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    • hal-man
      hal-man last edited by

      OK the extension suggested above appears to require activation each time Opera is started. I've found this extension for Chrome which doesn't need to be configured each time you start Opera, you just configure it once and it'll remember the settings. Here's the link: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/user-agent-switcher-for-c/djflhoibgkdhkhhcedjiklpkjnoahfmg

      I just choose "Windows Firefox 15" works great. The extension should work in Opera, if not, you need this extension forst (it allows for the installation of Chrome apps into Opera) https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/download-chrome-extension-9/?display=en

      One problem I've noticed with both extensions is that everytime you open an image from the facebook string and then close it again, the string goes back to top, now I have to open every string image in a new tab to prevent that.

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      • luciflash
        luciflash last edited by

        Same here. Clearing all cookies did'n work, but the add-on did. Hopefully they'll fix it soon.

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        • mrmartinh
          mrmartinh last edited by

          Unfortunately the add-on isn't a prefect solution. It works perfectly to get google back in line, but when the add-on is active, sites like facebook load very very slowly or doesn't do anything at all.

          So I have to switch the add-on on or off for some websites. I too hope they fix this asap.

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          • Deleted User
            Deleted User last edited by

            Unfortunately the add-on isn't a prefect solution. It works perfectly to get google back in line, but when the add-on is active, sites like facebook load very very slowly or doesn't do anything at all.
            So I have to switch the add-on on or off for some websites. I too hope they fix this asap.

            change user-agent to chrome it will work on many site except youtube

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            • Deleted User
              Deleted User last edited by

              In Opera for Android, Google do not work properly. The start page of Google when you click on the three lines to see the menu you can not scroll down.

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              • leocg
                leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by admin

                In Opera for Android, Google do not work properly. The start page of Google when you click on the three lines to see the menu you can not scroll down.

                https://forums.opera.com/category/20/opera-for-android

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                • Deleted User
                  Deleted User last edited by admin

                  In Opera for Android, Google do not work properly. The start page of Google when you click on the three lines to see the menu you can not scroll down.

                  https://forums.opera.com/category/20/opera-for-android

                  I know it is wrong but it is about the user agent and google interface. But it will not happen again

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                  • hal-man
                    hal-man last edited by

                    I managed to get rid of the facebook problem (string jumps to top every time you open an image). Just use the app I've recommended above and choose Safari > OSX Safari 5

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                    • hal-man
                      hal-man last edited by

                      Now I don't get a full screen option for images on facebook, I'm sick of this, I think I'm gonna change the browser...dunno which one to choose, they're all stupid, the newer the more stupid.

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                      • christoph142
                        christoph142 last edited by

                        Yeah, that's the solution. Google breaking some stuff -> "I'm gonna switch browser!"... Oh boy...

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                        • LOKIHOUND
                          LOKIHOUND last edited by

                          Can'f figure out how to use the user-agent-switcher mentioned by hal-man. What exactly do you enter and where. No information at all in the Extension's website about how to use it! If I am using it correctly it does not work!

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                          • A Former User
                            A Former User last edited by

                            Changing the user agent to make a mainstream website work properly, oh dear!
                            Seems the compatibility problems we always suffered with the Presto versions of Opera aren't over yet.
                            They'll be putting browser.js (or an equivalent) back next!
                            (I know this isn't actually a compatibility problem, of course Blink Opera is compatible, as was Presto a lot of the time, it's just sites not recognising Opera and serving code which makes the site malfunction.)
                            😞

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                            • rodrigowbs
                              rodrigowbs last edited by

                              Hi, install this extension to temporarily fix the bug
                              User-Agent Switcher
                              https://addons.opera.com/es-419/extensions/details/user-agent-switcher/?display=en#
                              Once installed select: >>> OPERA ON WINDOWS
                              ENJOY!!! 🙂

                              OHHH GOD THANKS MAN...

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                              • Deleted User
                                Deleted User last edited by

                                Hi, install this extension to temporarily fix the bug
                                User-Agent Switcher
                                https://addons.opera.com/es-419/extensions/details/user-agent-switcher/?display=en#
                                Once installed select: >>> OPERA ON WINDOWS
                                ENJOY!!! 🙂

                                you can choose chrome on windows too

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                                • herrpietrus
                                  herrpietrus last edited by

                                  User Agent Switcher for Chrome works well. I keep it disabled and only have added a rule to change user agent to "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; MSIE 11.0; Trident/7.0 - Opera 20 Pretending IE because of Google)" So on other websites my ua is unchanged 🙂

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                                  • A Former User
                                    A Former User last edited by

                                    They'll be putting browser.js (or an equivalent) back next!
                                    It's already present since 15.0.

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                                    • A Former User
                                      A Former User last edited by

                                      Well I didn't know that! Interesting.
                                      So they still have to put "fixes" in to enable some sites to work properly, even using the Blink engine?
                                      Do all Chrome/Blink based browsers have to do that?
                                      🙂

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                                      • A Former User
                                        A Former User last edited by

                                        So they still have to put "fixes" in to enable some sites to work properly, even using the Blink engine?
                                        Yes, and you can see how ironically most of the patches are for dealing with Google's browser sniffing despite Opera having switched to using Chromium. Google's discrimination against Opera is endless.

                                        Do all Chrome/Blink based browsers have to do that?
                                        I never studied how they deal with that, but I've seen a couple of browsers using a perfect copy of Chrome or Safari's UA-String so they don't identify themselves as themselves to any sites.

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                                        • whitelotus01
                                          whitelotus01 last edited by

                                          Time to maybe use DuckDuckGo or Bing or Yahoo lol

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                                          • herrpietrus
                                            herrpietrus last edited by

                                            Perhaps it's time to forget about usage statistics and enable using fake user agent by default... or at least build UA switching into Opera again. For better PR it could be named "compatibility mode" and it should of course have possibility to automatically pretend other browsers like the add-on which we are using currently. And it's clear that Opera should pretend Internet Explorer in order to not support Chrome popularity.

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