Opera 12.18

[empej107]

empej107 last edited by

Now - after some deeper insight - I noticed that I have been using Internet Explorer masking. I am sorry for the confusion.

Nevertheless, Facebook website seems to work smoother with that setting enabled.

There were only two bugs:

1. Search field with width set to 100px (but it is in the right place).

2. A bit of empty space above the right column.

Thank you for the answer and sorry again for the confusion.

BTW Is there any list of the malfunctioning websites?

It would be convenient to create some kind of list where people could report broken sites and share patches to them.

Maybe some kind of community fork of browser.js?

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Try pasting this in override.ini in the Facebook section in place of the line that's there -
User Prefs|Custom User-Agent=Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:32.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/32.0 Opera 12.16
That made things run smoother for me, without the browser update nag.

A agree a repository for these sort of fixes/workarounds, and custom js and CSS fixes would be a really good resource to have.
It's wonderful that Opera 12 is so flexible and customisable that these things can be done!

[rseiler]

rseiler last edited by

That would be a full-time job.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Yes, it certainly would be!
:lol:
I guess here is the only place we will find these "tricks" for Opera 12, it's such a shame that the search function here doesn't work too well.

[empej107]

empej107 last edited by

Regarding community fixes and patches.

There exists an abandoned open-source addon named Fix the Web.

https://addons.opera.com/pl/extensions/details/fix-the-web/?display=en

Source code: https://github.com/cyberstream/Fix-the-Web

Beside patching broken sites the extension has a function to easily report to the addon's developers a new problematic websites.

What is more, there are also available some server-side files:

https://github.com/cyberstream/Fix-the-Web-Server-Side/

More info about it is on an their (archived) My Opera blog: https://web.archive.org/web/20130328173208/http://my.opera.com/fix-the-web/blog/

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Empej, huh?

This .18 thing is only for Windows, right?

[stng]

stng last edited by

@empej107

There exists an abandoned open-source addon named Fix the Web.
https://addons.opera.com/pl/extensions/details/fix-the-web/?display=en

This is a great idea. I mean a client-side patching for a problem web-sites (e.g. User-Agent spoofing solutions, bug and compatibility fixes via UserJS and UserCSS), where its still possible. But who would support it? Maybe we (die hard presto fans :)) could create the "wage fund"(donated) to employ some guys (on piece-rate pay) ? Or make some kind of virtual auction/shop which could work on a principle "make working patch and get your money from the fund"

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Empej, huh?
This .18 thing is only for Windows, right?

Er, yes. What's your point?

[trinarystar]

trinarystar last edited by

The problem I encounter when accessing Twitter is not that of redirecting to the Twitter mobile site. This redirection does not happen.

I think everyone here knows it, but the problem I am talking about is that Presto Opera 12 cannot display the Twitter screen properly:

When accessed with Firefox 45.0, the Twitter screen looks fine like this:

http://i.imgur.com/KOtXn0C.png

But when accessed with Presto Opera 12, the Twitter screen looks like this:

http://i.imgur.com/MdcIHjg.png

It is also difficult to send a tweet from Opera 12 because of this. So it is necessary to access the Twitter mobile site to send a tweet.

If this problem with Twitter is resolved, I don't need Chromium Opera at all. Presto Opera 12 is good enough for me.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Thanks, Dave.
Nevermind, clarifying if the topic would actually be ever relevant to me.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Thanks, Dave.
Nevermind, clarifying if the topic would actually be ever relevant to me.

Well I think what's being discussed here is probably relevant to most recent versions of Presto Opera, not just 12.18.
That extension looked like a great idea, a pity it's now abandoned, and I can't use it anyway because it seems to be dependant on being a member of Twitter, a site I don't want to have anything to do with!
:lol:

[rseiler]

rseiler last edited by

@trinarystar, that's not a problem on Twitter here. I do have an issue with pasting links in the tweet form, and certain aspects of Twitter are VERY slow in Opera 12, but it at least looks right.

Are you maybe on Linux? Windows here. Aside from that wild guess, check cookies, masking, anything else you might have going on in override.ini, perhaps something throwing it off in Advanced/Storage, absence of browser.js, etc. It's something.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Well I think what's being discussed here is probably relevant to most recent versions of Presto Opera, not just 12.18.

I see the thread's title though.
I was asking because I'm gonna part with Windows altogether or at least for a long while. IF they drop the XP support.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Off-topic for this thread, but Opera have already dropped XP (and Vista) support for their latest browsers.
Opera 36 is the last one that will work on XP or Vista.
This has been forced upon them (they say) because the Chromium project has dropped support.
I can't imagine that Presto Opera won't always work on XP though.

[monika1monika]

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Is there any hope for linux version of 12.18? Or is there possibility of taking these new security protocols from windows version and use it with 12.16 on linux (as a library or sth)?
More and more pages are using https these days and I can't open them...

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Hmm, now one of the lightest, simplest sites is misbehaving. Wikepedia, not responding or slows down browser. What gives?

I have problems with a site here and there but they were heavy, NYPOST for example. But never expected problems with wikepedia

[rseiler]

rseiler last edited by

It's not been so light since going https. That slowed it down, but other than that, I haven't noticed anything unusual. Maybe you hit it when it was having problems.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

It's not been so light since going https. That slowed it down, but other than that, I haven't noticed anything unusual. Maybe you hit it when it was having problems.

The home page loads fine, then if I click on a link its horrible. Have to close it to get the browser to behave normally again

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

Or is there possibility of taking these new security protocols from windows version and use it with 12.16 on linux (as a library or sth)?

You may ask on the *nix forum, you may have better luck there.

[sgunhouse]

sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

I did ask the developers if they were planning a Linux release; they said they had more Windows users (especially on XP) and weren't going to do Linux. Mind you, since they never released a Linux version of the standalone Opera Mail, I suspect there are more Linux users than they think.