Opera 11.50 Released

[Commodore Pet]

Opera has released version 11.50. Try it out. I did and I really like it.

Opera browser | Faster & safer internet | Free download

 

[seekermeister]

The only thing that I'm particularly interested in with this version is Voice. However, while the plugin installs, I'm not getting any response through the speakers. Since Voice only worked with particular versions that have been released, before I start digging for any solutions, I would like to know if it is working properly for anyone else?

 

[IntelCoreI3]

thank for info,
I liked the browser too but have a little problem with Hebrew sites. he don't displayed very well.

 

[stve]

The only thing that I'm particularly interested in with this version is Voice. However, while the plugin installs, I'm not getting any response through the speakers. Since Voice only worked with particular versions that have been released, before I start digging for any solutions, I would like to know if it is working properly for anyone else?

I enabled voice in preferences but I did not get any prompt to install voice.
Voice has never worked for me I've probably tried to install it a dozen times over the years with new versions of Opera.
Found this in the Opera Dev forum

By chrismills Wednesday, 13. April 2011, 13:40:44

By jax Tuesday, 25. September 2007, 09:33:40
You mean with voice/text to speech, or in general using Opera Mail?

Unfortunately we are not really supporting this technology any more, as such. It didn't really take off or come into popular use. I hope the article is still somewhat helpful to you.
Chris Mills
Developer Relations Manager
Editor, dev.opera.com and labs.opera.com

I suppose Opera voice does work for some so they leave the option in preferences.

If Voice is important to you Google Chrome have recently released Voice controlled searches, only on Chrome but maybe they will add support for other browsers in the future.
Google Voice Search offers natural user input | Digital Media - CNET News
Inside Google Search · Voice Search

 

[seekermeister]

I guess that I shouldn't be too surprised, because it hasn't work right in a while, but I am still somewhat surprised that they would drop something that did set Opera apart from other browsers, just because it didn't catch on like wildfire.

 

[stve]

Guess Opera were a bit too ambitious when they introduced voice back in 2004
Opera is a small company with limited resources I'm amazed at what they do Support.
Operating Systems supported include Win XP ,Vista, & 7, Mac OSX ,Linux ,BSD,Unix,Cell phones, Nintendo DS / Wii, Symbian, Windows Mobile, iOS (Opera Mini - available from App Store)
Opera is supported on over 3,000 models of cell phones & its also on some TV's as well.
Comparison of web browsers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[stve]

thank for info,
I liked the browser too but have a little problem with Hebrew sites. he don't displayed very well.

Have you tried the encoding option's >Menu> Page > Encoding > Hebrew ?
Maybe changing the options in Author Mode may help.
You can enable the View tool bar to access Author Mode or open Appearance Ctrl F12 > buttons tab > browser view & drag the Author mode button to the Address bar.

 

[A Guy]

11.50 broke my favorite skin Been using it for years, sad. A Guy

 

[IntelCoreI3]

thank for info,
I liked the browser too but have a little problem with Hebrew sites. he don't displayed very well.

Have you tried the encoding option's >Menu> Page > Encoding > Hebrew ?
Maybe changing the options in Author Mode may help.
You can enable the View tool bar to access Author Mode or open Appearance Ctrl F12 > buttons tab > browser view & drag the Author mode button to the Address bar.

i think the problem is not in Opera however the problem is on Israel site,they not built to opera. but i take a chance and try it again.

 

[Vagablonde]

Opera's a good browser I like the interface I wish it were a bit more user friendly in the options as It seems to keep a lot of people from using it..I do wish it would confine the widgets into a folder instead of my start menu.,I used Opera back when it was a Pay browser..It's come a long way !

 

[seekermeister]

The only other complaint that I have about this release, is the changes that they made in SpeedDial. It no longer lets you browse to a thumbnail to use for a particular website. I haven't done it yet, but I'm sure that it can still be done manually, but it was nice not to have to do so, even though it only lasted for one release. Maybe they are trying to discourage the use of custom thumbnails, because if the size of the thumbnail wasn't just exactly the right size, it would be displayed in unpredictable sizes, and whatever remained of the space in the thumbnail window, was filled with variegated colored stripes.

