For sophisticated users, not only the functionality of the programs, but also their appearance are of great importance. And there is nothing surprising, for example, in the fact that a person who spends a lot of time on the Internet has a well-founded wish that his Internet browser look nice to the eyes. To do this, there are themes (or skins) with which you can "decorate" your browser. This article will discuss how to set the skin in the Opera Internet browser .
On the Internet there are a huge number of resources offering their visitors to download design for the Opera. However, not all of them are trustworthy. Of course, among them there really are resources that have a wide range of beautiful themes. However, there are enough scam sites that can slip a dangerous virus instead of a topic they like or require an SMS message to be sent to a certain short number if you want to get a direct download link. Therefore, the optimal solution is to use the functionality of the Internet browser itself.
So, where to look and how to set the skin for the Opera? First you need to go to "Appearance" ("Design"). You can do this in either of two ways:
- by clicking the "Opera" button and selecting the "Appearance" option;
- using the key combination "Shift + F12".
In the window that opens, you will need the "Themes" tab. Usually it is active by default. As a rule, the choice of topics offered is very scarce or generally limited to the standard option. The only thing that is available to the user is the ability to "play" with color schemes (system, golden, sand, jungle, sea, blue, indigo, purple, raspberry and red) and the size of the icons.
But what if the standard Opera design does not suit you? You can download and install new themes for the Opera directly from the design settings window. To do this, in the "Appearance" window, click "Find More Themes", after which the "Opera add-ons" tab will open in the browser with themes that are shared into 4 categories: "Recommended", "Top rated", "Popular" and "New". Each topic is accompanied by a screenshot and brief information: the name of the topic, its rating (on a 5-point system) and a link to reviews, clicking on which you will be taken to a page with user reviews and a full description of this topic.
Next, how to set the skin that you liked? To do this, on the page with a full description, click "Add to Opera" ("Add to Opera"). The browser will download and install the theme itself. You can see the list of all downloaded themes, as well as change the theme to any other one or delete it at all in the same "Appearance" window.
With the help of those, you are given the opportunity to change the "appearance" of your Internet browser beyond recognition, and if you wish, even give it the look of any other - for example, Internet Explorer or Mozilla. However, you should consider the fact that the theme may not be compatible with the latest version of the browser. Compatibility information can usually be found on the full description page mentioned above.
Now you know how to set the skin in Opera. As you can see, this is absolutely nothing complicated, and the only problem may be the
choice one - the diversity is so great!