General Opera for Windows Question and Answer Thread

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

I have Opera 36 on my Windows Vista desktop. I see there are versions up to and beyond 41. When I click a link to download Opera 41, it re-installs Opera 36. Am I missing something, or is it that 36 is the most recent that Vista can use? Thanks!

[sgunhouse]

sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

The last build of Opera which will run on Vista or XP is 36.0.2130.80; you cannot run a later version without at least Windows 7.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Thanks, sgunhouse. I thought that might be the case.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Are Opera still providing any security updates to Opera 36?
They said they would for an unspecified period when they had to drop support for XP and Vista, but it's been a very long time now since the last one!
Would they announce if it had now officially been abandoned?
Opera 36 already won't display some secure sites.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Zoom:
How can I increase the number of steps available to the zoom function? I'd like to have 5% increments between 125% and 150%

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

How can I increase the number of steps available to the zoom function?

As far as I know, you can't.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

OK thanks.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Opera v. 47.
I want my own avatar for my posts, so I clicked on my generic avatar. Do I have to learn about Gravatars and coding to make my own/

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Are you talking about your avatar in this forum?
If so, this should be in the forum issues section.
As far as I know you can still only have a personalised avatar here by using Gravatar.

[rdvopera]

rdvopera last edited by

Hi, I use AeroGlass and transparency in the skin not once you get the native skin Windows 10, or just have to use a different browser in the end.

[odourpreventer]

odourpreventer last edited by

Is it or will it be possible to use standard window management? (Standard title bar, window borders, etc?)

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

Is it or will it be possible to use standard window management? (Standard title bar, window borders, etc?)

What do you mean by this?

[odourpreventer]

odourpreventer last edited by

What do you mean by this?

From what I can tell, Opera uses a custom title bar and window borders, meaning that it doesn't play so well with window managers like autohotkey, at least in Windows 7. Is there some way to restore the system title bar and borders?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

Is there some way to restore the system title bar and borders?

Nope, you can't restore what wasn't there.

[leotness]

leotness last edited by

Why dont appear the magic actions for youtube controls in the new opera.
I desinstal and instal opera and magic actions for you tube and te controls dont appear.<
I left opera soon

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

Why dont appear the magic actions for youtube controls in the new opera.

Maybe because that extension hasn't been updated in the last 1 year? Maybe because Youtube has changed its layout?

[leeflo]

leeflo last edited by

Some how I got something that keeps popping up tabs for dating, sex and brides constantly. What can I do to stop this?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

Some how I got something that keeps popping up tabs for dating, sex and brides constantly. What can I do to stop this?

Not exactly an Opera issue, you probably got a malware in your computer. Try running some anti-malware and anti-virus software.

[leotness]

leotness last edited by

how can I make magic actions for youtube correctly display its controls?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

how can I make magic actions for youtube correctly display its controls?

Asking its author(s) to update the extension?