Aria is always accessible on the built-in sidebar to the left.
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Opera’s Aria simplifies the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within the browser. Because of this simplification, you can use Aria as your go-to research tool, and avoid the likes of Google for searching.
I’ve been using Aria as a research tool when writing novels. But one thing I’ve discovered is that I often have to go back to one or more chats I’ve had with Aria. For example, when naming characters for a new book series, I’ve combined the first and last names of different classical composers to come up with character names.
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The key issue is that I have to run the same chat every time I need to create a new character name. When you type the prompt, List 100 classical composer names, it can take Aria a few seconds to generate the list. It would be nice if I could keep a reference to that list, without having to copy and paste it into yet another document that’s either open or in another a tab.
I like to work more efficiently. And thanks to Opera’s Pinboard features, it didn’t take me long to come up with a workflow to meet that need.
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Essentially, you create a Pinboard for a certain category (for example, Aria Chats or Book Research), and then you pin the Aria chat to the Pinboard. Then, when you need to reference the chat later, you simply open the Pinboard, click on the pinned chat, and you’re done.
But how do you do create this workflow? Let me show you.
The first thing we’ll do is create a new Pinboard. We’ll stick with our example and create an Aria Chats Pinboard. To do that, click the Pinboards icon in your toolbar or on the Sidebar.
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In the resulting window, click + in the upper left corner of the window and then name the Pinboard “Aria Chats” by erasing Pinboard 1 and typing the new title in its place. After typing the new title, hit Enter on your keyboard and you’re ready to go.
