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Ernie Ramaker

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Feb 13, 2002, 3:59:19 PM2/13/02
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[Followup to opera.customize.general]

Opera's user interface is highly customisable. I thought it would be fun
to see how others have changed the default look of Opera, so I'm
encouraging you to post a link to a screenshot of how your Opera looks
in this thread.

Here's mine:
http://home.planet.nl/~eramaker/opera.png (98 kB).

Henk

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Feb 13, 2002, 5:32:25 PM2/13/02
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Ernie Ramaker <eram...@radio.fm> wrote:

> [Followup to opera.customize.general]
>
> Opera's user interface is highly customisable. I thought it would be fun
> to see how others have changed the default look of Opera, so I'm
> encouraging you to post a link to a screenshot of how your Opera looks
> in this thread.

Nice idea, Ernie. Mine is very different from yours... For my picture I
loaded the same Opera.com homepage as you did, in my default browsing mode
(meaning I left author CSS off, and some Proxomitron mods in place). If
other people show their Opera with the same page, we could also see how one
single page might be displayed in many ways...

Here's mine (Opera 6.01, Win98SE):

http://www.xs4all.nl/~setten/myopera.png

If you "harvest" a lot of pictures, Opera might consider showing the
screenshots somewhere on their website, as real-use examples of Opera's
configurability!

Henk

Jesper Juhl

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Feb 13, 2002, 6:03:00 PM2/13/02
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Ernie Ramaker wrote:

>
> Opera's user interface is highly customisable. I thought it would be fun
> to see how others have changed the default look of Opera, so I'm
> encouraging you to post a link to a screenshot of how your Opera looks
> in this thread.
>

Sure, why not :)

Not very different from the default, but I like it this way ;-)
http://support.dif.dk/jju/MyOpera.png (128KB)


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j...@dif.dk

Jesper Juhl

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Feb 13, 2002, 6:06:11 PM2/13/02
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Jesper Juhl wrote:

> Not very different from the default, but I like it this way ;-)
> http://support.dif.dk/jju/MyOpera.png (128KB)
>

Should probably note that this is Opera 6.0TP3 for Linux

I know, I know, I shuld have put it in the original post instead of
following up to my own post, but I forgot...

Rijk van Geijtenbeek

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Feb 13, 2002, 8:42:31 PM2/13/02
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On Wed, 13 Feb 2002 21:59:19 +0100, Ernie Ramaker <eram...@radio.fm>
wrote:

http://rijk.op.het.net/tmp/myopera.png (109kB).
(With user stylesheet that enhances active links)

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Phil Burns

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Feb 13, 2002, 9:50:17 PM2/13/02
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On Thu, 14 Feb 2002 02:42:31 +0100, Rijk van Geijtenbeek
<ri...@opera.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Feb 2002 21:59:19 +0100, Ernie Ramaker <eram...@radio.fm>
> wrote:
>
> >[Followup to opera.customize.general]
> >
> >Opera's user interface is highly customisable. I thought it would be
fun
> >to see how others have changed the default look of Opera, so I'm
> >encouraging you to post a link to a screenshot of how your Opera
looks
> >in this thread.
> >
> >Here's mine:
> >http://home.planet.nl/~eramaker/opera.png (98 kB).
>
> http://rijk.op.het.net/tmp/myopera.png (109kB).
> (With user stylesheet that enhances active links)

It looked a little familiar Rijk, you have the same button set and some
of the same panels as me. But you have the addressbar at the top. I
couldn't live with that ;)

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Chr. Bohr-Halling

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Feb 13, 2002, 10:42:58 PM2/13/02
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Ernie Ramaker <eram...@radio.fm> wrote:

>encouraging you to post a link to a screenshot of how your Opera looks
>in this thread.

6.01 (win32): http://home12.inet.tele.dk/chrmax/temp/o-ui.gif

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Bob Stringer

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Feb 13, 2002, 11:42:56 PM2/13/02
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On Thu, 14 Feb 2002 04:42:58 +0100, Chr. Bohr-Halling
<nos...@direkte.org> wrote:

>Ernie Ramaker <eram...@radio.fm> wrote:
>
>>encouraging you to post a link to a screenshot of how your Opera looks
>>in this thread.
>
>6.01 (win32): http://home12.inet.tele.dk/chrmax/temp/o-ui.gif

Which button set is that?

Thanks.

Bob Stringer
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Andrzej Olaczek

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Feb 14, 2002, 2:52:53 AM2/14/02
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Bob Stringer wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Feb 2002 04:42:58 +0100, Chr. Bohr-Halling
> <nos...@direkte.org> wrote:
>
>
>>Ernie Ramaker <eram...@radio.fm> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>encouraging you to post a link to a screenshot of how your Opera looks
>>>in this thread.
>>>
>>6.01 (win32): http://home12.inet.tele.dk/chrmax/temp/o-ui.gif
>>
>
> Which button set is that?
>

Minimalist (176 KB):
http://www.misrule.org/~mm/minimalist2.11.zip


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Chr. Bohr-Halling

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Feb 14, 2002, 2:54:29 AM2/14/02
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Bob Stringer <bob...@NotHere.net> wrote:

>>6.01 (win32): http://home12.inet.tele.dk/chrmax/temp/o-ui.gif
>Which button set is that?

