The Opera Thread

[vDD+wR]

Note the difference. The menus use much more space. I know there's a "Slim" skin, but I use the native UI to save RAM, and couldn't find anything similar for it.

Did you note some differences in the RAM-usage too?

I was wondering because as I used the final version the first time I had 4 tabs opened and it used up to 120Mb! A bit too much for just browsing, I think.
And now I have just this window open and it still uses 55Mb...

The hight of the menus doesn't bother me though, since an 17" external monitor is connected to my laptop. There, those few millimeters don't play such a big role for me.

[anon]

I was wondering because as I used the final version the first time I had 4 tabs opened and it used up to 120Mb! A bit too much for just browsing, I think.
And now I have just this window open and it still uses 55Mb...

Right now I have seven SB-I tabs open and it's using 87MB. Which becomes 5.6MB when minimized At least it doesn't use 80MB per tab as the Beta of a certain browser once did...

With my 1.5GB of RAM my worries about this should be the same as yours with the bloated menus. But you know there's something wrong with the code when it uses 300MB, for example, as Firefox is supposed to reach sometimes. (Not that this happened to me, it's just an hypothetical case)

[vDD+wR]

Right now I have seven SB-I tabs open and it's using 87MB. Which becomes 5.6MB when minimized

I just opened 7 tabs too to compare it with your results and now it's using up 63Mb, which would make 9mb/tab. Computer magic?

At least it doesn't use 80MB per tab as the Beta of a certain browser once did...

I think we had some chats about that browser some time ago.

But you know there's something wrong with the code when it uses 300MB

How do you mean that?

[anon]

How do you mean that?

I meant that you know there's something wrong with the browser when it uses extremely high amounts of RAM... like that one

[anon]

While not being the desktop version, a Beta of Opera Mini 5 for mobiles is out:

Opera Mini 5 beta is now available

This is the day you've all been waiting for! Opera Mini 5 beta is hereby ready for download.

As you know, we've been working on this version for quite a while. When you see the end result, we're sure you'll think the waiting was worthwhile. To download, go to http://m.opera.com/next, but please note that phone support for the new version may vary.

Some key features:

• New, sleek design
• Tabbed browsing
• Password manager
• Inline text editing
• Copy-and-paste function
• We have made a special, native version for BlackBerry which includes opening links and copy-and-paste functions

Opera Mini - Opera Mini 5 beta is now available

Get it here. For those of you that don't know, Opera Mini is a Java browser you can download to your mobile. Traffic is processed and compressed in the Opera servers before being delivered to your phone, which greatly reduces costs. You can also run it in your PC via MicroEmulator. I have been using it since v1.0 in 2006 and am very satisfied with it. (Doubt my RAZR V3 will be able to handle v5, though.)

[zipang]

The new version of Opera uses much more memory.
The download function is much better than Firefox.
So, I use Opera for download or torrent.

[Heiji]

The new version of Opera uses much more memory.
The download function is much better than Firefox.
So, I use Opera for download or torrent.

How is the download function any different from Firefox? You can start, you can stop, you can resume, and... that's it. Unless I'm using it wrong all this time...

[chonk]

web sites with scripted ajax doesn't work well with opera actually.

[anon]

SB-I, as well as R-S-E (when you enable it) are two sites that use AJAX, and they work just fine for me on Opera.

[pillow]

is somebody using the email client? is there a way to access the email panel only via password and/or the emails can be encrypted without using an external encrypter like truecrypt?

[desodorante]

@anon: Hi! im back use the opera:config to disable stuff you do not use such as BT, wand, etc, that will save you some ram. Besides, there are a lot of options there to tweak Opera at its best! Check this (way outdated but still useful) Opera's Settings File Explained
I had a very interesting article on the subject but I can not find it!
mail me if you need more help (I am not checking the site every day)

[anon]

Hey man, great to see you around

use the opera:config to disable stuff you do not use such as BT, wand, etc, that will save you some ram.

I used that to disable BitTorrent - too bad the latest version still asks me whether to use Opera or my default client (uTorrent) to open .torrent files when downloading them. Nothing happens when I choose the first option, though.

[desodorante]

Hey man, great to see you around

Yeah I am back baby!!!
I moved and had my PC back at my parent's due to lack of transportation.
Then I had it here, but did not have a Router to share my GF's connection.

I used that to disable BitTorrent - too bad the latest version still asks me whether to use Opera or my default client (uTorrent) to open .torrent files when downloading them. Nothing happens when I choose the first option, though.

That is a design flaw, including a disabled tool as an option. Just go to Tools > Advanced > Downloads, search the .torrent extension (uncheck that checkbox next to the search field) and select the default action(open with utorrent). Thats it! No more questions
And Check carefully opera:config , there is a looooooot of surprises there

[anon]

Just go to Tools > Advanced > Downloads, search the .torrent extension (uncheck that checkbox next to the search field) and select the default action(open with utorrent). Thats it! No more questions

Not practical either - what if I want to save the .torrent somewhere to load it in the RatioMaster

[pillow]

Not practical either - what if I want to save the .torrent somewhere to load it in the RatioMaster

right-click > save linked content as ?