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I'm finding it very good, but is there some way to turn it on and not have that little annoying 'lucid mode on' icon keep flashing on the screen?
I get it about needing making sure one notices the first time, but is there some setting or flag to make it stop?
Thank you.
A little fiddling and I find the little icon goes away when you go full screen. Well that's something.
Other browsers (both Chromium based and Firefox) automatically picked this up automatically when installed on a windows system that already has any flavor of Kaspersky anti-virus.
But Opera did not do this for me.
Am I doing something wrong? Or is it not supported? Or do I need to do something else? It's not a deal killer, but I'd like to have it if possible.
FWIW, Kaspersky flags Opera as a trusted application.
Very good.
I already prohibit Kaspersky from updating any non-K software, so that's in order.
Thank you.
My solution to this sort of problem is to use CCleaner.
The problem or something like it exists on all Chromium based browsers, each of which clears on exit slightly differently.
With CCleaner and careful tweaking (do not just check all boxes) you can get it to clear however you want. You can even spare certain cookies while clearing the rest,
I have added a number of search engines in addition to the out of the box defaults. It's pretty much the same drill as for any other Chromium based browser, except ...
What does "use post" mean. I have ignored that checkbox and all works OK, but I'd like to know for future reference.
Is is possible to make one of the search engines I added into the default? The option exists on the little drop down menu, but it won't take it when I click.
Is it possible to delete a default search engine?
Is it possible to synchronize Opera with anything other than Opera?
Preferably, any Chromium bade browser?
Just an idea I had to speed up switching to Opera.
Thanks.
I wish to stress that I'm not a N00b when it comes to VPNs in general (on the job), but I never used them for web browsing. So no need to avoid getting technical.
First of all, I just want to say that I really love this feature, but I still have some questions.
There is this website ==> https://whatismyipaddress.com
It tells your IP address location according to the HQ of your (notional) ISP, and and one click away from the actual server location and other information about your connection. It does both IP4 and IP6, and appears to give correct information when I use it without the VPN.
With the VPN enabled, it gives me locations that do not correlate with the selected virtual location.
Usually it shows a location Cameroon, and yet Africa is not on the virtual location list.
And finally ..
I'm currently in the process of switching to Opera and want to be setting up some non-default shortcuts.
Do Chrome command line parms work for Opera?
Or otherwise what are the command line parms?
Thank you.
If you've seen it you know what I'm talking about.
Intermittant.
Might be a Chromium issue and something about available memory?
Anyone know what causes this and how to prevent it?
Thank you.
Warn on closing window with multiple tabs" question
It doesn't work on private windows.
Is there a way to change this?
It's what I did before with Brave, but I have definitely switched to Opera as my default browser.
I have used Opera settings quite extensively to determine who is or isn't allowed to use cookies, and a few specific ones automatically to delete on exit, I used my Brave settings as a pattern to follow. It's basic Chrome stuff.
But in general my set up is permissive for primary cookies and not to allow third party cookies.
But every so often I use CCleaner to delete cookies. But with the exception of what I term "business" cookies, which I have listed in CCleaner.
This worked for me just fine with Brave, and with the addition of a few VPN exceptions seems to be going well with Opera so far.
Note that I do not rely on CCleaner for all clean up tasks.
But as long as I'm changing things around a lot right now, I'm interested in hearing about alternative ways to do this, in particular if there is an Opera compatible extension for very selective cookie culling.
Thanks.
My first reaction was that I liked it, but apply it to a YouTube video and then go full screen, the picture lags behind the video just enough to be annoying.
I just noticed on some YouTube videos playing HD full screen, lucid mode causes the picture to lag behind the soundtrack just enough to be annoying.
From now on, off by default and use it sparingly.
A little fiddling and I find the little icon goes away when you go full screen. Well that's something.
I too would like to know. I cannot identify it in the process list.
I'm finding it very good, but is there some way to turn it on and not have that little annoying 'lucid mode on' icon keep flashing on the screen?
I get it about needing making sure one notices the first time, but is there some setting or flag to make it stop?
Thank you.
It's much easier to change browsers (say to Firefox) than to change OSes, and Windows isn't even a Google product. My guess is they are not trying to force you to upgrade, they just don't want to bother about regression testing new features. And after all, Chrome isn't their primary source of revenue.
In my opinion the best way is to have lots of browsers installed and switch around as needed.
For that matter, the obsoleted browsers will still continue to work, at least for a while. So it's not a "crisis" even in the worst case.