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    • GoultySoul
      GoultySoul @leocg last edited by

      @leocg Yes. I'm logged in in the browser itself.

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      • Looking4Help
        Looking4Help last edited by

        I'm trying to add various search engines to use as a default search engine. I've added Dogpile, Swisscows, etc, but I cannot find a way to make that the default browser. All I see for options are the biased search engines I want to avoid - Google, Bing, etc. Is there some trick to getting Opera to set a default search engine I actually want to use?

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        • leocg
          leocg Moderator Volunteer @Looking4Help last edited by

          @looking4help Only pre-defined search engines can be set as the default one.

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          • wnlewis
            wnlewis last edited by

            This is one of those topics that may have to be approached "from both sides", i.e., from the Opera side and the Startpage side.

            I am trying to make Startpage my default search engine. I add it to the list of search engines, but, the option to make it default is greyed out.

            Any thoughts?

            Latest version of Opera Version:84.0.4316.31 (x86_64).

            Mac Pro running OS 10.14.6.

            Thanks.

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            • leocg
              leocg Moderator Volunteer @wnlewis last edited by

              @wnlewis As said, only pre-defined search engines can be set as the default one.

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              • wnlewis
                wnlewis last edited by

                It looks like Opera is not going to be my go to browser. Thanks anyway. Best regards, wnlewis

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                • A Former User
                  A Former User last edited by

                  For years now every so often I've noticed websites are somehow adding themselves to my speed dial. For instance, just 10 minutes ago I noticed that "Unicef: something, something ukraine" has been added to my speed dial; never visited it before or even googled Ukraine on this computer.

                  What gives? Is there an option somewhere to turn this stuff off? It's become irritating enough that if I can't stop this from happening I'll most likely find a new browser, as much as I enjoy Opera.

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                  • leocg
                    leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

                    @zeitgeistxxi Those are promoted sites. There are some relate settings that you can turn oiff.

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                    • kerygma
                      kerygma last edited by

                      How do I make Ecosia my default search engine? I've tried adding it under Manage Search engines but it does not seem to want to move up to the suggested engines.

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                      • leocg
                        leocg Moderator Volunteer @kerygma last edited by

                        @kerygma Only pre-defined search engines can be set as default one.

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                        • kerygma
                          kerygma @leocg last edited by

                          @leocg Thanks. Well, that's very unfortunate. I guess I'll bookmark Ecosia and use it just as I would a popular bookmark. I don't understand why pre-defined engines should be limited but I guess it is what it is. Thanks for the information, Leo.

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                          • lavanyadeepak 0
                            lavanyadeepak 0 last edited by leocg

                            Despite choosing the region as Americas in VPN connect dialog when checking the what is your IP page it shows as from #Turkey

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                            • leocg
                              leocg Moderator Volunteer @lavanyadeepak 0 last edited by

                              @lavanyadeepak-0 The site is guessing your location wrongly.

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                              • 7syntax-error
                                7syntax-error last edited by 7syntax-error

                                I added my own preferred search engine under "Other search engines" however the browser doesn't allow me to set it as the default search engine. The option to click to select the search engine as default is greyed out. I have posted three screenshots below of the browser search engine issue and a third with system information and browser information at the end of the post.

                                Steps to reproduce:
                                1.) Add a search engine that isn't included in Opera Browser by default.
                                2.) Attempt to set as default. (Not possible.)

                                Expected behavior:
                                1.) I should be able to set any search engine I add as the default search engine so that when I type into the search box at the top-right of the browser or in the address bar box it will use the search engine I added and specified.

                                Opera_Custom_Search.PNG

                                Opera_Other_Search_Engine_Info.PNG

                                Opera_Search_Engines.png

                                Windows_Version.PNG

                                Opera version: 85.0.4341.60
                                Browser identification
                                Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/99.0.4844.84 Safari/537.36 OPR/85.0.4341.60
                                Install: C:\Program Files\Opera
                                Profile: C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable
                                Cache: C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Opera Software\Opera Stable
                                Installation type
                                For all users on this computer

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                                • leocg
                                  leocg Moderator Volunteer @7syntax-error last edited by

                                  @7syntax-error Not a bug as a search would had told you.

                                  Only pre-defined search engines can be set as the default one.

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                                  • 7syntax-error
                                    7syntax-error @leocg last edited by 7syntax-error

                                    @leocg Thank you. I never thought a browser would restrict what search engines we can set so searching never crossed my mind. I didn't think any browsers restricted that and I did think it was a bug.
                                    Just to be clear, I wasn't trying to change the search engine on the Start Page, I was trying to change the search engine to a custom one I added in the address bar and search bar, not the Start Page.

                                    Regards.

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                                    • JessaDoom
                                      JessaDoom last edited by

                                      I was wondering why there is no Home button added to Opera Browser so we can go back to our home page like all other browsers out there.

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                                      • leocg
                                        leocg Moderator Volunteer @JessaDoom last edited by

                                        @jessadoom Because there is no home page.

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                                        • richard-pacey
                                          richard-pacey last edited by

                                          how do you sync speed dial across devices

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                                          • leocg
                                            leocg Moderator Volunteer @richard-pacey last edited by

                                            @richard-pacey You login to Sync and enable bookmarks synchronization.

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