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Setting the Default Rendering Mode

In 7.60 Preview 4, you can use an INI setting to change the default rendering mode to one of the ERA modes.

The setting is:

  [User Prefs]
  Rendering Mode=n

where n is -1 to 4: -1 is ERA, 0 is normal, and 1 to 4 are the various ERA modes (SSR, CSSR, AMSR, and MSR, respectively). And, in case you're wondering:

  • SSR = Small-Screen Rendering
  • CSSR = Color SSR
  • AMSR = Aggressive MSR
  • MSR = Medium-Screen Rendering
  • ERA = Extensible Rendering Architecture (ERA = SSR + CSSR + MSR + AMSR + a bit of magic)

Details about the various modes shall for the time being remain secret.

Update: I had AMSR and MSR backwards before. Sorry about that.

Update^2: The ERA setting doesn't seem to be implemented. I'm working on that. :)

Update^3 (2006-03-08): As of Opera 9.0 Preview 2, ERA can be set as the default rendering mode by using the value -1.