Modifying OcUK
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Man of Honour
Install Chrome/Firefox? 
Soldato
Install Chrome/Firefox?
Tis the answer now that Opera has gone Chromium, and rubbish!Why, was he an Opera champion? Fighting the good fight whenever best browser discussions were stumbled upon.
I love Opera though! It's such a good browser but I guess others have adopted it's fantastic text wrap and master security password features. Since it evolved to v22 they removed quite a few features.
I love Opera though! It's such a good browser but I guess others have adopted it's fantastic text wrap and master security password features. Since it evolved to v22 they removed quite a few features.
Soldato
Haha.^if you're giving up on opera, it must be doomed...
Have we met?!
I was kind of. In its day Opera was fantastic. I loved its speed dial, the Password wand thingy watsit. When I read that Opera were going to dump Presto, or whatever their browser engine was at the time, for Chromium, I knew Opera would go down the pan. Deciding to compete with the likes of Firefox, Chrome and IE by mimicking Chrome was never going to work. What on earth can Opera do on the Chromium engine that can make Opera stand out from Chrome? Nothing in my opinion.
Since the very first Opera Chromium release, Opera has lost a lot of features and people seem to have to beg for them back. I never used Opera's torrent feature so I guess that's OK to remove but bookmarks and other features are intrinsicly part of browsers.
I've now dumped Opera completely and I'm using Firefox at home for home stuff and Chrome for my work stuff.
"Have we met," that gave me a chuckle!
Oh no, is that why it looked like an entirely different browser in the last update. Jeez, there must be some reason why they took that direction because there was nothing wrong with it before. I might just go back and install the previous version in that case. Maybe then I can apply the blackOcUK theme too.
I use all three:
Chrome - speedy incognito searching
Firefox - YouTube only with the utterly phenomenal Magic Actions addon
Opera - main browser; on launch it's got all my frequented sites opened up
I adopted this approach because some sites hang the entire browser or end up force closing the lot, but when using multiple browsers it's a non issue.
Oh no, is that why it looked like an entirely different browser in the last update. Jeez, there must be some reason why they took that direction because there was nothing wrong with it before. I might just go back and install the previous version in that case. Maybe then I can apply the blackOcUK theme too.
I use all three:
Chrome - speedy incognito searching
Firefox - YouTube only with the utterly phenomenal Magic Actions addon
Opera - main browser; on launch it's got all my frequented sites opened up
I adopted this approach because some sites hang the entire browser or end up force closing the lot, but when using multiple browsers it's a non issue.
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Soldato
Opera 12.17 is the current, and probably last, release of Opera on Opera Software's own Presto engine. Opera on Chrome's engine has surged ahead in terms of version numbers. For quite a few versions, since v20 I think, it's looked different being on Chrome's engine since then. I believe that Opera Software thought it'd be easier to make Opera more popular if they used Chrome's engine. Not entirely confident on that though. I did read the announcement that they were using Chrome's engine from now on but I can't remember exactly their reasoning for it.
I'll check out Magic Actions. As for Opera and "frequented sites", well I've made a simple HTML file with a table full of links to my most frequently used sites and stored it on my website. Firefox is set to use that page as my home page.
I was finding that from v12 onwards, Opera was crashing more and more frequently on sites that Firefox, Chrome and even Internet Explorer could load/run without breaking sweat. I have had both Opera 12.x and Opera Chromium on my PC at the same time to try and switch between Opera generations. But I couldn't. So about a week ago I went cold turkey, removed all versions of Opera and defected to Firefox. Haven't looked back since, especially since my genius idea to make my own kind of speed dial web page.
Excellent, thanks a lot Marc, that information would have taken quite a while to hunt down.
I do happen to have "Opera_1216_en_Setup_x64.exe" here so I'll try using that as my lone Opera install. I used almost all the features, even the torrent for the odd legal stuff (i.e. linux distros).
I do happen to have "Opera_1216_en_Setup_x64.exe" here so I'll try using that as my lone Opera install. I used almost all the features, even the torrent for the odd legal stuff (i.e. linux distros).
Ahhhh back in the warm comfort of a non-chromium Opera. Cheers Marc.
I'm definitely a lot happier with this older version, hopefully I can get the black OcUK mod to work now.
I'm really enjoying all the older features, master password, fit to width, torrent client, refined text wrapping and now my extensions work again.
Unfortunately it's not without its bugs, I have a feeling Opera moved to chromium to relieve all the issues with google's constant adjustment to their HTTP code. The fit-to-width feature really can't handle google search results or gmail but it's a simple fix by disabling the feature. Pressing space bar to move down the forum webpage works fine until you reach the end and it mysteriously jumps into another forum thread! Plus, I always hated the Ctrl+Tab preview rather than instant switch.
Launching the browser is ridiculously faster, about 10 tabs load within 3 seconds where as the chromium based would sit for triple that time.
Unfortunately it's not without its bugs, I have a feeling Opera moved to chromium to relieve all the issues with google's constant adjustment to their HTTP code. The fit-to-width feature really can't handle google search results or gmail but it's a simple fix by disabling the feature. Pressing space bar to move down the forum webpage works fine until you reach the end and it mysteriously jumps into another forum thread! Plus, I always hated the Ctrl+Tab preview rather than instant switch.
Launching the browser is ridiculously faster, about 10 tabs load within 3 seconds where as the chromium based would sit for triple that time.
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Here's a little guide for the Opera users, as few as they may be.
1.) You need to use Opera version 12.6 or lower
2.) Install the Stylish extension for Opera
3.) Head over to Dark Theme v2.0
4.) Customize the particulars at the bottom of the page and hit install
5.) Head over to OcUK forums and hit reload to see your new black theme
1.) You need to use Opera version 12.6 or lower
2.) Install the Stylish extension for Opera
3.) Head over to Dark Theme v2.0
4.) Customize the particulars at the bottom of the page and hit install
5.) Head over to OcUK forums and hit reload to see your new black theme
Soldato
I forgot how much better black looks