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Title: Opera help: Where do I locate Browser JavaScript setting
Post by: pattybrew on July 15, 2011, 03:31:18 PM
I am trying out Opera and so far I just love it. Version 11.50 and it is FAST!!! I need to apply a patch to JavaScript to correct improper loading of 2 sites I use daily.
Incase you want to try them out in your Opera, they are
www.Webkinzinsider.com
http://kinzcommunity.com/index.php
I tried everything I could find and finally started digging in the help forum of Opera and found what I think is the solution but I do not know where to find 'Browser JavaScript setting' to add the patch.
Here is the info I found...
http://www.opera.com/docs/browserjs/#fixDisabled

DUH :-[ ;DI found it, so easy, just clicked on the blue. Sometimes I feel so dumb. I am so cautious about clicking on anything these days. I just hope this works.

Hmmmm, this did not solve the problem. I do need help setting up Opera.
Title: Re: Opera help:
Post by: pattybrew on July 16, 2011, 08:15:43 PM
I had hoped that with so many Opera users here that I would get some help but it seems not to be. I have narrowed my problems down to a Java problem. I have used IE and FF for years and never had to set java, I just did not tic any of the boxes other than the use java one. In Opera I am required to set it manually and I am not doing a good job of that. So I am back to FF and IE and using Opera for only those times when I need a very fast browser.
Title: Opera help with Java
Post by: pattybrew on July 16, 2011, 08:23:55 PM

..I  hope that with so many Opera users here that I will get some help. I have narrowed my problems down to a Java problem. I uninstalled Opera this morning and did a clean install and just stayed with the simple layout. Did not add any ad-ons or features. Kept it very clean.  I have used IE and FF for years and never had to set java, I just did not tic any of the boxes other than the  java one. In Opera I am required to set it manually and I am not doing a good job of that. So I am back to FF and IE and using Opera for only those times when I need a very fast browser.
If you Opera user care to instruct me on setting the Java I would really appreciate it.
Title: Re: Opera help: Where do I locate Browser JavaScript setting
Post by: JJ 3000 on July 16, 2011, 08:52:40 PM
Those sites load fine for me.

Are you talking about JavaScript or Java?

If you want to check your version of Java go here:
www.java.com/en/download/installed.jsp?detect=jre&try=1
Title: Re: Opera help: Where do I locate Browser JavaScript setting
Post by: truenorth on July 17, 2011, 09:27:31 AM
I use Opera on this computer almost exclusively. I have never had to do anything specific as you suggest with regards to Java/Opera to enable access to certain web sites. I can link to the 2 you included no problem I cannot at this time relate to whether this is an issue because of your Opera version as relatively recently (when it became available) i have upgraded to version 11.55 (which is next sequentially to the version you are using). So you might want to try upgrading to that version and see if you have remaining issues with your 2 sites, truenorth
Title: Re: Opera help: Where do I locate Browser JavaScript setting
Post by: pattybrew on July 17, 2011, 08:46:52 PM
Those sites load fine for me.

Are you talking about JavaScript or Java?

If you want to check your version of Java go here:
www.java.com/en/download/installed.jsp?detect=jre&try=1
Thank you Egghead. I keep Java up to date.  I get the update as soon as it comes out.  I cannot use Webkinz with an outdated one. It just doesn't run smoothly without it. Some of the games/activities don't load propperly without the updates.
Title: Re: Opera help: Where do I locate Browser JavaScript setting
Post by: pattybrew on July 17, 2011, 08:50:56 PM
Those sites load fine for me.

Are you talking about JavaScript or Java?

If you want to check your version of Java go here:
www.java.com/en/download/installed.jsp?detect=jre&try=1
Sorry, I thought Java and JavaScript were the same.
Title: Re: Opera help: Where do I locate Browser JavaScript setting
Post by: pattybrew on July 17, 2011, 09:00:07 PM
It is the JavaScript Options.
In Opera's Content+ Advanced these items are checked
Enable animated images
enable JavaScript
Enable Plug-ins

JavaScript Options
In order to get the sites to load properly I had to check Allow Scripts to detect context menu events

And also add the JavaScript file located in my Documents (User JavaScript folder)
Do you think if I remove this folder Opera will control JavaScript? I had not thought to do that until just now.
Title: Re: Opera help: Where do I locate Browser JavaScript setting
Post by: pattybrew on July 18, 2011, 08:02:45 AM
Is the reason all web sites take so long to load is because I keep Opera set as Default browser. I sometimes set FF as Default then change back to Opera. You guys probably think I am nutty as a fruitcake but I am just trying to figure out why Opera acts certain ways on my machine and if it has features that FF has, such as, FF saves passwords of all sites and I can't get Opera to do that.. It has saved a few but not all. I have many Webkinz accounts as well and the grandchildren's and 4 for a friend. FF saves all the passwords so that whatever acitivities I do on Webkinznewz it remembers all ID's and passwords so that I don't have to type them each time.
Title: Re: Opera help: Where do I locate Browser JavaScript setting
Post by: JJ 3000 on July 18, 2011, 12:49:00 PM
I've been using Opera for years and I've never had any of these problems. One of the reasons I like it so well is that is very easy to use and generally problem free.

