Comments on: Opera 9.5 Beta: Now With Cracklin’ Video

By: MA Wedding Videographer

MA Wedding Videographer — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:56:20 +0000

What exactly is a screencast, and what program do you use to make it?

By: Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 23:36:44 +0000

And i thought Flash was the best way to show videos in a browser …

By: Jeff Schiller

Jeff Schiller — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 14:57:09 +0000

@IceArdor: A screenshot is not the same as a screencast. Specifically, if I want to show video/animations to someone, I need to make a screencast…

By: Jeff Schiller

Jeff Schiller — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 14:56:13 +0000

@non-troppo: These are the Firefox extensions I use on a regular basis:

- Adblock – right-click on an advert and block it going forward.

- AdSense – see # of clicks and revenue in the status bar for today, updates every so often (the values are shown right in the status bar without me having to click anything)

- GMail Notifier – a red envelope icon in the status bar tells me I have Gmail, updates every so often

- FXPointer (my own) – right-click on a web page to copy an XPointer link to that section

- Firebug – status pane at the bottom of the page provides numerous debugging benefits to web designers (see XHR, see DOM, execute JS, etc)

- Get Directions – select an address, right click, choose “Locate on Google Maps” and a tab opens up with that address shown in Google Maps.

- Scrapbook – save a complete page offline, organize them into folders, bring a browseable “scrapbook” up in a sidebar, click to read those pages offline

I’m curious (since I’m not that versant in restructuring Opera’s menus and buttons). How much of that could be done in Opera in the same convenient way? If it could be, why isn’t it as easily downloadable and installable as Firefox extensions?

I don’t think strict Opera fans really realize how useful Firefox extensions could be.

By: non-troppo

non-troppo — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 08:59:51 +0000

Hi Jeff,

Which bits of the UI chrome do you want to change? Is it a specific extension you crave or just a general tweak? I assume you do know all of Opera’s buttons can be rebuilt and its menus rewritten. Javascript can be embedded in either so you can, for example make buttons which use bookmarklets to perform complex functions. Opera has an internal language of several hundred actions, and the whole UI is nothing more than those core actions interfaced through configuration files.

By: IceArdor

IceArdor — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 03:36:33 +0000

If you’re running a Windows computer, which you are, you can use the PrintScreen button on your keyboard to take a screenshot. This stores a copy of your desktop onto your clipboard that you can paste into MS Paint. I’m kinda too lazy to download it and try it out for myself, because I have little use for ogg theora on my computer at the moment (though in several years, that might change).

Also, Opera released their first video build on March 29th (http://files.myopera.com/IceArdor/blog/Timeline%20of%20Opera%201.9.3.svg), and this is their second video release.

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:34:33 +0000

+1 for the screencast. I’ll get around to installing it eventually but a screencast would be so much easier for me. And isn’t that what being truly lazy is all about?

By: Hoàng Đức Hiếu

Hoàng Đức Hiếu — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 14:40:46 +0000

Can you please make a screencast for us who can’t use a Windows build ?-)

Oh, wait, you can count me towards the truly lazy who don’t bother testing it with wine.