Opera 8.52 Startup Page

T4i

Folks,

After going cold turkey for a week I'm now using Opera instead if Firefox. Taken me some time to get used to but I'm now starting to enjoy.

One problem that is annoying, when I open a new opera windows it 9-out of-10 times starts up with about:blank page even though its set in options to start @ google.co.uk...

Any ideas?

T4i

In my opera6.ini

[User Prefs]
Directory Image=C:\Program Files\Opera\images\folder.gif
Drive Image=C:\Program Files\Opera\images\drive.gif
Link Image=C:\Program Files\Opera\images\link.gif
File Image=C:\Program Files\Opera\images\file.gif
Cache Style File=C:\Program Files\Opera\Styles\cache.css
Dir Style File=C:\Program Files\Opera\Styles\dir.css
Drives Style File=C:\Program Files\Opera\Styles\drives.css
History Style File=C:\Program Files\Opera\Styles\history.css
Plugins Style File=C:\Program Files\Opera\Styles\plugins.css
WML CSS File=C:\Program Files\Opera\Styles\wml.css
OPF CSS File=C:\Program Files\Opera\Styles\opf.css
CSR CSS File=C:\Program Files\Opera\Styles\csr.css
About Style File=C:\Program Files\Opera\Styles\About.css
MIME Style File=C:\Program Files\Opera\Styles\mime.css
MIME Headers Style File=C:\Program Files\Opera\Styles\mimehead.css
Info CSS File=C:\Program Files\Opera\Styles\info.css
Language Codes File=C:\Program Files\Opera\lngcode.txt
IM Style File=C:\Program Files\Opera\Styles\im.css
Certificate Info CSS File=C:\Program Files\Opera\styles\certinfo.css
Banner Image=C:\Program Files\Opera\images\banner.gif
Help Directory=http://help.opera.com/help
Plugin Path=C:\Program Files\Opera\Program\Plugins;C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\Plugins;;

Shouldnt there be one for startup? Can someone look at opera6.ini if u use it?

Dack

I found a few flakey bits in 8.52 (I'm running the 9 beta) but never encountered that.

I take it you've set the options in ctrl-f12 to "always open on home page" and then set the home page to google.

T4i

Yeh, done that. I will try opera9. Do you have a link?

wolfman

Just double click and the about:blank page will go to your homepage.

If you haven't got any tabs open, double click (to open a tab) then double click again (to go to the homepage). Get used to the mouse shortcuts/gestures and you'll be browsing quickly with minimal movements. In fact the only time I really have to move the mouse more than a few millimetres is when I want to select a link.

Right click and move the mouse down briefly to open a new tab. There's a link (will need to find it) on the Opera site detailing all the common mouse gestures.

v8.52 has been fine for me, not had an problems yet. Can't wait for v9.

T4i

I think I need to try install it again then, double clicking for me does sweet FA.

Infact, I've never had a tab open with this.........and as hard as I'm trying I still can't open a new tab.

wolfman

Make sure you are double clicking in the empty tab.

You may not have gestures enabled.

Go to Tools > Preferences > then the Advanced tab > then Shortcuts, make sure it is ticked. The first time you do a mouse gesture it should ask you if you want to turn it on though.

Can use middle clicking a link to open in a new page (rather than having to right click).

Dack

T4i wrote:

Yeh, done that. I will try opera9. Do you have a link?

Beta version can be downloaded from
http://snapshot.opera.com/windows/

T4i

Minted wolfman. See what you mean about ease of use now

intel

Ere Wolfman

Can OE be opened Via Opera as I can Compose with OE via Opera.

But Opening OE is a no no.

wolfman

I'm not really an OE user so don't really know how it works with Opera. I used to use Thunderbird, but have now switched completely to webmail (gmail). I guess if I was going to use a pop client I'd try the one built into Opera. Just means everything is under one roof so to speak. And nice and light too.