Full url in Opera 17. Any chances?
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j7nj7n last edited by
I absolutely agree with Frienzie, Ersi, and Serious. The full request line and protocol must be visible in the address bar at all times.
Right here at this forum, we can modify the web address to get, for example, many posts per single page to facilitate quick searching with Ctrl-F, and seeing the full address suggests us this possibility. (I am not recommending for anyone to try unreasonable values.) Navigate to a page at the forums to bring up all the parameters. Set page=1 and perscreen=500, and get a very long page of posts. The site might have implemented this functionality somewhere in the user's control panel, or it might not have. And we may not know where this control panel is. Or the site may only allow to show, say, 100 posts, and only after registration.
Or how about we bring up an unly "web 2.0" example. Two YouTube videos that look very similar or exactly the same, which we must add to a playlist. The playlist is also showing on another tab. It may become very confusing if we do not see the identifier string. It is quite readable consiting of only printable characters. A proper website may even have words as the identifier/file name.
When the person is offered less information, this only decreases their security, not the other way around.
I am afraid there is a push for a dumbed down web such as this:
Google, load for me the installation of Opera 12.
The resource requested is unavailable due to reported security vulnerabilities.
Google, please!!
The resource you requested is not available. That is all we know.
Google you suck.
(The dumb terminal shuts itself down.)That is a very "human" interaction, suitable for a non-technical user. And this user will never learn "how" to "become" technical, because he does not see the possibility to grow beyond this human dialogue.
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j7nj7n last edited by
Screenshot of 1500 posts obtained by editing the URL bar. The page is 2 megabytes, fully scrollable and searchable. Can Disqus social media crap show that using a reasonable amount of memory!?
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frenzie last edited by
Originally posted by j7nj7n:
Screenshot of 1500 posts obtained by editing the URL bar. The page is 2 megabytes, fully scrollable and searchable. Can Disqus social media crap show that using a reasonable amount of memory!?
I like your sense of humor. :lol:
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j7nj7n last edited by
Here you can get another example where having the full URL would be more efficient. On new Dropbox accounts, the crappy poor man's webserver, the only way to link to a file is to generate a "sharing code" for it. When that is done throught the webpage, a new page opens with the URL:
http://www.dropbox ....
to get the direct link to the file, I must replace the "www" with "dl" or else I'll end up on a HTML page with buttons on it, instead of directly to the resource.
When I do this, then select the entire URL and copy it, the http:// protocol does not reappear anymore, and must be retyped.
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rkarolak last edited by
Preferences aside, I don't see why displaying full URL can't be an option. Saying that 'Most users won't understand it' or just insisting that it's just better for you even if you don't think so right now is a bit condescending to the user.
Arguing why someone else doesn't need the full URL or why someone else shouldn't need it doesn't make any sense.
Opera could make it hide by default but have an option for those who want to see the whole thing. Even if Opera feels strongly for some reason that a whole URL shouldn't be shown, they could state their reasons on the settings page but still offer the option to people if they want to otherwise.
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supraspecies last edited by
It is ABSOLUTELY NEEDED to have an option for full address. Here's why:
1) Not long ago there was a scam where a trojan would substitute a real bank page with a fake bank page which stole your account info (and money). The ONLY way to tell if it was a real bank page or not was that real bank page was using HTPPS, while fake page was using HTTP.
But of course, as Opera developer wrote, HIDING http/htpps makes it SECURE. This is just precious. I mean come on guys, this is better than a comedy movie - hiding it helps thieves steal all my money, while Opera developer claims its secure. That BEGS for comedy award, people.2) My anti-banner filters only HTTP pages and not HTPPs. And being on a page, I would like to see right away whether my anti-banner filters it or not.
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Deleted User last edited by
Originally posted by blackcoder:
http://blogs.opera.com/desktop/2013/11/19-developer-update/#comment-1108778790
Even moderate ad filters make Disqus unreadable. When pointing there, it's a good idea to also quote what you are pointing to
James•24 days ago
Still no "Show full URL" option...
BKMod> James•24 days ago
Will be added as DNA-8944. It's in the to-be-done list now.Eew, what format. Maybe not such a good idea to quote from there after all...
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frenzie last edited by
Most annoyingly, Disqus hides further comments in the thread without any indication. They show up only if you click "show more comments" at the very bottom.
Frenzie > BK • 2 days ago
Any plans to (optionally) enable something more than just basic full URL display, or is there a relevant extension API that can do something vaguely along these lines?BK Mod > Frenzie • a day ago
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opera1215b1748 last edited by
Thank you guys for the good laugh!They must be smoking something really strong all these days.
First they got rid of proper Opera, now they try their best to make an already unusable chopera even more useless...
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Deleted User last edited by
Originally posted by opera1215b1748:
...now they try their best to make an already unusable chopera even more useless...Be aware there is no such thing like 'chopera'.
Some of us are calling the new browser Chropera. It's the combination of the two words: Chrome and Opera. -
missingno last edited by
Originally posted by Krake:
Chropera. It's the combination of the two words: Chrome and Opera.
Are you sure? Also, if you prefer keeping the big O, Opium could be the combination of Opera and Chromium. Of course that makes die hard fans (both!) of new Opera sad, so they will call you names (troll) or trying to correct you, when you just need to differentiate between Opera (Presto) and the new thing.
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Deleted User last edited by
Originally posted by missingno:
Also, if you prefer keeping the big O, Opium could be the combination of Opera and Chromium. Of course that makes die hard fans (both!) of new Opera sad, so they will call you names (troll) or trying to correct you, when you just need to differentiate between Opera (Presto) and the new thing.
I don't like 'Opium'. It reminds me of a narcotic drug which overdosed can not only ruin your browsing experience but also your health whereas Chropera reminds me of the Trinity. Google the Holy Spirit, Chrome the Father and Opera the Son.
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frenzie last edited by
Opium has a Marxist undertone. Facebook is the opium of the masses, or something like that. Anyway, I too prefer Chropera.
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missingno last edited by
Well, Chropera always reminds me of crap. But maybe it is the "crop era" where all features are cropped out.
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frenzie last edited by
Originally posted by missingno:
Well, Chropera always reminds me of crap.
I have the same problem, but only when I see the actual program.
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j7nj7n last edited by
Facebook is the opium of the masses, or something like that.
I find that the Web 2.0, or on whichever version we are now already, is quite like a drug. It entices people with a possibility to accomplish tasks quicker without learning and setting software on their system, only to have less speed and control later on. Instead, they become an instrument in the hands of big corporations. The new product is a window to this Web, and can do little as a standalone program.
I also find that Opium
has a nice ring to it as a word. And it describes exactly what the new product is: it's for the masses. -
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iland last edited by
to stay on the topic: do we have a show full option now? Yes or No? (running on Opera 19)
I'm using Opera since Y2K (was it version 3 or 5 back then?), and have to say I always loved the ability to tweak my browser experience to my needs.Missing features now:
- position addressbar on the bottom
- Vimperator (by Blazeix)
- And full url in addressbar. that is YES with all the params and https:// .Still have to rely on O 12 today. But O 19 is promising. Keep up the good work.
