<![CDATA[Orientation for migrants from Firefox?]]>Is there an Opera tutorial for migrants from Firefox?

When I look at the Opera GUI I feel completely lost.

I Googled for instructions to display a menu bar in Opera and found an image like this:

0_1540490044103_Opera Menu Bar.jpg ![https://www.flickr.com/photos/150056224@N03/44829468844/in/dateposted-public/](image url)

And I did find these instructions: *"It is possible to have menus (display mode) like in the previous versions: Click the "Opera" and choose 'Show menubar.'"
[https://ccm.net/faq/9564-opera-restore-the-classic-menus](link url)

But I can't seem to find that "Show menubar" button.

I searched this forum and did find an old, long and quarrelsome thread suggesting that there may no longer be a way to display a classic
Windows style menu bar in Opera. Did I get that right?
[https://forums.opera.com/topic/44/where-is-the-menu-bar](link url)

So, if that's the case, what I would find most helpful would be a guide to how to find in Opera the menu items one is used to finding on those old Windows menu bars.

Does such a creature exist?

Will in Seattle
a.k.a. "Clueless"
OS: Windows 7 [Version 6.1.7601]
Opera Version: 56.0.3051.52

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/29344/orientation-for-migrants-from-firefoxRSS for NodeFri, 06 Mar 2026 07:25:57 GMTThu, 25 Oct 2018 18:18:09 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Orientation for migrants from Firefox? on Thu, 25 Oct 2018 20:54:40 GMT]]>Most browsers work basically in the same way.
Try checking Opera's help to get some basic instructions.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/157561https://forums.opera.com/post/157561Thu, 25 Oct 2018 20:54:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Orientation for migrants from Firefox? on Thu, 25 Oct 2018 20:49:26 GMT]]>@clueless-in-seattle Opera is pretty easy to use. The key to getting started is the red O in the top left corner, clicking on this will open a menu allowing you to set up Opera. If you are completely green to Opera I suggest you open up help and start reading. Help is quite useful for a newbie and is written in plain English.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/157560https://forums.opera.com/post/157560Thu, 25 Oct 2018 20:49:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Orientation for migrants from Firefox? on Thu, 25 Oct 2018 19:22:42 GMT]]>Thanks, leocg.

I was afraid you'd say that.

Oh well. A quarter of a century ago I managed to learn Lynx in MS-DOS, so I guess that, even at my age with worsening cognitive impairment, I can learn Opera. They say it's important to keep learning new things as we get older.

In the meantime, if anyone reading this knows where I can find a tutorial for migrants from Firefox I'd sure be grateful if you could point me in that direction.

Will in Seattle, a.k.a. "Clueless"
Windows 7
Opera 56.0.3051.52

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/157558https://forums.opera.com/post/157558Thu, 25 Oct 2018 19:22:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Orientation for migrants from Firefox? on Thu, 25 Oct 2018 18:37:17 GMT]]>Those instructions are for a very old version of Opera, the current versions don't have a menu bar.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/157552https://forums.opera.com/post/157552Thu, 25 Oct 2018 18:37:17 GMT