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    Where did all my bookmarks go in Opera 16?

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    • Deleted User
      Deleted User last edited by

      I used opera from way way back, and I urge everyone I know to use it as well.

      Some time back I became a manager for an IT company, and with this, ehem, power, came the decision to use Opera as the secondary browser for the company (we *could* never forsake IE). Just doing my share to promote the browser.

      The latest update, however, is just way too bizarre and frustrating that ive decided not to support the product anymore.

      To the opera team, its been a privilege using the best browser ever! You were so far ahead of your peers and in some aspects you still are.

      I feel Opera is not just a part, but was a pillar in the history of internet browsing. Along the same veins with Winamp, Napster, etc.

      I'm sorry it has come to this, but goodbye.

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      • Deleted User
        Deleted User last edited by

        I have used Opera EXCLUSIVELY for sixteen years. I use it because Opera has always been for "us"... not the establishment. Now it seem Opera has sold out; turned their back on the loyal users that have stuck with them all these years.
        We don't want excuses- we want a MENU BAR~ We want BOOKMARKS~ We use PCs and sometimes laptops. If you want to bow down to the phone users, design an "app" for them... But leave our PC browser ALONE! I really hate to say this, but until there is a "good" change here, I'm using Firefox. (I NEVER thought I would say that!)

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        • Deleted User
          Deleted User last edited by

          Oh, and by the way.... You can now change the name from "My Opera" to just opera~ ... On second thought, please rename it to something else. Opera is a name that meant something.

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          • arvinewing
            arvinewing last edited by

            Minimalist interface work for OSX and iOS because they were designed that way from the beginning, that's why users love them and patiently will discover "hidden" features.

            Microsoft and other vendors having drunk the "latest" UX Koolaid and apparently don't understand why removing ALL of the buttons result in a NON-existant user experience.

            Taking away Bookmarks and forcing customers to create yet another cloud account in order to collect more data, show shareholders and advertisers bigger numbers only creates value for Marketing VPs and their Power Point pie-charts.

            In the meantime the user is left high and dry - will simply move on to a product they are more familiar with.

            If I want more minimalist I'll buy another Macbook with Safari, thank you.

            Even Chrome uses bookmarks and offers a minimum of useful menu bar icons.

            Until telekinesis-based menus are available, I suggest that Opera's principals stop the Fisher-Price approach to computing. A phased-in approach is how to do this, not alienating a devoted user base cultivated over many years.[/FONT]

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            • fufluns
              fufluns last edited by

              I've just installed an addon, "Bookmarks Manager", into version 18.0.1284.68 for Mac, and I've imported Bookmarks from Chrome version 31.0.1650.63 for Mac. It's not ideal, but it works.

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              • johnw615
                johnw615 last edited by

                Why I deleted Opera 19 and restored Opera 12:

                (1) Bookmarks are indispensable to me, so I went back to Opera 12.
                (2) I like using Startpage as my default search tool. Opera 19 doesn't allow custom default search engines, so I went back to Opera 12.
                (3) I liked having the panel on the left of my browser. Opera 19 doesn't have panels, so I went back to Opera 12.
                (4) Opera 19 got rid of Opera Link. I use Opera Link, so I went back to Opera 12.

                Hmm... Time to rethink things a bit.
                Opera 12 is an old browser. I need a browser that is current.
                I guess I'll have to drop Opera 12 and go to an open source version of Chrome.
                For those of you now looking for a new browser, here are my recommendations:

                SRWare Iron: http://www.srware.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=18
                Chromium OSX: http://www.freesmug.org/chromium

                I sure hope Opera gets a clue about this, but it seems they are determined to pursue the path their on. I will leave with these questions for them to think about:

                How is the "New Opera" browser similar to the Windows 8 interface?
                Windows 8 sure worked out for Microsoft, didn't it?

                Bye Bye Opera. I'll check back next year year to see how you're doing.

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                • A Former User
                  A Former User last edited by

                  You guys may be interested in the article “Bookmarks, bookmarks, and bookmarks!?” by Ruarí.

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                  • whitebuck1
                    whitebuck1 last edited by

                    Relax, your old bookmarks.adr file is definitely stored somewhere (that's if you didn't use Opera Link).It must be located at home /Library/Opera...About "getting to many sites", I've been using the Speed Dial and its groups as the sole place to store my favorites and it works fine for me. Right now I have more than 500 links there. I can either open the links with the mouse or type in the address field to get them as suggestions.

                    "Relax" - "works fine for me" = Smug

                    They need to Trash the worthless Stash" and install a real Bookmarks System, Manager and Sync! Defying reasoning and logic to be different for the sake of being different, IS IDIOCY! Remember, Ignorance can be corrected.

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                    • trapperjem
                      trapperjem last edited by

                      I'm still using Opera 12 because you haven't sorted out bookmarks yet. Get it sorted please! Firefox, Chrome and others all have bookmarks, why did you, with one of the best browsers decide to get rid of them? I won't be updating till you get them back.Surely it can't be that difficult to add a panel with bookmarks.

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                      • linuxmint7
                        linuxmint7 last edited by

                        Panels are not possible with Blink/Webkit if I remember rightly, a limitation with/of the engine from what I have been reading. Don't know how much truth is in that though.

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                        • eetall
                          eetall last edited by

                          I just installed opera on my mac os 10.9. The option to import bookmarks is not available. I need a solution

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                          • gtoguy3
                            gtoguy3 last edited by

                            Lost all my bookmarks, and I had a lot. I'm assuming it was the update that killed them. I restored my system back a couple weeks and got them all back. Now opera is trying to get me to update again. Do I have to change to a different browser now? Is this new update gonna delete the bookmarks again. Should I try Avast Safezone? Microsoft Edge? I hate Chrome. Why do thes idiots think they know better than us users what we want? Why can't they just leave things alone?

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                            • zalex108
                              zalex108 last edited by

                              @Gtoguy3

                              With your Opera Forums data:

                              and take a look here V7 Bookmarks

                              "You cannot know the meaning of your life until you are connected to the power that created you". · Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

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