Opera 8 released

Vendetta · Post by **Vendetta** » 2005-04-19 06:54pm

For those of us who realise that Mozilla isn't the only other browser in the world, Opera recently released version 8 of their offering for Windows and Linux (Mac version to follw, but there's a beta release available).

It adds a new bunch of really clever and useful features, like the control to close a browser tab being in the actual tab itself, so you don't have to switch to it to close it, seems as fast as ever, if not faster, makes the mail client invisible until you actually sign up an account in it, seems to have improved compatibility with a bunch of websites, and still handles pop up blocking better than Firefox (As Firefox will let pop-unders through unless you tell it to stomp everything, which is annoying)

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2005-04-20 10:46am

Vendetta wrote:For those of us who realise that Mozilla isn't the only other browser in the world, Opera recently released version 8 of their offering for Windows and Linux (Mac version to follw, but there's a beta release available).

It adds a new bunch of really clever and useful features, like the control to close a browser tab being in the actual tab itself, so you don't have to switch to it to close it, seems as fast as ever, if not faster, makes the mail client invisible until you actually sign up an account in it, seems to have improved compatibility with a bunch of websites, and still handles pop up blocking better than Firefox (As Firefox will let pop-unders through unless you tell it to stomp everything, which is annoying)

Except, one thing I've noticed thats annoying and made me switch back to Opera 7... HOW THE HECK do you minimize windows... no sign, clicking dosn't help, argh.

Dahak · Post by **Dahak** » 2005-04-20 11:32am

Ace Pace wrote:Except, one thing I've noticed thats annoying and made me switch back to Opera 7... HOW THE HECK do you minimize windows... no sign, clicking dosn't help, argh.

Huh?
I don't see your problem... I can minimise windows, if I so want.

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2005-04-20 11:36am

Dahak wrote:
Ace Pace wrote:Except, one thing I've noticed thats annoying and made me switch back to Opera 7... HOW THE HECK do you minimize windows... no sign, clicking dosn't help, argh.
Huh?
I don't see your problem... I can minimise windows, if I so want.

How?

Dahak · Post by **Dahak** » 2005-04-20 11:40am

Ace Pace wrote:
Dahak wrote:
Ace Pace wrote:Except, one thing I've noticed thats annoying and made me switch back to Opera 7... HOW THE HECK do you minimize windows... no sign, clicking dosn't help, argh.
Huh?
I don't see your problem... I can minimise windows, if I so want.
How?

Mouse gesture works perfectly

hold right button, move mouse down, then left.

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2005-04-20 11:42am

ARGH, no Clicking or anything like that? I can't remember that kind of stuff, I like my buttons

Dahak · Post by **Dahak** » 2005-04-20 11:46am

Ace Pace wrote:ARGH, no Clicking or anything like that? I can't remember that kind of stuff, I like my buttons

Using tabbed browsing?
If so, does each tab hold a little "x" for closing?
When you deactivate it in the preferences, it should show the "normal" buttons in the upper right corner of each page again...

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2005-04-20 11:48am

Dahak wrote:
Ace Pace wrote:ARGH, no Clicking or anything like that? I can't remember that kind of stuff, I like my buttons
Using tabbed browsing?
If so, does each tab hold a little "x" for closing?
When you deactivate it in the preferences, it should show the "normal" buttons in the upper right corner of each page again...

Ah, Thanks, but what I meant is that in Opera 7, clicking on the tab caused it to minimize... now it dons't work, and it was probebly the best thing about the UI in Opera 7.

Grand Admiral Thrawn · Post by **Grand Admiral Thrawn** » 2005-04-20 01:04pm

If you turn off the close button on the tabs then clicking the tabs will once again minimise.

Oberleutnant · Post by **Oberleutnant** » 2005-04-20 01:09pm

Have they improved website compatibility at all?

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2005-04-20 01:58pm

Oberleutnant wrote:Have they improved website compatibility at all?

Yes.

Oberleutnant · Post by **Oberleutnant** » 2005-04-20 03:02pm

Okay, thanks!

*goes to dload Opera 8*

Spyder · Post by **Spyder** » 2005-04-20 03:57pm

$39 is pretty pricey for a browser.

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2005-04-20 03:58pm

Spyder wrote:$39 is pretty pricey for a browser.

Free with Google style ads is free for me.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2005-04-20 04:00pm

think i'll still stick with firefox. i prefer not having ads in my browser. and that taskbar/toolbar/whatever on the lefthand side is plain annoying.

Dahak · Post by **Dahak** » 2005-04-20 04:28pm

Darth_Zod wrote:think i'll still stick with firefox. i prefer not having ads in my browser. and that taskbar/toolbar/whatever on the lefthand side is plain annoying.

Which is why you simply can deactivate it with the click of the mouse

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2005-04-20 04:43pm

Dahak wrote:
Darth_Zod wrote:think i'll still stick with firefox. i prefer not having ads in my browser. and that taskbar/toolbar/whatever on the lefthand side is plain annoying.
Which is why you simply can deactivate it with the click of the mouse

i know i can 'hide' it, but it's still possible to accidentally click it and have it show up again. course that's only one of the features i don't care for about opera. i also find its download manager annoying.

Grand Admiral Thrawn · Post by **Grand Admiral Thrawn** » 2005-04-20 05:12pm

You can turn it off totally in about 2 seconds..

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2005-04-20 05:17pm

Grand Admiral Thrawn wrote:You can turn it off totally in about 2 seconds..

i can't do squat about the download manager though.

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2005-04-20 05:18pm

Darth_Zod wrote:
Grand Admiral Thrawn wrote:You can turn it off totally in about 2 seconds..
i can't do squat about the download manager though.

Getright replaces it, the end.

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2005-04-21 04:16pm

Grand Admiral Thrawn wrote:If you turn off the close button on the tabs then clicking the tabs will once again minimise.

Okey,

how do I turn off the close button and go back to reguler UI?

Dahak · Post by **Dahak** » 2005-04-21 04:35pm

Ace Pace wrote:
Grand Admiral Thrawn wrote:If you turn off the close button on the tabs then clicking the tabs will once again minimise.
Okey, how do I turn off the close button and go back to reguler UI?

"Tools" -> "Preferences" -> "General" -> "Show close button on each tab"

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2005-04-21 05:01pm

Dahak wrote:
Ace Pace wrote:
Grand Admiral Thrawn wrote:If you turn off the close button on the tabs then clicking the tabs will once again minimise.
Okey, how do I turn off the close button and go back to reguler UI?
"Tools" -> "Preferences" -> "General" -> "Show close button on each tab"

Thanks, works well now.

Another question, when I open links from one page, it goes
Main Page- newest links-oldest links. How can I reverse the order of newest and oldest.

Thats for NSFW stuff

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2005-04-21 05:20pm

Heh, whats wrong with the dlm?

The new 'force you to use gestures to minimise' idea is pretty lame, however.

What controls how browsers render pages? When I view the same page in ie, Opera and Firefox it looks sorta different.

Dahak · Post by **Dahak** » 2005-04-21 05:45pm

Stark wrote: What controls how browsers render pages? When I view the same page in ie, Opera and Firefox it looks sorta different.

The rendering engine?

Each browser has its own, so some show a tag differently than the other.

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