Opera 24 and Tab Previews

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

I think, because when that happens, Speed Dial folder's Open/Close animations (and many others) are less smooth than normal.

I don't think that webgl support has any relation with it but i may be wrong.

Also, when I disable the ''use hardware acceleration when available'' option in Settings, the WebGL support (normally) disappears.

Makes sense, i guess, as it seems very dependable on hwa.

Now, I have that option checked, but Opera doesn't have the WebGL support.

Here html5test shows "Webgl 3D Graphics" as prefixed.

[pe73]

pe73 last edited by

Actually I like tab preview but is to possible to set a refresh interval?

[l33t4opera]

l33t4opera last edited by

Hi @pe73, yes you can do this as follows:

1. Go to the Settings (Alt+P), click on the free space on the page, somewhere outside the search field, enter the Konami code: up up down down left right left right b a,

2. After that, the warning window should appear (Power user settings), click on the "I understand, proceed" button, then scroll to the bottom of the page, and tick the checkbox on the left of the "Always show power user settings" option,

3. Scroll a bit up, to the "User interface" section, and you should see the "Delay of initial tab preview in milliseconds" options (as shown below), and change the default value (600), by clicking on the arrow symbols: up-arrow, down-arrow on the right of the value, or click on the value field, and type a custom value, eg. 200:

[pe73]

pe73 last edited by

Hi @pe73, yes you can do this as follows:

1. Go to the Settings (Alt+P), click on the free space on the page, somewhere outside the search field, enter the Konami code: up up down down left right left right b a,
2. After that, the warning window should appear (Power user settings), click on the "I understand, proceed" button, then scroll to the bottom of the page, and tick the checkbox on the left of the "Always show power user settings" option,
3. Scroll a bit up, to the "User interface" section, and you should see the "Delay of initial tab preview in milliseconds" options (as shown below), change the default value (600) to a lower number, eg. 200:

Thanks but the setting isn't refreshing a tab. This setting specifies how fast a tab preview should be displayed. I meant real refresh of site, i.e. having opened tab (for instance a forum) and hovering over a tab will refresh site.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

I meant real refresh of site, i.e. having opened tab (for instance a forum) and hovering over a tab will refresh site.

There is no setting for this. Maybe some extension can help.

[pe73]

pe73 last edited by

I meant real refresh of site, i.e. having opened tab (for instance a forum) and hovering over a tab will refresh site.

There is no setting for this. Maybe some extension can help.

OK thanks. It would be neat to have this option available.

[l33t4opera]

l33t4opera last edited by

Thanks but the setting isn't refreshing a tab. This setting specifies how fast a tab preview should be displayed. I meant real refresh of site, i.e. having opened tab (for instance a forum) and hovering over a tab will refresh site.

@pe73: Oh sorry, in that case, it seems that I not guessed well, what you meant :doh: :whistle:

[pe73]

pe73 last edited by

Thanks but the setting isn't refreshing a tab. This setting specifies how fast a tab preview should be displayed. I meant real refresh of site, i.e. having opened tab (for instance a forum) and hovering over a tab will refresh site.

Oh sorry, in that case, it seems that I not guessed well, what you meant

np

[l33t4opera]

l33t4opera last edited by

@pe73: For that purpose, you can try one of the extensions that allow you to automatically refresh web pages: the Page Reloader, the Auto Refresh Plus, or Easy Auto Refresh - to be able to install one of the last two, you need first install one of the following extensions, which allow you install extensions from the Chrome Web Store: the Extension source viewer, or the Download Chrome Extension.

[joegd21]

joegd21 last edited by

Here html5test shows "Webgl 3D Graphics" as prefixed.

@leocg, It normally shows ''Prefixed'' for me too, but since the update to Opera 24, it's not working anymore... See the screenshot here.

[rleiteopera]

rleiteopera last edited by

Not everybody likes tab previews. I consider them anoying.
I'm glad they added the option to disable it.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

Here html5test shows "Webgl 3D Graphics" as prefixed.

@leocg, It normally shows ''Prefixed'' for me too, but since the update to Opera 24, it's not working anymore... See the screenshot here.

I get that result if i disable hwa. Check opera:gpu, maybe it can give you some hint.

[lem729]

lem729 last edited by

While I like the tab preview, it might be better if you could control the size of the preview . At least have some options -- small, medium, large.

[joegd21]

joegd21 last edited by

Check opera:gpu, maybe it can give you some hint.

I got these results:

Graphics Feature Status

Canvas: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable

Flash: Hardware accelerated

Flash Stage3D: Hardware accelerated

Flash Stage3D Baseline profile: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable

Compositing: Hardware accelerated and threaded

Rasterization: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable

Threaded Rasterization: Disabled

Video Decode: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable

Video Encode: Hardware accelerated

WebGL: Hardware accelerated

--- I get the same results in Opera developer 25 (in which WebGL is supported).

[pe73]

pe73 last edited by

@pe73: For that purpose, you can try one of the extensions that allow you to automatically refresh web pages: the Page Reloader, the Auto Refresh Plus, or Easy Auto Refresh - to be able to install one of the last two, you need first install one of the following extensions, which allow you install extensions from the Chrome Web Store: the Extension source viewer, or the Download Chrome Extension.

Thanks! Will try.

[hiysxgt]

hiysxgt last edited by

Not sure, if I like it or not. It's really god, in fact. But I found a habit to stuck on page, while mouse over next tab to switch. But I'm stuck, reading and here's a sudden popup - it's strange
Btw, Chrome has it too. Who was first?

[lem729]

lem729 last edited by

I have the latest Chrome browser also, and I don't get the tab previews there (when I hover my mouse cursor over and inactive tab).

[hiysxgt]

hiysxgt last edited by

Whoops, I must be tracking the same pages in both browsers yesterday. Or just hallucinating. There's no such thing in Chrome, I'm sorry.

[dobledosis]

dobledosis last edited by admin

I dind't see this post. This is what i think about this new feature:
https://forums.opera.com/topic/4923/new-big-preview-tab-with-o24/1

Please let us customize Opera! Its not big deal. I had to disable Opera tab preview.

[maxtyt]

maxtyt last edited by

While I like the tab preview, it might be better if you could control the size of the preview . At least have some options -- small, medium, large.

I join your request. Really need old look of small preview. Please, add this to the settings.