"minimalist" (I love it!)
Just updated: news:3C6A5D4D...@mindless.com

Peter Fjelsten

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Feb 14, 2002, 6:15:38 AM2/14/02
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Ernie Ramaker skrev (Ernie Ramaker wrote) ...

> Opera's user interface is highly customisable. I thought it would be fun
> to see how others have changed the default look of Opera, so I'm
> encouraging you to post a link to a screenshot of how your Opera looks
> in this thread.

<http://www.fjelsten.dk/myopera.png> (100 Kb)

Jernej Simon_i_

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Feb 14, 2002, 6:17:47 AM2/14/02
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On 13. 02. 02 21:59:19, Ernie Ramaker wrote:

> Opera's user interface is highly customisable. I thought it would be fun
> to see how others have changed the default look of Opera, so I'm
> encouraging you to post a link to a screenshot of how your Opera looks
> in this thread.

I didn't do much about it:
<http://www2.arnes.si/~sopjsimo/misc/opera.png>

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ja...@bankofshoebox.com

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Feb 14, 2002, 9:31:59 AM2/14/02
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In article <oc5m6u0ibt1i3v9ei...@4ax.com>, ri...@opera.com
says...

> http://rijk.op.het.net/tmp/myopera.png (109kB).
> (With user stylesheet that enhances active links)

How'd you get "those" 17 grey tabs on your bookmark list?

Also, I see about half a dozen underlined purplish tabs on the inner
portion of the booklist. I've never seen bookmarks like this before.
How'd you get those?

Maybe you have some kind of third party add on program to accomplish
these things.

Oh and one last thing that requires picking at your brain... how do you
use stylesheets to enhance active links. ;-)

See the kettle of fish you've openned up?

Samuli Lintula

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Feb 14, 2002, 9:32:31 AM2/14/02
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> a link to a screenshot of how your Opera looks
> in this thread.

http://www.samulilintula.net/roskis/desktop.png

I change the button sets and skins very often, sometimes even once a week.
Notice the Euro conversion buttons.

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Some people call me... Tim

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Feb 14, 2002, 11:35:57 AM2/14/02
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On Thu, 14 Feb 2002 09:31:59 -0500, ja...@bankofshoebox.com wrote:

>In article <oc5m6u0ibt1i3v9ei...@4ax.com>, ri...@opera.com
>says...
>
>> http://rijk.op.het.net/tmp/myopera.png (109kB).
>> (With user stylesheet that enhances active links)
>
>How'd you get "those" 17 grey tabs on your bookmark list?

Those are panels. You can find some panels of your own to add at
<url:http://my.opera.com/customize/>. Rijk has previously posted
links to panels available on this web site. See
<url:http://rijk.op.het.net/opera/docs/panels.html> for his panels
(and a cool example using IFRAME).

>Also, I see about half a dozen underlined purplish tabs on the inner
>portion of the booklist. I've never seen bookmarks like this before.
>How'd you get those?

That's part of the CSS2 panel you can find at his page. It's
done via CSS, I believe. ;)

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Some people call me... Tim

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Feb 14, 2002, 11:49:03 AM2/14/02
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On Wed, 13 Feb 2002 21:59:19 +0100, Ernie Ramaker <eram...@radio.fm>
wrote:

>post a link to a screenshot of how your Opera looks
>in this thread.

I've been using the same setup for a while:

http://altman-t.web.lynchburg.edu/opera/opera601-a.png (111K)

but I'm thinking about moving to a new setup to conserve screen real
estate:

http://altman-t.web.lynchburg.edu/opera/opera601-b.png (74K)

The button set was the one included in build 1040, which I later found
out was Minimalist v2.1. Some of the screen layout ideas came from
other user's screenshots. Thanks. ;)

peter karlsson

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Feb 14, 2002, 12:38:01 PM2/14/02
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Samuli Lintula:

> http://www.samulilintula.net/roskis/desktop.png

I thought your primary language was Finnish?


Haven't modified mine much, even though I mostly run without the
hotlist pane.

http://www.softwolves.pp.se/tmp/opera-screenshot.png

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peter karlsson

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Feb 14, 2002, 12:48:46 PM2/14/02
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peter karlsson:

> Haven't modified mine much, even though I mostly run without the
> hotlist pane.

This one is a bit more customized, though (Linux version):

http://www.softwolves.pp.se/tmp/opera-linux-screeshot.png

Same CSS file is in use on both versions; it adds the <title> to the
document body, and makes all links italics.

Some people call me... Tim

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Feb 14, 2002, 2:28:42 PM2/14/02
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On 14 Feb 2002 17:48:46 GMT, peter karlsson <pe...@opera.no> wrote:

>peter karlsson:
>
>> Haven't modified mine much, even though I mostly run without the
>> hotlist pane.
>
>This one is a bit more customized, though (Linux version):
>
>http://www.softwolves.pp.se/tmp/opera-linux-screeshot.png
>
>Same CSS file is in use on both versions; it adds the <title> to the
>document body, and makes all links italics.

I got a 404 trying to view that.

Some people call me... Tim

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Feb 14, 2002, 2:31:05 PM2/14/02
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On 14 Feb 2002 17:48:46 GMT, peter karlsson <pe...@opera.no> wrote:

>peter karlsson:
>
>> Haven't modified mine much, even though I mostly run without the
>> hotlist pane.
>
>This one is a bit more customized, though (Linux version):
>
>http://www.softwolves.pp.se/tmp/opera-linux-screeshot.png
>
>Same CSS file is in use on both versions; it adds the <title> to the
>document body, and makes all links italics.

