The future of browsing: Opera One, the first AI-powered browser is ready for download
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ho72 last edited by
My only complaint so far (after about 3 minutes of using the new ONE) is many of the old speed dial tiles don't work and now my speed dial page is 6 columns and 18 rows of unfamiliar gibberish.
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ux90 last edited by ux90
@bdsign I just uninstalled the new version and reinstall the latest 99.x version. Than disabled any update, also in my Firewall. Make sure to backup everything before uninstall. That's it! Cheers L.
Find older versions here:
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SeanDutton last edited by
Tabs are microscopic, and as of the newest update Opera crashes when I click on tabs. Shiny doesn't mean better. I've been having to fight this "sleek new UI" the entire time, and the previous version was just better. Every new version is 'different' and adjustment to them is always an experience, but this new trend with companies to think that tiny buttons are sleek and sexy is a nuisance.
Having watched the AIs develop over the last few years, it naturally leaves me concerned about the quality and skew of the articles this AI will be finding for me. Every instance of a chatbot being plugged into social media has so far turned into a nazi, and several several media sites, social media, and companies are embedding AI into their content to enforce a specific viewpoint, which limits the amount of information seen. Yes, this does hint towards the leanings of the programmers and companies, but it also presents an unfair and unbalanced marketplace of ideas. An echo chamber, if you will.
In all fairness, I find it ridiculous that the update 'thanks us' for swapping to Opera One, when it was a mandatory update that forced us to it. Give us a choice to use the AI at least. -
Jaseep last edited by
@opera-comments-bot Was this a bad excuse to dismantle your good, unprecedented and easily accessible ad blocker? because now there's ads everywhere and you don't talk about it. That's scummy as it gets.
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ho72 last edited by
As others have done, I reverted to Opera 99 and disabled auto updates. Maybe I'll check out a newer version down the road. Or not.
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@antonbelarus Your other comment in this topic is still here: https://forums.opera.com/post/319723
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AJayyyy last edited by
I don't see the need for the extension icon to be moved to its own small box in the search bar, it was perfectly functional where it was and now it's more of an eyesore, as instead of being alongside the other icons like bookmark, download and settings, it's on its own with a purple bar and a line between it and the searchbar's box.
Also:
Did anybody do testing with larger numbers of tabs? I know it's not the prettiest thing even in a well-formatted browser, but I'm familiar with my tabs and I used to easily be able to navigate them. Now it's just. Yikes.All I want is a functional browser. I don't want AI integration that I'll never use, I don't want flashier UIs that're distracting and lose functionality, I don't care at all for changing rectangles to have rounded corners.
I'd appreciate if you put development time into fixing issues like the browser conveniently never remembering our preferences when we click "never show again" on the banner ads you shove on our start page, or the website links you shove next to our speed dial. I will go out of my way to avoid those sites out of spite whenever I see things like this, shoving them in my face doesn't work.
I've had lots of people tell me to switch to firefox, might do it now because of this ugly changes.
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SeanDutton last edited by
@ajayyyy Yes! I absolutely am plagued by large numbers of tabs (my own fault for swapping between projects and not wanting to re-find everything), but even the tab groups are so incredibly narrow.
I've run into many of the same issues you mentioned. Is it so hard for companies to just make a solid, stable browser? -
peteee last edited by
Can we please turn off the rounded corners everywhere? The address bar is now just this unnecessarily thick bar, and the window looks like an Iphone app.
I love Opera's simplicity, but you all are constantly trying to be "creative" and it breaks working browsers, and we have to go keep resetting our settings every update. Please let us have an option to retain a simple, compact browser, which is really Opera's main selling point to me. Did not expect, or want Opera One...
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LocalOperaUser last edited by
@seandutton: they keep making stupid updates. i hate this new rounded corners everywhere update, who needed that surely?! and fat paddings everywhere eating up precious user screen space. I think its a failed attempt at copying the native look of the buggy plagued windows 11. man i hate this. Then the usual new tab button is small, but they went ahead created the stupid tab islands feature and added a microscopically small button that only appears on hover to create another tab, freaking stupid. how is this user friendly
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kvrga last edited by
Opera One is less functional and uglier than v99. I don't need AI, islands, contexts, etc. You should keep things simple. And, more important, you should respect users enough to offer at least theme that looks as Opera before One. There were reasons why I used Opera for more than 15 years. It was fast and reliable browser, with decent appearance and a good amount of extensions available. This change in course where Opera is headed is, sadly, something that makes me look away. Not to mention that syncing of passwords and bookmarks didn't work after not wanted update... Look how many negative comments just in this section you have? People are looking for solution (and we found it) how to revert to v99 and disable updates. Nobody wants a browser that's stale, and might loose features over the time because it's not updating. But, you are pushing us away. Make v99 updateable and Opera One avoidable. Be fair.
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