Ok, today is just two things, but they’re a big deal (well, one big deal, and one little one :-)
We’ve already seen on Day 8: Fit to window width that Opera can adjust any webpage to the size of the window. But what if you want to see Opera all over the entire screen, or see what your site looks like on Opera-enabled cell phones?
Enter Small Screen and Full Screen Rendering.
Small Screen and Full Screen. Ok, just two things, but they’re a big deal (well, one big deal, and one little one :-)
Small Screen
Opera introduced Small Screen rendering to turn the wireless web from an idea into a reality. No longer were mobile phones constrained to specially designed sites. Opera reformatted websites so they could be viewed on small screens. (Opera is available for almost any mobile phone via Opera Mini.)
So what do you do if you want to see how Opera’s Small Screen Rendering works on your site? Or what if you don’t have a cell phone with any sort of Internet access? Simple! Just activate Small Screen Rendering in Opera for the Desktop! (It’s also handy for turning some pages into Panels.)
Full Screen
There are times you really want to focus just on browsing, to see as much of a page as you can. Simple enter into Full Screen Mode and Opera will fill the screen for your browsing pleasure. Press F11 (Windows) or Alt + F11 (Mac) to enter full screen mode. (Use the same command, or ESC, to exit Full Screen Mode.)
Mac users: this is a true full-screen mode, which will cover the Dock and Menu Bar. Opera does not support the “Zoom Window” function found in OS X native apps which cause the app to fill up all the space except the menu bar and Dock. Hopefully this will be supported in a later version of Mac Opera. However, MacOpera is (to my knowledge) the only Mac browser to offer a true full-screen mode.
Now I love full-screen mode and use it all the time, especially when I am using a laptop. But I often want access to the Address Bar (see Day 21: Toolbars). Opera can do that. In Windows, press ctrl + F8. In Mac, press cmd + F8. Repeat the command to hide the addressbar again.
For the CSS-savvy users out there: Full Screen Mode also will put Opera into “projection” mode which is also used for Opera Show.
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this is cool, F4 even. but, how to show tab’s in fullscreen mode?
{{TjL writes: I don’t think that’s possible, but someone else might prove me wrong.}}
Opera Show link says “No input file specified” ?
{{TjL writes: that day has not yet been published}}
oh: rather than showing tabs in full screen you could hold down the right mouse button and then scroll wheel. :-)
BRING BACK day17-operashow ! “Day Thirty: OperaShow (from 30 Days to becoming an Opera Lover).”
http://www.opera.com/browser/tutorials/operashow/
See also: http://simonwillison.net/2002/Nov/3/operaShow/