oh okay, cool! note to users of old versions...in my, old, version of opera, it refers to "plug-ins" instead of specifically mentioning flash ...and, hooray, there's a button that says "manage exceptions"!
and yep, davehawley, there's no built in vpn in this version ...i wish there was! i hate being stuck w/ windows vista, and in turn i can't update my browsers 😞
well, THANKS LEOCG, SGUNHOUSE, AND DAVEHAWLEY! 🙂