Looks like you missed an "n" in that file name:

http://www.softwolves.pp.se/tmp/opera-linux-screenshot.png

Bob Stringer

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Feb 14, 2002, 2:32:13 PM2/14/02
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On Thu, 14 Feb 2002 12:17:47 +0100, "Jernej Simon_i_"
<jernej....@guest.arnes.si> wrote:

>On 13. 02. 02 21:59:19, Ernie Ramaker wrote:
>
>> Opera's user interface is highly customisable. I thought it would be fun
>> to see how others have changed the default look of Opera, so I'm
>> encouraging you to post a link to a screenshot of how your Opera looks
>> in this thread.
>
>I didn't do much about it:
><http://www2.arnes.si/~sopjsimo/misc/opera.png>

How did you change the color of the title bar? I was able
to change other colors, but not that.

Bob Stringer

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Feb 14, 2002, 2:37:14 PM2/14/02
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I had already found the minimalist at
http://www.cweiske.de/opera_buttons_minimalist.htm
but they weren't all the same. I see though that the link
you posted is for 2.11, whereas I found 2.1, which I didn't
like as much.

Downloading 2.11 it now.

Bob Stringer

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Feb 14, 2002, 2:42:56 PM2/14/02
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On Thu, 14 Feb 2002 08:54:29 +0100, Chr. Bohr-Halling
<nos...@direkte.org> wrote:

>Bob Stringer <bob...@NotHere.net> wrote:
>
>>>6.01 (win32): http://home12.inet.tele.dk/chrmax/temp/o-ui.gif
>>Which button set is that?
>
>"minimalist" (I love it!)
>Just updated: news:3C6A5D4D...@mindless.com

Thanks.

As I mentioned to Andrzej, I was a bit confused, becasue I
had found the minimalist, but it didn't quite look like
yours. I not see that yours is a more current version.

MaurizioB

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Feb 14, 2002, 2:34:37 PM2/14/02
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"Bob Stringer" <bob...@NotHere.net> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:254o6uskd0ldlfdg4...@4ax.com...

> How did you change the color of the title bar? I was able
> to change other colors, but not that.

Right click on your windows desktop, properties, the third tab ("look"?)...
It's not Opera, it's just a (very old) windows feature... You really didn't
know it? :-/

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Chr. Bohr-Halling

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Feb 14, 2002, 2:59:24 PM2/14/02
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Bob Stringer <bob...@NotHere.net> wrote:

>>>>6.01 (win32): http://home12.inet.tele.dk/chrmax/temp/o-ui.gif


>As I mentioned to Andrzej, I was a bit confused, becasue I
>had found the minimalist, but it didn't quite look like
>yours. I not see that yours is a more current version.

No, mine is 2.0

Bob Stringer

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Feb 14, 2002, 3:49:10 PM2/14/02
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On Thu, 14 Feb 2002 20:34:37 +0100, "MaurizioB"
<maur...@jidesk.net> wrote:

>"Bob Stringer" <bob...@NotHere.net> ha scritto nel messaggio
>news:254o6uskd0ldlfdg4...@4ax.com...
>> How did you change the color of the title bar? I was able
>> to change other colors, but not that.
>
>Right click on your windows desktop, properties, the third tab ("look"?)...
>It's not Opera, it's just a (very old) windows feature... You really didn't
>know it? :-/

Ah, knew that one. I just thought a change specific to
Opera had been made.

Richard Grevers

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Feb 14, 2002, 3:54:14 PM2/14/02
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In article <qmjl6uc99251fuqcf...@4ax.com>, Ernie Ramaker
said...
> [Followup to opera.customize.general]

>
> Opera's user interface is highly customisable. I thought it would be fun
> to see how others have changed the default look of Opera, so I'm
> encouraging you to post a link to a screenshot of how your Opera looks
> in this thread.
>

http://www.dramatic.co.nz/operass.png

scorpio

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Feb 14, 2002, 6:26:43 PM2/14/02
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In tonight's episode, our supersecret microphone captures tranquilo
saying:
> <http://users.erols.com/feurtadog/temp/tranquilo.png> 64kb
>
>


lean and mean!
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Paul Burgess

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Feb 14, 2002, 7:21:17 PM2/14/02
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On Wed, 13 Feb 2002 21:59:19 +0100, Ernie Ramaker
<eram...@radio.fm> wrote:
> encouraging you to post a link to a screenshot of
how your Opera looks

Okay, here's mine (Opera 6.01, Windows 98):

http://hosting.acegroup.cc/~pburgess/o601.png (145K)


Rijk van Geijtenbeek

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Feb 14, 2002, 7:47:45 PM2/14/02
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On Thu, 14 Feb 2002 09:31:59 -0500, ja...@bankofshoebox.com wrote:

>In article <oc5m6u0ibt1i3v9ei...@4ax.com>, ri...@opera.com
>says...
>
>> http://rijk.op.het.net/tmp/myopera.png (109kB).
>> (With user stylesheet that enhances active links)
>
>How'd you get "those" 17 grey tabs on your bookmark list?

