Chrome extensions for Opera - can they work?

[bbildman]

bbildman last edited by

On occasion, I have had a couple that "installed" (supposedly) but in the end did not work. By and large the extension that allows Chrome extension to work in New Opera works pretty good. But it is incumbent on us to remember O29 is NOT Chrome, though it has much of the inner workings of it.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

Not all Chrome extensions will work in Opera.

Also, as Speed Dial has changed, i guess that many SD extensions may not work.

[lem729]

lem729 last edited by

Most Chrome extensions work in Opera 29. To download a Chrome extension easily, you need the Opera extension, called Download Chrome Extension, https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/download-chrome-extension-9/?display=en

or Extension Source Viewer, https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/extension-source-viewer/

@newelina

I'm not sure why Momentum isn't working for you. Some people have posted, I believe I recollect getting their Chrome speed dial to work.

You know, you can create another new tab page other than the Opera Speed Dial via extension. Perhaps, there's an Opera extension for new tabs that might link to Momentum. Something like, Custom New Tab page, https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/custom-new-tab-page/?display=en (though that extension seems to require a web address).

Getting Opera to work without the speed dial, is easy enough via extension. Generally, though, one needs an address to a bookmark, to have the home page or new tab page open there. You can have the new tab page open to a web address, or to an internal page in your computer.

[newelina]

newelina last edited by

Thank you guys for your help. I've used the exact addon you suggest @lem729 - Download Chrome Extension. Nevertheless, nothing seems to work. I guess it's just like @leocg and @bbildman have noticed - it's not meant to be for me

[tstauber]

tstauber last edited by

Had the same problem today. So I fixed it.

If someone is interested in how I did it, here we go:

Fist I installed "Install Chrome extensions" https://addons.opera.com/de/extensions/details/download-chrome-extension-9/?display=en
Then I installed "Momentum" https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/momentum/laookkfknpbbblfpciffpaejjkokdgca/related
Then I installed "Momentum" on Chrome and started it.
I analyzed, what sourcefile will be loaded, for me it was chrome-extension://laookkfknpbbblfpciffpaejjkokdgca/dashboard.html
So I switched back to Opera and installed "Custom new tab page" https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/custom-new-tab-page/?display=en
And set the link to the dashboard.html.

That´s it.

Hope I could help you even if the problem is already some months old.

[sevukar]

sevukar last edited by

how to view the source file of the extension ?

[ect0plasm]

ect0plasm last edited by

I think they just meant page source of the page the extension loads, like this:
https://i.imgur.com/HIDoZD8.png

chrome-extension://laookkfknpbbblfpciffpaejjkokdgca/dashboard.html
is the url to load in the new tab extension

Thanks everyone.. I was a little stuck on how to enable this the other day.. this is a nice fix!

[t-bone tone]

t-bone tone last edited by

Just use Chrome? latest Opera is based on it. Unfortunately.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

Just use Chrome? latest Opera is based on it. Unfortunately.

Please do not spread false information. Opera (from version 15) is based on Chromium.

[callmekunal]

callmekunal last edited by

thanks it works for me now