Thank you. I am on a mac and the double click anywhere inside the url address window causes what might be a maximize / restore but isit really supposed to be that way? I have been an internet user since the days of aol and double click on the url window has always been select / hilight the contents of the window so that a new url can be inserted. It's so automatic for me I cant stop resizing the windows and I am giving up. there are some great things about opera, really but there are also a lot of problems. I love coast and will stick with that but for now i will try your suggestions about extensions and if that doesn't work i'm outta here. Thanks.