Will Tab Islands come to Opera GX?

[Dion06]

Dion06 last edited by

So, I recently came to know that Opera just announced its redesigned browser: Opera One. It has Tab Islands or tab grouping that everyone has been asking for it. But the question is, will it come to GX?
If not, why? As a GX user, I'll kind of feel betrayed if it doesn't come to GX. Tab islands is the only reasom I sometimes think to go back to Chrome and I don't see good reasons to continue using GX over Google Chrome if tab grouping doesn't come to GX.

[sgunhouse]

sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer @Dion06 last edited by

@dion06 They're not in Stable yet, so give them time. Opera One is still in Developer, not even Beta yet. When version 100 reaches Stable, then we'll have tab islands. GX is generally a little behind Stable even. Will tab islands be coming to GX? I'm not a developer and don't know for sure, but I expect them to. But it'll be a couple of months I guess.

[Dion06]

Dion06 @sgunhouse last edited by

@sgunhouse I can wait, a delayed product is always better than a rushed one after all. I am just worried because in the announcement video tab islands was its main selling point so it felt like it was going to be an Opera One exclusive, that's all.

[Casibol]

Casibol @sgunhouse last edited by

@sgunhouse So... we kinda reached the "couple months" amount. Is there anything new regarding tab islands?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Casibol last edited by

@casibol If and when Opera GX will have tabs islands, we will know when there is a release with that feature.

[SyncEZ]

SyncEZ last edited by

Tab islands are not coming to GX for some time, what I find quite interesting and yet disappointing is that not only did they not decide to listen to their community when it was updating time or time to roll out a new feature, they decided on a panic button feature instead of tab grouping/tab islands.

[Zactom]

Zactom @SyncEZ last edited by

@syncez Same feeling here

[etinuarepo]

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[WallyGER]

WallyGER @SyncEZ last edited by

@syncez
When can we finally expect this feature?
Not at all, then I will delete my GX immediately and switch to the regular version.

[BobBobertson]

BobBobertson last edited by

Still awaiting on this feature to be implemented... We are coming up on about a years since this forum was opened.

[Backrooms-explorer786]

Backrooms-explorer786 last edited by Backrooms-explorer786

We are still "patiently" waiting for our tab islands. I'm switching back to Opera. opera I hope you're reading this

[nedrapter]

nedrapter @sgunhouse last edited by

@sgunhouse So...? One year later, what's the status?

[sgunhouse]

sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer @nedrapter last edited by

@nedrapter Sorry, not in direct contact with them. You probably know as much as I do. At the time I thought since GX was 2 versions behind regular Opera that when we reached that version it would just show up, but we're well past that now.

[BobBobertson]

BobBobertson @sgunhouse last edited by

@sgunhouse it's incredibly disappointing to hear such little communication from the Opera team on features like this when they advertise nonsense like the "fake my history" feature. What is the point of developing two (now diverging) browsers that are no longer cohesive with features and even simple QoL attributes?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @BobBobertson last edited by

@BobBobertson Isn't the idea of developing different browsers exactly be able to have different features on each of them?

[BobBobertson]

BobBobertson @leocg last edited by

@leocg I certainly agree with that statement. More specifically, I voiced my frustration about how it is difficult for users to request for certain features to be prevalent in both Opera and Opera GX. Any suggestions aside from these forums?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @BobBobertson last edited by

@BobBobertson You can use https://opera.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/18

[BobBobertson]

BobBobertson @leocg last edited by

@leocg thank you!

[TheBooker66]

TheBooker66 last edited by

I know this probably doesn't mean much, but +1. I've been using Opera GX for the past four years, approximately, but something that has always really annoyed me is the lack of tab management that all other major browsers have. I know workspaces exist, but they function completely differently and, in my opinion, much worse. Tab islands being in regular Opera but not in Opera GX is infuriating, and if any developers browse the forums, let it be known that GX's users are frustrated.

[kari-toby]

kari-toby last edited by

Its almost been 2 years since the initial post, and still no tab grouping or tab islands.

Opera GX has had an entire aesthetic reboot, new features, many things. However the one thing that the browser still lacks that nearly every other mainstream browser has is tab groups

(Opera has tab islands, Chrome has tab groups, Firefox has Panorama, Vivaldi has tab stacks, safari has tab groups, Microsoft Edge has tab groups, Brave has tab groups, Maxthon has tab groups, even Internet Explorer used to have tab groups.)

Most browsers have this feature for good reasons: minimized tab groups can be put in a 'sleep mode' so those tabs don't take up as much resources, the organizational aspect of them, the aesthetic aspect of them. There's so many benefits to having them, yet the browser that seems to pride itself on being the best for resource management, aesthetics & customization, and brands itself as the browser for gamers, seems to leave out a major organizational tool. It's just odd to me.

I understand that a product unfinished shouldn't be released, however when it's such a long requested feature that has already been out on another platform (even if the other platform is still in beta) for over 2 years, it feels less like they have been unable to get it to work and more like they're avoiding it's addition.