I've used Opera for 10 years... no more. : (
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zzpat last edited by
I'm forced to use other browsers, something I've never had to do regardless of my browser of choice.
There are many problems. For example, it seldom remembers passwords etc., so I go back to Chrome to do things I'd like to do on Opera. Even for this site it doesn't remember my password and I have enter it each time...what a complete waste of time. Is the website poorly written or the browser?
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lem729 last edited by
No, Opera is just saying for now use extension, like LastPass or something else.
I would prefer, though, if Opera came back with the Wand. I loved that feature.
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A Former User last edited by
Even for this site it doesn't remember my password and I have enter it each time...what a complete waste of time. Is the website poorly written or the browser?
It saves my password for this forum just fine so it's neither, it's you. -
zzpat last edited by
I'm running the program as is and I'm telling you it DOES not save my user name or password. In fact, it doesn't even ask me if I want to.
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funksoulbro last edited by
@zzpat - It works for me on this forum. It doesn't on other sites though, such as the Open University's website and my own forum. Opera 12.16 does work on those sites though.
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A Former User last edited by
@zzpat Are you using the latest stable version? Check your settings for the password manager and saved passwords.
@zzpat autocomplete=off?
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zzpat last edited by
I just checked to make sure it's checked. It is.
Also came across another bug (problem). I can't get Opera to save files where I want them (the desktop) even though it's set to save to the desktop. Instead it saves to two different folders and I have no idea why.
I have two passwords saved (after using the program for a few weeks)...and it's not saving any auto complete data....just checked...nothing saved. There's nothing saved from Opera.
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notgarbanzo last edited by
I've been using Opera for something like 15 years - it was brilliant. 12.6 is struggling with some websites, so somehthing needed doing. Maybe this new one will be good one day, but it is totally unusable for what I need it now! Have Opera panicked and brought this out before it was ready - it's like a beta release, and will ruin Opera's reputation if it isn't fixed QUICK.
Features that are missing or screwed up include:
- not able to search for words on a page any more
- view source does not export it to a text editor (I can't use Opera as a development tool if it won't do that, it's no good having to view source in an Opera tab and then copy and paste - take about 5 times a long and then I have to save the damn thing before I can check it with CSE HTML Validator
- the ad blocker built into the old Opera was far better than having to use Adblock
- old Opera had a brilliant password manager - Last Pass is all very well, but a pain in the a..e to use
- customizable notes in old Opera - where's that gone?
- Speed Dial - can't get more than 6 columns - it shows up to 9 in the selector, but stops at 6 in real life!
- Help is now crap - it just seems to go for pages about bookmarks whatever I search for - what's that all about?
Come on Opera, get your act together or I will (reluctantly) have to try and find a usable browser elsewhere if v12 becomes unusable.
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Deleted User last edited by
Inform yourself:
http://blogs.opera.com/desktop/2013/07/the-vision-behind-opera-15-and-beyond/
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leevi last edited by
yes, i like opera, because it is very imporation with me.
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alreadybanned last edited by
Inform yourself:
http://blogs.opera.com/desktop/2013/07/the-vision-behind-opera-15-and-beyond/According to Opera "we wanted to spend our time on browser innovation, rather than competing on building a rendering engine". Well, correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't Opera innovating tabs, tab stacking, mouse gestures, speed dial, etc. all the while with the Presto engine? Now that they are beholden to Chromium the options are limited to the parameters of that engine and that is exactly why every Chrome clone works and looks pretty much the same. Becoming a part of a monoculture is the exact opposite of innovative.
I don't know what the future holds but if you keep looking ahead and hoping for something that may never come, you end up missing what's right in front of you.
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lem729 last edited by
i think Opera is saying that now that they have a strong browser engine (Blink), they can put energy into innovation that otherwise might be tied up working on a new browser engine, because Presto was no longer capable of meeting current needs. Presto was dated and limited.
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A Former User last edited by
I don't know what the future holds but if you keep looking ahead and hoping for something that may never come, you end up missing what's right in front of you.
@alreadybanned Right, and I appreciate what's in front of me right now thanks.
not able to search for words on a page any more
@notgarbanzo Ctrl+F works for me, enable the "advanced keyboard shortcuts" in the Settings if you're referring to . , and /Speed Dial - can't get more than 6 columns - it shows up to 9 in the selector, but stops at 6 in real life!
This setting you're referring to only defines the max limit. Hmm, try enabling the advanced settings at the bottom of the page and unchecking "Use big Speed Dial thumbnails" or editing the Speed Dial thumbnails dimensions manually, the more that fit more columns you'll get.I just checked to make sure it's checked. It is.
Also came across another bug (problem). I can't get Opera to save files where I want them (the desktop) even though it's set to save to the desktop. Instead it saves to two different folders and I have no idea why.
I have two passwords saved (after using the program for a few weeks)...and it's not saving any auto complete data....just checked...nothing saved. There's nothing saved from Opera.
