General Opera One Feedback Topic
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AMATHYST last edited by
TL;DR: Opera One is just another last-gen browser offering but is pitched as top-notch.
With more browsers on the rise that emphasize workspaces and treating the web as more of an OS, rather than a static application, I figured I'd step away from my mainstay browser, Brave, and try something new that promised something similar but was available now. I figured that the Opera group would have a pretty firm grasp on this concept with Opera One. But I am not impressed. More than that, I'm actually pretty confused - maybe to the point of frustration.
Much of my experience with One over the past two weeks has really highlighted two key points. Firstly, what I'm looking for apparently doesn't exist yet. Second, Opera One is a fresh coat of paint on something that isn't even remotely new. It's just Chrome with a hat on
Some key factors that stuck out to me as poor:
- Slim selection of keyboard shortcuts relative to 'new features'.
- Sync is an absolute labyrinth that ultimately does not work.
- My Flow is simply non-functional.
- Pinboards appear not to have been meaningfully updated since launch.
With AI being touted as a sort of central pillar to the browser, there appears to be a noticeable lack of it. Aria isn't available in my region, apparently. That's fair, I'm a ChatGPT subscriber, so maybe - Nope. Just a sidebar app for me. No quick access. Ctrl+/ should shortcut directly to your preferred bot. I don't see the issue in that.
With all the strange sandboxing of messenger apps, somehow messages for web (Android) and Discord didn't make the cut. I know Discord is available in GX, so what gives? Loads of teams use Discord to coordinate. Very odd.
Sync -- I have attempted to get this feature to function across so many scenarios. On a number of occasions, it was actually an impedance to real work. I log in, select what information I'd like to sync and that's great at first. One laptop, desktop and mobile client later, and there's literally nothing synced between even two of them. If I log into my very useful Opera account, I can see all the synced data all right there! Bookmarks, pinboards, passwords, etc. It's all right there. Brilliant. But as soon as one of the clients needs something that was generated/saved from/uploaded to another client - forget about it. You'll have to log in, and find it and then make use of it. Horrendous experience.
My Flow -- I haven't had the pleasure of using this even once. A feature that on paper, should be exactly what I should love about Opera. The QR/mobile sync just doesn't work between two windows machines and an android phone. I have attempted every permutation of getting these three devices (or just two) to "flow" and it simply does not function. The disjointed experience of logging in here (sometimes twice), tapping there, being presented with a 2FA code that no other client is asking to authenticate (!?). I've never seen something that is so fundamentally nonfunctional.
Pinboards should be one of the core functions of the browser. A place to endlessly assemble ideas that directly correlate with linked information (articles, images, video, etc.) Currently, it feels like something that just recently passed muster through a group that saw the potential and then never looked at it again. I was stunned to discover that this feature was announced and added to Opera two years ago and it's absolutely bare. This feature should have been an absolute powerhouse of tools. Pin a tab, drag and drop it onto a canvas that allows you to add 'post-it' style notes, draw an arrow to an imgur thumbnail. Click-drag a selection box to highlight all the above and resize it to the corner. Add a big text field that acts as a folder. Drag and drop all that stuff into the field and jooop! right click to share it. Fluid, fast ideation for whatever the hell you want/need to do. Instead, we have a trello board. Nice one. Oh and as previously mentioned, if I made a board on desktop, it lives there forever. Excellent.
I was really hoping for an experience that matched the copy on the home site. It's not here. Nothing even remotely innovative is happening here. I have to move on to another product.
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erebfraen last edited by
Why don't you have a separate page for collective information on innovations, like the same Opera GX? I have to go through the changelog for at least some understanding. But there technical information is collected for developers, and not for ordinary users. I don't understand 99% of what is written in the changelog. Where can I find a normal description of the fixes and innovations of the browser?
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unsatisfied59 last edited by
The latest Opera version is very slow to download and to start operating. Speed dialing just downloads and downloads. After downloading folder tags have no names and no identified icons. After completing the download all icons are very small on tags and can are hardly readable. Old version was working much better. I have been using opera since it appeared on the market but now I think I have to change to an other browser.
