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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.
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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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the changelog is there… but it’s still Opera 9.61 in http://www.opera.com/download/ and the desktop team blog haven’t mention it either.
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Do you really think it’s already released? I think it’s not completed…
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Check again.
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Why isn’t this published on the desktopteam blog? they’re not gonna post betas anymore?
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http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/2008/10/30/9-62
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Whenever I update Opera my feeds quit working. I have to go in and change how often it checks a feed to jump start it. Has anyone seen this before or know where I can look to stop that behavior?
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@muncher
I’ve also had this happen to me, but only recently (from 9.61?), and only for feeds that I have renamed manually.
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I’m a great Opera fan, but there is an a bug that I would like to be enlightened.
Even with this update 9.62, the gmail is still adding a double space on the main textbox, when I will start a conversation! (I’m using Opera on Mac OS X Leopard).
Why this?
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http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/6884
Opera 9.62 (opera:allinone) Remote Code Execution Exploit PoC
Another security vulnerability for the update thats suppose to fix vulnerabilities.
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i’ m not getting dailythanthi site right
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The troll who calls himself “Google Chrome” fails AGAIN! That exploit is fixed. The guy just forgot to do a clean installation
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could not open double page,and
could not allow multiple users to run the same copy independently,how would i go about it
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i just have a small issue with youtube with the recent update, nothing big and it might just be me, but when i play an embedded youtube video, sometimes when i start the video, the audio will play, but the video screen will go small as if it finished playing and have the replay sign on it and display other videos to play.
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Hey, Tamil, how do I add speed dials to this version of Opera? Now I just get that the file is protected bu UTF-8 or something…???
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forget it, it worked anyway
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Opera 9.62 under Solaris x86 has problems with the JavaScript engine.
When I visit certain Websites (e.g. http://www.flazx.com) with “Enable JavaScript” ticked, Opera freezes and I’m forced to kill -9 it.
Even if I leave “Enable JavaScript” ticked but go into “JavaScript Options” and untick everything in there, it still freezes.
The Websites this happens on may (or may not) have coding issues but No Site should hafve the ability to crash your browser. The browser should be capable of handling the error/s without freezing.
I’ve tested this problem many times over a period of months and even submitted a bug report but as usual (and as Opera tells you) “Don’t expect a reply”, I’ve heard nothing. What I was hoping to see is the problem fixed but it’s still an issue.
Whatever be the problem, it be!
I’ve even updated my version of Java AND Solaris and still, the problem exists.
I can safely browse any site with JavaScript turned off but the Web kind of lacks something without it.
Does anyone know if this is a known issue? It’s obviously not an issue for Windows users.
All I wanna know is, when’s it going to be fixed because it’s bloody annoying with a capital B!
Cheers,
Steve
Version information
Version
9.62
Build
2466
Platform
SunOS
System
i86pc, 5.10
Qt library
3.3.5
Java
Java Runtime Environment installed
Browser identification
Opera/9.62 (X11; SunOS i86pc; U; en) Presto/2.1.1
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I don’t have any problems with that site. Please post in forums.
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What I’d like to see fixed
1) Proper Adblocking a la Adblock plus. When I block ads I don’t want to see spaces which end up ******** up the layout. iFrames people?
2) Flashblocking
3) Cookie management/site preferences made as easy as Firefox. We’re not all Tweakers
4) Support for Evernote
5) Videod Download support
Get rid of
1) Mail
2) RSS reader
3) Bittorrent
Regarding the last three. Netscape anyone? Application bloat?