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    • leocg
      leocg Moderator Volunteer @fckopera last edited by

      @fckopera said in Has Opera Sold it's soul to Google:

      I have gone through the settings and turned off the speedbar shite, I have also set DuckDuckGo as my preferred search engine so why is Google still showing where there speed dial was?

      You could have spent the time doing a research. It's mentioned in the FAQ

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      • leocg
        leocg Moderator Volunteer @fckopera last edited by

        @fckopera said in Has Opera Sold it's soul to Google:

        How do I remove search from address bar at the top?

        You can't.

        How to I remove Google (or others) from the potential list of search providers?

        Not possible

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        • leocg
          leocg Moderator Volunteer @fckopera last edited by

          @fckopera said in Has Opera Sold it's soul to Google:

          Oh one last thing, which idiot designed this forum software and thinks that users want a 3 line letterbox to write text into when there is a whole bloody screen of space (filled with shite I do not need or want to see when I am creating a post.

          You can resize it.

          And if you call someone idiot again, you will be banned.

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          • fckopera
            fckopera @leocg last edited by

            @leocg Someone seems to be on a power trip

            This is what happens on some forums

            Not a problem, I can always go to a thousand other forums and make comments freely without some power mad moderator making threats, the sites I will make those comments on will have much more authority that this forum, if I am in the mood I can make such comments using scrapbox which can post to 12m sites overnight.

            So if you carry out your threat consider how that helps the reputation of Opera if I post all over the web.

            I post here so that Opera change but if you can't take criticism not a problem, I will make it elsewhere.

            Francke

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            • fckopera
              fckopera @leocg last edited by

              @leocg said in Has Opera Sold it's soul to Google:

              @fckopera said in Has Opera Sold it's soul to Google:

              I have gone through the settings and turned off the speedbar shite, I have also set DuckDuckGo as my preferred search engine so why is Google still showing where there speed dial was?

              You could have spent the time doing a research. It's mentioned in the FAQ

              That link does not take me to a solution, you could have spent the time being helpful and just provided the answer or point to a specific page than answers the question..

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              • leocg
                leocg Moderator Volunteer @fckopera last edited by

                @fckopera It says that you can hide the search filed of start page in settings. So, if you want to hide it, opend the settings page and do it. Very simple.

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                • fckopera
                  fckopera @leocg last edited by

                  @leocg I am sure it is possible, I will search for a registy hack. Thanks anyway

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                  • fckopera
                    fckopera @leocg last edited by

                    @leocg said in Has Opera Sold it's soul to Google:

                    @fckopera It says that you can hide the search filed of start page in settings. So, if you want to hide it, opend the settings page and do it. Very simple.

                    Sorry "the search filed" what is that

                    I did open the setting page but unless you point to a specific line I cannot know what you mean, there are hundreds of options in there.

                    Very simple if you know it.

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                    • leocg
                      leocg Moderator Volunteer @fckopera last edited by leocg

                      @fckopera It should be search field.

                      That setting is in the Start Page section of the settings page

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                      • fckopera
                        fckopera @leocg last edited by

                        @leocg said in Has Opera Sold it's soul to Google:

                        @fckopera It should be search field.

                        That setting is in the Start Page section of the settings page

                        What is the point of having a setting that says open a specific page if when I set it a page with GOOGLE opens not the page I chose.

                        Open a specific page or set of pages
                        DuckDuckGo — Privacy, simplified.
                        https://start.duckduckgo.com/

                        This is what I mean by Opera has sold it's soul.

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                        • leocg
                          leocg Moderator Volunteer @fckopera last edited by

                          @fckopera in fact the setting is Hide Search Box

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