@zzpat I believe I said that in another topic(?): I can't reproduce these issues. I hope you have read and write access to the Opera profile folder?!
Would you delete the "Login Data" files from there to see if resetting the file (losing the currently saved passwords) would solve the issue? -
jp73 last edited by
Opera 12 is the best, Opera 20 is unfinished browser with weak functionality now. This one is not needed. Opera dies.
Unable to remove and change the search engine - it's amazing! Such an incident takes place only in one browser. Opera, you become a terrible travesty. -
lem729 last edited by
You have in Opera 20, 5 choices for a search engine from the address bar (and I believe there is a security reason why there are not more). You can create a speed dial Folder for search links, or a bookmark folder on the personal toolbar for search and have infinite search engines. There are also extensions that can add search engines. The functionality may not be what you want, but there is clearly some.
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alexucup last edited by
i try but hate the latest opera ( version 12 to now 20)
because i love opera old versi 10-11
i can customize show ; menu bar (versi 12 oke), icon and skin menu bar (version 12-20 was loss)
but now i don't have choice again ... old opera now died (i am tears)opera getting started always and always upgrade now
but 1 again i very hate opera version 12-20
why depelover opera was update like that make me ill feel
for me the update/upgrade opera not always better !!!!
by by opera ...i love you but you ... tell me by email if the opera 10-11 live again
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cornolio last edited by
You will not get Opera 12 back. It's dead at all
Yes, we know, but O newer inform us, when new O be similar to O_12? (features)
sorry, O_12 have many great features! new O? nothing. No difference between FF IE CH
download manger? - for idiot no menus under RM. no box to enter link for fast download. It's horrible!
notes? don't exist
email client with rss etc - don't exist
tray select and copy link adress - immpossible like ff etc. Only in O12 and lovermain browser is O12.16, secondaru opera lastest version, third FF
yes! some webpages don't work!!!
and last!!! how much time crew opera need to support opera sync! it's absolutely dramatic
maybe after 5 year O_99 main browser been new opera?
cheers
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bison88 last edited by
I used opera when I carried it around on a 1.4mB floppy. I used it when it was in beta, and all the way up to today. Reddit Enhancement Suite won't support it any longer (Opera 12 that is), and switching to 15 or 20 with the webkit/blink, I just realized how horrible it was compared to my secondary browser Chrome. Youtube support through flash plugins has been horrible for the past couple years, and I figured it was time for a break. I can't tell you guys how saddening this is for me, but I guess not really. I'll just use Chrome 100% now. The new top-tab non-customizeable layouts rob the browser of all its soul, and the bookmark manager is horrible unlike the old side-tab one. I used to have no less than about 25-100 open tabs, and this just isn't possible in the new version. If I'm stuck with blink, I might as well just go full bore Chrome/Chromium. Thanks for the 10 years guys, I hope you rethink your strategy and perhaps I'll come back if you add in a lot of the old functionality that was stupidly removed. Peace!
Ah-MEN! I realize the possible enhancements that can be made by switching engines (WebKit), rather than maintaining your own (Presto), but in doing so we're basically all Next-Gen Opera beta testers all over again.
I tried going back to Opera 19/20 recently after raging from Opera 15 back during its release and very little seems to be improved and so, so much is missing. Too much that it isn't even a functional browser other than having a URL bar. The options are few, the settings and other menu items just look messy, and the Speed Dial/Discover/Stash thing-a-muh-jig is still annoying as ever (for those that find it useless). Removing the side bar with favorites and substituting for a top/folder/tab like design? What the hell? One of the things that brought me to Opera 6-7 years ago was everyone was doing away with Favorites or doing some obscure method (including IE) where Opera was the last one left still offering it. If you didn't like things about it you could modify it or switch the location to please your eyes. And you can easily hide it.
Of all things that is what makes it most useless to me. Post-It note style folders where I have to go back to scrolling again is not the future it's 20 years ago.
In a nutshell unrequited said everything better and more eloquently than I could word for word.
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lem729 last edited by
Look, there are some wonderful new features in Opera 20, in addition to greater speed (not insignificant), more accessible sites (the Presto engine was out of date), much greater ability to use extensions than ever before, including the Chrome extensions, etc.. Those additional features include a speed dial with folders (where you can create a speed dial within each folder in the speed dial (wheels within wheels, lol), Discover, Stash, Off-Road Mode (These are features unique to Opera, and which give it distinction). I think everyone has different needs. For some people, it doesn't currently work because they have been habituated (
like being on a drug) to the customization they had with Presto.. And, let me say, Presto had its pluses. I wish we had the password manager, and the notes function of the old browser, as well as a few other features. Keep in mind that by switching browser engines from Presto to Blink, Opera has to work up to a lot of the extras, that others take for granted in Presto. (Some of it will come in the future in the browser or by extension. Not everything will be the same). I find it a fun and promising browser. Attractive, minimalist, I love the Speed Dial. But someone has said: You can satisfy some of the people some of the time, but can't satisfy all the people all of the time.
