<LI> <A HREF="#other_apps">Using other applications in conjunction with Opera</A>
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<A NAME="disabled"><FONT SIZE="5">Users with disabilities</FONT></A>
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At Opera Software we believe it is of utmost importance that the web and the Internet
is available to all. Therefore we have made Opera the most flexible and powerful Web
browser available.
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Full keyboard navigation, a completely customizable interface, and a powerful zoom function are but a few examples of Opera's power and user-friendliness. This means that in designing the program we strive to make the program as flexible and user-friendly as possible. A number of features have been incorporated that are useful for people with different types of handicaps. We are the first browser to offer this kind of features.
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<LI> <A HREF="keys.htm">Full keyboard interface</A>. Browse by using the keyboard. Single key
navigation possible! Browse client side ISMAPs!
<LI> <A HREF="docwin.htm#scaling">Zoom</A> function. Zoom the contents to any level. Includes BOTH graphics
and text.
<LI> <A HREF="prefmenu.htm#fonts">Select the font you want</A> for the different HTML headers and text. Select any color.
<LI> <A HREF="prefmenu.htm#links">Make the links really stand out</A>. Full link presentation control. 3D
links possible.
<LI> Remove menus, scrollbars, etc. Do not fill the screen with uneccesary
items (if you use the keyboard and not the mouse).
<LI> <A HREF="prefmenu.htm#sounds">Sound feedback</A> on clicking, loading finished and loading failed.
</UL>
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<A NAME="cdrom"><FONT SIZE="5">Offline usage as a CD-ROM frontend</FONT></A>
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Opera is well suited to be a CD-ROM browser. The main applications are software distribution, technical publications, annual reports, and offline magazines in HTML format.
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Publishing in HTML format and using Opera as an offline frontend on either diskette, ZIP disk or CD-ROM means being able to develop, publish and maintain content quickly and efficiently. Opera's small footprint, customization, speed and versatility make it the only product of its kind for this market.
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The major technical benefits are:
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<LI> Opera runs on machines that are not so up to date, including on 386SXs with as little as 4 MB of memory (8 MB recommended).
<LI> Opera is small. The full program with libraries is approximately 1 MB.
<LI> Opera can show inline video and play sounds to improve a presentation.
The information can be accessed through the use of a keyboard as well as a mouse giving access
to the information for more users in the way they like.
<LI> Opera has support for local clickable images. This makes it possible to have an advanced user
interface for the information.
<LI> Opera does not require communications software (winsock) to run off-line.
<LI> Opera has an option to start programs that have been clicked. This useful feature means that Opera can be a frontend for starting programs and applications.
<LI> Opera is already in use as a front end to CDs by a number of companies including 'Nasjonal
Lµremiddelsenter' and the computer magazine 'Giga'.
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If you are interested in reselling, distribution or in using Opera as a CD-ROM frontend, info-kiosk or offline browser, please use this online <A HREF="http://www.operasoftware.com/enquiry.html">enquiry form</A>. This will save your and our time, and result in a quick response from us.
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<A NAME="kiosk"><FONT SIZE="5">Offline usage as an Info Kiosk</FONT></A>
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Opera works very well as a kiosk browser. All unnecessary parts of the user
interface such as buttons, menus and even scrollbars can be removed. A
special version of Opera is being used by the employment offices in
Norway. This version of Opera has all parts except the title and progress
fields removed. In addition it has an user interface with a telephone
keyboard interface!
<p>
Opera can show inline video and play sounds to improve a presentation.
<p>
The user interface can be mouse or keyboard based or both. A special version of Opera can be made that only allows connections to some adresses. We are familiar with the problems of kiosk systems
and can tailor a version for your needs (at extra cost).
<p>
If you are interested in reselling, distribution or in using Opera as a CD-ROM frontend, info-kiosk or offline browser, please use this online <A HREF="http://www.operasoftware.com/enquiry.html">enquiry form</A>. This will save your and our time, and result in a quick response from us.
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Opera has been released in the following languages:
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<LI> Norwegian
<LI> English
<LI> Swedish
<LI> German
<LI> Spanish
<LI> Castellano
<LI> French
<LI> Afrikaans
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We are discussing the translation into many more languages, so if you are interested in helping us in bringing more languages to the market, please <A HREF="mailto:commercial@operasoftware.com">let us know</A>.
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On the World Wide Web documents can be protected, so that a user must give a user name and password to have access to it. This can be done using forms in a document or asking the user to enter a name and password in a dialog box which is displayed when you try to retrieve the document. Opera remembers the password so long as you do not exit the program, so you will not need to identify yourself again in the same session, if you wish to retrieve the protected document again..
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Opera 3.0 now also supports SSL (secure socket layer). This means that the information sent between your computer and the remote host is being encrypted via various algorithm that make sure that no one can for instance take your credit card details from your online order, and use it for something else.
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You can configure your Security settings in the <A HREF="prefmenu.htm#security">Preferences Menu</A>, but should do so only if you are an experienced user.
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Server push means that the server does not close the connection after delivering one file, but continues sending multiple files and then exits. You can test this with MetaCrawler. It returns
multiple files.
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<A NAME="other_apps"><FONT SIZE="5">Using Opera with other applications</FONT></A>
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Many of you use Opera in conjunction with a variety of other applications, like email clients, newsreaders, search tools, etc. Below please find a few notes on the use of Opera with such applications
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<B>Agent / Free Agent</B>
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Free Agent is a very powerful newsreader, which we recommend if you are unhappy with Opera's own newsreader. Its commercial brother, Agent, can be used as both an email client and a newsreader. However, due to Agent's lack of command line parameters for launching new Emails, problems arise when you specify Agent as your email client in Opera.
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<B>Pegasus</B>
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Pegasus Mail, one of the best email clients around, can launch URLs in Opera, although it is currently struggling to do that in a proper manner.
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You will need to enable the 'Find browser automatically' <B>plus</B> enter the Opera command line under Preferences/Clickable links in Pegasus. Also make sure the browser <B>is loaded</B>, and a window is open, because Pegasus will launch the URL in the currently active window.
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For launching Pegasus from Opera, click <A HREF="mail.htm">here</A>.
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<!-- <B>NetAttache</B>
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--><B>WinCode</B>
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WinCode is a tool that allows you to download JPGs from newsgroups, something Opera cannot handle at the moment. If you use Opera's newsreader and would like to download JPGs, WinCode is your answer.
