I'm on the go and can't take the time to look for the posts, but I posted a while back all the changes I made to Opera. They are all only regedits and can easily be changed. The Visual Back option is also just a regedit change.
If someone has the time to look for those posts in the thread and link everyone up to them, I'd be most grateful!
Going out of town in a few min. so forgive me for continuing to not be around much. I plan on sitting down and continuing work next weekend.