This is my first time on this forum. I would like to ask you if it is possible to install and use Adobe Flash Player 10.3 on Opera Browser. Iºve already install this plugin on Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 and it works. The problem is I found the Opera software is fatest than Internet Explorer. I would like to use it on Opera.
It is possible to load any flash version in Opera or Opium.

You have to obtain NPSWF32*.dll and copy it into the Opera program directory.

Opera: program\plugins\NPSWF32.dll
Opium: Ver.s.i.on\plugins\NPSWF32.dll

Older Flash use less memory, but may not be enough to render very modern sites.

There weren't any questions. I replied to the OP about how to install the flash plugin. If it is manually installed, then, yes, one would have to keep track of updates and download the new version.

The frequency of updates to both flash and the browser is getting out of hand. If those autoupdaters are left running, then the computer is doing nothing but downloading new stuff every other day.

This here site is maintaining direct downloads of the plugin without an installer (and all the service crap that comes with it):
http://w2k.flxsrv.org/wlu/wlu.htm (Catalog, type in Flash, enter)

I just went there and copied Flash 13.0.0.182. There is a new ad on the Flash context menu now about some "games on Adobe Playpanel". Back to Flash 11.4 which is 9 MB compared to this one which is 16 MB.

There weren't any questions. I replied to the OP about how to install the flash plugin. If it is manually installed, then, yes, one would have to keep track of updates and download the new version.

The frequency of updates to both flash and the browser is getting out of hand. If those autoupdaters are left running, then the computer is doing nothing but downloading new stuff every other day.

This here site is maintaining direct downloads of the plugin without an installer (and all the service crap that comes with it):
http://w2k.flxsrv.org/wlu/wlu.htm (Catalog, type in Flash, enter)

I just went there and copied Flash 13.0.0.182. There is a new ad on the Flash context menu now about some "games on Adobe Playpanel". Back to Flash 11.4 which is 9 MB compared to this one which is 16 MB.

I've ran a rootsupd.exe (KB931125) sometime last year, and I don't see any accessible updates to it.

I see about SP3. Well, I'm not going to reinstall my OS in order to visit a couple sites. The transaction should be between the web browser and the remote web server without involving the OS (Internet Explorer).

R.i.p., Opium. Firefox still works under the same system.

This is my first time on this forum. I would like to ask you if it is possible to install and use Adobe Flash Player 10.3 on Opera Browser. Iºve already install this plugin on Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 and it works. The problem is I found the Opera software is fatest than Internet Explorer. I would like to use it on Opera.
It is possible to load any flash version in Opera or Opium.

You have to obtain NPSWF32*.dll and copy it into the Opera program directory.

Opera: program\plugins\NPSWF32.dll
Opium: Ver.s.i.on\plugins\NPSWF32.dll

Older Flash use less memory, but may not be enough to render very modern sites.

I noticed that I can't log into Dropbox anymore with Opium.

Is real Opera updating certificates automatically as well, because it worked, or does it have to do with relaxed settings I might have in Opera? Situations of this kind could be bypassed in the past, when the root authority is unknown (self issued certificate). Why is it different now?

Stash should be allowed to have the same context menu as on webpages. We should also be able to examine the stashed screenshot, open it in a new tab, copy or save (truly stash when needed, outside of Opium).

Losing mails is what you can expect after storing them on remote servers or 'the cloud'. Next time download them to your computer(s).

It is possible to add H.264 and MP3 support to some versions of Opera/Chromium by adding Chrome ffmpegsumo codecs. But I don't see much use for them in the web browser, because playback isn't smooth unless the system is very fast and otherwise idle. Frankly, I don't get it why the licensing matter has become so hot, because there are plenty working video players, some with streaming support, video/sound in web browser sucks in general.

When I compare the YouTube flash plugin and the HTML5 player, I would prefer Flash, as it delivers uninterruptible playback. Opera/Chromium might fix playback priority (or has alrady done so in the latest version), and play video directly linked files fine, but the YouTube player will still suck.

If you want to stream and watch YouTube or directly linked video/sound, use SMPlayer.

Google was doing somethign on their site. I had the opposite effect: regular styling in Opium, and no underline in Opera, running on the same machine. Now it's back to normal.

I've never used the dropdown list myself because the address field usually contains more entries than can be picked from comfortably (10-15), and because the arrow was too difficult to aim at. It seems added as an afterthought, as it is too close to the right edge of the text box, too small, and unlike square Windows buttons, has no clear borders. I still feel that an arrow should be on every listbox or combobox to indicate that it can be expanded. That's how it has been for years. We don't press "Down" on every field expending something to happen.

My mother does make use of the address bar history as a very limited and unsafe bookmarking. I tried to teach her to use the Star button, and placed it immediately to the right on the same toolbar, but she insists on using the dropdown arrow on the URL bar.

Lately, I've been getting an Opera internal page opera://foo.net usually right after startup if I type foo.net in the Opium address bar as a network address. It keeps the prefix hidden there, and acts as if I didn't select it for typing over.