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Pablo10382 last edited by
Hi. when i try to open a torrent mgnet link Opera Crashes, it happens, i dont know if its a bug with qBitTorrent also.
Sorry for disturbing.
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beeuuem last edited by
I have used Opera for 20+ years
This new incarnation removed my all the Speed dial links, all the book marks and all the saved passwords.I'm not going to waste hours trying to find a work around or reinstalling all my bookmarks and passwords.
Opera used to be was great. As with so many 'improvements' the new improved version might be full of bells and whistles but doesn't do the simple job of being a reliable browser.
Goodbye Opera -
ccipp last edited by
Ever since Opera upgraded automatically to the new stuff there are a lot of issues.
Everything is sluggish and it seems that every time it tries to load a page it does it interrogating the address multiple times. How did I figure this out? When I try to browse on commercial sites with various levels of protection, like eBay, they log me out with the message you are being logged out since the activity from your side mimics a bot. -
mauled-carcass last edited by
I see and hear that intro every time I start the browser. This is ridiculous. This so-called "feature" even more disturbing than "lucid mode" (this notification pop-ups every time as well) or "tab islands" (last one is quite handy though).
I couldn't disable it via flag #opera-one-introduction. It just gets enabled again when I choose "disable" and restart browser.Updates in the last year or two are getting worse and worse, and though Opera has some crucial features for me like tabs organizing, but my plans are all about to use something else. After about a decade of using Opera, lol.
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Bradwell last edited by
@mauled-carcass I deleted opera_gx_splash.exe and it doesn't appear anymore.
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A Former User last edited by
did you mess up this browser so badly?
You shipped the product (in a big rush I suppose) that nobody asked for, and to make it worse, it has bug on bug on bug...
I have a suggestion. Take Opera One and put it in the trash, and bring back normal Opera. I think a lot of people would appreciate that.
Whoever like the idea, please give it a thumbs up - maybe they would notice.
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myswtest last edited by myswtest
I've yet to see anything that's causing me to complain.
I'm running it on openSuse Tumbleweed (Linux), as a Flatpak.
Granted, Opera is one of four browsers that I actively use, and I use it about 10-20% of my total browser time.
And I only use it for "minor" stuff, like checking on various forums. Also, I don't have all the fancy features and crazy UI stuff enabled.
However, and don't get me rwong - I see all the complaints out here (I've assisted with some), so I know there are MANY issues. Anyway, I'm not here to thumbs up, but I'm shocked at all the issues - issues I don't experience. Maybe 'cause I'm on Linux
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rxals last edited by
Hello, this post is directed at any staff at Opera who will be able to take my points into account and act upon them, as the "Other" box's character limit on the feedback prompt it gave me was too short for everything I wanted to say. First off, the Opera loading animation and start up sound that's only supposed to play the first time you load up kept appearing, which was very annoying as I like to quickly open my browser to search something, then close it again once I'm done. The loud start up sound blasting in my ears also was not pleasant. So I Googled a solution to this, and firstly people were saying that it could be turned off in flags, however this did not work for me, another solution suggested was to delete "opera_gx_splash.exe" in the installation files. This worked, but was a bit tedious and didn't cause for a terrific first impression of the browser, as well as supposedly I will have to keep deleting this file after every Opera update. On top of that, ad block doesn't work as well as other extensions on Chrome (misses a few ads, and can't right click and manually add it to the adblock either unlike in the extension I used). Talking about extensions, the "Opera addons" webpage has a bit of an outdated design and not being the most user friendly, as well as not showing all the extensions that are in the Chrome web store, which Opera doesn't make it too convenient to get to. In addition, webpages sometimes get stuck and won't let me scroll for a few seconds. Furthermore, I don't like how the close button isn't fully top right because to close my programs I usually just flick my mouse top right and click, now I have to purposefully move to the close button which takes more effort and is slower, mild nuisance. Same goes for tabs, can't drag them around if you click at the very top of the screen, have to click in the middle of the tab. Dragging tabs to pop them out into a different window also feels clunky, and won't fullscreen if you drag them to the top of the screen unlike in Chrome. Not being able to right click an image and search with Google is also a feature I use often which is helpful for finding image sources, not sure why this isn't in Opera as most other browsers besides just Chrome also have this feature... It's also a shame bookmarks and history don't transfer over to chrome on my phone, but I understand why that would be the case. I could always download Opera on my phone, however I don't browse on my phone too often so that would be more effort than it's worth to transfer everything over there as well. Apart from that, I do like a few of the features you have vs other browsers, just not quite as reliable and sturdy as Chrome feels. If you fix these problems I've brought up, by either changing how it currently works or adding a setting to be able to change it at least, I will switch back to Opera. However for now, I will be turning back to good ol' Chrome! Thanks for reading, I hope you can act upon these matters.
