Separate search box
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Deleted User last edited by
As far as I know you can add searchs and choose which one you want to be the pattern. You can the search engine when you are going to search something.
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alreadybanned last edited by
Hi, new poster, but longtime Opera user here. If the issue is that someone only wants to use one alternative search engine then I agree, typing a single letter before the search term is not a big deal. However as well as the autocomplete issue, another reason people like a separate search box is to give greater choice of searches. In Opera 12 I have 12 different engines to choose for different purposes. (I used to have 18) As well as Duckduckgo, Startpage and ixquick, engines like Ask, Blekko (my current favourite for its tidy results), Zoo (formerly metacrawler),and Yandex give great results, and there are also custom searches for particular sites, image searches etc. It is far easier to find these in a drop down menu than trying to remember code letters or keywords for all of them.
Finally, to say there are five existing possibilities which should be enough for most people is not really accurate. Two - Amazon and Wikipedia - only give results from one website each.I completely agree with you. I had(and still do in Firefox)10 search engines with 6-8 of them being used daily. People are different and we work differently. Old Opera was great for that and it was the main reason I used it. IE wasn't just a terrible browser because it was slow and a security hole but because of the lack of options. Chrome came along and in spite of it's speed and extensions, is still very restrictive. Those who used Opera tolerated the site incompatibilities for a reason. It's no surprise then why new Opera is getting so much flack.
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Deleted User last edited by
alreadybanned: why so negative all the time? I mean seriously... if Opera doesn't float your boat, why not find something that does?
Sidneyneto: that's pretty cool and informative. Thanks for pointing that out. I'm sure "most" readers will appreciate it.
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alreadybanned last edited by
alreadybanned: why so negative all the time? I mean seriously... if Opera doesn't float your boat, why not find something that does?
Sidneyneto: that's pretty cool and informative. Thanks for pointing that out. I'm sure "most" readers will appreciate it.I've already stated that I have. You and a few others love to complain about those you perceive as complainers, oh the irony. I'm a long time Opera user so I'm still holding out hope but I don't view things with rose coloured glasses either. A spade is a spade and I am calling it as such. If that's being negative what does attacking posters classify you as?
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lem729 last edited by
Leushino is doing exactly what you want, aleady banned, "calling a spade a spade," though about the negativity and rants of your posting.
By the way for all the doomsters about Opera, an April PC Magazine report sees Opera leading the supposed major internet browsers in 3 of 6 benchmark tests
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grierzo last edited by
Ah, Lem29, but the "vast majority of people" don't use Opera! We chose Opera because of all its features, ability to customise everything etc. I'm hopeful that some of that ability is returning bit by bit. But I do like your hi-tech suggestion of a note with the list of codes. I never thought of that!
Actually, the way alreadybanned describes it above was the actual process I used: "the ability to type in a query and then select the search engine to use" I would often type the query look at the drop down list and then choose the best search for it. Can't do that with prefixes.
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alreadybanned last edited by
Opera is not a positive experience right now, I don't think those who have issue with it are hiding that fact. However, those who make it personal while wearing some sort of mask of being a pillar are only deluding themselves. Negative is negative, so there really is no point in trying to pretty yours up. Pointing it out in others doesn't overshadow yours, it is what it is.
Benchmark tests are the go to argument from Webkit lovers so this comes as no surprise, it's a broken record really. Restricting the customization of the browser forces people to assimilate their browsing and work behaviours. Some don't mind while others do, that's life, you will always have opposites. Forcing silent updates however is rather Orwellian and now means that the browser will always be contacting "home", but that is a subject for another thread
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Deleted User last edited by
Opera is not a positive experience right now...
Uh... wrong. Let me restate it for you: "Opera is not a positive experience right now for me (sic... YOU alreadybanned [good moniker by the way]) and a number of other complainers and whiners. Opera IS a good experience for me and many others who are enjoying its speed, compatibility, unique features (Stash, Speed Dial, Discover) and its promise to keep on improving.
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Deleted User last edited by
hello:
how do i retrieve all my photos etc from myopera?
i wasn't aware of impending closure.
is there another forum blog spot where i can send them and maintain a new site.
thanks,
Kathy
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grierzo last edited by admin
Sorry to have to tell you this brianokane, if you haven't retrieved them already you may have lost them. There are a lot of unhappy people in a different forum here:
https://forums.opera.com/category/24/opera-account -
alreadybanned last edited by
Opera is not a positive experience right now...
Uh... wrong. Let me restate it for you: "Opera is not a positive experience right now for me (sic... YOU alreadybanned [good moniker by the way]) and a number of other complainers and whiners. Opera IS a good experience for me and many others who are enjoying its speed, compatibility, unique features (Stash, Speed Dial, Discover) and its promise to keep on improving.
Can always count on you being your pompous self. Your experience and opinions are just that, YOURS, and they in no way supersede anyone else's. The problem is that you can't accept that and feel the need to address posters rather than just speaking about the browser which inevitably results in a childish back and forth. well done
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Deleted User last edited by
Can always count on your negativity and hanging about where you're not really wanted. Go play in some traffic, alreadybanned. Your very moniker indicates that you know very well your opinions will not be appreciated in the Opera forum and that you EXPECT to be banned (and if I were moderator, you'd be history, sonny).
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blackbird71 last edited byPrevious spammer has been flagged. Do not click on his link.
We just have to keep flagging the spam posts... eventually, they'll tire of the wasted effort after it becomes apparent their trash keeps getting speedily dumped. Forum user vigilance and rapid mod actions will generally keep a forum clean - even with robo-spam and cheap spam labor.
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Deleted User last edited by
Probably not. I refuse to click on any dynamic link unless I know the poster from experience and the URL upon examination appears credible. These spammers are getting sneaker.
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blackbird71 last edited by
too late. i did
ugh. do i have to do a virus check? 
It's good safe-hex to not click on unknown/suspicious links, but if one might need to click on "strange" links, it's best to be sure to always use a fully-patched browser with all scripting shut off, from within an extremely limited user account. In the case of a potential spam link associated with a foreign language, I find it needful to translate the material to determine if it's actually spam in order to report it, in which case I use a really tight browser installation I keep maintained for going in harm's way.
Most of the time, the sites are purely commercial sites that employ spamming as an advertising practice, and the spammer either gets credit for referred clicks (a unique URL) or is working on a paid-per-spam basis for registering and spamming a forum. Consequently, many of these sites turn out not to contain malware at the immediate site level... but the whole disreputable business does take you one major step closer to the bad guys, so it's wise to avoid such sites whenever possible. If a site does contain malware, it's usually either the scripting that gets you in trouble or the exploitation of an unpatched vulnerability in your browser that has been identified from its user-agent string.
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funksoulbro last edited by admin
[Mod edit. Please stop persecuting and posting the same off-topic subject in every thread someone disagrees with you. You already had this discussion before and the topic has been closed by a moderator, this is the sign so you can realize this discussion is not welcome in these forums. Go debate elsewhere or contact the user you have a problem with personally. Disrespecting the forum rules may lead to a ban.]
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lem729 last edited by
Nasty nasty, funksoulbro. And by the beye, wasn't it Emerson who said: "Foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of mediocre minds.". If someone changes his mind, I have no problem with that. And please, stop hijacking this thread with the personal attacks.
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Deleted User last edited by
He's been reported, lem729. I think most of us are tired of his personal attacks and his constant demeaning of Opera.
