Posts made by 888larson

@888larson

Workaround.

         * Returns the data url of the favicon of the given url
         *
         * @param {object} opts
         * @returns {Promise}
         */
        this.getFavicon = async (opts) => {
            if (/OPERA|OPR\//i.test(navigator.userAgent)) { // Workaround for Opera which does not have a "favicon" API yet
                return `https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=${encodeURIComponent(opts.url)}&sz=32`;
            } else {
                return $.api.runtime.getURL("_favicon") + "?pageUrl=" + encodeURIComponent(opts.url) + "&size=32";
            }
        };

Opera for Windows 97.0.4719.63

The bookmarks extension I use (https://github.com/Kiuryy/Bookmark_Sidebar) recently updated from Manifest V2 to v3 and all of my favicons disappeared. I reached out to the developer and he said Opera does not yet support the V3 favicons API. Any idea when this will be fixed?

TIA,
Jay

@leocg Must have been Presto then. Time flies!
Interestingly, if you change the default search to DDG in Google Chrome, it updates both the address bar and the search box on the new tab page. Edge will change the address bar but Bing search box is permanent.

@twapehs I use DDG and it stays as default for the address bar even after I restart Opera (88.0.4412.53). I also turn on "Hide search box" in the Start Page settings.

@leocg Years ago, there was a “Use as Speed Dial search engine” in the Search settings. Why was that removed?

@forestworker90 Works fine for me on Reddit and YouTube. The only sites it doesn't work on are search engine pages (no clue why).

@forestworker90 Like you, I have vision issues and the low-contrast, skinny scroll bars are extremely difficult for me. I installed an extension called Custom Scroll Bar that allows me to set css overrides. Install the extension, go to options, add css as desired, clear browser cache.

I use these settings:

::-webkit-scrollbar {
    width: 17px !important;
}
::-webkit-scrollbar:horizontal {
    height: 17px !important;
}
::-webkit-scrollbar-track {
    background-color: #dcdcdc !important;
}
::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
    background-color: #696969 !important;
    border-radius: 9px !important;
}
::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb:hover {
    background-color: #808080 !important;
    border-radius: 9px !important;
}

Add a setting toggle to have bookmarks prepended or appended to an existing list. Then we can choose which works best on an individual basis.

@sgunhouse Good to know. I'm only using addresses from my ISP and a Gmail account.

@rh99 I've been testing the new Vivaldi Mail 1.0 client built into their browser for the past few weeks. Liking it so far.

Would this apply here?
Built-in PDF viewer is not working

@wuj Long shot. as this should affect all browsers... are you subject to Group Policy Objects? We've encountered odd behaviors with pdf files and GPOs via VPN. If so, find the GPO .xml file and delete it. Reboot and try again. The .xml file may even be a legacy file from a previous VPN connection.

The GPO file may include something like this:

<Association Identifier=".pdf" ProgId="AcroExch.Document.DC" ApplicationName="Adobe Acrobat Reader DC" />

Do you have a pdf reader installed?

@wuj Have you tried opening the pdf with another browser? Have you tried opening a different web-hosted pdf with Opera?

Which captcha isn't working?

All of the Google reCaptcha v2 and v3 are working for me at this test page.
But not with Opera VPN turned on.

Edit: Using NordVPN I had no problems.

I was afraid that might be the case. I use a Chrome extension called Bookmark Sidebar and the feature to add a separator in the menu is coded so I can't modify the properties. I'll reach out to the developer and see if he'll consider about:blank?[random number] in a future release.

Thank you for the feedback.

I use an about:blank bookmark named "--------" as a separator in my bookmarks list. But if I try to add more than one to a folder, it eventually gets deleted as a duplicate. How do I turn this feature off to allow duplicates?

Windows 11
Opera 87.0