Opera version 11.11
locales for Opera version 11.11
If you want to block the annoying flash (especially for the ads) and other plugins from loading without wanting it while you browse you have to do the following:
Type or paste in the address bar: "opera:config#UserPrefs|EnableOnDemandPlugin" and tick it.
You should also tick the next option "Enable On Demand Plugin Placeholder" so that you will have a small sign indicating that there is a plugin in that position (usually flash) and by clicking on it you can load it.
You may want to test Flash at: http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/about/
Edit: Although the above way to block plugins remains you can do it from the preferences dialogue also.
If you want also to make opera your default browser the only thing that you have to do is to go to /usr/local/bin/ right click at "defaultbrowser" select "open as text" delete the second line and paste: exec opera "$@"
Portable versions:
The portable versions are in a tar.gz form not pet and so you can extract them to anywhere you want outside from the pup save file even to another partition. They can even be used from different puppys.
Even more if you are using also windows you can link the windows' profile folder made automatically to the linux one and so have the same profile folder. This means that you'll have to use the windows' folder also from linux. But I believe that it's much easier to use the "opera link" function in order to keep updated the profiles.
In order to launch opera from the portables versions you have 3 options:
1. Browse to the opera portable position and click the opera file that you will see in it.
2. Link the opera folder to your desktop and launch it by clicking the desktop icon (it opens the folder) and then the opera executable. This way you won't have menu entry.
3. And thanks to proposals from sheldonisaac, aarf, pri and mikeslr you can have a menu entry by doing the next steps:
Create a script file in "/usr/local/bin" named "opera" in which you have to type the follow:
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#!/bin/sh
cd /the_folder_where_it_is_stored (for example: /usr/local/apps/Opera-11.11-portable-customized)
./opera
Then go to the end of the post, download and install the Opera-portable-menu pet and you are ready.
Important notices for the use of portable versions from a usbthumb drive:
Portable version can also be installed to a usbflash drive and work. But I don't recommend to launch opera from the usbflash directly cause it uses the drive very often and this will cause a faster deterioration of the drive. Moreover because usb drives are much slower than the internal hdds I recommend whenever want to use it, to copy the folder from the usb thumb anywhere at the hard disk, launch it from the hard disk and at the end of the section copy the profile folder back to the usb drive. This way you will always have all your settings together without any drawback.
The first version is just clean plain Opera. The second one the customized is Opera with plugin-block and ad-block out of the box and a little bit tweaked and puppy-made by me.
Opera version 11.11 portable
md5sum: 561e18ebdda458c121800e3687891181 Opera-11.11-portable.tar.gz
Opera version 11.11 portable and customized
md5sum: 84ebc35636c61ad3893e93aa0c8b7f78 Opera-11.11-portable-customized.tar.gz
HTML5/WebM/VP8
WARNING: WebM (Vpx) is still under development and way slower and more demanding than flash.
In order for opera to play html5 videos needs gstreamer and few libraries from it. If you install the Gstreamer-opera pet any version of opera capable of WebM content whether installed or portable will be able to play html5 videos. The pet you can find it at the end of the post.
I've removed many libraries in order to get a compact size. Moreover I've striped them and thous are not generally recommended for any other use except for WebM videos in opera.
In order to be sure that works fine I've tested opera with the following videos:
http://devfiles.myopera.com/articles/18 ... -webm.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?html5=True ... _mU7lkE-sA
http://people.opera.com/patrickl/experi ... ancy-swap/
http://devfiles.myopera.com/articles/18 ... -720p.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?html5=True ... QxbpryKKQo
The last one in HD 720p and I recommend every man in the forum to test it
If you have any problem using html5 in opera please post it, but in order to help you find out the problem I'll need you to inform me about everything concerning your installation.
For the flash player:
You don't need any extra flash player install for Opera since it uses the one already installed in puppy, quirky. If you are using any puplet or wooflet that has flash in another position than /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins you have to add the path here:
opera:config#UserPrefs|Plugin%20Path or
ctrl+F12->content->Plug-in Options->Change Path->Add.
If you want the latest version of Flash player use this guide, is very simple and straight forward. Only keep in mind that is better to install it over the previous version in order to avoid any possibility of mistakes.
Also pay attention that flash player depends on few mozilla libraries and thous you have to have them installed in your system by seamonkey/firefox. Official Puppys since already have seamonkey by default they also have all the needed libraries. If you don't have seamonkey or flash player isn't working at your install, you have to go in the flash player library folder (usually /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins or /usr/lib/opera/plugins) open a terminal and type: ldd libflashplayer.so. This way you can find out what libraries are missing, or whether there is something else broken.
If you have any problem downloading them please inform me. If everything is ok please drop a word also