Opera 10's 'weapons'

The battle between web browsers is always intense and every player must equip themselves with their own 'weapons'. Here are the 'latitudes' that help Opera stand .

Opera, one of the oldest browsers, has just released a new version of Opera 10 last week. There must be something special for Opera to stay that long, and what is Opera 10 equipped to squeeze in the fierce 'browser war'? Let's explore together.

Quick access to your favorite websites

Speed ​​Dial feature will always be displayed whenever a blank page is opened. This allows users to access their favorite pages quickly. This feature is similar to the ' Top Sites ' feature in Safari or the ' Quick Access ' feature of Chrome.

There will be 9 default boxes available, right-click on each box and select Edit to enter the address of your favorite website. Every time a new tab or a blank page is opened, simply click on the corresponding field to access the site.

Users can set the Speed ​​Dial page by right-clicking an empty area, selecting Configure Speed ​​Dial . Here, you can change the size of the cell, create a wallpaper for the web, or turn it off.

The special feature of this feature is the ability to synchronize settings with Opera installed on other computers, even under different operating systems.

Link to Opera Link

The synchronization process mentioned above uses a feature called Opera Link. By using this feature, users can synchronize fish settings on Speed ​​Dial , Bookmarks , Personal Bar ( Personal Bar ), Typed History , Notes (Notifications), and Searches (Search function)

To use this feature, click File to select Synchronize Opera , Opera Link dialog box will be displayed.

But before using this feature, you must first register an Opera account. Click Sign up , fill in the relevant information in the next dialog box.

With this feature, whether you use Opera on any computer or on any device (even if it is a mobile device), just log into your Opera account, the web browser will be set up. just like on your own computer.

Use Panels

Opera has a customized function box, which contains shortcuts that web surfers often use. Click on the Panels button located to the left of the address bar to open this function.

Users can add a panel of useful tools such as Bookmarks , Widgets , Notes and History by clicking Tools and selecting the Appearance menu and then selecting the Panels tab, checking the buttons you want to use and selecting the location to Appears Panel on Opera.

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Mail and Chat

Opera also provides built-in email services in the browser. Some people like to use dedicated email browsers, but some prefer email integration with the browser.

To use this feature, first click on Tools on the Menu, select Mail and Chat accounts , click Yes in the next dialog to create an account.

In addition to email, there are other types of accounts installed, such as Newsgroup and IRC accounts (Opera has only just released these two chat services).

After registering an account, use your Email information to log into Opera. Now, Opera will become a standalone Mail browser, whenever it activates the program, Opera will automatically connect to the mailbox to notify you of new email. Every time a new email arrives, the browser notifies the user.

In addition, you can send email right in Opera similar to Outlook or ThunderBird (2 popular email browsing programs today).

Display web images through tabs

Although this is just a simple feature, it is very useful. You can preview the entire website interface by clicking on the tab of that website. You can also drag to expand the tab space to display the thumbnails of each website.

Turbo feature

Opera 10 offers a feature that no browser has had before, Opera Turbo. Opera claims that this feature can speed up Internet connection on slow connections by using Opera's proxy servers to compress data and image size.

To use this feature, simply click the Opera Turbo button in the lower left corner of the browser window. Click on the small arrow next to the Turbo icon, choose Configure Turbo to change the settings.

There are 3 modes of use: Auto (auto-enable Turbo when connection speed becomes slow), On (Optimize website to load faster on slow line) and Off (turn off Turbo feature) and load the normal website)

The Turbo feature is very useful for those who use the slow connection or those who use ADSL services by volume, will save a lot of cost.

Of course, in addition to the 6 special features on Opera version 10, there are many other features such as providing widgets (similar to Firefox Add-ons), the ability to surf the web with a mouse or log in to multiple accounts. on a website . you can gradually explore these features during use.

If you're still not convinced about Opera 10, you can try comparing it to the current popular browsers, such as Firrfox. You may realize that Firefox's usage of system resources is much larger than Opera, which is also an advantage of Opera compared to 'big guy' Firefox.

Of course, there are many other features that cannot be fully introduced within the article. Try using Opera 10 and draw your own review reviews. Download the program here .