Football Icon

[wavegr]

wavegr last edited by

The football icon needs to be removable asap. It never should have been launched without customization ability in the first place. I am honestly wondering if the developers and product managers actually use the browser because if they did they should know better that the place they put the football icon is where the tab switch button was originally located. As a result the football icon gets misclicked all the time and the browsing experience with opera mini is now a nightmare

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @moxa081 last edited by

@moxa081 Did you try disabling it in settings page?

[Tomkk07 0]

Tomkk07 0 @moxa081 last edited by

@moxa081 That button is very annoying. I couldn't find in the settings how to cancel it.

[laus9]

laus9 last edited by

Agreed, I have no interest in football and this should never have been rolled out like this. Fair enough if you want to give the option to add it, but don't tell me it's a feature that's as important for all users as the home or tab button. Have a little resoect for your users.

[wavegr]

wavegr last edited by

There is no way to remove the button. Please fix this now!

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @wavegr last edited by

@wavegr There is nothing to be fixed. They can or can not accept the request to allow removing the button, that can be just ignored by the way.

[wavegr]

wavegr @leocg last edited by

@leocg The button is where the tab switch button was originally, gets misclicked all the time. This is a disaster for people using opera mini as their default and day to day mobile browser. This needs to be fixed asap

[murph012382]

murph012382 @leocg last edited by

@leocg said in Football Icon:

@wavegr There is nothing to be fixed. They can or can not accept the request to allow removing the button, that can be just ignored by the way.

Opera is not pre-bundled in my phone
"Just ignored by the way" is fine
I could use a different browser is fine too

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @wavegr last edited by

@wavegr Nothing that people can't get used to.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @murph012382 last edited by

@murph012382 Of course you can use another browser, no one will do anything to stop you.

[murph012382]

murph012382 @leocg last edited by

@leocg
Would have hoped you would be more receptive to what the users may like or dislike
Just get used to it is not very empathetic

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @murph012382 last edited by

@murph012382 Opera could add an option to hide the icon or, maybe, change its position? Yes, they could.
People need to come here acting like if the end of the world is near or Opera had committed a heinous crime just because they (the people) are not able to deal with such a small change? No, they don't.

[murph012382]

murph012382 @leocg last edited by

@leocg
Never alluded to either
Just voicing a simple opinion that I found this new feature unessary for everyone and to not give user end options leaves me with an unfavorable opinion of the browser

[jacksundeen00 0]

jacksundeen00 0 @leocg last edited by

@leocg sadly there seems to be no option, which is what people here are suggesting they allow the ability to do

[janedoee]

janedoee last edited by

I updated and I got a live score feature on my tab that I don't want!.

[outromais]

outromais @leocg last edited by

@leocg I tried and there is no option

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double-g @wavegr last edited by

@wavegr I agree. It's a neat feature for us football fans, but I want to get rid of it asap as it interferes with my tab handling workflow

[jelendyb]

jelendyb @wavegr last edited by

@wavegr every time I missclick the ball I get a bit angry, it's such a bad design! I've been using the app less and less every day because of that.

[shorosky]

shorosky last edited by

Hi.
Good Idea the football icon to get unwanted links.
Bad idea for users that don't want it.

Please, let users to hide the button.

[mrtomski]

mrtomski last edited by

This is an insanely annoying feature and honestly I hate it so much that I've registered on this forum just to voice my resentment.

Ive never been in interested in sports and my low budget , somewhat laggy phone now loads this additional rubbish. Rubbish I'm not remotely interested in.

Unless patched I will have to switch browsers, it's just too annoying for me personally to ignore.

On a side not tho, who on earth thought adding this sort of feature to an app used for mobile devices with limited space was a good idea?

"46% of Britons describe themselves as fans of football, 26% of rugby union and 20% of cricket." -Google.

So 54% of users have no choice but to have this feature despite having no interest in it. It's not optional and takes up valuable space on my navigation bar. I mean this feature is as important as an address bar for what percentage of mobile users?

This "feature" is demented.

Thankyou all

Kind regards,
Tom