Does Opera have the customize support like FireFox


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i was thinking about switching to Opera because i like how it runs better. however i have almost fifty extentions in firefox that i would not like to leave without. does Opera have the customze support as firefox does or is it rather limited.

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I have read where some say it's more customizable, but to me if it is it isn't as easy to accomplish. You are going to get both sides claiming all kinds of things, so if I was you I'd just try it out for myself. Read the forums at Opera to see how to modify it to your liking, post your own questions if you can't find answers. See if it can do the things you want. I know it will be time consuming, but in the end it's the only way to know if it can do what you want for sure. No one knows what you like better then you, therefor no one can answer this question better then you. Just some friendly advice.

PS. No offense, but if you would reduce how many extensions you use maybe Firefox would run better to your liking. Just a thought.

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~50 extensions...wow. Firefox would probably run better if you would prioritize your needs and eliminate extensions you rarely use. I only have 3 (Adblock Plus, Bug Me Not, DownThemAll!) installed/enabled and out of those I really only need Adblock Plus.

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for the most part i did streamline them. my browser is very customized right now and it works exactly how i like it. i can see the ip address of the page when i hover over a link i get the ip and dns info. i have all the add block stuff i have download status bar everything is finally just right i have just heard that opera is a little better and when using it i like how it runs better.

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could you list your extensions? that IP on hover for one is quite interesting. If you dont have Mr.Tech Local Install yet, install it and generate a list of extensions.

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could you list your extensions? that IP on hover for one is quite interesting. If you dont have Mr.Tech Local Install yet, install it and generate a list of extensions.

here is a list of them from that mr tech thing i have erased some of them that are not technically released and that might get me in trouble.

Generated: Fri Mar 02 2007 23:54:06 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.8.1.2) Gecko/20070219 Firefox/2.0.0.2

Build ID: 2007021917

Enabled Extensions: [52]

- Adblock Plus 0.7.2.4

- CustomizeGoogle 0.55

- DoD Configuration 0.6.1

- Download Statusbar 0.9.4.5.1

- Fasterfox 2.0.0

- Favicon Picker 2 0.3.4.1

- FireFTP 0.94.6

- Fission 0.8.7

- FormFox 1.6

- Free Download Manager plugin 1.0

- Gmail Skins 0.9.8

- Google Send to Phone 0.5.20061026.0

- IE Tab 1.3.1.20070126

- Linkification 1.3.3

- MR Tech Local Install 5.3.2.3

- ShowIP 0.8.05

- Tab Mix Plus 0.3.5.2

- Tiny Menu 1.4.2

- UI Tweaker (Formerly Toolbar Cleanup) 1.7.0:

- uTorrent 0.1.1

- VideoDownloader 1.1.1

- Web Developer 1.1.3

- HostIP.info Geolocation Plugin 0.4.1.1

- Talkback 2.0.0.2

Installed Themes: [2]

- Firefox (default): http://www.mozilla.org/

- Windows Media 1.0 0.4: http://internauta2000.deviantart.com/

Installed Plugins: (11)

- 2007 Microsoft Office system

- Adobe Acrobat

- Java 2 Platform Standard Edition 5.0 Update 9

- Mozilla ActiveX control and plugin support

- Mozilla Default Plug-in

- PCMan's IE Tab Plug-in for Mozilla/Firefox

- QuickTime Plug-in 7.1.3

- RealPlayer Version Plugin

- RealPlayer G2 LiveConnect-Enabled Plug-In (32-bit)

- Shockwave Flash

- Windows Genuine Advantage

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With Opera, a lot of the standard features are only available to Firefox via extensions, such as mouse gestures. I don't know if Opera will be any better for you, but it does have a very capable ad blocker, as well as a simple e-mail client.

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OK, are you sure you need all of those addons? ones like

DoD Configuration - ???

uTorrent - You already have to have it running so why use the WebUI?

VideoDownloader - could use YoutubeX.com

Fasterfox - Never found it to work very well - use Tweak Network, smaller better

Favicon Picker - do you really need this?

Linkification - is copy and paste that hard?

MR Tech Local Install - WHY?

Fission - it's cool but if not having it makes FF faster ....

Free Download Manager - get DownThemAll, better.

CustomizeGoogle - was never sure about this one.

for ones like TMP and IETab, good choices!

I am not being a prick, I am just trying to help, don't take it the wrong way. attempting to raise valid questions

I use

Adblock Plus

AI Roboform

Bugmenot

Download Statusbar

DownThemAll

IETab

MenuEditor

Spellbound

TabMixPlus

Tweak Network

and the Noia 2.0 theme

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OK, are you sure you need all of those addons? ones like

DoD Configuration - ???

uTorrent - You already have to have it running so why use the WebUI?

