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The default user interface of Opera is a space-hog but thankfully, can be tweaked into a leaner interface. Right-click on the Main Bar, click on ‘Images only’, and then uncheck ‘Large images’. Right-click on it again and choose Left; then disable the Personal Toolbar by right-clicking on it and selecting ‘Off’. Switch off the Hotlist by pressing [F4].

Go to View > Status Bar > Bottom, View > Page Bar > Top, View > Address Bar > Top, View Navigation Bar > Auto. You can drag-and-drop elements to the toolbars. We will do so for the Address Bar. Right-click on it and choose ‘Customize toolbars’. You will find three tabs here, Large, Small and Fields. The last tab is where you will find search options—Zoom and Status field. Let us add the Google search field to the Address Bar. Just click on it and drag it to the bar. Note that it is a drop-down field and an especially useful search criterion is the ‘Find’ in page search, which highlights keywords within the Web page as you type in the field.