Jordan1
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7/08
|  Posted - May 20 2009 : 4:43AMI've just installed Opera and I'm trying to get a few things to work as they did in IE. 1. It won't save my Username & Passwords even after designating the information for the sites. 2. Spell check. I installed GNU Aspell-with their dictionary, but Opera doesn't recognize that it's installed on the computer. I'm not sure if I did something wrong in the installation process. 3. It works a little different than IE as far as setting up the Plug-ins. It doesn't appear it can be manually accessed through the Browser.  [Link] |
Jordan1
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7/08
| Posted - May 20 2009 : 9:02PM
I finally fixed the issue with the Username & Password. I uninstalled Opera, shutdown my anti-malware program and reinstalled it.
Now for that damn Spellcheck feature. I tried installing GNU Aspell but to no avail. It's not a typical installer and I'm having problems getting it to work. It's driving me nuts!! [o\|] It uses two files, one is for the spellcheck and the other is for the dictionary. It states that spellcheck won't work without the dictionary.
These are the file types that it uses. Does anyone know how to properly install them?
aspell6-en-6.0-0.tar
aspell-0.60.6.tar.gz
P.S. I also tried to use Ajax which directs to Ospell. It has a video tutorial that shows how to install it, but when I clicked on the two links which supposedly have two separate files to download, it had a page full of script! And again, [o\|] [o\|] [Link] |
Jordan1
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Fishing, a fun hobby!
490 Posts
7/08
| Posted - May 21 2009 : 1:03PM
Ok, I don't know what the fuck happened, but just a little bit ago I decided to give the spellcheck thing another try and low and behold...the proper installers came up! There must have been something wrong with the site yesterday why I kept getting the aforementioned files that wouldn't work.
So now just about everything is up and running. Drew, now I've made you happy! No more IE! Unless something weird comes up, I won't be using IE on ADT any longer. In fact, there will only be a few limited times I'll be using IE now.
So now I know what Drew is doing... Drew if you don't post and refute this, I'll assume that's exactly what you're doing! 
P.S. jayo, thanks for giving me the heads-up on Opera. So far it runs well. There is a bit of a learning curve, but I've conquered it for the most part.[Link] |
JohnW
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1351 Posts
6/08
| Posted - May 24 2009 : 7:20PM
Been running Opera for a couple of years as well, and I'm very happy with it. Now that IE8 came along (GOD it is slow and bloated), I use Chrome as my secondary browser instead of if IE.[Link] |
jayo 
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7/04
| Posted - May 25 2009 : 6:16PM
Oops, sorry. I don't check Tech Talk very often and I missed your reply in the other thread, so I didn't see this until now.
I like Opera as my regular browser. On the occasions when it chokes on something, I'll try FF or IE. Used to be Opera had a lot of problems with Java, but it seems to be a lot better now.
I haven't tried the spellcheck or most of the add-ons. I've got a couple of things for awhile but rarely used them.
The one big problem with Opera is the browser identification. Some sites simply refuse to let you in if you don't ID as a recent version of FF or IE. The fix is to go into TOOLS > QUICK PREFERNCES > Edit Site Preferences..., then the farthest right tab is NETWORK, and the bottom drop-down lets you identify as different kinds of browsers. Try both Identify and MASK and see which works.
I know you're not having a problem now, but that's a good one to remember because you'll hit it eventually. A few months ago Google changed something and decided that Opera was a mobile app, and I kept getting their Google Mobile page instead of my home. I had a hell of a time figuring out how to fix it.
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jayo
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7/04
| Posted - May 25 2009 : 6:17PM
Another nice thing about Opera (but not so unusual now as it was a few years back) is that it's pretty standards compliant, and it often has features that IE incorporates later on.[Link] |
Jordan1
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7/08
| Posted - May 26 2009 : 7:04PM
One of my favorite features is Notes. I use it on a couple of sites that for whatever reason won't save a Username & Password. Those sites wouldn't save in IE either. One of the sites that won't save any longer in IE now works with Opera.
The one feature that I like and Opera apparently won't do is save the searches that are made in Google. It only the default setting in Google-Provide query suggestions in the search box works. The Do not provide query suggestions in the search box option in Google doesn't work with Opera. Jayo, do you happen to know anything about getting it to work?
In IE you can double-click in the query box and your list of previous entries will appear. Besides being convenient, it helps to remind you of important searches that you've done. It's an invaluable tool because on numerous occasions I forgot what searches I did and it made it possible for me to get info that I would have lost. It also helps to cut down on having a ton of Favorites/Bookmarks, which I have far too many of in IE.
20% of my Favorites are various stuff. About 50% are DVD/Performer links from IAFD for DVD's that I plan on purchasing or renting at some point. About 30% are of ones that I found the source of purchase for. Of course, I came to know about them from ADT. ADT, you guys are going to make me go broke!![Link] |
jayo
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7/04
| Posted - May 26 2009 : 9:53PM
No, but I'll look into it and see.[Link] |