VideoDownloader - could use YoutubeX.com

Fasterfox - Never found it to work very well - use Tweak Network, smaller better

Favicon Picker - do you really need this?

Linkification - is copy and paste that hard?

MR Tech Local Install - WHY?

Fission - it's cool but if not having it makes FF faster ....

Free Download Manager - get DownThemAll, better.

CustomizeGoogle - was never sure about this one.

for ones like TMP and IETab, good choices!

I am not being a prick, I am just trying to help, don't take it the wrong way. attempting to raise valid questions

I use

Adblock Plus

AI Roboform

Bugmenot

Download Statusbar

DownThemAll

IETab

MenuEditor

Spellbound

TabMixPlus

Tweak Network

and the Noia 2.0 theme

Some very large message boards like GameFAQs do not allow hyperlinks, so extensions like Linkification are a godsend. Yes, copy and pasting really is that hard.

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OK, are you sure you need all of those addons? ones like

DoD Configuration - ???

uTorrent - You already have to have it running so why use the WebUI?

VideoDownloader - could use YoutubeX.com

Fasterfox - Never found it to work very well - use Tweak Network, smaller better

Favicon Picker - do you really need this?

Linkification - is copy and paste that hard?

MR Tech Local Install - WHY?

Fission - it's cool but if not having it makes FF faster ....

Free Download Manager - get DownThemAll, better.

CustomizeGoogle - was never sure about this one.

for ones like TMP and IETab, good choices!

I am not being a prick, I am just trying to help, don't take it the wrong way. attempting to raise valid questions

I use

Adblock Plus

AI Roboform

Bugmenot

Download Statusbar

DownThemAll

IETab

MenuEditor

Spellbound

TabMixPlus

Tweak Network

and the Noia 2.0 theme

I could of course say the same things about your choice of extensions:

AI Roboform (What's the point?)

Bugmenot (Doesnt work most of the time)

DownThemAll (Use a REAL download manager)

IETab (Open IE for crying out loud)

MenuEditor (Why would you want to edit the menu?)

Spellbound (Built in spell checker!!!)

Tweak Network (WHY?!?! It's a redundant extension, you could do ALL of it and MORE manually)

and the Noia 2.0 theme (more bloat wont you say?)

So just because you dont think an extension is useful, doesnt mean it isnt.

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I could of course say the same things about your choice of extensions:

AI Roboform (What's the point?)

Bugmenot (Doesn't work most of the time)

DownThemAll (Use a REAL download manager)

IETab (Open IE for crying out loud)

MenuEditor (Why would you want to edit the menu?)

Spellbound (Built in spell checker!!!)

Tweak Network (WHY?!?! It's a redundant extension, you could do ALL of it and MORE manually)

and the Noia 2.0 theme (more bloat wont you say?)

So just because you donut think an extension is useful, doesn't mean it isn't.

Thank you for that! Nice of you to take the time. In reply...

AIRoboform (remembers my passwords, is necessary)

bugmenot (am right now uninstalling this!)

Downthemall (what do you recommends)

IETab (am also uninstalling this right now)

Men editor (Am highly considering removing this one also)

Spellbound (Firefox does not give you the correct spelling of the misspelled words)

Tweak network settings (agreed am uninstalling it!)

Noia 2.0 (looking to get used to the default theme but will take a while)

was to lazy to stop and look at my addons in that way

thanks

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Thank you for that! Nice of you to take the time. In reply...

AIRoboform (remembers my passwords, is necessary)

bugmenot (am right now uninstalling this!)

Downthemall (what do you recommends)

IETab (am also uninstalling this right now)

Men editor (Am highly considering removing this one also)

Spellbound (Firefox does not give you the correct spelling of the misspelled words)

Tweak network settings (agreed am uninstalling it!)

Noia 2.0 (looking to get used to the default theme but will take a while)

was to lazy to stop and look at my addons in that way

thanks

I hope that was sarcasm and you didnt ACTUALLY take me seriously... :blink:

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I hope that was sarcasm and you didnt ACTUALLY take me seriously... :blink:

No, I really did! I appreciate your time. less=more (less addons=more speed) Thanks again

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You can get IEtab for opera, download Meadco's neptune plugin, install it, copy the plugins it installed in IE's plugjns folder to opera's plugin folder, and get the open in ietab custom button.

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i was thinking about switching to Opera because i like how it runs better. however i have almost fifty extentions in firefox that i would not like to leave without. does Opera have the customze support as firefox does or is it rather limited.

Check this Thread: Official Opera useful links.... :)

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