Most of these Hotlist panels are available from here:
http://rijk.op.het.net/opera/docs/panels.html
See also http://my.opera.com .

Some contain just a link to, say, opera:history

>Also, I see about half a dozen underlined purplish tabs on the inner
>portion of the booklist. I've never seen bookmarks like this before.
>How'd you get those?

That's a panel containing a normal HTML page, this one:

http://developer.netscape.com/evangelism/sidebar/css2qr/prop-visual.html

>Maybe you have some kind of third party add on program to accomplish
>these things.
>
>Oh and one last thing that requires picking at your brain... how do you
>use stylesheets to enhance active links. ;-)

Just save these two lines as a plain text file, and use it as User
Stylesheet, enabled in author mode:

a:active {border: 2px dashed yellow !important;}
a:visited {text-decoration: line-through !important;}


>See the kettle of fish you've opened up?

That's what this newsgroup is for - to tweak Opera as much as you can :)

Brett Tabke

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Feb 14, 2002, 8:43:14 PM2/14/02
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msdnbf...@mndsbfweids.com

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Feb 14, 2002, 9:01:14 PM2/14/02
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In article <a4hh3j$97k$1...@mail.opera.no>, scor...@stainusa.com says...

> In tonight's episode, our supersecret microphone captures tranquilo
> saying:
> > <http://users.erols.com/feurtadog/temp/tranquilo.png> 64kb
> >
> >
>
>
> lean and mean!


Hey Tranquilo, is that the address bar at top with "Navigate" and
"Reload" to the left. If it is, then I'd like to know how you managed to
customize the address bar like this?

Matt

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Feb 14, 2002, 9:19:25 PM2/14/02
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"Ernie Ramaker" <eram...@radio.fm> wrote in message
news:qmjl6uc99251fuqcf...@4ax.com...

> [Followup to opera.customize.general]
>
> Opera's user interface is highly customisable. I thought it would be fun
> to see how others have changed the default look of Opera, so I'm
> encouraging you to post a link to a screenshot of how your Opera looks

Here's my effort...Madonnafied!

http://www.users.voicenet.com/~escav/opera.png

-Matt

Samuli Lintula

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Feb 15, 2002, 9:12:56 AM2/15/02
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peter karlsson <pe...@opera.no> wrote in
news:slrna6ntfp....@perkele.perkele:

> Samuli Lintula:
>
>> http://www.samulilintula.net/roskis/desktop.png
>
> I thought your primary language was Finnish?

It is, Peter. This is just my weird way of having a little fun :-)

> http://www.softwolves.pp.se/tmp/opera-screenshot.png

Seems like there are mostly two kind of Opera users: Those that have full
button sets and those that have almost no buttons at all.

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Kevin W

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Feb 15, 2002, 11:46:20 PM2/15/02
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Ernie Ramaker <eram...@radio.fm> wrote:
> Opera's user interface is highly customisable. I thought it would be
> fun to see how others have changed the default look of Opera, so I'm
> encouraging you to post a link to a screenshot of how your Opera
> looks in this thread.

http://www.geocities.com/kevinw000/_forum/images/operashot.png


Ken Knox (N1JRO)

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Feb 16, 2002, 6:49:43 AM2/16/02
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On Wed, 13 Feb 2002 21:59:19 +0100, Ernie Ramaker <eram...@radio.fm> wrote:

>[Followup to opera.customize.general]


>
>Opera's user interface is highly customisable. I thought it would be fun
>to see how others have changed the default look of Opera, so I'm
>encouraging you to post a link to a screenshot of how your Opera looks
>in this thread.
>

>Here's mine:
>http://home.planet.nl/~eramaker/opera.png (98 kB).

Interesting thread! Here's mine:

(186kB)

--
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- O6.01.1041, Win32 - IDing as Opera unless noted!
- WebWasher 3.0, Sun Java JRE 1.3.1, Real 8 Basic, Adobe Acrobat 4.0, & QuickTime 4.1.2 plugins.
- AMD K6-266 - W95b - Mirage Illusionist 3D Video (32M) - 192M SDRAM
- Running thru local 10 Base-T server network (P133, USR 56k Modem)

Ken Knox (N1JRO)

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Feb 16, 2002, 7:21:53 AM2/16/02
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On Sat, 16 Feb 2002 11:49:43 GMT, kno...@nemaine.com (Ken Knox (N1JRO))
wrote:

>On Wed, 13 Feb 2002 21:59:19 +0100, Ernie Ramaker <eram...@radio.fm> wrote:
>
>>[Followup to opera.customize.general]
>>
>>Opera's user interface is highly customisable. I thought it would be fun
>>to see how others have changed the default look of Opera, so I'm
>>encouraging you to post a link to a screenshot of how your Opera looks
>>in this thread.
>>
>>Here's mine:
>>http://home.planet.nl/~eramaker/opera.png (98 kB).
>
>Interesting thread! Here's mine:
>
> (186kB)
>
>--

I could have sworn I put that URL in there!!!

http://www.nemaine.com/knox_k/myscreen.png (186kB)

We'll see if that one works!

Richard Grevers

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Feb 16, 2002, 7:26:17 AM2/16/02
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In article <1104_10...@news.opera.no>, Kevin W said...
nice idea - customizing the title to "pera" so it includes the logo

Richard Grevers

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Feb 16, 2002, 7:27:18 AM2/16/02
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In article <3c6e4e96...@news.opera.no>, Ken Knox (N1JRO) said...

