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Compilation of Opera tips and tricks

Published March 22nd, 2007 5:25 PM EDT By Daniel Goldman

I recently came across a couple blog posts that covered some Opera tips.

Over on CyberNotes, Ryan posted some tips and keyboard shortcuts for Opera. On the DiscoverX blog, Nithin Raju compiled his top 15 Opera tips, though it seems like it was originally written a while ago, since he talks about future support for BitTorrent in Opera, while it has been available in Opera since version 9.0 (Opera 9.2 is coming out soon).

Take a look at them, you may learn something new.

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  1. 1 Ryan Mar 22nd, 2007 at 6:05 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.10 on Windows Windows XP

    Hey Daniel,

    Do you know if Opera is going to switch to Yahoo! in the desktop browser as well? I find it kind of interesting to see Yahoo! in Speed Dial, but Google in the search field on the address bar. Kind of confusing.

  2. 2 Daniel Goldman Mar 22nd, 2007 at 6:36 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.10 on Windows Windows XP

    Ryan, Google will continue to be the default integrated search engine in the browser. With Speed Dial, however, Yahoo is the default one. Having said that, you could easily change the default search provider in Speed Dial.

  3. 3 Mathias Brodala Mar 22nd, 2007 at 7:57 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.10 on Linux Linux

    Meh, I first only read “Compilation of Opera” and already got weird thoughts. Ah, whatever, nevermind.

  4. 4 Daniel Goldman Mar 22nd, 2007 at 7:59 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.10 on Windows Windows XP

    Mathias Brodala, hehe… :)

  5. 5 nithin Mar 22nd, 2007 at 8:28 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.00 on Windows Windows XP

    my name is not raju.its nithin raju.

  6. 6 Daniel Goldman Mar 22nd, 2007 at 8:57 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.10 on Windows Windows XP

    nithin, sorry about that. I corrected the post.

  7. 7 rucker Mar 23rd, 2007 at 2:46 am
    using Opera Opera 9.10 on Linux Linux

    All those tips are well known, users can find them in forum threads, the wiki, etc — everywhere not named Opera help / Opera tutorials… which brings up an old issue: why is Documentation, tutorials, tips, help, etc so poor in the Opera website?.

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Q: What is Opera?
A: Opera is one of the most powerful Web browsers around. A Web browser is the program that allows you to view Web pages. Opera is well known for innovation for PC browsers and bringing the full web to mobile phones and devices.

Q: Is Opera free?
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Q: Why should I download a browser? Doesn't my computer already come with one for free?
A: It's about getting more out of the time you spend on the internet. Opera is designed to be much faster than these browsers and gives you powerful features that the default browser lacks. Default browsers like Internet Explorer are also more likely to be subjected to dangerous software such as viruses and spyware.

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Q: Doesn't Opera copy all of their features from other browsers?
A: Absolutely not. In fact, many of the features that are popular in other browsers today were invented and pioneered by Opera a long time ago. Opera invented the precursor to tabs (in 1994), Page Zoom (1994), was the first browser to block pop-up ads (2000), first to add a Search field in the browser toolbar (2000), Sessions (1996), deleting private data (2000), Mouse Gestures (2000), User JavaScript (2005), BitTorrent support (2005), Widgets (2006), Speed Dial (2007), and much more.

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A: Much of the functionality provided through Firefox extensions is already built directly into Opera, so you don't have to download additional extensions in Opera. In addition, Opera is highly customizable and supports all standard plug-ins.

Q: Can I also use Opera on my mobile phone?
A: Yes. And your Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS or almost any connected device and mobile phones. Opera Mobile oftens comes preinstalled from the manufacturers, but if it doesn't you can install Opera Mini which runs on nearly all phones.

Q: This all sounds great, so how do I download Opera?
A: -- Opera on your computer
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