What percentage of people are adapting well to the new Opera?
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A Former User last edited by
Left for a bit because of the lack of native bookmark support but I like the direction it's taken. Miss some things from the Presto build but nothing that I can't adapt to.
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suntana last edited by
I've adapted to the NEW Opera just fine. Heck, I've adapted to it better than I ever did to Opera 12. I gave Opera 12 some chances, but it just kept being off, kept missing the mark jussst enough to have me declare it inferior to Opera 11.52 and Opera 11.64.
Anyway, with Opera 11.52, Opera 11.64 AND Opera 12, I kept getting errors and the irritating messages that "Opera has encountered an error and needs to restart" with Blogger and WordPress. Opera 20.0.1387.91 was the first Opera to immediately get rid of those Opera errors with Blogger and WordPress. Opera 20.0.1387.91 also made a gigantic positive difference in loading Vivaldi.net ... vs. the several ice ages that it took to load it with the older Operas. So, I was hooked and had no intention of going back to the older Operas.
I have my bookmarks working great ... and without even a need for the Stash or the Speed Dial. No problem there.
Not everything was perfect, but I just had to improvise, adapt and overcome. I installed the Smart RSS and RSS Detector extensions. And to take care of the Notes function of the older Operas, I am using CintaNotes Portable. I just have it minimized in my Taskbar and bring it up as needed. It works fine. I would have preferred an extension take care of the Notes task, but none of the ones I tried worked to my satisfaction.
About the only perk to which I haven't found a replacement yet and probably never will is the - Opera Extended Progress Bar that I really loved having at the bottom of my page and depended on it due to my Dial Up. But, since I know it's not likely to be incorporated into the NEW Opera and no other Browsers have remotely even had anything like it before ... I've resigned myself to just conditioning myself to just let it go ... don't dwell on it; it's not coming back.
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blackbird71 last edited by...
About the only perk to which I haven't found a replacement yet and probably never will is the - Opera Extended Progress Bar that I really loved having at the bottom of my page and depended on it due to my Dial Up. But, since I know it's not likely to be incorporated into the NEW Opera and no other Browsers have remotely even had anything like it before ... I've resigned myself to just conditioning myself to just let it go ... don't dwell on it; it's not coming back.FWIW, in Firefox, there's an extension (Tab Mix Plus) that provides an option to place a thin progress bar on the top of any tab-label that is downloading site data... I find it highly useful, and it would certainly be a handy element for any browser or tab extension to have incorporated into it (hint, hint!).
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lem729 last edited by
About the only perk to which I haven't found a replacement yet and probably never will is the - Opera Extended Progress Bar that I really loved having at the bottom of my page and depended on it due to my Dial Up. But, since I know it's not likely to be incorporated into the NEW Opera and no other Browsers have remotely even had anything like it before ... I've resigned myself to just conditioning myself to just let it go ... don't dwell on it; it's not coming back.>
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/203302/Progress-Bar-Google-Chrome
I wouldn't try it if I were you
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cactusbush last edited by
I recently moved from Opera 12.15 to version 12.17 and I think it was a mistake; which I intend to undo. Essentially my gripe is with the way search engines are now handled. Preferring the better privacy of Ixquick's "Startpage" search window to that of Google's - I customarily set Startpage as the default search engine. With the move to version 12.17, I find this impossible. Currently: every time I open Opera, Google is set as default search engine. You can delete every other search engine in the queue successfully - except for Google that mysteriously re-spawns. Even within a secession (after setting an alternative search engine as default) Google search reappears in each new tab opened. Unsatisfactory...
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suntana last edited by
Blackbird ... Lem, let me elaborate.
As far as the extreme usefulness to which I am referring having loved and enjoyed with the old Opera Extended Progress Bar ... I am referring to more than say --- just how many bytes out of the total have been downloaded.True, that is more helpful than what New Opera, Chrome and Firefox provide now. However, I am referring to the additional data that the old Opera Extended Progress Bar provided. I am talking about the SPEED of the transmission of the progress at any given time throughout the loading of whatever. And the Elements to be downloaded and how many had been downloaded at any given time.
Cuz as things stand now with all Browsers, we just get an indication that theoretically progess is in effect. Ahhhhh! But, at what speed? Progress could be going on at normal speed ... or it could be going on at 50% or 33% speed or just a step above a snail's crawl.
So, with me having Dial Up, that old Opera Extended Progress Bar was great because anytime I clicked to load something, I would know immediately and throughout the loading whether transmission / progress was normal ... decent ... tolerable ... or pathetic and thus, a need to abort the loading and try again or whatever.
Now with New Opera, Chrome and Firefox, there isn't that luxury. Now when I click to load something, I just have to go by a calculated GUESS and by gut feeling to gauge whether a site IS progressing properly and IS going to eventually load in normal time. Now if a website happens to be loading at that instant at only 10% speed, I won't know it until much later when it's obvious the site is just not gonna come up.
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suntana last edited by
Lem, as far as I can tell on those 4 little pics of that Progress Bar Google Chrome ... they only give an indication of how many bytes of the total have been downloaded. Again, it's better than what we get now, but not as ultra useful as the old Opera Extended Progress Bar was.