> On Sat, 16 Feb 2002 11:49:43 GMT, kno...@nemaine.com (Ken Knox (N1JRO))
> wrote:
>
> >On Wed, 13 Feb 2002 21:59:19 +0100, Ernie Ramaker <eram...@radio.fm> wrote:
> >
> >>[Followup to opera.customize.general]
> >>
> >>Opera's user interface is highly customisable. I thought it would be fun
> >>to see how others have changed the default look of Opera, so I'm
> >>encouraging you to post a link to a screenshot of how your Opera looks
> >>in this thread.
> >>
> >>Here's mine:
> >>http://home.planet.nl/~eramaker/opera.png (98 kB).
> >
> >Interesting thread! Here's mine:
> >
> > (186kB)
> >
> >--
>
> I could have sworn I put that URL in there!!!
>
> http://www.nemaine.com/knox_k/myscreen.png (186kB)
>
> We'll see if that one works!
>
>
If that's full scale, Ken, you have good eyesight! :-)

Ken Knox (N1JRO)

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Feb 16, 2002, 11:56:33 AM2/16/02
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Hmmmm...I like that too! Mine's now changed too! Thanks.

Ken Knox (N1JRO)

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Feb 16, 2002, 11:58:58 AM2/16/02
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It's about 75%...and believe it or not, I do my computing without my glasses
on. Helps to be nearsighted in this case.

doug garn

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Feb 16, 2002, 12:04:58 PM2/16/02
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Grin, I spent a incredible amount of time
trying to figure out how to save a screen
shot of my Opera setup and then trying to
find somehow to upload to a page. I'm
talking like 3+ hours to do all this.
Realize I just upgraded from win 3.1 to w98.
The aabove would have been so easy in dos!!
Here it is...

http://detroit.freenet.org/~aq306/

Modifying the button sets to display
links, music files, opera history,
javascript, has turned out to be
lots of fun.

Why is everyone sending there's in a
*.png file? That brings up quicktime
here and it seem that the screenshots
are abnormally large. Mine for comparison
is only 68kb.

Some people call me... Tim

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Feb 16, 2002, 1:54:53 PM2/16/02
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On 16 Feb 2002 17:04:58 GMT, doug...@yahoo.com (doug garn) wrote:

>Why is everyone sending there's in a
>*.png file? That brings up quicktime
>here and it seem that the screenshots
>are abnormally large. Mine for comparison
>is only 68kb.

That's probably an old plugin association. PNGs display inline
for me. Most of the users have been sending images with higher
dimensions than yours, which accounts for more of the image size than
the file format used.

curio...@scratchingpost.com

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Feb 16, 2002, 3:00:35 PM2/16/02
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In article <a4m3fq$p8t$1...@mail.opera.no>, doug...@yahoo.com says...

> Realize I just upgraded from win 3.1 to w98.
> The aabove would have been so easy in dos!!
> Here it is...

Hey Doug, you sound like the curious type; someone who likes fooling
around with things and judging for themselves. If you're up to it... I
suggest looking into this stuff:

- Partition Magic - Allows you to have up to three primary bootable
partitions (therefore you can have up to three independent operating
systems; great for trying out new operating systems without interfering
in any way shape or form with your present operating system)

- Windows 95B. Best 9x OS, if you don't use USB. It has Fat32 so it can
be used with large hard drives. Easy to install without Intercrap
Explorer.

Note - This is note the original version of Windows nor the upgrade
version. It came out in the fall of 1996, about a year after the original
version and was available only with new computers and not in stores. It's
also known as "Windows95 OSR2" and is the same as Win95C but without the
USB patch which can be downloaded separately to turn Win95B into Win95C.

- Windows98Lite. This is Win98 made to run as if it where Win95. It
tricks Intercrap Explorer right out of existence.


K

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Feb 16, 2002, 4:41:44 PM2/16/02
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peter karlsson <pe...@opera.no> wrote in
news:slrna6ntfp....@perkele.perkele:

> http://www.softwolves.pp.se/tmp/opera-screenshot.png

Pls tell us how do you get rid of Contacts and E-Mail panels?

K

--
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to err, and err, and err again,
but, less, and less, and less."

Bob Stringer

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Feb 17, 2002, 12:31:21 AM2/17/02
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On Sat, 16 Feb 2002 16:56:33 GMT, kno...@nemaine.com (Ken
Knox (N1JRO)) wrote:


>>nice idea - customizing the title to "pera" so it includes the logo
>
>Hmmmm...I like that too! Mine's now changed too! Thanks.


How to do that?

stuart

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Feb 17, 2002, 4:11:46 AM2/17/02
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Ken Knox (N1JRO)

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Feb 17, 2002, 5:28:33 AM2/17/02
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On Sat, 16 Feb 2002 21:31:21 -0800, Bob Stringer <bob...@NotHere.net> wrote:

>On Sat, 16 Feb 2002 16:56:33 GMT, kno...@nemaine.com (Ken
>Knox (N1JRO)) wrote:
>
>
>>>nice idea - customizing the title to "pera" so it includes the logo
>>
>>Hmmmm...I like that too! Mine's now changed too! Thanks.
>
>
>How to do that?
>

Hi Bob,

With Opera closed, edit the Opera6.ini file. Place an entry under:

[User Prefs]

I have the line:

Title=pera 6.01 - build 1041

You can place any desired text string after the "Title=".

