Webmaster Forum / Browsers / Opera / August 2008

I'm not sure if this is the right group to post.
I've got a Windows XP laptop with a Synaptics touchpad. The drivers are
8.2.5.1. The scrolling does not work until I click somewhere in the
page. Then it works, but only until I switch to another tab or to

I am looking for a way to open a player like liquidcompass in a tab and  
keep it playing without being replaced with another page if focus  
inadvertently falls on that tab as I click a bookmark.  I can lock the tab  
which keeps it open but another page can replace the player.  I ...

Opera 9.27 said I had to download and install Adobe Flash Player
in order for it to display certain web content.  I had already installed
Adobe Flash Player for IE, but I downloaded and installed
Adobe Flash Player for Opera as well.  Now when I view the

I have been using Firefox in OpenBSD -current because right now, Opera
9.5 doesn't work right with Linux Emulation. The usual suspect is
something to do with either memory or threading. I really enjoy Opera
and wish to use it, but I cannot for the life of me find any good

I have used Opera on a PC for many years and have gone to a Mac.  Here
are some of the Opera related problems I have had that as yet I have
not solved.  Anyone have any ideas?
1. When reading web pages I used to hold down the right mouse button

Several days ago, since around the time I downloaded 9.52RC, Opera's
icon started showing up in XP's notification area upon opening (lower
right, along with a-v, firewall, etc.). My sense was it wasn't all
the time, but with 9.52 final  its.  Since it's never happened in any

All,
Something I really miss since version 9.5 is the address bar at the top of
the screen in full screen mode. I used to have it displayed via Ctrl-F8
but that doesn't do any longer. Searching help returned some hits which

For Opera v.9.27on Linux, the forward/back buttons on my
Bluetooth mouse don't work.  The forward/back icons work,
but not the mouse buttons.
The mouse buttons work for Firefox on Linux, and they work

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Is there any way to change the color of the overlay of the word being  
checked, the color now is a VERY light blue/gray and difficult to see.
Thanks

I'm using Opera 9
Is there any way to cause Opera to bypass graphics when connecting to a web
address?
Thanks for any help.

   What's the difference between "Block unwanted pop-ups" and "Block pop-ups"?
   I mean, how does Opera knows a pop up is unwanted?

Noteworthy links:
Fire Fox people claim file extensions available with user program
and that FF is better for photo collectors.
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=804795

I've got two email accounts, I use one of them as a spam bucket, and
the another is my main account.
But, when I click on new mail button, the "from" field is always set
to that second email, but I want it to be the other one. How can I

Can anyone tell me how to get Ubuntu 8.04's Synaptic Package Manager
to list Opera v9.52?  It currently lists v.9.27 under Third-Party Software
in the category "World Wide Web (partner)", and there seems to be some
kind of disagreement between Synaptic Package Manager and Opera