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Opera for Cowards (ver. 2)

• Opera for Cowards (ver. 2)
  • Slide 1: Greetings
  • Slide 2: Theme
  • Slide 3: Introductions 1
  • Slide 4: Introductions 2
    • Comments
  • Slide 5: Introductions 3
  • Slide 6: What is ... ?
  • Slide 7: The Differences
  • Slide 8: Zooming in Opera
  • Slide 9: Font Control in Opera
  • Slide 10: Icon Control
  • Slide 11: Getting Opera
  • Slide 12: Getting Opera, Part 2
  • Slide 13: Installing Opera
  • Slide 14: First-time Setup
  • Slide 15: After the Break
  • Slide 16: Break Time
  • Slide 17: Using Opera
  • Slide 18: Opera Features
  • Slide 19: More Opera Features
  • Slide 20: More Opera Features 2          
    • Comments
  • Slide 21: Opera Help & Learning Opera
  • Slide 22: Questions

  • Links
  • Feedback

Begin Presentation

Slide 1: Greetings

Slide 2: Theme

Slide 3: Introductions 1

• Who am I?

• • "50 something"
    • I remember MacArthur's resignation speech
    •   but not the Berlin Airlift
  • Wearing bifocals for 25+ years
  • Started programming in college in 1964
  • Been using micro-computers since the early '80's
  • HAL-PC:
    • Volunteer Help Committee for Opera
    • HAL-PC Learning Center Instructor
          "Basic Computer Use"
    • Linux Workshop SIG Leader

Slide 4: Introductions 2

• Fun with Presbyopia:
  • Can you say "Presbyopia"?

  • Can you spell "Presbyopia"?

  • Can you define "Presbyopia"?

  • Do you have Presbyopia?

  • (Are your arms too short?)

Comments

• www.stlukeseye.com/Conditions/Presbyopia.asp – Presbyopia - Short Arm Syndrome

Slide 5: Introductions 3

• Who are you?
             Please answer by show of hands:

• • Admit to being over:  10 ... 20 ... 30 ... 40 ... 50 ... 60 ...
  • Wear bifocals?
  • Hate Microsoft® Internet Explorer's
      inadequate text size control?
  • Used another browser?
    • Netscape / Mozilla / Firebird / Firefox
    • Other
  •            ... recently?

Slide 6: What is ... ?

• What is Zooming
    Everything gets bigger:
  • Text
  • Images
  • Frames

• What is Font Control?
    Only the letters are changed

• What is Icon Sizing?
    Your Opera icons size can be changed

• What are the differences?

Slide 7: The Differences

Magnification	Font Control
Images are enlarged	Text only
Frames change:     Unpredictable Display	Text flows naturally
Quick:  1 key stroke	Preference setting
Affects only   what you are looking at	Applies to all Opera   windows and tabs

Icon Sizing affects only the Opera icons.

Slide 8: Zooming in Opera

Num pad Key	Change	Regular Key
+	+ 10%	0
-	- 10%	9
Ctrl +	+ 100%	8
Ctrl -	- 100%	7
*	100% (original) i.e. back to normal	6

Slide 9: Font Control in Opera

• What can we do?
  • Size can be changed
  • Typeface can be changed

• How can we do it?
  • On the Preferences Menu

• Where is that?
  • By keyboard shortcut:  [Alt P] | Fonts (and colors)
  • By mouse or keyboard —
    • —» Opera 7.23:  File | Preferences | Fonts and colors
    • Opera 7.5 beta:  Tools | Preferences | Fonts

Slide 10: Icon Control

Affects only the Opera Tool Bar icons

• Preferences | Skin   Size
  ( dropdown box in lower right corner)

Slide 11: Getting Opera

Getting Opera is easy —

• Go to the Opera Download page:
  • At the Website www.opera.com, click "Download"
    
  • Or go directly to the Download page:  Opera Download

• Pick your Java Option:
  • Non-Java, the default,is probably fine

• Choose a download location:
  • I recommend against the default, Simtel,
       & usually use one of the Western European sites

• Click the "Download Now" button.

Slide 12: Getting Opera, Part 2

Okay, you clicked the "Download Now" button; now what?

Mostly, it depends on your current browser
      & your operating system (OS).

In general, you must tell them (the browser & OS) to:

• Save, not open, the file
• Pick an appropriate spot on your hard disk
• Give the final go-ahead

Let's get an up-to-date copy for this machine.

