I never liked the "look" of Opera. I'm never comfortable using it.

Then get a skin..
Canuckkev
June 9th, 2002, 23:01
I know what you mean Dusty. Anything but IE feels weird. I have gotten used to Mozilla now though. Maybe without the ad bar it would feel better?
Dusty
June 10th, 2002, 13:04
A skin wouldn't do it. It's more than just the browser itself, it's the way it renders elements of a page, like forms, etc. It would take me a long while to get used to.

It's a bit like Canuckkev said. I'd always used Netscape until Mozilla 0.9.5. Mozilla feeling much like Netscape it wasn't that hard of a transition, but even so, the little differences took me some time to become comfortable using and I'd often switch back to Netscape out of force of habit.

Opera doesn't have any familiarity to me, there's no common ground to start from in trying to acquaint myself with the browser. Not to mention that its rendering engine reminds me so of IE, a browser I've never held a shred of liking for. It would be a difficult switch, to say the least.