Opera introduces Lucid Mode to improve video quality
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antonio1678 last edited by
Cool and with all the other Chromium browsers on 108 and you stuck on 107.0.5304.122. Are you going to release a security fix for CVE-2022-4262, you know the zero day from 12 DAYS AGO!??
P.S. There were 8 more fixes in 108.0.5359.124 released yesterday. I also wonder how many of those affect you:
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/search/label/Desktop Update -
kened Banned last edited by"Lucid Mode is only the first in a slew of planned upgrades that will redefine the Opera browser in the coming year."
I hope that among these upgrades we will have:
_multiple picture-in-picture;
_access to speed-dial through the enhanced address bar.
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adam1709 last edited by@antonio1678: right... I think I'll start using Opera only for crap, and for serious things Brave - there chromium updates come out almost on the same day as in Google Chrome
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francehelders last edited by
Download page does not always shows last downloads no Linux or even all downloads
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vladaart last edited byI expected to see this feature much earlier in Opera, but now that it's finally here, I have to admit that I don't like it at all. Firefox did a much better job, mostly because that effect is quite well measured and basically properly implemented. Not only that the images are properly sharpened there, but I have the impression that Firefox also adds a small grain from above as a compensation for JPEG compression, which is why the thumbnails look really great. However, in Opera with this feature activated, the images and thumbnails on the pages looks terrible on my 2k monitor, so I won't be using it until they fix this.
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A Former User last edited by
@vladaart I've used Firefox for quite a while parallel to Opera and Vivaldi. But I wasn't aware, that they have something similar to the lucid mode. At least I haven't found and used it.
I've enabled Lucid Mode now for quite a day. I didn't realized the difference that much by enabling, but after watching a handful of videos you notice the difference when disabling.
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vladaart last edited by
@himmelssheriff When we speak about image sharpness, in Firefox this feature is integrated by default. Put side by side Opera or Vivaldi and Firefox, and let's say open some page with a lot of images and thumbnails, like per example Artstation website and you will notice the difference immediately. Opera brings now Video sharpness, which is kinda OK, but still it's not perfect. Certain video files are more compressed than others, so to use only one setup for all of them it's not probably the best solution. Someone mentioned here slider option for this feature. I agree with that, or perhaps a possible option so that we can choose between two different sharpening algorithms (with and w/o grain effect) or as a bottom line, option for 3 level of sharpness at least.
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A Former User last edited by
@vladaart I haven't made a comparison like that. But it sounds that there might be a difference how Chromium based browsers and Firefox handle images.
So there should at least be an improvement in Opera compared to Chrome, Vivaldi, Edge or Brave. Anyway, I welcome the addition of this feature. -
A Former User last edited by
@adam1709 I'm not sure about this update thing, but Brave in my eyes is such a bare browser that covers only half the things that can be done by Opera or Vivaldi, that I can't get friends with it. I don't get the hype around it.
If you're dissatisfied with Opera only because of updating, you'd better go with Vivaldi or maybe even Firefox. -
vladaart last edited by
@himmelssheriff Yeah, me too, but sadly with a grain of salt, mostly due to the fact that I don't have much of use from that feature at the moment.
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adam1709 last edited by
@himmelssheriff: Unfortunately, it's not just about updates. I have been using Opera very intensively for many years. There were a few pezy options that I use and I'm satisfied, unfortunately there are also a lot that I don't use and it all burdens the browser. I feel like there are still some mistakes somewhere. There used to be support in my language, i.e. Polish, for example via Facebook, now no one writes back. I also have concerns about my privacy, due to whose hands Opera is now. Brave wins me over in terms of privacy and security, it's open source. It's still in development so I hope they add some features. I'm not saying that Brave is the best and great, I'm just pointing out certain issues. For example, Brave loads pages much faster and works better in general.
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andrew84 last edited by
@vladaart that's something what I meant speaking about the sliders.
I though it'll be some more advanced filter, not simply very sharp images/videos.
Some balanced profile where saturation, contrast, sharpness, and so on are tuned a bit to get more vibrant and clear pictures and videos.*Personally, I compared pictures on the Artstation website but I don't see much difference here on fullHd IPS monitor between Opera(Lucid off) and Firefox.
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andrew84 last edited by andrew84
@kened I wonder what's problem to implement this, it's obvious feature.
Also, I'm missing the ability to pause/play by clicking on a video. Both features were in the original Opera's popup before the migration to chromium's one.
*And it'd nice to go to full screen and back by double clicking on a video -
thgrmsd last edited by
No, it's horrible. Fine for those who wanna use it but you Must also give an option to diable the popups (or buttons) that says "Lusid mode on/off" IT's Frikken' annoying to be polite about it!!
How did you even Not make this an option i the first place? crying -
A Former User last edited by
@adam1709 Ok, I understand. But I took a look at Brave's community. There aren't even localized forums as for Opera (Polish in your case and German in my one).
But you're totally right: Anyone should try out, what is offered to him and stick to the one, that pleases him most.
I've used Brave once in a while, but to me it was more of a Chrome look-alike with strong adblocking and tracking protection. I didn't really like the interface though and I always got the impression that their security feature come for a reason. They should lure you into their Rewards system (crypto!) by blackmailing publishers through their strong protection.
I myself would definitely go for Firefox and Vivaldi instead. But I'm giving Opera a try for some time to see, if it fits my needs. So far, it's ok for me. It looks quite good, has some handy features and is as snappy as I need it.
