The impending demise of Opera?
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lem729 last edited by
If you chose Opera for the last ten years, then you can easily import your bookmarks into Opera 20. I believe do believe though tha Opera should make a high priority helping people in other browsers move bookmarks to Opera. While you can get people to jump through a few hoops to get them there, that hasn't adequately been done.
You chose Opera because of it's ability to customize everything, but that model HAS FUNDAMENTALLY changed. The new Opera model is to have a bare bones, fast attractive browser, and customizations will have to come through extensions in the Opera and/or Chrome stores now or in the future as new extensions are developed. And look, there are people very happy with this and people who aren't. I prefer to not have all of the customization features in the browser, because I don't need to do most of that customization, and what I want to do, I can do via extension. Why should the basic interface of Opera be loaded with features (that slow it down, make it unwieldly) for most people who don't need or want it?
If you want something special, and get an extension, you are not putting it on my system, only in yours. This is the model that Firefox and Chrome adopted, and which the vast preponderance of the public wants. They don't want to be stuck with all of your feature-heavy needs in their browser. Look, I think Opera Presto was a wonderful product, but it was becoming dated, some websites no longer worked in it, and it was a bit slow. Opera is a business, and a free product. They are looking for the market. I love the new Speed Dial, and find the browsing in it and in Opera fast and enjoyable. I like the new Stash and Discover features. And you can do tons of bookmarking, even traditional bookmarking in Opera 20. As for Opera Presto, the horse has left the barn and there is no point putting huge energy into fighting a rear guard action to get Opera to put development energy into it. The future is with the model of a fast, basic attractive browser, customized through world of extensions. if you want more features and more customization, put energy into getting developers to build extensions in the Opera and Chrome stores to accomplish that.
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A Former User last edited by
So there IS a problem with the desktop version of Opera and its pretty clear that they most of their energy is invested elsewhere.
As reported during the financial presentation, fewer people are leaving the new Opera after trying it, and users are more active than they were with Opera 12 and below. With this kind of growth, the desktop version will continue to contribute significantly to Opera's revenue..
The entire ethos of Opera until recent times was to innovate NEW features which no-one had thought of before, and thus differentiate themselves from the competition.
You seem to be saying that Opera should innovate rather than reimplement old features that weren't very widely used in the first place. That seems to contradict the comments of those who want a focus on bringing back old features..
@xenmaster
Oh, great, this forum doesn't even work well with the New Opera :p.
My whitelines are not preserved, and I cannot edit my post.
It seems to work the same in Opera as in other browsers. They handle whitespace the same, and you can edit in all browsers. -
deld1ablo last edited by
wfhellersaid, on April 29
I have about 2600 bookmarks [give or take a hundred] in 17 directories in Opera12 - that is converted to speeddial that takes longer to load than Opera20 itself. That is why I want de normal bookmarks back.So they did not bother to test the new speed dial for performance? Thats really nice to know. And sad.
I assume the idea you want to do is basically Speed dial -> bookmark folder -> bookmarks, and then vaguely remember url or keyboards to go to the bookmarks when typing on the address bar? Thats quite reasonable.
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prometheus-za last edited by
@jrista (if he or she is still here)
As a long time Opera user, since version 8 or so, I too feel the pain of Opera's reinvention, despite my still using it on both my work and home machines as my primary browser. HOWEVER, your approach to the problem, the sturm and drang and "OMG YOU SUCKK!!!!", is only going to antagonise people and presumably lead to a ban.Your choice is simple. Live with the situation, and work WITH Opera to help bring missed features back. Or move on and spare the rest of us your rudeness. Best of luck with what you decide.
Well granttlc, that is precisely what most of us have been trying to do. The problem is that most of our requests have fallen on deaf ears and the developers have even stated that Opera functionality up to v.12 will not return. What's antagonising us is a few trolls trying to make us out as a handful of people just whining for the sake of it. The fact is that our sentiment is that of the majority of long time Opera users. We are complaining because quite frankly someone has to. Opera is going down the drain. I'll repost what I posted in the other thread
Opera has been seeing a decline since v.10 when major changes were made to the UI. There was actually uptake with the addition of extensions. Opera 15 beta was released May 2013. Take a look at Opera desktop's decline since then. The increase in uptake in recent years has been the result of Opera Mini making the situation even bleaker for Opera desktop. But what's even more telling is that there's roughly a 50/50 split between v.12 and v.15+.
We are not complaining just for the sake of it, but because we are long time Opera users that loved it for what it was. It's our criticisms over the years that made it the great browser it was. If we didn't care we would simply move on but still nobody has a right to call us a bunch of whiners. -
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Deleted User last edited by
I see the fanboys want to solve everything with extensions. Extensions can be nice if they're written and maintained by Opera. Relying on extensions written and maintained by Random Joe is so stupid, I don't even know where to begin.
Seriously, what's wrong with you people?
