Opera iOS Bookmarks
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josipmarkus last edited by
Is adding bookmarks to Opera mobile on the roadmap? I love the desktop app and was about to switch from Chrome entirely, but without bookmarks, I need to revert to Chrome and choose a browser that syncs bookmarks between devices.
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badaveil last edited by@josipmarkus I prefer Opera over Chome browser on my handphone yet although the star button to create bookmarks exist, bookmarks do not appear and I have to resort to history links. Hopefully, this is temporary.
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jonaballen last edited byHi
Standard bookmark support will arrive very soon on Opera for iOS.
It will include a universal 'star' function from menu that allows you to add a favorite/bookmark to either the Speed Dial or the Bookmark section.
You will be able to add, edit and move and will be able to create your own bookmark folder structure and organize your favorites.The bookmark feature needs to be in place in order for us to start working on sync which will be the next step.
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One41 last edited by
@jonaballen Editing must include the links of the bookmark, just not their names please.
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A Former User last edited by
This is lovely to hear! It's been a long time coming but hearing it's on the road map is excellent news
Thank you for your post
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A Former User last edited by
So I just installed Opera on my iPhone 11 Pro Max; there's no way to sign in to sync between it and my MacBook Pro?
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maxita last edited by
Sorry what is happened with the implementation of this important feature? Thanks
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ChildOfAlba last edited by
Re: iPhone iOS Opera Bookmarks
On IPhone ….
Open opera Gx then
Open or search the page you want
From the search bar > Let it load > Then from the bottom tabs bar on your opera browser > Select the Opera logo on right hand side > click the double circle type logo > Then Click the star > Select
Add to Home Screen …..
Your Bookmarked site should be below The Top sites >> In Favourites on your Opera Home Screen.
Hope this helps ..
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jonaballen last edited by
In case you missed it:
Standard bookmarks support was added on Oper Browser for iOS in April.
- You can add a site to either Speed Dial or bookmarks from the Menu > Star icon, select location in the Bookmark sheet that open in bottom
- If an site is already starred and loaded in a tab, the star is "filled" and user can tap it to edit it.
- You can open bookmarks from the Bookmarks section by opening Menu > Bookmarks
- You can also edit or move or delete bookmarks in the Bookmarks section by long pressing on an item.
- You can add folders and delete them.
Sync and import bookmarks feature is on the roadmap for this fall.
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A Former User last edited by
@jonaballen I Started using Opera this week and mostly enjoying it quite a bit. This one thing (proper bookmark syncing) is almost a dealbreaker for me, as I've been carefully curating my bookmarks both for work and personal life.
I'll hold on to Opera for another couple of months on the promise that this gets implemented.
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tverdouw last edited by
After many years I tried the Opera desktop browser again and I love it. I love it so much that I wanted to switch. However... landing on this forum and hearing we're not being able to sync my bookmarks is a no-go for me. Please note the urgency
as there is a huge market you could easily take. I'll wait till it's fully implemented. -
JayArrBee last edited by
@jonaballen I also just started using Opera this week, also loving it so far, but just ran into this issue of not being able to sync to my iPhone. I'm glad this is on the roadmap and I hope it will be implemented soon. Thank you.
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A Former User last edited by
@tverdouw You can do a "workaround" by keeping https://www.sync.opera.com/bookmarks open on your phone and launching from there. Janky at best...
That being said, after a few more days of using it, seems syncing in general, is a big thumbs down for Opera. Just installed on my other machne and while it claims to sync "settings", I'm not seeing a lot. Extensions are not there, backgrounds, weather location, etc.
Maybe I'm missing something, but a lot of the "seamless user experience" bits are missing.
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rmunson1 last edited by rmunson1
@orangetilt I’m confused. I used the link and Opera reported syncing 2484 bookmarks. Hooray!
Then I went to actually use bookmarks and zero found. What use is it to sync if they aren’t there?
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jonaballen last edited by
Just for clarification:
There is currently no sync support on Opera for iOS as present on desktop and android browsers. Signing in to the Opera account website will not sync the browser, just give access to the account via webpage. There is no special native app to webpage integration.Note: The only syncing available is via the Flow feature that syncs Flow messages and tabs on connected devices.
Why no sync on iOS:
Its an old legacy issue, other platforms are based on the chromium open source and gets sync as part of the package (with a lot of actual coding on top), on iOS this needs to be implemented from scratch to play with the other platforms. Its not a trivial task, but will take months to implement.When can we expect it:
We intend to start working on the account/sync task the next few weeks and after that it will take quite some time of development and testing before we can launch. A lot of testing. Lets hope for a christmas present. -
JayArrBee last edited by
@jonaballen Thank you for the thoughtful response here. That makes total sense now that you have spelled it out since iOS doesn't allow anything other than WebKit for their browsers. I've read rumors that Apple may actually start to allow other frameworks like Chromium, it would be a shame if you put in months of work and then that happened. Hard to know what Apple will do though.
Thanks again.
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BobCiuff last edited by
@jonaballen How do you add bookmark folders on an iPad (iPad 9)? When I go to bookmarks, I have 2 choices, Speed Dial and Mobile. Speed Dial does not seem to allow folders. Mobile does allow folder creation, but no way to access and move the bookmarks from speed dial to those folders nor anyway to display those mobile folders from speed dial and turning off speed dial hides all the bookmarks.
I also turned on Desktop mode which doesn't seem to do anything - a big NOP! So Mobile seems to be useless on an iPad as well as turning on Desktop, which ends up getting reset to off at some point shortly after returning to the main screen.