Bob Stringer

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Feb 17, 2002, 11:31:22 AM2/17/02
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On Sun, 17 Feb 2002 10:28:33 GMT, kno...@nemaine.com (Ken
Knox (N1JRO)) wrote:

>Hi Bob,
>
>With Opera closed, edit the Opera6.ini file. Place an entry under:
>
>[User Prefs]
>
>I have the line:
>
>Title=pera 6.01 - build 1041
>
>You can place any desired text string after the "Title=".

Thanks, Ken.

Jesper Juhl

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Feb 17, 2002, 12:17:46 PM2/17/02
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Gunther Schmidt wrote:

> Jesper Juhl wrote:
>
>>Not very different from the default, but I like it this way ;-)
>>http://support.dif.dk/jju/MyOpera.png (128KB)
>
> Does the pin between the "O" and "Opera" indicate that the window
> stays on top? If yes: Which tool do you use for it?
>

The pin can be clicked to indicate that I want the window to be sticky -
that is, be on all desktops. Normally when you switch to a different
virtual desktop in X, program windows from a different desktop do not
follow, but if the windows are sticky then they will be on every virtual
desktop.
It's no extra tool, but a native feature of X and the window-manager.

--
Mvh. / Best regards
Jesper Juhl
j...@dif.dk

Tommy A. Olsen

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Feb 17, 2002, 5:50:32 PM2/17/02
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On Wed, 13 Feb 2002 21:59:19 +0100, Ernie Ramaker <eram...@radio.fm>
kindly wrote...

>Opera's user interface is highly customisable. I thought it would be
>fun to see how others have changed the default look of Opera, so I'm
>encouraging you to post a link to a screenshot of how your Opera looks
>in this thread.

Here's mine... Nice initiative, Ernie!

<http://www.geocities.com/polynar/opera/myopera.png>

--
Tommy
"If you tell the truth,
you don't have to remember anything." -Mark Twain

http://launch.yahoo.com/launchcast/station.asp?u=1031052473
[Subtract 1. . for privacy]

stuart

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Feb 17, 2002, 5:59:49 PM2/17/02
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On 16 Feb 2002 17:04:58 GMT, doug...@yahoo.com (doug garn) wrote:


> if you want to or need to take a screen shot of your browser or anything else on your screen, may i suggest a program called Snagit, you can
copy text,pics,anything at all and the whole process takes a couple of seconds, then another 30 sect to up it onto th net.

Kevin W

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Feb 18, 2002, 5:39:11 AM2/18/02
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Richard Grevers <newsfe...@dramatic.co.nz.invalid> wrote:
>> http://www.geocities.com/kevinw000/_forum/images/operashot.png
> nice idea - customizing the title to "pera" so it includes the logo

What the——but I stole the idea off Ernie Ramaker (original poster)!


Kevin W

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Feb 18, 2002, 5:45:36 AM2/18/02
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(replying to self)
Kevin W <kev...@operamail.com> wrote:
> http://www.geocities.com/kevinw000/_forum/images/operashot.png

I've noticed that Brett Tabke put a link to my pic on his site. (yay,
thanks! great site BTW)

But being on Geocities, you'll have to either put a note saying to
disable referrer-logging or copy it locally to your server...

Thanks very much. :-)


Ernie Ramaker

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Feb 18, 2002, 6:28:34 AM2/18/02
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Kevin W <kev...@operamail.com>:

>(replying to self)
>Kevin W <kev...@operamail.com> wrote:
>> http://www.geocities.com/kevinw000/_forum/images/operashot.png
>
>I've noticed that Brett Tabke put a link to my pic on his site. (yay,
>thanks! great site BTW)

Well, it's nice to have them all on that site
(http://www.searchengineworld.com/opera/screenshots.htm) indeed, but I
don't think it's a good idea to link to the original locations of the
pictures, since a lot of users will probalby want to remove them after
some time.

I suppose I could volunteer to host all screenshots. I have lots of
server space that I don't use, and after all, I'm the one who started it
all.

Btw, thanks for replying everybody!

Rijk van Geijtenbeek

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Feb 18, 2002, 6:42:02 AM2/18/02
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On Mon, 18 Feb 2002 12:28:34 +0100, Ernie Ramaker <eram...@radio.fm>
wrote:

..

>Well, it's nice to have them all on that site
>(http://www.searchengineworld.com/opera/screenshots.htm) indeed, but I
>don't think it's a good idea to link to the original locations of the
>pictures, since a lot of users will probalby want to remove them after
>some time.

The file name I choose suggests that, yes :)

>I suppose I could volunteer to host all screenshots. I have lots of
>server space that I don't use, and after all, I'm the one who started it
>all.
>
>Btw, thanks for replying everybody!

I got really inspired by all those looks, so I made some more radical
changes to my Opera look. Here's a new screenshot:

http://rijk.op.het.net/tmp/myopera.jpg

BTW, I like the Andale Mono font!

