Just wondering how much of a security risk extensions are and whether that risk can be mitigated in any way? The info pop up on the extension in the extensions management page says the extension can access your data on all websites - how do we know that the extension isn't sending all this info to a third party? What is the effect of deselecting the check box "Allow on all websites"? Thanks.

(I didn't receive any answers for this question in the add-ons section, so I have reposted it here).

Just wondering how much of a security risk extensions are and whether that risk can be mitigated in any way? The info pop up on the extension in the extensions management page says the extension can access your data on all websites - how do we know that the extension isn't sending all this info to a third party? What is the effect of deselecting the check box "Allow on all websites"? Thanks.

Hi

A couple of the privacy features I like about Opera are the ability to not allow 3rd party cookies and to clear all cookies on leaving the browser - these make it much harder for web sites to track us.

In the latest version of the desktop browser the settings layout has been changed and I do not see these options. Are they still around?

Similarly, one used to be able to view the cookies and individually delete them, if I remember correctly.

Thanks

James

Yes - this little bug is surprisingly annoying if you are used to the address bar having focus - you type something in, but when you check there's nothing there.

@slytheringirl Thanks. It certainly needs to be fixed to be useful.

Hi - I have a couple of laptops and a opera mobile Android that I am trying to sync. So far the bookmarks from the two laptops are available from each other. Where would I expect to see the history from other devices - when I look under history on one of the devices, I just see the browsing history of the that device.

Thanks

Thanks, leocg.

Upon looking further I found I needed a slightly different address for Slashdot, corresponding to the Atom 1.0 feed rather than the RSS 1.0 feed. It now works.

https://slashdot.org/faq/feeds.shtml

Re: How can I add alternate News Sources to the Opera Personal News side tab?

I wonder if I am missing something. Is it possible to add your own rss feeds that are not listed in the catalogue? For instance, one feed I follow is that of Slashdot http://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotMain which works using the Smart RSS extension.

@vegelund said in tab click switching:

@jamesconstance

This is not a problem as only active tab clicked navigates to the top.

Right - my mistake. I'm having a problem with my mouse which is double-clicking rather than single-clicking unless I press very quickly. Thanks for your reply.

The new tab click taking you to the top of the page is all very well, but what if you are half way down a page, switch to another tab, and then switch back? Of course you don't want to be taken to the top of the page - you want to continue where you left off. I think it would be best to leave clicking on tabs to navigate between tabs.

So how can I turn off this new functionality? It has the potential to be incredibly irritating.

Thanks