Opera presents Early Bird mode in Opera One to test upcoming features
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rick2 last edited by
@Opera-QA-Team thaks for the respone, but I'm not worried about Stable (which I'll keep using as my main browser), just commenting that I'll stop (actually, I already have stoped) using Beta but don't want to switch to Developer as that is a bit too unstable for my taste.
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kabir96 last edited by
I use the stable version of Opera One installed in 'C:\Program Files\Opera' and a Opera Beta portable version in 'D:\Portableapps\Opera beta' when Open both of them together I Can distinguish them by looking their ICON on windows taskbar one is "classic red" another one is "black and white". Since the Opera Beta channel was discontinued in January 2026, I have replaced Opera Beta with portable installation of Opera One Stable at 'D:\Portableapps\Opera'. Now, the problem is when I use them together I Can't distinguish them by looking their ICON, both taskbar icons are red and identical. Please consider adding a feature to customize the browser's taskbar icon using .png or .ico files to help distinguish between multiple concurrent use.
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
@kabir96 Yes, that would be super cool. When Early Bird is on, at least as an option, change Opera's app icon (which would affect Opera's taskbar button too). Something to think about.
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
@kabir96 I assume the one in "C:\Program Files" has Early Bird off and the portable one on your D drive has Early Bird on?
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koimark last edited bysnif
This seems a good idea. I rarely used Beta - and always use Developer. (Now I am on the dark side - or maybe original light side) and testing Vivaldi.Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others. ...
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mtakala last edited by
I understand the idea, but still a bit disappointed. Having three different, desktop usage oriented Opera browsers on my PC has become useful as I could easily have separate browsers with the great Opera experience for normal use, work, and social media stuff. Now one of these is going away, so for that browser I must look into another option. Probably Vivaldi or Brave.
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idiocracy last edited by
I hate this so much. Why can't it just overwrite the previous. Why does it have to be a separate install. No settings are merged, no tabs etc. So annoying.
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
@idiocracy You can rename (or copy if you want to preserve the original) the "Opera Next" folder in both "C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software" and "C:\users\yourusername\AppData\Local\Opera Software" to "Opera Stable" to use your Opera Beta profile with Opera Stable.
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idiocracy last edited by
@burnout426
I get what you're saying. But why add hoops?
It could've just been an update and it would've been fine. Now people have to manually install the new, uninstall the old, figure out how to get your open tabs from one browser to the other.
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
@idiocracy One thing that might be nice in general would be an option to import from any other Opera (Air, GX, Developer, Beta, Stable, custom location of profile etc.).
