The topic for things that were answered/discussed lots of times already
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FORESTWORKER90 last edited by leocgHow to add "https://search.brave.com/" as the default search engine for both desktop and mobile for all opera browsers? I can easily add this in other browsers even in chrome and Vivaldi but not in opera. Why? Where is the innovation that opera stood for?
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@forestworker90 As known, only pre-defined search engines can be set as default one.
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FORESTWORKER90 last edited by
@leocg It is very disappointing that all the browsers give users control over what they can use or search through but opera decides to live in the 15 century by not allowing us to add our own search engine. The problem is not with the brave search but any search like Startpage or ecosia. If you guys are copying everything from chrome then why lessen the default features? I am using chrome and can easily add any search engine of my choice both on desktop and mobile? I guess you guys are above chrome. Good browser but removing such important things just kills the experience. And can you guys tell me what will I do with eBay and Wikipedia as search engine?
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@forestworker90 They say that it's to avoid search engines from being hijacked by malicious programs.
Also, we should not forget that searches are the main source of revenue for independent browsers, so Opera is probably protecting it too
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FORESTWORKER90 last edited by
@leocg Hacking? Never heard this reasoning from chrome if that was the case, Can you show me one hacking case were adding another search engine by the user has caused it?
About "main source of revenue", I haven't said to remove it, give us the option to add more because I use more than google and duckduckgo. Chrome and almost every browser give users control over what they want and companies dictating over what users should do are just bad, simply wrong.
Is DDG paying you anything to add them?
I love Opera and would love to use it my way,
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@forestworker90 It's not uncommon to see malwares changing the browser settings to make searches being redirected to a malicious page.
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@forestworker90 When you add a custom search engine and uses it, the browser makers don't get any revenue from the searches made.
For browsers like Chrome and Edge it doesn't make that much difference because Google and Microsoft don't depend on that source of revenue, but for the small independent browser makers losing such revenue may have a huge impact.Duck Duck Go doesn't pay me anything, but for sure it should have some kind of agreement with Opera.
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FORESTWORKER90 last edited by
So why there's an issue with adding "https://search.brave.com/" or "https://www.ecosia.org/" or "https://youcare.world/" or even "https://searx.space/"? Is opera against what users want? I am using chrome and firefox (firefox is also independent and lives through users) and both are user-friendly but opera isn't. I feel so much bad using opera with so many limitations.
Will you guys consider adding an option as chrome has under "chrome://settings/searchEngines" or not?
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FORESTWORKER90 last edited by
@leocg said in The topic for things that were answered/discussed lost of times already:
uncommon
Any actual case or news report? Not tales.
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LuisMachado last edited by@leocg Well, they haven't even responded to my problem and I've been waiting a long time.
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OmegaGamerYT3 last edited by leocg
Even tho i turned off this feature it Still asks me Every Single Time where i want to download and it's anoying as hell
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@omegagameryt3 As already said several times, depending on the type of file the dialog to choose where to save the file will always be displayed for security reasons.
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afonsout last edited by
Someone know how remove this bar link? she appear when you put the cursor in a link... But first she appears all black, it's bothering me a lot
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paleloiterer last edited by leocg
I had Opera working perfectly when it became necessary for me to reset Windows 11. Before doing so, I backed up the folder containing my Opera bookmarks. Following the reset of Windows 11, I have re-installed Opera but I can find no way of regaining and displaying my old speed dial icons from the backup I made. Any help with this problem would be very much appreciated. TIA.
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
Bookmarks (which includes Speed Dials) are stored in the "Bookmarks" file in Opera's profile folder. The thumbnails though are stored in the "BookmarksExtras" file. You need to restore both.
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
There's no option to turn off the link tooltip.
For me, in regular Opera, I don't see any issue with the tooltip being black at first. Your
opera://flagspage looks funny though. No blue links, text isn't a bright white, and the logo isn't bright with color. Do you have any dark mode extensions like Dark Reader installed? -
leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@paleloiterer Go to opera://bookmarks and copy them from other speed dials to speed dial
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A Former User last edited by
Hello, I have returned to Opera after sometime away and there have been changes. Firstly I notice that Opera uses 12 processes when idle ie: when start page is loaded but not connected to the Internet, is this number normal ?
Also I cannot find an "About" page in Opera, how do I access it. Before it would have browser version and whether it was up to date.I had to return to Opera because another browser that I use has made lots of changes recently that interferes in some aspects with my access to the Internet that fortunately does not happen with Opera !
I would be grateful if someone could help me with my questions. Thanks. -