--
If you don't like having choices | Rijk van Geijtenbeek
made for you, you should start | Documentation & QA
making your own. - Neal Stephenson | mailto:ri...@opera.com

Jesper Juhl

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Feb 18, 2002, 6:40:09 PM2/18/02
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[snip]

> Well, it's nice to have them all on that site
> (http://www.searchengineworld.com/opera/screenshots.htm) indeed, but I
> don't think it's a good idea to link to the original locations of the
> pictures, since a lot of users will probalby want to remove them after
> some time.
>
Very true. I agree that the images should be copied locally to the server.


> I suppose I could volunteer to host all screenshots. I have lots of
> server space that I don't use, and after all, I'm the one who started it
> all.
>

That would be a great thing.. Maybe add an option for people to upload new
screenshots. Could turn into a pretty nice gallery over time.
If for some reason you deside not to do that after all, let me know and I'll
probably put up a page somewhere instead.


One other thing: I noticed that you put a note beside the screenshot from
Peter Karlsson noting that the screenshot was from a Linux box. If you want
to keep track of the OS's then you should add the "Linux" label to mine as
well :)

Ernie Ramaker

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Feb 18, 2002, 8:11:06 PM2/18/02
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Jesper Juhl <j...@dif.dk>:

[snip]


>> I suppose I could volunteer to host all screenshots. I have lots of
>> server space that I don't use, and after all, I'm the one who started it
>> all.
>>
>That would be a great thing.. Maybe add an option for people to upload new
>screenshots. Could turn into a pretty nice gallery over time.
>If for some reason you deside not to do that after all, let me know and I'll
>probably put up a page somewhere instead.

Well, what I meant was that I would be willing to host the files so that
Brett could link to them instead of all the different, temporary
locations. That is, if he doesn't have sufficient space to host them
himself.

I wasn't thinking of setting up a whole gallery, but actually that is a
good idea. I don't have much time though, so if you would like to do it,
be my guest.

J.D.

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Feb 19, 2002, 4:51:24 AM2/19/02
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On Wed, 13 Feb 2002 21:59:19 +0100, Ernie Ramaker <eram...@radio.fm> wrote:
> [Followup to opera.customize.general]

>
> Opera's user interface is highly customisable. I thought it would be fun
> to see how others have changed the default look of Opera, so I'm
> encouraging you to post a link to a screenshot of how your Opera looks
> in this thread.
>

Well, I finally figured out I need to enable the Opera email client to post followups with Opera. (duh)

Here's mine. No background b\c I change the system colors too often. :-)

http://home.satx.rr.com/jd5000/images/Opera-3.jpg (207 kb)


- JD

Kevin W

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Feb 19, 2002, 4:53:45 AM2/19/02
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Jesper Juhl <j...@dif.dk> wrote:
>> I suppose I could volunteer to host all screenshots. I have lots of
>> server space that I don't use, and after all, I'm the one who
>> started it all.
>>
> That would be a great thing.. Maybe add an option for people to
> upload new screenshots. Could turn into a pretty nice gallery over
> time. If for some reason you deside not to do that after all, let me
> know and I'll probably put up a page somewhere instead.

I could do it :). I have a lot of time on my hands, so I'll be
working on it when I get bored... someone might want to mirror my page
though as my host is only Geocities.


Brett Tabke

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Feb 19, 2002, 5:31:35 AM2/19/02
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Ernie Ramaker <eram...@radio.fm> wrote:
>Jesper Juhl <j...@dif.dk>:
>
>[snip]
>>> I suppose I could volunteer to host all screenshots. I have lots of
>>> server space that I don't use, and after all, I'm the one who started it
>>> all.
>>>
>>That would be a great thing.. Maybe add an option for people to upload new
>>screenshots. Could turn into a pretty nice gallery over time.
>>If for some reason you deside not to do that after all, let me know and I'll
>>probably put up a page somewhere instead.
>
>Well, what I meant was that I would be willing to host the files so that
>Brett could link to them instead of all the different, temporary
>locations. That is, if he doesn't have sufficient space to host them
>himself.


Space is not an issue, but bandwidth is. Look at your logs and then
do the math. File sizes like that add up in a big hurry. I suppose
we could optimize the graphics a bit and get them down in the 50-70k
area, but I feel that would change the whole point of the excersize.

As the urls go stale in a few weeks, I'll remove the page. I didn't
mean it as a long term thing...

Brett Tabke

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Feb 19, 2002, 5:56:35 AM2/19/02
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Ernie Ramaker <eram...@radio.fm> wrote:
>Here's mine:

23 screen shots and not an SDI mode in the bunch! ;-)

Brett Tabke

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Feb 19, 2002, 5:45:11 AM2/19/02
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On 16 Feb 2002 17:04:58 GMT, doug...@yahoo.com (doug garn) wrote:
>
>Why is everyone sending there's in a
>*.png file? That brings up quicktime
>here and it seem that the screenshots
>are abnormally large. Mine for comparison
>is only 68kb.


The only way I could get mine fixed was to delete every occurence of
"Netscape" in the opera6.ini.

If you are the adventurous type:

- make a copy of your Opera6.ini for backup purposes.
- load your Opera6.ini up in a text editor.
- delete everyline you find with the word "netscape" in it.
- rename your netscape directory.
- start and then close Opera.
- rename your netscape directory back to netscape.
- done.

That will probably zap a few obscure Netscape plugins support, but
it will single handily cure dozens of problems.

The majority of config problems I've run into with Opera in the last
two years have been related to this issue.

tip: when installing new versions of Opera, temporarily rename your
Netscape directory to something else - don't let Opera find it.