That Progress Bar Google Chrome is not providing a SPEED of transmission indication.
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blackbird71 last edited by
Blackbird ... Lem, let me elaborate. As far as the extreme usefulness to which I am referring having loved and enjoyed with the old Opera Extended Progress Bar ... I am referring to more than say --- just how many bytes out of the total have been downloaded.
True, that is more helpful than what New Opera, Chrome and Firefox provide now. However, I am referring to the additional data that the old Opera Extended Progress Bar provided. I am talking about the SPEED of the transmission of the progress at any given time throughout the loading of whatever. And the Elements to be downloaded and how many had been downloaded at any given time.
The latest incarnation of Extended Statusbar (1.5.9) for FF provides the download speed, as well as image count, kB loaded, and elapsed time. The earlier version was broken by the FF29 update, but the extension has now itself been updated and is back in service on my system. It's something to consider, though it obviously doesn't help with the newer Opera versions.
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suntana last edited by
The unfortunate thing is, Blackbird, that while that Extended Statusbar for FF appears like it might be pretty close to what the old Opera Extended Progress Bar was ... Firefox is and has always been just plain ole point blank slow and non-ideal working on MY systems. So, even if I used FF with that Extended Statusbar, it'd still be slow. That Extended Statusbar would just confirm what I already knew.
I have a theory. I think that while Firefox and Chrome might be great and the browsers of choice for a lot of people ... they don't appear to be designed to work well on older, underpowered, non-state of the art computers, let alone on Dial Up.
So, the ideal solution would be if someone creates an Extended Progress Bar Extension for new Opera.
Thanks for the information anyway, Blackbird. Can't hurt to know these things, these options.
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blackbird71 last edited by
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I have a theory. I think that while Firefox and Chrome might be great and the browsers of choice for a lot of people ... they don't appear to be designed to work well on older, underpowered, non-state of the art computers, let alone on Dial Up.
So, the ideal solution would be if someone creates an Extended Progress Bar Extension for new Opera. ...I don't think that's really a "theory", it's more like reality. Most software designs, especially the ones that aspire to be trendy, are crafted for the system capabilities and performance that are current or just coming to market. I realized you were on dial-up, but I didn't know your hardware was older. I went through some of the same kinds of things with my old Pentium computer, which I used until late in 2010... a lot of the then-newer software simply couldn't run on it effectively. I agree that a great solution would be for somebody to create an Extended Progress Bar for Opera... in fact, that's one of a number of things I would like to see placed in extensions if Opera is unwilling/unable to make them native to the Blink versions.
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Deleted User last edited by
Opera is going to design their browser to meet the general and/or current standards in relation to broadband and computer performance. The number of people still on dial-up would seem to mitigate against their allotting resources in that direction.
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lem729 last edited by
@suntana, @blackbird71, @leushino
But Opera with its Turbo and Mini-Opera mode shows that it has an interest in addressing this universe of people. Particularly in the mobile markets, it fills a gap. But even desktop laptops can benefit from this -- not just people on dial-up modem. And even if it isn't as good as it can be, it's not an area Opera acts like it is ignoring.
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blackbird71 last edited by
Opera is going to design their browser to meet the general and/or current standards in relation to broadband and computer performance. The number of people still on dial-up would seem to mitigate against their allotting resources in that direction.
@leushino, I realize that. However, there are still quite a few people in both faraway and not-so-faraway places who don't have access to broadband or who can't afford the latest computer hardware. In the past, Opera was the browser-of-choice for many of these folks... and, to its credit (as @lem729 points out), Opera still provides a strong aid to the dial-up users via Turbo. However, browser resource demands are starting to challenge a lot of these users' XP-vintage systems (and a few I know of who are running Win98-vintage systems!), and with the growing site incompatibilities of Presto Opera, such users are feeling a noticeable squeeze when trying to migrate to a newer browser. Unfortunately, I don't really know the answer for them...
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suntana last edited by
Opera is going to design their browser to meet the general and/or current standards in relation to broadband and computer performance. The number of people still on dial-up would seem to mitigate against their allotting resources in that direction.
While that is true, in my experience, in my reality ... since way back in my first Opera version, Opera 9.27 and on to the present Opera 22.0.1471.70, Opera Browser has somehow just always had a definite noticeable superior ability to handle older, underpowered, non-state of the art computers AND Dial Up vs. other browsers.
It's interesting that a lot of NEW Opera detractors claim that - Oh! New Opera is just Chrome with an Opera skin. That couldn't be further from the truth because the current New Opera works fine on my system while the current Chrome is its usual self ... NOT working ideally on my system. So, whether by design or by accident and regardless of how company resources are alloted, New Opera obviously has some Turbo Charger, SOMETHING under the hood that its alleged twin Chrome does not. Opera has in general always seemed to have had an Ace up its sleeve that's always allowed it to easily beat the competition at Dinosaur Systems Poker. Hah Hah Hah! I won't ask how they do it ... as long as they keep doing it.
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alloyt00 last edited by
How did we go from 12 to 22 in a little over a year when it took more than a decade to get to 12?
I'm not entirely sure how I can adapt to version 22 when I can't even personalize the on screen tool and menu bars.
