Actually the way Opera's Tabbing works is the only INTELLIGENT way of doing it. When you close a tab in Opera it reverts to the LAST tab you opened or were viewing.
If you had 4 tabs open and you looked at tab 2, then tab 4 and then tab 1 and closed tab 1 Opera would switch to the last tab you were looking at or tab 4 instead of tab 2. I love this ability as it is more intuitive than switching to tab 2. The order of the tabs you have viewed are stored as a bread crumb.
I have the latest Quicktime and Flash 8 along with Shockwave installed under Opera 9 TP2 without any problems. They work like a charm. So you might want to see what you did wrong during the install. If you use their installers they will automatically install into Opera. If you copy the plugin files from anotehr directory make sure you place them in the program/plugin directory in Opera.
And I thank GOD that Opera doesn't support ActiveX. ActiveX is one of the most insecure pieces of programming I have ever come across. Using ActiveX is akin to browsing the web and opening email attachments without a firewall or antivirus package installed. An open invitation to disaster.
Actually the one thing I really like about Opera is how highly customizable it is. You can move anything anywhere you want. You can put everything on one line if you like. I think you might want to explore the customizability more.:)
I like a highly minimalistic approach and this is how I setup Opera 9 TP2 for my use.:)
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Actually the way Opera's Tabbing works is the only INTELLIGENT way of doing it. When you close a tab in Opera it reverts to the LAST tab you opened or were viewing.
If you had 4 tabs open and you looked at tab 2, then tab 4 and then tab 1 and closed tab 1 Opera would switch to the last tab you were looking at or tab 4 instead of tab 2. I love this ability as it is more intuitive than switching to tab 2. The order of the tabs you have viewed are stored as a bread crumb.
I have the latest Quicktime and Flash 8 along with Shockwave installed under Opera 9 TP2 without any problems. They work like a charm. So you might want to see what you did wrong during the install. If you use their installers they will automatically install into Opera. If you copy the plugin files from anotehr directory make sure you place them in the program/plugin directory in Opera.
And I thank GOD that Opera doesn't support ActiveX. ActiveX is one of the most insecure pieces of programming I have ever come across. Using ActiveX is akin to browsing the web and opening email attachments without a firewall or antivirus package installed. An open invitation to disaster.
BTW, Opera can use ANY Netscape compatible plugin. So basically if the plugin can be used on Firefox it can be used in Opera. :)
Actually the one thing I really like about Opera is how highly customizable it is. You can move anything anywhere you want. You can put everything on one line if you like. I think you might want to explore the customizability more. :)
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I like a highly minimalistic approach and this is how I setup Opera 9 TP2 for my use.
http://junk.aatraders.com/myopera9tp2.gif