Top Five Extensions

August 23, 2011 · by Aleksander Aas

Our love for Reddit is no secret, and /r/operabrowser/ is of course one of our favorites. Kidblast lists his six favorite extensions (yes, we know the title should be six not five), and want to know our top five. I took a quick walk around the office and got some top five lists.

EspenAO

Gmail On Speed Dial - Easy access and fast notifications of incoming mail.
Linkify - Creates HTML links from plain text URL's and e-mail addresses.
Meme Smileys - Finally, Facebook and Twitter makes sense.
Open In Background With Long Press - Amazing for surfing Reddit on your laptop.
Translate - Useful when I stumble into Russian websites.

Aleksander

Popup Statusbar - No more Status Bar!
Make It So - Animations and fun with images.
Reddit on Speed Dial - My Reddit Speed Dial.
Facebook Preview - Saves me useless stops to Facebook.
AutoPatchWork - Makes browsing faster and smarter.

Zoe

Live News Feed - Love to stay on my favorite blogs and news from Latin America.
Translate - Super useful when living abroad, need help with Norwegian
The Weather - Totally important to know what to wear.
WebAdictos Extension - Awsome blog about tech and gadgets news.
Facebook Preview - To track if there is any news.

Anna

FaceBabel - Translates my friends' statuses with just one click!
Facebook autoload older posts - I found "Older posts" are so annoying.
Twitter Inline Images - Shows images directly in the Twitter feed. So much simpler.
Word of the Day - It's never too late to stop learning!
Quote of the Day - My daily dose of inspiration!

.Ed

Klout - Injects my Twitter feed (and Opera's ) with Klout values, for my eyes only!
Klout Speed Dial - Now Klout's speed dial is my score. Brilliance only Opera can offer.
Edit the Page - Let's me turn any site into news about my fantastic abdominals. A must.
Facebook Preview - Because I don't want to have Facebook open any more than I have to...
Narwhal Translator - My own extension, coming terrifyingly soon! It's Serious Business.

Readers' comments 21

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.edTuesday, August 23, 2011 10:22:48 PM
Top Five lists are Serious Business.
Charles SchlossTuesday, August 23, 2011 10:32:29 PM
I would add WOT (web of trust) to that they seem to be way ahead of other link checkers

I see what .ed did there with his profile pic
Paulo FernandoTuesday, August 23, 2011 11:27:15 PM
Some really good ones...
Nelvin UrenaTuesday, August 23, 2011 11:29:49 PM
This are some good ones. thanks for the translation ones.
TamilTuesday, August 23, 2011 11:49:01 PM
My Favorite Opera Extensions
moon6qWednesday, August 24, 2011 1:16:37 AM
_lightning,
FavWednesday, August 24, 2011 5:53:40 AM
I find it funny that Opera does not display Opera's news feed properly.

http://i.imgur.com/NEnKQ.jpg

You can't blame web standards this time. can you?
Aleksander AasWednesday, August 24, 2011 8:12:39 AM
Originally posted by DjiXas:

You can't blame web standards this time. can you?

Nope, but I can blame the news feed for not parsing CSS
Paweł PawlakWednesday, August 24, 2011 9:23:33 AM
Here is my Top5:
1. Imagus to preview images
2. HyperTranslate to translate selected text
3. Better Facebook 2 improves facebook experience
4. Meme Smileys improves facebook + twitter experience
5. Twitter Inline Images Shows images directly in the tweets

EDIT:
Originally posted by Aleksander:

Nope, but I can blame the news feed for not parsing CSS
It happens very often to me, on the My Opera community login page...
Mağruf ÇolakoğluWednesday, August 24, 2011 9:42:51 AM
This is mine

1-Last pass
2-Popup Statusbar
3-Linkify
4-Imagus
5-Mobil Haber
Sami SerolaWednesday, August 24, 2011 11:43:47 AM
Hey, this is pretty useful post Thanks peeps for sharing. I had only 'Translate' so far.

EDIT: Actually it's 'Translator' that I have
Obese MauriceWednesday, August 24, 2011 1:09:08 PM
When will you fix this ANNOYING problem?

Mask as Firefox:

http://i.imgur.com/DkFk6.png

Mask as Opera (default):

http://i.imgur.com/Z4JRJ.png

Win7 x64/Opera 12.00
D1sasterp1eceWednesday, August 24, 2011 4:36:52 PM
Imagus is really stunning, I'm amazed how it's not on the list of anyone of you, Opera guys (and gals).
Besides it, I only use Snap Links, Google Images Direct and Textarea Backup Localstorage for now.
moon6qWednesday, August 24, 2011 6:51:15 PM
_I don't know when to act for the world_
Andrei Daniel TicleanThursday, August 25, 2011 8:40:49 PM
Don't forget Ghostery
Obese MauriceTuesday, August 30, 2011 12:33:21 PM
Why I see only 15 comments if it says "31 comments" on the front page? What's wrong??
Obese MauriceThursday, September 1, 2011 4:31:52 PM
Still 15, I don't get it.
Utkarsh GoelMonday, September 5, 2011 12:00:31 PM
It could also have a free SMS service and a widget for sending emails by authenticating users. check http://www.beat2day.co.in for reference
Doctor StyroporeMonday, September 5, 2011 9:18:07 PM
My choice:MyWOT,AdBlock,Web2PDF,EditThePage,Ghostery
JulianSunday, September 11, 2011 6:44:39 PM
My favorite Opera Extensions:
Ohh Anna and Zoe are highlighted in this post.
Sami SerolaThursday, September 22, 2011 9:55:19 AM
Finally I have five extensions