# Multimedia

Press Page Down and Page Up to switch slides

Tip: Press `F12` for instant access to most of the multimedia settings.

## Page icons

A web page can specify a small icon to represent itself. Opera displays this icon to the left of the page address on the address bar.

The standard method of doing this is by specifying link rel="shortcut icon" in the page document. However, some servers use an outdated standard by putting a file called favicon.ico on root directory of server.

## Images

Turn off images here to browse the Web without images by default and increase page loading drastically. Press `G` to toggle images in the current page.

Disable GIF animation to stop animated advertisement banners.

Smooth zooming of images may improve image display on some graphics adapters.

Disabling instant drawing of images may improve the speed of page scrolling on older computers.

## Sound

You can disable sound in Web pages if you find this annoying.

## Plug-ins

Plug-ins are third-party software often used to enable multimedia in Web pages.

You must download and install plug-in software for each type of plug-in content.

Shockwave Flash | Pre-installed Update
PDF documents | Download from Adobe
QuickTime video streams | Download from Apple
RealPlayer streams | Download from Real
Other types | Go to Opera's plug-in page

See list of plug-ins installed on my computer

Learn more about plug-ins

## JavaScript

JavaScript is a scripting language used to add certain functions to Web pages.

JavaScript may in rare cases be used intrusively and can therefore be turned off, but this will also turn off well-intended use.

You can disable some annoying things that JavaScript does, like manipulating browser windows.

Tip: To get technical information about JavaScript problems on a page, turn on the JavaScript console.

Learn more about JavaScript

## Java

Some sites use Java to offer interactive content on Web pages. Disable Java if you do not want to run Web-page Java applets on your computer.

Download Opera with Java support

Learn more about Java

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