Hi there,
I hope I'm not stepping on anyone's toes or being THAT guy who asks an FAQ. But, as I see no FAQ section at all, I take the liberty to go ahead with my question. Thanks for your regards.
I'm currently trying to make the long overdue switch from 12.16 to a newer version.
$ opera --version Opera 12.16 Build 1860 for Linux x86_64.
$ /usr/bin/opera --version 35.0.2066.92
$ uname -a Linux Jessi 4.4.3-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Feb 26 15:09:29 CET 2016 x86_64 GNU/Linux
I tried to do some research on my own, like
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=opera+"switch+from+12.16" https://www.google.de/search?q=switch+from+12.16+site:opera.com
but I'm still missing a concise guide on how to make the switch.
It's probably much easier than I imagine it to be, but as of now ... Opera 35 looks and feels like an abomination.
It's probably just a UI thing, I guess. E.g.: the "Show Menu Bar" item item: Where is it? I'm probably supposed to hit Alt+F11, only that my Windowmanager already catches this event. Why not simply leave "Show Menu Bar" in the "Menu" menu?
Secondly: Why does it start up with the "Speed Dial"? Somewhere in my operaprefs.ini I've specified something like
Speed Dial State=3 Show Startup Dialog=0 Startup Type=3
Isn't that supposed to disable Speed Dial?
Thirdly: when typing "about:config" into the address bar, I'm being redirected to some obscure interface, which doesn't even halfway begin to give me access to my operaprefs.ini settings.
Fourthly: Hitting the "Arrow Down" key, whilst having the cursor within the address bar, doesn't open any kind of "typed in" history.
Fifthly: Where are my "Widgets"? (e.g. "Screenshoter")
I think I've bored you enough with my petty complaints. My simple question is: How does a simple guy like me switch to a newer version of Opera?
Because: I'm very reluctant to re-configure this thing again. I've forgotten more about webbrowser/Opera configuration than most people would dare to know.
Thanks for your attention
Joe