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User104848 last edited by leocg
just updated. appreciate yall adding back the speed dial/home button. and getting rid of the buggy splash screen
Opera is now the greatest browser again. Thanks!
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A Former User last edited by
OperaDeveloper does not start, after the last update. No old solution, like taking over the rights to the profile folder; no reinstallation; no installation on another partition... And the truth? to waste time with configurations, with versions as unstable as the "stable" one, I prefer to play with Vivaldi. Although I'll stick with Firefox.
With Opera stable, when it's not for one, it's for another... Now they don't download applications from the Chrome Webstore.
Some pages do not show embedded pdf. However other chromiun and non-chromiun browsers do. Even the Japanese Sleipnir, a true machine, does not have as many bugs as Opera.
In a couple of years, I'll be back... and I'll be millions.
For now keep experimenting, fixing something and messing up twice as much.
Cheers!!!
I'm still with the faithful and safe Firefox and Vivaldi to play with. -
hailwoden last edited by leocg
I would like to know why with the last update all tabs are almost impossible to control. I have many tabs opened on the top because I need them for reference, after the new update the tabs are difficult to manage , open keep ordered. They are too much near each other like a sandwich!
Also the "AI" suggestion is rather useless and make things complicated , while before this browser was just the best.
more than update looks like a personal stylization and is not functional
Semplicity and usability should be a must!
Also the "My Flow" before has a nice animation telling you when clicking was "doing" something , while now is just a dead button.
very bad, if continue like this will change the browser, after many years now it is unusable almost. The new Tabs management absolutely sucks sorry.
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Anarchy4r9873598 last edited by leocg
Just Stop. You still don't have a "recovery previous windows" button like moz'ila so Stop This. Everytime I have to re do everything and remember my tabs again for some update I didn't ask. Do better.
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mcedro last edited by
I have been using Opera for as long as I can remember (I remember Opera with a banner ad). Unfortunately, recent changes in this browser forced me to change browsers (hopefully temporarily). I'm not mentioning all the fantastic functionalities that I often used. Releasing a product in a stable version that causes major problems for many people is terrible and frivolous.
My objective problems with the new interface:
- The icons in the sidebar look terrible, the background on the dark theme is discouraging
- Close button, minimize button, etc. they are rounded and therefore inactive in the very corner of the screen. I have to aim to close the browser
- For a long time (stable version!!) the scroll button on tabs did not work
- For a long period (stable version!!) the space above the tab was inactive. The option in the menu did not work. Actually, it probably still doesn't work, the advantage is that you don't have to aim at the tabs.
- Rounding everything and the spacing associated with it.
- Moving tabs between screens is a pain! Every other browser does it smoothly and quickly. Here you have to wait and it won't go where you want. Additionally, it opens new windows...
- The new tab button is too small - you have to aim.
- Splashscreen? I think he disappeared?
Therefore:
- Will it be possible to change any interface element?
- Is there a roadmap for the upcoming functionalities in Opera?
- The icons in the sidebar look terrible, the background on the dark theme is discouraging
