@ejuttner can they do this just like so at any time? Can they deploy such code without the user updating the application? This would be a huge liability :-\ Another reason to stop using it.

I also noticed the new player icon appeared today without even restarting Opera. OK, this isn't cool anymore...

You, Opera, obviusly need to earn money, I get it but if earning money is done only by nagging users with ads then it might be a good idea to consider splitting Opera in two different editions, powerful 100% ad-free, nag-free, promotion-free etc browser with maybe some premium features for some monthly subscription fee like 1-2$ and an ad-sponsored edition.

Opera is still the best browser but it takes a dangerous turn into the world of ads testing us how much can we deal with and still keep using it. I'm telling you, you're on thin ice here and pretty close to loosing your most valued users who recommend Opera to others.

I was happily surfing on the Internet when I saw this

so I clicked it and bam! This is what came next:

Really? Is this what Opera has now become? Ads all over the place? First speed-dial then this... it looks like it'll be necessay to consider a diferent browser if this trend continues. I've been using Opera since its first version and I always told people that Opera is the browser. You're doing great in convincing me that this is no longer the case.

How do I get rid of that % button?

Wow, what a nice "hidden" feature Thank you.

Some bookmarks keep their pretty colorful boxes and other change into a website preview. Is there a setting to turn previews off? I'd like all the bookmarks to stay as colorful text boxes.

I'd like to use two installations of opera at the same time. I installed it twice into two different paths but when I run either of them they both open in the same window. How can use two different windows, settings, bookmarks etc?