On Wednesday 07 September 2011 07:16:11 Harry Putnam wrote: > Pretty lame and pretty OT, but here it is: > > I've installed Opera... in the last 40 min or so, I've attempted to > determine how to set a home page. Googled etc. > > Directions found on google appear NOT to apply to linux version. > > Navigate to and click the preferences link at top of opera page. > > NOT... there is no such link. > > So, how is it done... well maybe a preferences file found in ~/.opera/ > > vim operaprefs.ini ... and then insert: > Home URL=www.google.com/ig > (save and restart) .. once again NOT. > > Even watched a video... which shows a nice person clicking on > preferences Icon... but well ... there isn't one. Check all available > toolbars by clicking `customize' on existing top mast but not finding > a menu like that. > > Is opera really so poorly designed as to make such a simple operation > so time consuming, or am I missing something really basic (as usual). > > How is such a simple operation done?
Are you asking how to set the page which opens the first time you launch Opera? With the version I have installed (11.50.1074), you have to click on the Opera button, just below the title bar and at the left of the first open tab. A menu will popup. There you'll find a 'Settings' menu and a 'Preferences' submenu inside it. Clicking on Preferences displays a dialog where, in the General tab, you can choose the starting page. There you can also tell Opera to always load a saved session or the last used one. Please, be aware the names of menus and dialogs I mentioned above may be slightly different from those: I have installed Opera in Italian, so I don't kown what are the English versions of the names. I hope this helps Stefano