Another problem that I'm having with thumbnails is that when opening SpeedDial to add a website, at first it just listed the open tabs, with the last one first on the list, and it would automatically load it. For some reason, that changed, and a window with a bunch of extensions appear instead, and I have to manually type in the url of the website that I want. One step forward, two back.

 

[stve]

My take is one step forward & one step sideways regarding the Speed Dials.

Another problem that I'm having with thumbnails is that when opening SpeedDial to add a website, at first it just listed the open tabs, with the last one first on the list, and it would automatically load it. For some reason, that changed, and a window with a bunch of extensions appear instead, and I have to manually type in the url of the website that I want

That stumped me for a bit as well, all you have to do is mouse right click hold & drag the tab to the speed dial + & tap the enter key briefly at some point before you drop it to the speed dial +.
There is a Speed Dial Extension that my help.
https://addons.opera.com/addons/extensions/details/forcespeeddiallogos/1.3.2/?display=en
You probably can add your own logo's if you know how & if you can't at the moment I'm sure you will be able to soon, Opera has always been very good at giving Users options.
One improvement to the Speed Dial I like is that web sites can design their own Speed dial logo's.

 

[seekermeister]

My problem is that I don't like changes, once I get used to doing something one way, but it is good to know how to anyway. I just tried the right click drag and drop, without tapping the enter key, and it seemed to work fine. What is that enter key part about? I think that when the SpeedDial tab window changed, is when I selected the weather extension for testing, and now I can't revert it back to the way that it was.

EDIT: As I mentioned, I do know how to manually add my own images to SpeedDial, but it is not always predictable as to the resulting SD display. I would prefer to use my own images, but don't want to experiment on and on with each image to make it work.

 

[stve]

What is that enter key part about?

Might be something to do with my Mouse/keyboard setup I have a Razor Death adder left hand mouse & unlike every other mouse I've had I have to reverse the left & right buttons in Windows mouse settings. When I stumbled on how to do it I did wonder why the enter key was needed at the time.

 

[MilesAhead]

Secret to Show on Bookmarks Bar?

Opera has released version 11.50. Try it out. I did and I really like it.

Opera browser | Faster & safer internet | Free download

I wonder if any experienced Opera users know the secret. I have all folders on my Bookmarks Bar except for one bookmarklet. Whenever I update or import from another browser I have to place the folders on the Bookmarks Bar again.

This time I noticed I could select the folders, right click then check Show On Bookmarks Bar. Great! Except that no matter how I select them, they go on the Bookmarks Bar in the opposite order. So I still have to drag & drop them around to get the positions correct. I tried selecting from the top first, bottom first, seems to make no difference. They want to go onto the Bookmarks Bar in reverse!!

Anyone know the secret?

Edit: to show what I mean see the screen shot.
What I want is Web Weather System going from Right to Left on Bookmarks Bar. Not the way Opera puts them.

 

[A Guy]

See if this works for the bookmarks bar...I don't use one myself.

Tamil - How to sort bookmarks in Opera?

A Guy

 

[MilesAhead]

See if this works for the bookmarks bar...I don't use one myself.

Tamil - How to sort bookmarks in Opera?

A Guy

That worked. Sorted in reverse order then clicked Show On Bookmarks Bar. I only had to move the bookmarklet from the right end to the left end to get it right.

 

[A Guy]

Great

A Guy

 

[johnwillyums]

I'm quite impressed by the functionality and the look.
Google Chrome Dev and Nightly make it feel noticeably slow, however.
I can't see any improvement in speed with turbo enabled. In fact I just got a pop up telling me to disable it.
Things like this forum or gmail take longer to load than in the other two browsers, noticeably longer.

 

[Commodore Pet]

I'm quite impressed by the functionality and the look.
Google Chrome Dev and Nightly make it feel noticeably slow, however.
I can't see any improvement in speed with turbo enabled. In fact I just got a pop up telling me to disable it.
Things like this forum or gmail take longer to load than in the other two browsers, noticeably longer.

That is strange, with Opera everything seems much snappier to me than Nightly 64 bit. Can we get some other opinions?