I saw mention of Opera GX Mods, I think it was on Reddit, but it didn’t explain what they were. A little bit of research and I found out they were basically theme packs for OperaGX. They include animated background wallpaper, music, and browser sounds […]
These days, it is impossible to know if a browser update is the cause of poor responsiveness, or if it is due to a buggy Microsoft Windows update. Firefox recently updated to version 113 and that’s when my troubles began. The CPU usage went through
I came across a video demo a short while ago in Chrome using a feature called “Copy Link To Highlight”. I decided to test it out on Opera. It might come in handy. I’m going to use whichever article is first on the list at
I had some problems with Opera and started using OperaGX until I got the issues straightened out. It’s supposed to be a browser designed for gamers. I didn’t like the bloat of the start screen and wanted to disable it. I first thought I could
Recently, Brave Search announced that it has removed the last remnant of Bing from its search engine, achieving 100% independence. With 22 million daily queries, Brave Search is the fastest-growing search engine since Bing – which launched in 2009. When it launched in June 2021,
I’m a long-time supporter of Opera but the latest update destroyed my browser. My background wouldn’t work. The interface was too large. Normally, I would adjust it through the DPI settings in the shortcut but even that wouldn’t work. Is Your Opera Interface Too Big?
Microsoft has integrated a fantastic AI-powered image creator dubbed “DALL-E” into its Bing chatbot. DALL-E is available in Edge for Windows 10 and 11 users who are signed in via a Microsoft account. All you need to do is ask DALL-E to create an image
Mozilla recently announced that its anti-tracking feature, known as “Total Cookie Protection”, is currently being rolled out to all Firefox users. Total Cookie Protection has previously been included as an experimental feature available only in the “Strict” mode of Firefox’s “Enhanced Tracking Protection” and in
Update 6/23/2023 This article explains how to whitelist a website with an ad blocker running at the browser level, where most have an ad blocker set. However, an ad blocker can also be set elsewhere. Some Windows security software packages have an ad blocker included.
Mullvad, the reputable Sweden-based VPN provider, has partnered with the Tor project team to develop a brand new free and open-source ultra-private browser. Firstly, let’s get one common misconception out of the way – VPNs do not seriously improve a user’s privacy. Sure, using a
Improvements In Edge A Quick Look Back With the 2015 release of Edge, I was eager to compare it to Chrome and Firefox, my most used browsers at that time. I was glad to see Microsoft move away from IE, a browser with an exceptionally
With its built-in privacy/security mechanisms, the Chromium-based Brave browser is widely regarded as the most private and secure browser available. Built-in privacy/security features include anti-tracking and ad blocking, HTTPS upgrading, script blocking, global “shields” with per-site shield settings, and at the time of writing, is
Recently, I was working on my computer, and all of the sudden the address bar showed the Yahoo! icon. This was at the front of the address bar of my Google Browser. What this meant was that it was using Yahoo to search when I
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Opera has a new feature that, in theory, will help sharpen videos and pictures on the websites that you visit. It’s called “Lucid mode“. To access it, go to the “Easy setup” menu – three stacked lines in the top right-hand corner. When the side
