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Users enjoy Opera’s clean look and fast web browsing experience, but adding plugins takes Opera to new levels of efficiency and productivity. Here’s a look at some essential Opera plugins to consider.
Pros
Syncs data across mobile phones and computers.
Auto log-in options.
Info encrypted and decrypted locally.
Stores credit card information.
LastPass is a password manager that creates one primary password, allowing you to log in to your favorite sites with one click. With an auto-fill feature, LastPass remembers your usernames, passwords, and other information for multiple accounts.
Pros
Instantly see detailed weather conditions.
Shows hourly updates of the temperature.
Global weather news available.
Cons
No way to minimize the icon on the Opera desktop.
Navigation language is awkwardly translated.
Temperature defaults to Celsius.
The Gismeteo extension gives you instant access to your local current temperature and an hourly weather forecast. Select your city in the settings menu and search to find out what’s happening in other cities. Gismeteo lets you customize features, including skins, icons, and language.
If you want to customize your privacy settings while browsing with Opera, take a look at uMatrix, a point-and-click matrix-based firewall. Once installed, uMatrix works in block-all mode but allows you to create exceptions. You decide what type of data can be downloaded.
Pros
Ideal for sending emails in different time zones.
Postpone emails to appear at the specific time.
Set alerts when you don’t receive responses.
Perfect for scheduling birthday emails.
If you want to know if and when your emails have been read or schedule a specific email for a later date, try Boomerang for Gmail. Boomerang allows the integration of email scheduling, reminders, and read notifications.
Boomerang comes with a free 30-day trial of Boomerang Pro, which includes unlimited message credits. No billing information is gathered during the free trial. After 30 days, if you don’t choose to subscribe to one of the paid subscriptions, you can continue to use the free Basic plan.
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