Will Tab Islands come to Opera GX?
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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.
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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.
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Backrooms-explorer786 last edited by Backrooms-explorer786We are still "patiently" waiting for our tab islands. I'm switching back to Opera. opera I hope you're reading this
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sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer 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.
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BobBobertson 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?
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@BobBobertson Isn't the idea of developing different browsers exactly be able to have different features on each of them?
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BobBobertson 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?
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@BobBobertson You can use https://opera.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/18
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TheBooker66 last edited byI 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.
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kari-toby last edited byIts 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.
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BobBobertson last edited by
@Zactom I've honestly just moved on to using Zen browser at this point. If the company can't be bothered to listen to its users or even respond after years, what's the point?
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kari-toby last edited by
@BobBobertson I looked up zen browser, honestly I'm kinda interested in switching over, but can i import my bookmarks and things like that there? Also, from the website, it looks like its aimed more towards mac; do you know if you can get the tabs at the top like it usually is? because on the website it has the tabs located exclusively in the sidebar and I think it's a little too weird for me if there's no way to change that.
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Ngamerthegamer last edited by
@kari-toby There is also ray browser which is also focused on gaming and litrelly has stumble guys in the browser! and other like krunkers and its kinda more optimised. But there is a lot less customization so if you wanna play online games straight from browseryou can do it
