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I got a really interesting question for opening images in IrfanView with a mouse gesture instead of using the right click menu from jme3 in my blog post about Azureus, IrfanView and Open folder for transfers in Right Click menu:

Originally posted by jme3:

I would love to open an image in IrfanView when pressing shift and clicking the left button of the mouse.

Resume: theoretically it may work but I couldn't get Opera to do it properly.

… … Continue reading “Mouse gestures – theory and limitations”

I just read on heise.de (German) that Google Gadgets can be used on webpages now. And Opera Widgets are simple webpages. Should be a perfect match.:idea: …

Continue reading “Easy Opera Widgets with Google Gadgets”

From time to time I read about the question, why Opera has only little market share, although it is such an outstanding application (e.g. Why hasn’t Opera been able to attract more users? by Daniel Goldman).

Often the given answers are technically driven, but with learning some lessons from the Browser Wars technical aspects, even technical leadership, seems to be pretty irrelevant. Equally I don't believe that there is something wrong with the name Opera or the logo.

In this article I'll first think about the steps necessary to become and be an Opera user. Then I look for the reasons of higher market share of Internet Explorer and Firefox. In the end I take a look for possible starting points to spread Opera. …

Continue reading “Spread Opera – Analysis and options”

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Update: There is a new version Opera Mobile 8.65beta which I highly recommend as it adds some nice features and seems to work pretty flawless. I'll update the guide when the final version is released. Meanwhile you can read my Review of Opera Mobile 8.65 beta

I made a nice collection of tips and hints towards Opera 8.60 for Windows Mobile, Pocket PC

>>> click on the image <<<

this is a screenshot of the guide viewed with Opera and F11 🙂 …

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After I edited the Opera menus it was only a short way to refine my custom buttons. Especially the unclose tabs button with one click to reopen the last closed tab while also showing the list of blocked popups and closed tabs was something I looked for quite a long time and didn't find.

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Towards my prior post here is the file for the changed context menu.
I used the HARDER (but much better) method: only the updated sections are in this file, the rest is used from the default menu.ini – that is a big advantage for the case the default settings of Opera are changed and it is easier to maintain. …

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I received a question in the heise.de forum (German) how to use the torrent functionality build in Opera and an external client (Azureus) at users choice for a torrent-link. It is interesting to know that "Show download dialog" for torrents and "Open" after left click on a torrent link opens the Windows standard application (I expected Opera to handle it).

I looked around and made some changes in the context menu (German version on heise.de). There is not really the need to change the menu.ini, because you can just choose "save target as" to save the torrent and double click it in the transfer panel (STRG+7).

But taking some work it could be done easier and with this method there are a lot more possibilities. …

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