Every time I search ebay I get blank spaces instead of images, images work fine on item pages.

same problem here, even with stable 26

it seems that getting a Opera Mail for Linux makes sense since there are not too many alternatives out there and Opera Mail is so versatile. It would be a great way to introduce new users to Opera and that can't be all bad.

The great thing about Opera Mail was that you had email and browser in a single package, no way to have that commodity back, so what's the point of Opera Mail now? have you ever tried KMail? IMHO it's better than Opera mail.

New York Times videos work fine for me; I'm using the latest Opera developer for Linux.

from the home page they work in the latest developer, we already know that,
btw can you confirm that videos don't work when you try to play them from the video section?
here http://www.nytimes.com/video

Personally I would avoid that like the plague.

You may be right, as a fact since Opera is available for Linux again, I use Maxthon only for test/comparison purpose, the NYT website is the only one where I have problems using Opera, Opera Beta is my default browser now, even if I hate the impossibility to manage search engines.

indeed Maxthon 1.0.5.3 uses Chromium version 33

Thanks ruario,
indeed in Opera Developer 27 the video section of the NYT works fine when I disable ABP,
while it makes no difference in Opera Beta 26, no videos no matter if ABP is disabled or enabled,
Chromium behaves like Developer 27.
Maxthon plays everything everywhere even with ABP enabled.

Update: this is really strange
I confirm videos don't work with Opera Beta 26 but they work with Chromium and Maxthon.
As for the newest Opera Developer 27 - released today - I confirm that videos work fine when I play them from the NYT's home page, but they don't when I try to play them from the video section of the website.
It makes no sense.

I have just adjourned Opera Developer 27 and it works fine, let's hope the Beta will follow up soon.

Ok, correction. I had Flash disabled (sorry!). When it is enabled the video does not play in either Opera or Chrome.
On the plus side, you could use HTML5 video to work around it for now.

When Flash is enabled the video does play in Chromium and Maxthon, but not in Opera Beta 26.
The guide you've made is great, but for the time being I will simply use another browser for the NYT website.