So, even though you choose a good browser according to your requirements, it does not fulfill your complete requirements. You have to have good addons and also do a lot of tweaks to the browser so that it becomes friendly to you. So, here is a  simple tweak in Opera that helps you to browse Opera as Firefox or Internet Explorer.

How does this masking help?

This is a very good feature for people who don’t want to show their real browser identification. That is, when you visit websites the websites store your browser identification. If you don’t want other people to know about the browser you are using you can use this option that is in Opera.

How to carry out this masking?

This is a simple tweak in Opera. Follow the instructions to carry out this tweak.

• Click on the “Tools” option in the menu bar and go to “Quick Preferences” option (Hotkey – F12)
• Select the option “Edit Site Preferences…”.
• After this, go to the tab “Network”.
• Select an option from the drop-down menu from “Browser Identification” option.
• Your job is done. Your browser will be masked by the browser you have selected from now on.

A Shortcut Method For This Tweak:

This is a method I found out. You can do this in a very simple way instead of navigating such deep into browser preferences every time you want to change.

Here is what I did:

• Go to “Tools” option in the menu bar.
• There select the option, “Appearances” and go to the “Buttons” tab.
• Go to the “Preferences” option and you will see a image called “Identify as Opera”. Drag and drop that image where you have the address bar in your browser. The job is done. You can now change the option whenever you want just in the front without navigating through Site Preferences.
  

  

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Remove the close button from tabs:

You can remove the close buttons on hte right side of the tabs which is frustrating sometimes that you close them while moving from one tab to another. Type “about:config” (without inverts) in the address bar (where you type the address like www.google.com). You will get a screen of preferences. In that, using the Quick Find, type in “close”. You will get the list. Look for “Show Close Buttons” and uncheck it. Your work is done. Restart Opera. You wont see the close buttons any more on the tab.

Close Tabs by Double-clicking on them:

If you are tired of clicking on the small close tab button or right-clicking in the tabs, then here is is a simple tweak that helps you to change the option. As I said earlier go to preference editor. Again search for “close”. Now look for “Double Click to Close Tab” option and uncheck it. Save the changes. Restart. Your work is done.

Remove The Default Browser Dialog Box That Appears At Start:

This is a very good trick to make Opera open up faster. The default browser setup dialog box that apperas at the start makes the browser to load a lot slower. You can stop that box from coming. You can do this in the same preference editor as I had told earlier. In that search for “default browser”. You will get a option named “Show Default browser dialog”. Uncheck this. Restart Opera and you can see that there wont be any prompt for amking the browser default and there will be a considerable increase in speed.

Strikethrough opened link:

In the Preferences Editor, search as “strike”. You will get two branches “Link” and “Visited Link”. Check the strike-through option and restart frefox. The next time you visit a link you will see that the visited link is stroked off.