How to change your browser ID within Opera
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rif last edited by
I'm sure we've all run across sites that "Don't work" in Opera. Usually (But not always) because of the browser ID string.
Well I just signed up for Hulu and it wouldn't work in Opera so no big deal, it worked in Chrome and I was happy.
I mentioned this to my daughter and she said she got it to work in Opera! I was pleasantly shocked. I guess
she's more tech savvy then I realized!Here's how
- Right click on page and choose "Inspect element."
- Click 3 vertical dots in upper right corner, "More tools, Network conditions."
- Uncheck "Select automatically.
- Click on the box right below that and choose your Browser ID string.
- Refresh the page you had trouble with! I use Shift-F5
She said she found this on a Reddit page.
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blackbird71 last edited by
@browzer1 said in How to change your browser ID within Opera:
@rif ... Does this not change the Opera "statistics" on web browsing? Is it a good thing or a bad thing?
Yes, it does affect the usage stats. If a user can access a site by changing the browser ID, it's a good thing for him in gaining access to the site... but it's not a good thing for Opera's market share stats. The ideal would be for websites to respect and operate properly with Opera's genuine user-agent string or respond to user complaints if they don't. But all too often, that's not how the online world seems to operate...
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/user-agent-switcher-5/ is a good extension for doing this.
There's also this extension for masking as Chrome on all sites with no config. Good for testing.
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rif last edited by
@blackbird71 said in How to change your browser ID within Opera:
@browzer1 said in How to change your browser ID within Opera:
@rif ... Does this not change the Opera "statistics" on web browsing? Is it a good thing or a bad thing?
Yes, it does affect the usage stats. If a user can access a site by changing the browser ID, it's a good thing for him in gaining access to the site... but it's not a good thing for Opera's market share stats. The ideal would be for websites to respect and operate properly with Opera's genuine user-agent string or respond to user complaints if they don't. But all too often, that's not how the online world seems to operate...
Exactly. Ever try to email a big company such as Hulu and tell them the site works in Opera but you have us blocked for some reason.