Opera 9 TP2 Released!

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Septimus

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TAB PREVIEWS??? HOLY $|-|1T!!!

I figured AOL Explorer would be the first and only browser to use tab previews. I guess I was wrong!

Huzzah!

I mean I love AOL Explorer, but now that Opera has tab previews I will probably never return to AOL Explorer again.

Cool, didn't even realise it did that.

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Yes you can.... Right click choose customize... Enable "Main bar", remove all buttons from it (right click, remove), then move all the buttons, including the address bar, google bar, by dragging it to the empty "Main bar", after you're done you can disable the address bar... Viola, you have the tab bar in the bottom :)

EDIT: Found video explaining it much better -> http://nontroppo.org/-/media/mainbar.htm

Thanks for that!! Its so simple when you think about it! Shame it doesnt work with roboform, i use that ALL the time. I dont really like the built in one. But heres a question..the passwords that opera stores..can they be saved and imported to another computer?

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carpediem

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Thanks for that!! Its so simple when you think about it! Shame it doesnt work with roboform, i use that ALL the time. I dont really like the built in one. But heres a question..the passwords that opera stores..can they be saved and imported to another computer?

Not sure if it's possible... The data must be somewhere in there, but I have not personally found a import/export feature. Guess copying the whole Opera folder would work, in case you installed it with the option where all users use the same configuration, because otherwise I guess the features would be inside the documents and settings\USERNAME folder.

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okay and when the final is out, just install it over c:\Program Files\Opera9 [let it overwrite] ?

When Opera 9.0 final is out, you simply install it over 8.5 or the older versions.

Installing betas/previews over final versions or vice versa is not recommended.

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carpediem

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Ok cheers.

Its been a long time since i used opera. And now i know why. Any website that uses the rich text editor thingy majig..well it doesnt work. All i see is the html code in a text box. Whats going on?? :(

Well, GMAIL shows that rich text forms is working, so it definately works :)

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Jexel

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TAB PREVIEWS??? HOLY $|-|1T!!!

I figured AOL Explorer would be the first and only browser to use tab previews. I guess I was wrong!

Huzzah!

I mean I love AOL Explorer, but now that Opera has tab previews I will probably never return to AOL Explorer again.

what are tab previews and how do i use it?

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carpediem

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Some other nice things in this version

Site preferences - Enable per site rules such as javascript, cookies, plugins (flash), etc

Content Blocking - My current list looks like this:

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In address field: opera:config , opera:cache , opera:history , opera:plugins

CTRL+ENTER now completes an address by adding http://www and .com around the word you type.

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mofo916

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I hope they also add the "tab-thumbnail - view" of all the tabs like IE7. It's a nice feature.

Opera 9 have some good changes and improvements. I like the change of Wand and also the Content Blocker.

hi, if this is what you are talking about then it already has it.

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oh i see, it's not that great a feature is it? I don't see the positive side to it. I actually thought it was something like IE7's quick tabs.

Yea its not the greatest of features. I cant see how it will become usefull. A bit like widgets. I cant help but feel there are more "nifty" add ons than praticle features. But i might be wrong ;)

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phend-one

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Pretty impressed.

Blocked content rocks. Popup blocker is better. YAY! No more search.ini editing!

Widgets are a nice fad. They gotta get more widgets. The calc mouse over is nice! BT is there and it works.

I hope they develop that tab thumbnail preview so you can actually edit the code as to how it looks, information etc. They also need to add a user configurable function as to how long the mouse will rest before the thumb comes up. I can see it getting more useful in the future.

Proud of their developments. Glad I made the right choice in browsers when I went to 7.54 many moons ago.

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DrBroccoli

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I love Opera, it's my main browser, and mostly all I use. I actually just uninstalled TP1, forgot I had it, then I just now installed TP2, hadn't had much time to test it out, but it looks awesome to me, of course it would :). I don't know if I'll like the widgets, but they're there, doesn't mean I have to use them. Also this may be just me, but Opera seems to be the fastest browser for me, I can go clear all caches, history's, cookies, everything on all browsers, and Opera still loads so much faster. I am on a 5mbps down connection too.

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