I understand it Opera, but there should be a prompt on the install,
"use existing netscape plugins?" It screws up associations EVERY
time.

Ken Knox (N1JRO)

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Feb 19, 2002, 6:16:47 AM2/19/02
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On Tue, 19 Feb 2002 04:56:35 -0600, dev...@operamail.com (Brett Tabke)
wrote:

>Ernie Ramaker <eram...@radio.fm> wrote:
>>Here's mine:
>
>23 screen shots and not an SDI mode in the bunch! ;-)

Maybe they're not proud of theirs???

Some people call me... Tim

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Feb 19, 2002, 11:02:50 AM2/19/02
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I'm sure you're waiting for this, but what's up with your status
bar? :P

J.D.

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Feb 19, 2002, 2:36:42 PM2/19/02
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Hehehe, by adding "127.0.0.1 The-Matrix" to my hosts file I was able to get Opera to recognize Proxomitron as the The-Matrix. :) It's a tip I learned
from the Proxomitron Yahoo Group. :)

Chr. Bohr-Halling

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Feb 19, 2002, 3:48:38 PM2/19/02
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Chr. Bohr-Halling <nos...@direkte.org> wrote:

>>encouraging you to post a link to a screenshot of how your Opera looks

>6.01 (win32): http://home12.inet.tele.dk/chrmax/temp/o-ui.gif

Time to remember
http://home12.inet.tele.dk/chrmax/temp/o-ui-god.gif :-)

--
CBH | (Rznvy jbexvat)

"When people have problems using a design, it's not because they are
stupid. It's because the design is too difficult." -Jakob Nielsen

Some people call me... Tim

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Feb 19, 2002, 4:44:13 PM2/19/02
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On Tue, 19 Feb 2002 19:36:42 GMT, J.D. <jd5...@toughguy.net> wrote:

>Hehehe, by adding "127.0.0.1 The-Matrix" to my hosts file I was able to get Opera to recognize Proxomitron as the The-Matrix. :) It's a tip I learned
>from the Proxomitron Yahoo Group. :)

Nice. :)

Jesper Juhl

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Feb 23, 2002, 4:32:21 PM2/23/02
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Kevin W wrote:

Great. Since I don't have much time on my hands at the moment, and I'm not
quite sure my employer would like me to host all those heavy images I'll
leave it to you :-)

Kevin W

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Feb 27, 2002, 3:10:35 AM2/27/02
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Damn. I'm procrastinating again. You were supposed to forget about
it and leave the subject, like I did.

Anyway, it turns out I don't have that much time, and when I do, the
computer's not available.

Hmmm... will I ever get this done?


Kevin W

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Feb 28, 2002, 2:46:52 AM2/28/02
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It's done.
http://www.geocities.com/kevinw000/opera_shots.html

If your name isn't matching up to your picture, then please say so.
If I've missed anyone, then please say so. To add new pics or change
old ones, either post here or e-mail me an attachment or a link.

I might add filesizes, thumbnails etc. in the future.


Ernie Ramaker

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Feb 28, 2002, 3:41:43 AM2/28/02
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Henk

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Mar 2, 2002, 10:33:41 AM3/2/02
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Just updated mine <http://www.xs4all.nl/~setten/myopera.png> (117k png)

Henk

Jor

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Mar 4, 2002, 12:52:18 PM3/4/02
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Mine: http://members.outpost10f.com/~jor/files/operascreenshot.png

This is a shot of my Opera tweaked with a .manifest file to take on Windows XP skinning ;)

~Jor

Tone Marie Berg

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Mar 6, 2002, 7:16:35 PM3/6/02
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Ernie Ramaker <eram...@radio.fm> wrote in
news:qmjl6uc99251fuqcf...@4ax.com:

> Opera's user interface is highly customisable. I thought it would
> be fun to see how others have changed the default look of Opera,

> so I'm encouraging you to post a link to a screenshot of how your
> Opera looks in this thread.

<URL:http://zicon.moonlit.net/div/Zicons-Opera-full.png>

Yes, that is the normal number of open windows. It takes quite a few
seconds to minimize/maximize all -- something I do rather often -- and
it's no fun at all to start up Opera after a crash and wait for all of
them to load. I *really* wish Opera 6 was as stable as 5.12. =/

--
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You won't save me from love that hurts me
You won't spare me from life that kills me
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Joel Thornton

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Mar 12, 2002, 6:03:34 PM3/12/02
to Jor

> Mine: http://members.outpost10f.com/~jor/files/operascreenshot.png
>
> This is a shot of my Opera tweaked with a .manifest file to take on Windows XP skinning ;)

Very cool :) Can you explain how you tweaked the .manifest file?

joel

Joel Thornton

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Mar 12, 2002, 6:05:24 PM3/12/02
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> Opera's user interface is highly customisable. I thought it would be fun
> to see how others have changed the default look of Opera, so I'm
> encouraging you to post a link to a screenshot of how your Opera looks
> in this thread.

Nice 'n' simple :)

http://misrule.org/~mm/opera.gif


joel

Jor

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Mar 13, 2002, 5:51:14 AM3/13/02
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> Very cool :) Can you explain how you tweaked the .manifest file?
>
See the news thread "Getting Opera to use XP's visual styles" :)

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