Maybe you got a bad download. Try unistalling and download a fresh copy.
Title: Re: Opera help: Where do I locate Browser JavaScript setting
Post by: pattybrew on July 18, 2011, 04:09:59 PM
I did that and then today downgraded from 11.50 to 11.11 version. But I will uninstall it and try again with the newest ver again. The first time i installed ver 11.50 a few days ago I was so impressed at the speed. Then I started setting it up with the appearance I wanted and the tabs and just basic setup. Following that is when it began to take several minutes if at all to load each site. Webkinz is considered a game site with a lot of activities on the same site as is Webkinznewz, activities sites for family fun.
Title: Re: Opera help: Where do I locate Browser JavaScript setting
Post by: pattybrew on July 18, 2011, 06:41:30 PM
Thank you JJ for your suggestion. I did an uninstall then set IE as Default Browser before installing Opera. I installed ver 11.50. I could not locate a ver 11.55. I think the previous install had picked up some of the inconsistancies of FF perhaps. Any who, it is running just wonderfully. I have a few sites that I cannot logout of. I think it has something to do with the popup to 'save password for this site only' and I did not tic the save box only the save for this site only. I really don't know why it won't logout but it is not a major thing. After trying it out for a while I will uninstall FF and do a clean install it to use only as a backup/as needed browser. This will enable me to leave IE totally.

Title: Re: Opera help: Where do I locate Browser JavaScript setting
Post by: soybean on July 18, 2011, 07:03:04 PM
The latest version of Opera is 11.50, contrary to what truenorth said. 

Can you mention a webiste where you can't log out? 
Title: Re: Opera help: Where do I locate Browser JavaScript setting
Post by: truenorth on July 18, 2011, 07:32:53 PM
Soybean, Thank you--i stand corrected "Version
11.50

Build
1074"
I DID just very recently upgrade and don't know why i felt it was to 11.55 (should have checked my "about" before my post. truenorth
Title: Re: Opera help: Where do I locate Browser JavaScript setting
Post by: pattybrew on July 20, 2011, 06:47:46 PM
Even with the new install of ver 11.50, Opera was just too inconsistent for me to use. In checking the support forum several users were having the same problems I was having and a few fixes were suggested. I just did not want to spend hours or even a whole day trying to fix a browser that I am not familiar with and kept getting frustrated with. Some times it was just wonderful then the next time I used the website it was not loading completely, so I uninstalled it and am back to using IE for Webkinz and FF for everything else. FF on my machine crashes Flash when I try to use Webkinz on it.  I thin it was ver 3.o or 3.2 or 5 that I could use perfectly and fell in love with FF then with each update it got worse. I may try installing a 3. ver sometime just to see if I can use only browser for everything. Does anyone know what ver. was used around 3 years ago?
I appreciate everyone's help with Opera. I would like to try it again at a later date when they get all the bugs worked out of it. It may work better if I uninstall FF but I am unwilling to take that chance. FF has forgotten many of my passwords since I set Opera as Default browser. The password feature is why I like to use FF.
Well, Thank you all again. I will mark this thread solved.
Title: Re: Opera help: Where do I locate Browser JavaScript setting
Post by: truenorth on July 20, 2011, 07:13:55 PM
Just before you exit the stage left. As was noted by soybean in a previous post on your thread i had referred to a "nonexistent" version of Opera. It occurred to me after that even though memory is spiraling downward on me i was absolutely certain i had upgraded something on Opera within the past 2 weeks as a result of a notification from them. It was on the very same day i received a notification from Avira (my associated anti virus program ) that they were issuing a a new upgrade on it. The Avira upgrade is irrelevant to your issue but it was what reminded me that THERE had been a very recent advisory from Opera on some update. Compare your build edition with mine as stated above. Of course it is absolutely your choice to use whatever browser you like the most or seems to serve your needs the best. But i am a great fan of Opera and though it is a bit different than others i believe it is worth learning and has many fine usable features. So i hate to see you give up on it. On another computer i am just trying out "Sea Monkey" (also a Mozilla browser) but too early to fairly venture any comments. truenorth
Title: Re: Opera help: Where do I locate Browser JavaScript setting
Post by: pattybrew on July 25, 2011, 12:58:27 PM
Thank you truenorth. I think of Opera most every day when IE or FF is slow. I don't understand why they are slow one day and fast the next, not as bad as Opera was for me. . I keep them clean, cache,, etc.Ran CCleaner and swept the C drive empty space 3 times.  I am thinking today to try an older Opera than the one just 2 below 11.50. I think I need to do more cleaning for 11.50 to run satisfactorily on my machine. When 11.50 is a little older I want to try it again. I think there are some bugs in it that will be fixed as did Mozilla with FF ver. 4. Does Opera have the password save feature that FF has. It saves the ID's and passwords and when I need them I just type the first letter of ID and it fills in the ID and password. It has a tab layer feature that looks good for me, too.
Title: Re: Opera help: Where do I locate Browser JavaScript setting
Post by: truenorth on July 25, 2011, 06:38:00 PM
In response to your question"Does Opera have the password save feature" I am including this link as not only does it answer that specific
question but many others as well. Your concern seems to be based in the Opera browser being too slow (but it seems that is also a problem with your other browsers as well). Are other elements of your computer usage also slow? Such as programs you use. There are many things that can cause a computer to be slow. Some within the computer some external such as your ISP connection mode and speed.Internal things can be the number of processes running. Insufficient amount of RAM. Badly fragmented harddrive. A harddrive that is chock a block and needs either more HDD space or an additional or greater capacity HDD. The causes are by no means limited to only the examples i have given. Is this a relatively new phenomenon (the slowness)? Can you relate to an event or circumstance where you "suddenly" noted the appearance of this slowness? 

