Most reviews don't get it and I'm sure a lot of people are mistaken about it, but even if Opera doesn't support "addons" they support a lot more than just adding widgets.
You can customize any and all Opera INI files. There is extensive resources about it. For a few examples, you can:
Install custom buttons (there's 5 other pages of buttons on the wiki)
Edit INI files. If 9 speeddial links aren't enough for you you can increase their number in the INI files, for example. You could also modify the menus to add an entry to open a link in firefox/IE.
All the panels and toolbars are configurable and removable. For example my setup has no menu bar, has my emails/rss on the left and a button on the status bar at the bottom to enable plug-ins only when I need to. I've also removed the search box since I can type "g slashdot" in the address bar to search for slashdot on Google anyway.
Of course the INI files are part of your profile so editing them won't affect other users. And I'm not even mentioning the per-site configuration.
Opera doesn't need addons IMHO. It's already really heavily configurable.
I understand some people can't do without AdBlock or a few other addons, so no need to mention it, we know you need it. But for the others there's more than enough functionality available through customization.
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My bad, I didn't know there was something like this. Thanks for the link.
Most reviews don't get it and I'm sure a lot of people are mistaken about it, but even if Opera doesn't support "addons" they support a lot more than just adding widgets.
You can customize any and all Opera INI files. There is extensive resources about it. For a few examples, you can:
Of course the INI files are part of your profile so editing them won't affect other users. And I'm not even mentioning the per-site configuration.
Opera doesn't need addons IMHO. It's already really heavily configurable.
I understand some people can't do without AdBlock or a few other addons, so no need to mention it, we know you need it. But for the others there's more than enough functionality available through customization.