FAQ
FAQ
Index of questions
User settings & controls
- What do the icons and other information in the Progress bar mean?
- Can I assign Opera to an application icon instead of the Extras bars?
- Can I load individual images on a page?
- Can I import certificates from other browsers?
- Can I open a new window in the background?
- What control is there over cookies?
- How do I delete the history list?
- How do I see where a link points to before following it?
- What are the non-hotkey keyboard controls?
- Can I stop Opera displaying a warning everytime I submit a form?
- Can I control which scroll bars are displayed?
- What zoom levels are available?
- Which browsers can Opera identify as?
Browser functionality
- Can Opera display pages that use DHTML
- Does Opera support multiple windows?
- Can Opera download and display dynamic fonts in a webpage?
- Can I print out Web pages from Opera 5?
- Does Opera allow online banking and shopping?
- Does Opera allow me to use Email or instant messaging?
- Can I access newsgroups with Opera?
- Can I use Opera with a Web-cache or proxy server?
- Can Opera browse compressed pages using gZip encoding?
- Can I browse AvantGo channels with Opera?
- Can Opera run OPL programs automatically from within Web pages?
- Does Opera allow me to browse a website offline?
Cache settings & options
- What options are there for the cache?
- Can I move the cache to another drive?
- What's the difference between Disk cache and RAM cache?
- Can I view the contents of the cache?
- What is the cache rendered images option?
Features & standards implementation
- What languages and protocols does Opera 5 support?
- Does Opera support Javascript?
- Does Opera 5 support cascading style sheets (CSS)?
- Does Opera support Java applets?
- Does Opera 5 support DHTML?
- Does Opera 5 support XML?
- Does Opera 5 support XSL
- Does Opera 5 support WAP
- Does Opera 5 support plugins?
- What image formats does Opera support?
Upgrading from Opera 3.62
- Can I use my Opera 3.62 bookmarks with version 5?
- Can I use or import other bookmarks?
- Can I have Opera 5 and v3.62 installed at the same time?
- Does Opera 5 require more RAM and disk space?
- Can I install Opera 5 over the top of Opera 3.62?
- Will I lose any data when I upgrade?
- Will upgrading make Opera unstable?
- What benefits are there in upgrading?
- Will I lose any features by upgrading?
- Do I need a new registration code?
- Is the upgrade to Opera 5 free?
Common problems with Opera 5
- Opera has stopped being the default browser
- Opera 5 crashes when I try to start it
- My bookmarks have become corrupted
- I get a message saying cookies aren't supported/enabled
- Form elements are missing from some pages
- JPEG images are rendered very poorly
- Forms don't submit when I press the Enter key
- Mailto links do not start the Email application
- Opera won't start on my Psion 5 or Osaris
- Opera won't start on my the EPOC emulator
- When I start Opera 5 it gives a
Not found
error - Starting Opera produces an error saying Opera.mbm isn't supported
- Pages take a very long time to appear and scroll poorly
- Pages scroll slowly or jaggedly
- Opera has crashed, frozen or the machine has hung
- After installing Opera onto the D drive, files appear on the C drive