Slide 13: Installing Opera

Installing Opera is as straightforward as downloading it:

• Go to directory (Folder)
     where you just saved the Opera Installer.

• Run it. (Double click on the file, or use the keyboard).

• Answer the 6 easy questions. — About 7 clicks.

Let's install the up-to-date copy we just downloaded.

Slide 14: First-time Setup

Running Opera the First Time —
     You will have to make some choices:

• Welcome screen
  • Advertising Choices:  Google or generic
  • Buy a license for $39 (normal price)

• 2nd setup screen
  • Skin preference:  (Opera or Windows)
  • Icon size:  (60% – 140%)
  • Toolbar setup:  (Standard or Minimal)

Already, you are making choices that affect legibility.

• Using Opera

• Opera Features

• More Opera Features

• Opera Help & Learning Opera

• Questions

Slide 16: Break Time

Slide 17: Using Opera

Here we are in Opera,

• Let's go through the UI top-to-bottom ...

• And the Menu Bar left-to-right ...

• Finally, let's tour the Preferences menu.  [Alt p]

• Explore on your own — right click everything.

Slide 18: Opera Features

• Skins:  Opera 7 - Newest Skins
  — Skins can save your eyes, too.

• Full screen mode — (F11 is your friend)   Watch ...

• Keyboard shortcuts — (Mouse haters unite!)

• Refuse pop-ups — (F12 is also your friend)

• Searching with Opera — Who needs the IE Google bar?

• Tabbed browsing

• FastForward and Rewind — More clicks saved.

Slide 19: More Opera Features

2 Surveys of Opera Features

• Opera Features

• Opera one liners

• http://nontroppo.org/wiki/Opera7/

• http://nontroppo.org/wiki/WhyOpera

Slide 20: More Opera Features 2          

• Small size
• Sessions
• Multiple Document Interface     Tabbed browsing
• Changing clients
     import bookmarks ...
• The Wand                               Opera's password manager
• Pop-up blocking

Comments

	Windows	Linux	Mac OS X
Opera	3.4 MB	3.6 - 4.9 MB	4.2 MB
Firefox	6.2 MB	7.3 MB	8.9 MB

Slide 21: Opera Help & Learning Opera

• 30 Days to Becoming an Opera7 Lover
     A really excellent tour and tutorial

• Browse the Internet with Opera

• Opera tutorials
  • Especially:  Opera 7 Tutorial

• Accessibility in Opera

• FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions

• Opera knowledge base

Slide 22: Questions

Links

• Slide 8: Magnification in Opera
  • http://dir.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/History
        Magnification demonstration # 1
  • http://www.opera.com/features/zoom
        Magnification demonstration # 2

• Slide 11: Getting Opera
  • http://www.opera.com
        The Official Opera Site
  • http://www.opera.com/download
        Opera Download page

• Slide 14: Break Time
  • http://plato.smx.com
        My home server
  • http://www.opera.com
        The Official Opera Site (again)

• Slide 18: Other Opera Features
  • http://my.opera.com/community/customize/skins/index.pl?perscreen=300&show=new
        Opera 7 - Newest Skins
  • http://www.opera.com/features/keyboard
        Keyboard shortcuts
  • http://www.opera.com/features/popups
        Refuse pop-ups
  • http://www.opera.com/support/search/suphttp:search.dml?index=379
        Searching with Opera
  • http://www.opera.com/features/fforward
        FastForward and Rewind

• Slide 19: Advanced Features
  • http://www.opera.com/features
        Features, the official page
  • http://my.opera.com/community/tips/oneliners
        Users' one liners about Opera features

• Slide 20: Opera Help & Learning Opera
  • http://tntluoma.com/opera/lover/7
        30 Days to Becoming an Opera7 Lover   —   A really excellent tour and tutorial
  • http://www.opera.com/support/new2opera/browse/index.dml
        Browse the Internet with Opera
  • http://www.opera.com/support/tutorials
        Opera tutorials
  • http://www.opera.com/support/tutorials/opera
        Opera 7 Tutorial - Especially good
  • http://www.opera.com/features/access/index.dml
        Accessibility in Opera
  • http://www.opera.com/support/service/faq
        FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
  • http://www.opera.com/support/service
        Opera knowledge base

Feedback

If you would like me to give this presentation, or one on any aspect of Opera, to your group, SIG, or company, E-mail me at: 
    Main.RickArchibald+PresentationInquiry@hal-pc.org      with "Opera" somewhere in the subject

http://www.opera.com/download/?ver=7.23

-- RickArchibald - 17 May 2004