If you’ve set a homepage in Opera, you could quickly get to it by pressing the CTRL key together with the Spacebar.
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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?
A: Absolutely free.
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.
Q: Will Opera keep me safe from fraudulent websites and malicious hackers?
A: According to Secunia, a respected firm that tracks security in browsers, Opera has the best reputation and track record when it comes to browser security. Keeping our users safe from security vulnerabilities, fraudulent websites, and malicious hackers is a top priority for Opera. Opera is maintained by hundreds of engineers, developers and security experts who are constantly looking to make the browser even safer.
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.
Q: Does Opera support extensions, such as those found in Firefox?
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
-- Opera Mini on your phone
-- Opera Mobile on your phone
-- or learn more about Opera at www.opera.com
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The time will come for Opera to copy Alt+Home from IE.
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Why? 9.5 operating that way already. I’m not sure about the 9.24 line though.
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Ahh, LOL. I didn’t bother to check it though. So the time HAS come.
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But that’s already the default trigger for Quicksilver…
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The logic of changing so much of the keyboard layout is mistifying to me. Opera had a very nice (9.2) layout — now (9.5b) it has firefox’s. Further, other than being like firefox, I see absolutely no advantage to teh new one, and many disadvantage (how does one reopen the last closed page?)
Of course, when there were such huge changes going from 3 to 4, I resisted for quite some time, and was eventually convinced that the changes were good. Thus, I’m loath to enable the compat key layout.
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I miss some of the shortcuts that were supposedly “reserved for the OS”. I used Ctrl+Alt+T for opening the Transfers tab all the time. I know that Ctrl+J is quicker, but my brain just can’t logically connect Transfers with the letter “J”… it’s as though Opera had some left over letters in their bowl of ABC soup and spooned out random ones to commands that got stripped of their OS-reserved command.
Oh well, life will go on. I could switch to 9.2-compatible keyboard shortcuts, but I embrace change.
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Also, if you use mouse gestures and you’re someone who prefers the homepage opening than speed dial for when you make a new tab, you can configure the right-click+down mouse gesture to create a new tab and then open your homepage after the new tab is created (I did some trial and error a while back since I wanted to see if my iGoogle homepage would be more productive than speed dial, it wasn’t for me but for others it might be). Just another tip.
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Another nice little trick is the shortcuts to open your speed dials; Ctrl-n (n being a number from 1-9)
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Other “homepage tip” : A double click on blank area of speed dial also open start page
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Pierre
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Well, Ctrl-Space is not available to traditional Chinese users, as the locale defines Ctrl-Space as IME on/off switch.
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i prefer the ctrl + spacebar, can do it with my left hand very quickly.