Opera Handy Menu

Formerly ZDYX's Menu for Opera

Discussion: http://forum.zdyx.org/forum/3 (No need to register/login, just post )

Note: This version is for Opera 9.5+ only, if you are using Opera 9.23, 8.x, 7.x …, please install 3.5 Build 20070314 instead.

I'd like to thank Engelium, serafins, ThalSwe, shoust and all the other users for your interest in my menu and your suggestions.

• Tools for developers: DOM Snapshot and Developer Console now available in Tools - Advanced menu and Web Dev menu
• Better handling the “Open selected URL in background tab” feature introduced in v5.0 (credits to shoust@neowin)

• Use History Search, Preferences Editor, or manage Bookmarks, Notes, Transfers, History, Links, or view page Info through Tools menu
• Open selected URL in background tab ¹⁾
• Right-click a mailto link to compose mail in Gmail/Hotmail/Yahoo
• Merge several notes into one note
• Detach a tab to make it in a new window
• Search the text you just entered with Google
• Open bookmark/history/links with other browsers

Click to view screenshots

• A powerful Page Options menu includes several handy functions: close/arrange tabs, a Encoding menu, a Style menu, a Site Navigation menu, Go to Similar Page, Open Page's Archive, Go to Parent Directory ...
• You can load/reload all the images or tabs through Reload menu
• Aside from the Opera's built-in zoom function, you can view web pages in different size as shown in the screenshot
• It is easy to change icon size, just use the Change Icon Size menu under View - Skin menu
• Right click a link/page to open its archive using the WayBack Machine powered by Internet Archive
• Open all bookmarks in background tabs
• Open link/page in other Browsers on your computer.
• Use fully functional "vB/BB/UBB Code" easily while posting in a forum
• Use the universal "Speak" function to let Opera read out text in web pages, your notes, or even your emails!
• Edit the selected text/Notes in your "Notepad"
• You can hide the whole Menu Bar through View - Toolbars - Menu Bar and access it through the pop-up menu
• Easily adjust "Placement", "Style" and "Wrapping" of Toolbars, Panels, Tabs.....
• Generate and control your Opera Show easily (Handy Menu with Opera Show)
• Launch 3rd-party software or even control your system within Opera (Handy Menu with My Apps, you can customize it yourself)
• Have some handy shortcuts to validate and check web pages and some useful links to web standards and tutorials (Handy Menu with Web Dev, Special thanks to Toby Inkster)
• Change the "Block Pop-ups" option directly in the trash can in the top-right corner
• Use "BugMeNot" to quickly bypass the login of web sites that require compulsory registration and/or the collection of personal/demographic information (such as the New York Times)
• View "Google PageRank" of any website
• Hide Opera to System Tray through File - Hide Opera menu
• Access several useful information in Widgets, Feeds, Mail, Chat and Help menu
• Go to Similar Page powered by Google
• View “Top 10” List through “Window” Menu
• Control foreground/background images more efficient
• ….

Please remove the old version before installing the new one

Click to install (only functions in Opera)

• Handy Menu Std (Standard edition)
• Handy Menu with Opera Show (Std + Opera Show menu)
• Handy Menu with My Apps (Std + My Apps menu)
• Handy Menu with Web Dev (Std + Web Dev menu)
• Handy Menu Pro (Std + Opera Show + My Apps + Web Dev)

Note 1: A tutorial of customizing My Apps menu within minutes is available.

Note 2: There will be an update when Opera 9.5 final released.

Tools → Preferences… → Advanced → Toolbars, then click my menu, click Delete, that's all.

Could you tell me why you don't like this menu? → I'll tell you why...

• Added DOM Snapshot and Developer Console in Tools - Advanced menu and Web Dev menu
• Changed to a better way to handle the “Go to URL (Background)” function introduced in v5.0 (credits to shoust@neowin)
• Updated several links in Widgets menu

• Added several new items and icons in Tools menu: History Search, Bookmarks, Info, Preferences Editor
• Added Go to URL (Background) function in Hotclick pop-up menu ²⁾
• Added Compose in Gmail/Hotmail/Yahoo in mail address pop-up menu
• Added Merge Notes function in Notes pop-up menu
• Added Detach function in Tab pop-up menu and other related menus
• Added Google Search function for the selected text in text area
• Added Open with other browsers submenu in bookmark/history/links pop-up menu
• BugMeNot opens in a new window now
• Rearranged several menus
• Other small modifications
• Updated all the screenshots

• Chinese version available now
• Added three new code in vB/BB/UBB Code menu: Strikethrough, Superscript, Subscript
• Added Google PageRank and BugMeNot in Page Options menu
• Added OpenOffice.org submenu in My Apps menu
• Renamed several menu items in vB/BB/UBB Code menu to make it more clear while using it.
• Renewed links in Widgets → More Info menu
• Attached version number in file name, easier to upgrade.
• Modified Reload menu
• Other small modifications

This version is for Opera 9.5+ only, if you are using Opera 9.23, 8.x, 7.x …, please install 3.5 Build 20070314 instead.

• Ready for Opera 9.5!
• Added a powerful Page Options menu, includes functions as: close/arrange tabs, a Encoding menu, a Style menu, a Site Navigation menu, Go to Similar Page, Open Page's Archive, Go to Parent Directory …
• Added a function to view page/link archive using the WayBack Machine powered by Internet Archive
• Added a function to allow open all bookmarks in background tabs
• Added a Change Icon Size menu under Skin menu
• Added a change Page Size menu
• Added Load All Images function in Reload menu
• Added several icons to menu items
• Changed all language strings according to Opera 9.5
• Hide Navigation menu to make the Menu Bar shorter

This is the last release for Opera before 9.5 ( 9.23, 8.x, 7.x …).

I forgot to wrote down those changes. Sorry!

• Opera 9 compatible!
• Nearly each menu has been enhanced
• Opera now can read almost everything to you
• “Edit in Notepad” function become universal
• Added some new icons to menu items
• Totally rewritten
• More powerful and more efficient
• Added a lot of icons in “My Apps” menu
• Updated “Web Dev” menu to Toby Inkster's excellent W3-dev 3.0 Menu
• ….

• Now the menu and the language file only contain modified and extra contents, in this way, my menu will be compatible with future version of Opera Browser. In addition, the menu and the language can be loaded faster than before.
• Added “BugMeNot” function in document pop-up menu. “BugMeNot” provides you a way to quickly bypass the login of web sites that require compulsory registration and/or the collection of personal/demographic information (such as the New York Times).
• Added some useful things as “Link Analysis” and “WhoIs” in “Web Develop” menu to make it more powerful for web developers.”Link Analysis” let you know which site links to your website/blog in the internet.
• Merged vB Code, BB Code and UBB Code in “vB/BB/UBB Code” menu and rearranged the total list to make it more convenient to use in forums.

Initial Release

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