Opera 137 Stable
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andrew84 last edited by
Despite of deprecating Beta channel and implementing the EarlyBird feature (as I understand it was made to keep the Chromium version more updated) the Stable version (just released) is still on 153 ver. while Edge Stable is already on 155.
Opera Dev version is also still on 153.
So the result is that Stable version is almost = Developer version (with all the ensuing consequences) but still 2 versions behind actual chrome version. -
leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@andrew84 It's been a while that Opera stopped using Developer version of Chromium on Opera Developer and now uses stable versions of Chromium on both Opera Stable and Opera Developer.
Seems to me that it was a deliberated decision, to make development easier.
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andrew84 last edited by
@leocg said in Opera 137 Stable:
to make development easier
Yes, maybe.
But it seems it didn't if the chrome's version is also still not actual, as before. -
burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
@andrew84 Chromium changes break Opera's patches to Chromium and break Opera's features quite frequently. It's way worse when Opera takes in a new major version of Chromium. Building a browser and developing features on top of an ever-changing Chromium that you don't control often means regression city and actual breakage.
Basing Opera on the extended stable channel of Chromium for both Opera Stable and Developer makes things easier for Opera and keeps them more stable. It does suck though for those that want the latest stable Chromium for Opera Stable and the bleeding edge Chromium for Opera Developer.
As you've noticed, Opera already has enough UI regressions for example that are probably not Chromium-related to deal with.
It's not that Opera can't do things like desired. They did it before. But, they've made an active decision not to.
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DerSchlingel last edited by@burnout426 Well, that doesn't sound very reassuring. I'd been using Opera for more than four years lately. But in a way it's become more messy in the last two years, actually.
They not only started side projects like Crypto, GX, Air and Neon, they also added AI which seems even harder to implement. And I'm guessing as they're not promoting it front and center they're already turning away from ther enthusiastic beginnings.
I noticed that AI was turned off when I installed Opera on my Android phone and I wasn't even asked to enable it.
Combine that with their Chinese majority owners, it's not as attractive as it was some years ago. I actually hope, they'll find their way again, focussing on Opera One and the browser experience proper. -
Opera-QA-Team Opera last edited by@danstudio: Hello, are you checking on the very last version of Opera? I checked it and it works fine - after navigation to a different site the width it's adjusted to the smaller window size. Are you Win11 or Win10?
