Hi rafaeljvieira

Thanx for the advice about hiding searchbar - I will give it a try - that Konami code really helps
I look forward to skip google, yahoo and bing - and only use startpage, ixquick and duckduskgo.

Somehow, though, it would be pleasant if google was not that integrated in Opera (i.e. the seachbar in speeddial should be open for any engine the user prefered)

But thanks for your advices - I'll hang on and give it a try

It is wierd somehow that a individual product as opera is using google.
why not ixquick or startpage (that use google in a private manner)

I installed Opera - but uninstalled it imidiately when i found out that i could not enable startpage and furtermore i was unable to avoid google.

I would like to se opera make an effort in privacy - firstmovers will get fame