Now I've arguments about how the menu bars use up valuable screen real estate, but it's my real estate, and my 19' monitors.
Apparently the real estate argument doesn't apply to the download manager where 4-5 lines are now used where an elegant single line sufficed.
So here are a few questions.
How do I get my windows title bar back on full screen?
How do I get rid of that stupid "O" tab and get my file menu back.
How do I revert my download manager back to it's single line elegance (which could display >20 download, as apposed to the current 4)
How do I turn off themes (Don't like em don't want em)
How do I get private tabs (mobile can do it)
How do I block content?
What happened to the list of closed tabs?Once I figure out how to do these things then I may consider myself adapted.
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lem729 last edited by
So here are a few questions.
How do I get rid of that stupid "O" tab and get my file menu back.
Just press the Alt key for the menu (or Alt f4 if it doesn't work for you) (if it does, it's just one key, right next to where you're finger is set up on a normal keyboard). That's simple.
How do I revert my download manager back to it's single line elegance (which could display >20 download, as apposed to the current 4)>
-- There are lot of download managers, particularly in the Chrome store. Just do a web search for "download manager Chrome Store." And try a few. You can always uninstall them if you're unhappy. To use a Chrome Extension, all you need is to have installed the Opera extension, "Download Chrome extension"
https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/download-chrome-extension-9/?display=en
Or Extension Source Viewer
https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/extension-source-viewer?display=enHow do I turn off themes (Don't like em don't want em)>
-- You can import your own art for a theme. If it really turns you on to have nothing as a background, why, save a blank page on your computer. Then right click on the speed dial page, click on change theme, create your theme, choose file (and make that blank page your theme). It's easy to do. Now if you see something better on the web that you could live with, just right click on it, and save it as your theme.
How do I get private tabs (mobile can do it)
-- None of the other major browsers do any more for desktop, not Firefox, Chrome, or IE. Not sure why? Probably the privacy for the user is better with a private window.
How do I block content?
-- Simple. Get an Opera ad-block extension. I use AdBlock Plus,
https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/opera-adblock/?display=en-GB
and Disconnect in tandem https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/disconnect/?display=en.
Some people use AdBlock https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/adblockforopera/?display=en by itself, or AdBlock Plus alone. These ad blocking extensions are quite excellent. I have absolutely no problem with ads, and am delighted with how well it all works.
What happened to the list of closed tabs?
-- Have you even looked at the browser. Are you so lazy that you asked these questions without even trying to understand the browser. Recently closed tabs is the fourth menu item from the top. They all show up there. You can open any of them. If you want a fancier setting, there are extensions that do it, like the Opera extensions, Simple Undo Close, or Browser ++. The Chrome Extension, Sexy Undo Close Tab is quite good.Once I figure out how to do these things then I may consider myself adapted.
It's simple to do the vast bulk of these things. You can't get your menu back, but that's in most cases one click on the alt key to see the menu (or at the worst if that doesn't work (alt f4, or click the logo). No reason you can't adapt easily. Complain less. Welcome change! There are a lot of good features in the new Opera including faster speed, and ability to access sites better.
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blackbird71 last edited by
How did we go from 12 to 22 in a little over a year when it took more than a decade to get to 12?
...Actually, it's pretty simple. The Opera desktop browser skipped versions 13 and 14 (they applied to something unrelated), and has also gone to a new rapid-release concept similar to certain other browser makers. In that case, there are three categories or streams of versions "in the works" at any given time... Developer, Next, and the "final".
The Developer versions are just that - under development, with feature-sets that are in flux and with bugs to be unraveled. Versions that are deemed sufficiently mature are advanced to the Next stage, where the feature sets are frozen and the testing is simply for debugging. Finally, when the Next version is mature enough, it is released as a "final" version for general consumption. Minor version bumps still occur within a version base-number for things like internal Blink engine updates, minor late bug fixes, etc. The effect of all this is that version numbers increase faster than in the old days, since they are driven more by the ordinary flow of design events rather than by waiting for a certain number of changes to accumulate or the perception of changes to be "major enough" before incrementing.
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tranceplante last edited by
I barely use it anymore. I am here now because my firefox is not working so I went back to opera to find out most of the functions i loved in opera 12 are now gone.
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Deleted User last edited by
I always find it amusing when users report so much hatred for the new Opera browser, migrate over to FF and then claim that FF no longer works. How very strange. I've been using FF for years and it's always worked but somehow they manage to break it in a few days. Others jump to Chrome which is ironic since they claim to hate the new Chrome-like Opera and yet they turn around and migrate to Chrome without even trying to understand the new browser. My gut feeling is that they have done nothing of the kind but feel the need to vent their frustration and so we hear these sob stories. As I see it the options are simple: Stay with Opera Presto with the understanding that it is increasingly incapable of providing a secure, efficient browser OR go with the new Opera browser and try and adapt by making use of extensions from either Opera or Chrome OR go with another browser. Whining and threatening have done nothing for over a year now and will continue to do little other than raise some clouds of cyber dust. Opera is getting better all the time. Learn to use it. Ask your questions respectfully and try to adapt.
