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    • A Former User
      A Former User @misterdoge last edited by

      @misterdoge I also miss the top right drop down menu. I use to access it with CTRL+Q and change tabs using TAB. It was awesome. But removing Instant Search was (still is) so upsetting that I only complained about it. I really hope the devs bring IS back.

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      • leocg
        leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

        @diegosdf People at Opera already explained that they removed the feature due to the lack of users.

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        • A Former User
          A Former User @leocg last edited by A Former User

          @leocg thanks to bring the sad news again. Doesn't make sense at all. There is lack of users, ok, but keep it over there. Or put a button to activate if you wanna use it.

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          • misterdoge
            misterdoge @leocg last edited by

            @leocg Ok but we, the few users of it, were using it extensively, so it's very frustrating to have one of our favorite features removed. If it's not that popular, they should make it an option, and if it's really that unpopular, at least a flag or an extension. No, really, we're all here because opera is a feature-rich software, otherwise we would be on chrome. So it's not a problem if all the features are not used by everyone. For me this update is only bringing disadvantages, and I have hope that the developers can listen to us and bring back this feature that has no downside at all (except using a few MB of code).

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            • leocg
              leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

              @diegosdf Unfortunately, this is not how things work in the real world. Sometimes keeping a feature that very few people use may not worth the cost.

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              • A Former User
                A Former User last edited by

                instant search is gone. We want it back it was outstanding feature that you failed to promote to people and not telling us that it was less used that ctr+shift+x to close opera 😕

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                • leocg
                  leocg Moderator Volunteer @misterdoge last edited by

                  @misterdoge Like I said before, having an option is not always an option. Keeping a feature has to worth the cost of doing it.

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                  • kened
                    kened Banned last edited by

                    I read W3C picture-in-picture API documentation, so I think it's possible to allow how many pop-out video window do you want: "3.8. One Picture-in-Picture window
                    Operating systems with a Picture-in-Picture API usually restrict Picture-in-Picture mode to only one window. Whether only one window is allowed in Picture-in-Picture mode will be left to the implementation and the platform. However, because of the one Picture-in-Picture window limitation, the specification assumes that a given Document can only have one Picture-in-Picture window.

                    What happens when there is a Picture-in-Picture request while a window is already in Picture-in-Picture will be left as an implementation detail: the current Picture-in-Picture window could be closed, the Picture-in-Picture request could be rejected or even two Picture-in-Picture windows could be created. Regardless, the User Agent will have to fire the appropriate events in order to notify the website of the Picture-in-Picture status changes."

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                    • leocg
                      leocg Moderator Volunteer @kened last edited by

                      @kened No need to post the same thing more than once.

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                      • A Former User
                        A Former User @leocg last edited by

                        @leocg the features was already implemented, actually , when you guys removed you put extra cost. I know how things works... I just think you guys need to understand what customers wants. removing opera, no sense to keep using it. thx

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                        • leocg
                          leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

                          @diegosdf That extra cost may be lower than the cost of keeping the feature.

                          And I don't think that understanding what users want is necessarily the same of doing what you want. Opera always try to understand what users want, that's why they are always trying to add new things and changing others.

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                          • kened
                            kened Banned @leocg last edited by

                            @leocg: 👍

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                            • SilentHugOfDoom
                              SilentHugOfDoom @Guest last edited by

                              @ab-garcez

                              I also miss the top right drop-down menu.

                              you can still have it just disable opera://flags#search-in-open-tabs

                              @leocg @diegosdf

                              Sometimes keeping a feature that very few people use may not worth the cost.

                              I understand this "costs", but opera is an innovative browser right? instant search was a super innovative feature. they should be improving it more, not dropping it. I prefer opera to see this feature as something they can promote for more people to use. they give up too quickly.

                              problem is what kind of user base they are aiming right now? if the quality of that user base will determine the features in the future and if opera choose to make a browser for more average user it makes me a bit worry because I don't know how innovative and feature-rich it can get with this approach. this is why I think they need to keep listening to some of their users who demand more capability and practical design.

                              I believe more advance user base what opera needs. for promoting itself, defending itself against haters, etc. if you give me a good product that I really believe and feel like I'm a part of, I'll promote it and defend it.

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                              • saam
                                saam @leocg last edited by

                                @leocg Sir, i'm rename history file in profile but problem can't solve. so what to do now????

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                                • A Former User
                                  A Former User @SilentHugOfDoom last edited by

                                  @SilentHugOfDoom said in Opera 68 is here with built-in Instagram in the sidebar:

                                  @ab-garcez

                                  I also miss the top right drop-down menu.

                                  you can still have it just disable opera://flags#search-in-open-tabs

                                  @leocg @diegosdf

                                  Sometimes keeping a feature that very few people use may not worth the cost.

                                  I understand this "costs", but opera is an innovative browser right? instant search was a super innovative feature. they should be improving it more, not dropping it. I prefer opera to see this feature as something they can promote for more people to use. they give up too quickly.

                                  problem is what kind of user base they are aiming right now? if the quality of that user base will determine the features in the future and if opera choose to make a browser for more average user it makes me a bit worry because I don't know how innovative and feature-rich it can get with this approach. this is why I think they need to keep listening to some of their users who demand more capability and practical design.

                                  I believe more advance user base what opera needs. for promoting itself, defending itself against haters, etc. if you give me a good product that I really believe and feel like I'm a part of, I'll promote it and defend it.

                                  Thanks for the words. You said everything. @leocg bring those words to the development team. It seems to arrogant to simply ignore the facts.

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                                  • leocg
                                    leocg Moderator Volunteer @SilentHugOfDoom last edited by

                                    @SilentHugOfDoom Every software is (or should be at least) an innovative software.
                                    If enough people were using it, then Opera surely could have been improving the feature. However, it's not the caae, so it's not worth keep developing it, I guess.

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                                    • leocg
                                      leocg Moderator Volunteer @SilentHugOfDoom last edited by

                                      @SilentHugOfDoom I believe that there is only one user base: Those who use the internet.
                                      There isn't such thing as an advanced user or an average user, there are simply users, that may have different needs.

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                                      • leocg
                                        leocg Moderator Volunteer @saam last edited by

                                        @saam Sorry, no idea.

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                                        • saam
                                          saam @leocg last edited by

                                          @leocg ok sir

                                          thanks for your support.

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                                          • misterdoge
                                            misterdoge @leocg last edited by

                                            @leocg Well I understand the need to only keep features that bring value, but I would really like to directly ask the software team to reconsider their decision for instant search because it's a feature that could bring users if it was promoted (because it's so f*king awesome!). So does the development team read the forums or is there a more direct way to contact them?

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