Webmaster Forum / Browsers / Opera / September 2008

Using Opera 9.52/4916 on 10.4.11. So I see View, Panels and think I can
make a shortcut.  Inputing Panels in the Search field in the Prefs,
Advanced, Shortcuts, Edit, bring up nothing.  Yet by accident I found F7
bring up the Hotlist.  It says Activate Hotlist. Now I'd like to be ...

I have noticed a serious bug with opera - it doesn't close network
connections when i close the tab (after the tab is closed)
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There seems to be some problem to do with setting Opera as default -
too often Konqueror opens up instead. Others have reported the same
problem with Firefox, even with Opera apparently set to default. I
have the box 'show default browser dialog' checked in UserPrefs, so

Using Opera 9.52 on XP.
Is there a way I can look at the passwords that I saved in Wand?
(Firefox has a way to see the websites and usernames and additionally
one can see the passwords too. That's the type of thing I'm asking

I used the version 9.27 for long time. But since I updated opera to
version 9.5x I get random freezes for about one or two minutes. This is
very annoying and I start thinking about using another web browser.
However, maybe there is a solution for this problem.

I can't get seem to get flash to work (9.52 on x86).
$ opera -debugplugin
operapluginwrapper: [plugin probing] /opt/netscape/plugins/libflashplayer.so
operapluginwrapper: [plugin probing] MIMEDescription             : present

I have bookmarks in my personal bar. There are some that do not have
favicons and just have the default which seems to be a star. Even some
websites that have a favicon in the location bar when the page is
browsed sometimes when they are bookmarked the favicon fails to follow

Is it possible to redirect an URL to a localhost web server but only if
specific part of the URL is given?
For example:
I would like to redirect http://www.somesite.com/somefolder to

Trying to remove opera from my mac (osx 10.5.5)
I have deleted the application
I have deleted the preferences in the libary
All as per instructions on opera web site.

I want to uninstall Opera from my system but cannot find it in
Applications folder.
I can't even find a shortcut to this application.
It starts anytime I open .torrent file.

I know this should go to the opera mail group, but my isp doesn't have
it, and I've forgotten how to reach it.
It would  be nice, I think, if while you are advising me on how to get
to that group, you could answer the problem, but I'll settle for

I'm getting lost in ad blocking options!
On this web page I get the words "foundation" and "children"
double underlined.  When I hover the pointer over those words then
I get an advert.

If I go to the bbc home page..
http://www.bbc.co.uk/
..and click on "Set Your Location" then select uk version and enter a post  
code, e.g. W12 8QT, the page goes dark and stays that way indefinately. It  

I have a site I visit that has a login/password but wand does not pop up  
to save the combo, is there a way to force wand to do that??

I'm having difficulty creating a custom button.
I'd like a single button that toggles between two pairs of toolbars and
menus. I can't figure out the syntax.
Example: Opera launches with Toolbar A and Menu A. Click the button and the