http://www.opera.com/browser/tutorials/intro/speed/
truenorth
Title: Re: Opera help: Where do I locate Browser JavaScript setting
Post by: pattybrew on July 25, 2011, 09:31:33 PM
Thank you for the link. I have 2.5 GB RAM, high speed DSL ISP, in fact Opera stated I did not need Turbo. I also have 22% free disk space. I use IObit Game Booster most of the tome as i usually am on Webkinz and or related sites. I keep it clean. Yesterday I just did a free space sweep on C drive. Most All my drives are old, 2001 even though my machine is 2005. I have a Dell Dimension 4700 with Windows XP SP3. It is set to auto update. My next step is to update the drives but I have many questions about that. I found Softpedia has a good selection of drivers but i don't know if that is the best free driver site. I will need to commit to a day or 2 to tackle the driver updates. I contacted Dell last fall thinking I was getting updated drivers but they actually were the same old drivers that were already on the machine. There are some drivers that need to be removed before start updating from my earlier attempts to update using DriverMax. Two days ago suddenly during a reboot Genesis by Dell appeared on my screen. This put me on the trail once again to find newer drives. I printed out the list of outdated drives which look like most of them, hardware drives. I am also having some graphics issues that have bothered me for a few months now, like the heavy trailing of one window when dragged across another.
The problem with Opera on my machine is that it was not consistent. At times a site would load properly then the nest time it loaded incorrectly. Each time I would try to use one it just was not consistently loading correctly along with other quirky problems. I have Avast and do run Malwarebyte regularly. I regularly run TweakNow PowerPack 2011 SP2 and they are all updated with each use. I have a really good machine that just needs some updating. I reinstalled the OS last fall. Which caused some major problems. It took me a while to get it back to where I wanted it and it still is not performing as it did. You can read about that in some of my earlier posts.  Thank you for your help and concern. I can tackle only one thing at a time and I am now not ready to work on it for a little while.
Title: Re: Opera help: Where do I locate Browser JavaScript setting
Post by: truenorth on July 26, 2011, 08:12:16 AM
A very comprehensive report on your computer and your evolution re it's use. You seem to realize some of the areas that you can devote some time to to possibly improve the performance and intend to get to them when time constraints permit. That is good. From your last post i would comment on 2 parts "22% free disk space"-- that is getting to a pretty low proportion and in itself can be a factor of the computers sluggishness. "tackle only one thing at a time" When you do get around to doing things this is a good way to go. By doing only one thing at a time (be it driver updates or hardware changes) as you can monitor the result of the immediate change of the "one" thing rather than have a problem arise and because many things were done together NOT know what caused the adversity. I don't know what your max ram for your computer is. Either the specs of it or a "Crucial " scan will tell you that. But it is generally believed that where speed is an issue RAM returns the best bang for the buck. DSL should give you the ISP speed you need unless it is erratic. You might want to consider (where possible ) changing your updates from "automatic" to custom (where you determine which and when you install). I find that today there are so many sources of program updates that are constantly playing touchy feely with one's computer that instituting some control on that can reduce the intrusions on computer performance (particularly on older computers). Good luck,truenorth