[Suggestion]Release Opera With Options: Classic and Modern Look

[Generosus]

Generosus last edited by leocg

Good Day,

At this point, there's not much to like about Opera One. We can list countless reasons but won't go down that path.

Instead, we would like to request Opera's developers consider the following options before releasing Opera One (Stable):

1. Release Opera One with the following UI/UX options: Classic and Modern. Classic would be represented by Opera 98; Modern would be represented by Opera One.

OR

2. Release Opera One (Stable), but also retain the ability to download and install Opera 98 (with updates limited to Opera 98 bugs and CVE fixes).

The above provides a success path to ensure Opera users won't migrate to another browser (e.g., Google Chrome, MS Edge) soon after Opera One (Stable) is released.

Thank you for reading. Thank you for your consideration.

Cheers!

[A Former User]

A Former User @Generosus last edited by A Former User

What kind of focus groups or user testing environments does Opera use to evaluate new design in their browser products?

Users of Beta and Developer come into the loop once design is established.

[Generosus]

Generosus @Guest last edited by

@vegelund,

Excellent question, but you're asking the wrong person. Perhaps one of Opera's Forum Moderators (e.g., @leocg) can answer your question.

[A Former User]

A Former User @Generosus last edited by A Former User

Do you mean the omnipresent forum God leocg?
The one with 38,922 posts, who has never ever said anything critical about Opera in all of recorded history?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@vegelund I guess they test with the regular users, by releasing the changes in the Developer channel.
Of course there should be some internal testing and discussion before those changes are put into production.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Generosus last edited by

@generosus They will listen the users feedbacks and make the necessary adjusts to Opera One UI, but once Opera One reaches the stable channel I don't think there will be an option to keep using the old UI.

[A Former User]

A Former User @leocg last edited by

@leocg said in [Suggestion]Release Opera With Options: Classic and Modern Look:

@vegelund I guess they test with the regular users, by releasing the changes in the Developer channel.

A feedback group consisting of only Developer stream users is exceptionally far off the average Opera user.

That would be an inexplicable choice by management for the purpose of evaluating design options for the general consumer of Opera browsers.

If true, no wonder we get browsers looking like comic sans and bubble games.

[Generosus]

Generosus @Guest last edited by

@vegelund,

Excellent remarks. You stole my words

For crying out loud, as another good example, have you visited Opera One's official website? It looks like it was designed by a committee that couldn't agree on the final product.

Don't mean to be critical of Opera's mission and vision but, after using Opera for 12+ years, we're utterly disappointed with the changes they have made.

Quite a shame.

Salud!

[Generosus]

Generosus @leocg last edited by

@leocg,

It wouldn't hurt to ask them and hope for some feedback.

And if you ask me, a public (not internal) poll should determine whether the change is worth implementing.

Thanks for all you do

Cheers!

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Generosus last edited by

@generosus said:

It wouldn't hurt to ask them

Sure, I was just expressing my opinion on the subject.

[Reitei17]

Reitei17 last edited by

I really like the new innovation and opera one direction of style. Classic browser bored me. But i understand there are still many people who dislike change. And im up for an option to choose for classic or modern looks.

[A Former User]

A Former User @Reitei17 last edited by

@reitei17 said in [Suggestion]Release Opera With Options: Classic and Modern Look:

I really like the new innovation and opera one direction of style. Classic browser bored me. But i understand there are still many people who dislike change.

It's not about change or not. A browser continuously changes and evolves.
For me it's about the process Opera uses to choose new design. I believe it is flawed.

[Generosus]

Generosus last edited by Generosus

Don't mean to water down this topic, but going forward (i.e., Opera NextGen), we highly recommend Opera's Leadership establish a Customer Advisory Board (CAB) comprised of Opera Leaders, Developers, and select Customers to determine what's best for Opera and the community. It has been done, and can be done, successfully.

Hopefully, Opera Leadership is taking note on this.

Cheers!