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lem729 last edited by
Well, I do like the new Opera, much more than the old one, which suffered feature-glut to the nth degree. Having a major increase in speed, being able to get to more sites (that the old Opera was incompatible with), a "class of the world" speed dial (that makes me smile when I look at it as a home page), a huge increase in available extensions (three cheers for that) and much much more. So anyone who isn't sure, don't hesitate, but jump right in and get wet. The new browser is a lot of fun, and improving with each update. Now gog, you want Opera to write and maintain the extensions. Can't be done. It's not practical. It's not real. Trust in the marketplace. Lately, I've been writing developers whose extensions I use, or might consider using, explaining a feature or features I think might help. I've also been asking some Chrome developers to port their extensions to the Opera store. Everyone interested in the new Opera could some of that and it would help. The last thing we need is a browser with tons of exotica-features that the vast majority of people don't give a hang about. So why should Opera spend time and money programming for a tiny number of of power users on a browser they essentially give away for free ? Your wish (if it's for Opera to re-program in Opera Blink what was in Opera Presto) is essentially the bankruptcy of Opera. That's how much sense it makes. Now you say, gog, you don't know where to begin, which leaves me agog. The only place to begin is with acceptance of change. Stop trying to hold onto the past. It's gone, finis, history! Time to move on!
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prometheus-za last edited by
Well, I do like the new Opera, much more than the old one
Ok frat boy, get back to you Chropera so the rest of us power users can get back to civil discussion.The only place to begin is with acceptance of change. Stop trying to hold onto the past. It's gone, finis, history! Time to move on!
Then we want a clear answer from the developers so Opera can RIP, not this hinting at features that probably will never come. If they can't even get something simple like bookmarks and keyboard/mouse shortcuts right the time has come to move on. -
prometheus-za last edited by
I see the fanboys want to solve everything with extensions. Extensions can be nice if they're written and maintained by Opera. Relying on extensions written and maintained by Random Joe is so stupid, I don't even know where to begin.
Seriously, what's wrong with you people?
Your 4th word gives the answer. Suggesting extensions is largely missing the point. If every aspect is customisable it could work but that isn't the case. The whole reason Opera was such a secure browser was not allowing custom extensions or plug-ins. With that comes the necessity of features. Once you open the platform up you allow third parties to make it unsecure. It seems Opera doesn't want to allow that but doesn't want to provide necessary features either. Well, half measures isn't going to cut it here.What made Opera great and attracted 99% of its user base was a rich set of carefully selected features right out of the box. There was something for everyone. Sure some probably became redundant along the way like bittorrent and irc and it would probably be better having a standalone email client but we would rather still have them than not have all its rich features.
People like lem729 can flaunt their minority view of what Opera should be but it's not going to cut it for the rest of us. If we wanted a Chrome clone we would go to the real thing from a larger company that can properly maintain it. If you're happy with your (LMAO) "class of the world" speed dial then fine, Opera is providing for your little niche. But flaunting a feature that 99% of us don't find so great or don't use at all while saying that Opera shouldn't cater for us is outright hypocrisy.
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lem729 last edited by
As reported during the financial presentation, fewer people are leaving the new Opera after trying it, and users are more active than they were with Opera 12 and below. With this kind of growth, the desktop version will continue to contribute significantly to Opera's revenue>.
That's very encouraging to hear.
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prometheus-za last edited by
As reported during the financial presentation, fewer people are leaving the new Opera after trying it, and users are more active than they were with Opera 12 and below. With this kind of growth, the desktop version will continue to contribute significantly to Opera's revenue>.
That's very encouraging to hear.
Yeah, keep lapping up the PR spindoctoring in the face of the real numbers that show otherwise.
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lem729 last edited by
All you want to do, prometheus-za is rant. You refer to a feature that 99 percent of us don't use. Who is the "us.". Where do you get your statistics? And by the way, it's okay if you're enjoying the Opera 22 speed dial on the sly ;))) I mean why not? If it were a roller coaster, it would be better than the Coney Island Cyclone. It's the best damn speed dial on the planet. You'd be silly not to enjoy it, so go ahead. I won't tell anyone.
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
We are not complaining just for the sake of it, but because we are long time Opera users that loved it for what it was.
If you are really a long time Opera user you should know that Opera was born with all of its features, taling years to be what Opera Presto turned into. And also should know what Opera Software's staff is capable of if they were given enough time.
It's our criticisms over the years that made it the great browser it was.
ROTFL. Kinda of a interesting sentence coming from someone with a two days account that seems to have come here just to rant and post flamebait comments.
It's also interesting seeing people coming to these foruns and self proclaiming themselves as old/long time Opera users that have always supported Opera's features when i, as i real long time Opera user, clearly remember that every single feature added were followed by lots of complains like "why are you adding features instead of fix bugs?", "why you are turning Opera into a bloatware?", "You've added lots of unnecessary feastures while Opera can't be used on site A, B or C." and so on. Where were those now so called old users back on that days to support Opera?
And why the hell people can't post good negative feedbacks? They are a far more useful for Opera Software than those stupid rant.
