Non-Official Opera browser feature survey

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

I think Chrome and Opera are gonna do "the Vivaldi!" so to say.

Why do you think it? I really don't see any reason for them to do it.

Google is doing heavy experimenting with GUI.

What would be...? Here I don't see anything that looks like an experiment in Chrome's GUI.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Oh pardon, Chromium. But Google too at some level, albeit Google is more interested of WebRTC - bleh I wish there would be a big big button to disable that once and for good.

Seriously though with the "way of Vivaldi" the outcome is a much more flexible browser than this hard coded stagnation. That in turn opens a lot new possibilities for extension magic.

Chrome/ium/Blink extensions compared to old Firefox & Opera extensions are simple, dull, gimmicky and make-believe. Chrome Extension store is a huge junkyard of plugins that moreso record browser and force users to create accounts and put they're stuff on cloud - than do any much else than data harvesting make-believe gimmickys~ brrrh.

OK SURE there is good extensions as well

Over at Opera Addons is a much more quality thing going on.

@jmorganmartin
"work OK, except when you click a link in another program."

That needs to be set in registry, it's possible. I don't have a link but there is "guides" on web. I reckon Google might be helpful.

[nekomajin]

nekomajin last edited by

List update - 2017. 10. 03.

In v48, two features from the list have reached the stable channel. They are removed from the list. Their stats were the following:

Screenshot tool (entire page, visible area, selected area)

• I don't want to answer: 9
• Not important: 86
• Somewhat important: 105
• Very important: 56
• Must have: 42

Unit converter in the Search popup (similar to the currency converter)

• I don't want to answer: 14
• Not important: 113
• Somewhat important: 96
• Very important: 44
• Must have: 30

With this list update, the following requests are being added to the list:

• Capture full page (not just the visible area)
• Inline translator in the search popup
• Paste option in the search popup (in editable fields)

[gustavwiz]

gustavwiz last edited by

Page 3, "Page content":

Built-in reader mode:  Via extensions
                       As a native function

Built-in reader mode implemented via extension?

[gustavwiz]

gustavwiz last edited by

Another important thing (or perhaps I should say "a thing that actually is important") is how tab stacking is implemented, because I personally do NOT want to have it they way Vivaldi have implemented their so called "Tab stacking" (aka "tab hiding", because that what it really is). I would like to have it similar to the Opera 11/12 version. If some similar survey is made in the future perhaps this could be included.

[nekomajin]

nekomajin last edited by

Let's just stick to the feature itself, not the implementation for now.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Chrome/ium/Blink extensions compared to old Firefox & Opera extensions are simple, dull, gimmicky and make-believe. Chrome Extension store is a huge junkyard of plugins that moreso record browser and force users to create accounts and put they're stuff on cloud - than do any much else than data harvesting make-believe gimmickys~ brrrh.

I do not have a Google account and I have 3 Chrome extensions in Opera. You do not have to create an account to get those.

[mattho1]

mattho1 last edited by

Hi,
I have suggestion. I grew up on "old opera" and I am missing old opera tab open/close behaviour.
There are some extensions, but they dont work properly.

Vivaldi has this implemented natively. So I assume this will not be a problem.

Example: http://oi65.tinypic.com/33wlgr6.jpg

[spideymang]

spideymang last edited by admin

I would like to suggest an other new feature: Let drag tabs - reorder tabs- by drag them vertically on tab menu

Explanation of the request on the original thread https://forums.opera.com/topic/22022/let-drag-tabs-reorder-tabs-by-drag-them-vertically-on-tab-menu/2

[aaa839]

aaa839 last edited by

Missing Feature
Notification to approve microphone and camera usage. starting from 50
even enable the flags Reborn: Permissions in the communicators
this not work on opera developer 50.0.2729.0

Wanted feature
create a Chromeless frame windows for specific Webapps

just like chrome create web application / firefox prism/chromeless frame

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

There is a nice Opera extension called Policy Control which allows one to control permission to use camera and microphone on a per-site basis (and several other things).

[nekomajin]

nekomajin last edited by admin

I would like to suggest an other new feature: Let drag tabs - reorder tabs- by drag them vertically on tab menu
Explanation of the request on the original thread https://forums.opera.com/topic/22022/let-drag-tabs-reorder-tabs-by-drag-them-vertically-on-tab-menu/2

I will put it on the list on the next update.

There is a nice Opera extension called Policy Control which allows one to control permission to use camera and microphone on a per-site basis (and several other things).

It is already on the list.

Wanted feature
create a Chromeless frame windows for specific Webapps
just like chrome create web application / firefox prism/chromeless frame

Opera does not support webapps.

[nekomajin]

nekomajin last edited by

List update - 2017. 11. 14.

In v49, one feature from the list have reached the stable channel. It is removed from the list. Its stats were the following:

Rearrange Extension icons on the toolbar

• I don't want to answer: 11
• Not important: 56
• Somewhat important: 99
• Very important: 77
• Must have: 90