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    • mortenoslash
      mortenoslash last edited by

      Originally posted by MortenOSlash:

      I miss the opportunity to move the tab bar to the bottom of the window. (I have two monitors, and usually have the browser in the upper monitor.)
      I miss the opportunity to add buttons and functions to the address bar and to toolbars. (I frequently use some of the advanced functions of the browser.)
      I miss the favourites/bookmarks, and I hate the speed dial and want to turn it of like you could on Presto. (I would rather have my new tabs completely empty.)
      I miss being able to turn on the showing of the page size in the title bar.
      I miss a real status bar.

      Other than that, the Blink seems OK, though I should like someone to make a skinn in classical Win9x style.

      … and I miss the back button one could add (or replace with the existing back button) with a pulldown menu to go several steps back in one go. Practical for sites that often spins you forward a step or two when you follow a link. (I have not found any such on Opera 18)

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      • Deleted User
        Deleted User last edited by

        Originally posted by MortenOSlash:

        … and I miss the back button one could add (or replace with the existing back button) with a pulldown menu to go several steps back in one go. Practical for sites that often spins you forward a step or two when you follow a link. (I have not found any such on Opera 18)

        Me, too. I have several customized buttons I use ALL THE TIME that I really would miss if I were to go to Opera 18 or 19.

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        • sherool
          sherool last edited by

          Originally posted by MortenOSlash:

          … and I miss the back button one could add (or replace with the existing back button) with a pulldown menu to go several steps back in one go. Practical for sites that often spins you forward a step or two when you follow a link. (I have not found any such on Opera 18)

          Just keep the mouse button pressed down for about a second when clicking on the back button and said menu will appear.

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          • Deleted User
            Deleted User last edited by

            Originally posted by sherool:

            Just keep the mouse button pressed down for about a second when clicking on the back button and said menu will appear.

            Really?????

            Awesome!!!!! Thank you!!!!!!

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            • mortenoslash
              mortenoslash last edited by

              Originally posted by sherool:

              Originally posted by MortenOSlash:

              … and I miss the back button one could add (or replace with the existing back button) with a pulldown menu to go several steps back in one go. Practical for sites that often spins you forward a step or two when you follow a link. (I have not found any such on Opera 18)

              Just keep the mouse button pressed down for about a second when clicking on the back button and said menu will appear.

              This is like Christmas Day and Easter Morning in one go! Simple way to avoid the frustrations! I like it! Thank you!

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              • wubo058
                wubo058 last edited by

                I love presto

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                • kesetrum
                  kesetrum last edited by

                  Originally posted by wubo058:

                  I love presto

                  So Do I, as a html/css coder.
                  Right click, and disable certain script or covering header identification (mask as... Opera/IE/etc)...
                  I missed that feature on Presto.

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                  • mortenoslash
                    mortenoslash last edited by

                    Originally posted by Pesala:

                    Originally posted by sherool:

                    not even basic stuff like bookmarks are back.

                    This complaint is getting beyond tiresome, please search before posting. Bookmarks have been available in the Quick Access Bar for several versions now. It is even called the Bookmarks Bar again in Opera 19. Lots of features are still missing, but some have returned. Custom search engines, draggable tabs, and themes to mention just a few.

                    I am quite sure that a couple of months ago I could drag a speed dial entry up and drop it in my quick access bar on Opera 18, but now it does not seem to work? Is there something I have forgotten?

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                    • Deleted User
                      Deleted User last edited by

                      Originally posted by Pesala:

                      The Quick Access Bar is almost identical to the old Bookmarks Bar, and even better in that it supports D&D.

                      is not the same :S To add a new folder, you need to add it at "root" level in the bar, then move it to where it belongs xD its frustrating and that should be done before you try to add the new bookmark. :S

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                      • rossini
                        rossini last edited by

                        Originally posted by miniramleela:

                        I don't care what the underlying code is, end result is that the functionality should be maintained nothing else.

                        But we do care about the code or engine, and quite a lot too. One of old Opera’s strongest points is its security, since hackers consider its user base not worth their effort. But they're a lot keener to attack a widely used engine like Chromium and would have taken the trouble to learn it well too.

                        Getting back to the main topic of “Why did opera change to chrome engine?” my guess is that they weren't succeeding in gaining market share with the old Opera, while popular sites gradually stopped supporting it.

                        Indeed, site compatibility is for me its greatest weakness. If they could solve that, they'd have easily the best browser on the planet.

                        But my feeling about the new version is that if Opera users wanted Chrome, they'd be using Google’s Chrome, not Opera. Furthermore, this makes me apprehensive about new Opera’s potential for success.

                        At the same time, they seem to have stopped updating the old Opera, thus speeding its abandonment. Unfortunately for us hardcore Opera users, the sad end to another era is approaching.

                        If it's not in the computer, it doesn't exist.

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                        • A Former User
                          A Former User last edited by

                          Originally posted by MortenOSlash:

                          I am quite sure that a couple of months ago I could drag a speed dial entry up and drop it in my quick access bar on Opera 18, but now it does not seem to work? Is there something I have forgotten?

                          Probably something in a development version that didn't make it to final.

                          Opera 20:

                          • Bookmarks bar – you can drag sites from speed dial and tabs

                          Originally posted by pojomx:

                          To add a new folder, you need to add it at "root" level in the bar

                          I am still trying to figure out how to add a folder to the Bookmarks bar in Opera 11.64. The only way seems to be via the Bookmarks panel. Whatever, this is trivial. Folders do not need to be added every day like bookmarks do.

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                          • ernc
                            ernc last edited by

                            I just wanted to cry about Opera getting worse. I remember long time ago I switched to opera because of some firefox errors. Since then I have been using Opera. But for some time now I have been using Opera 12, because everything after that is terrible. No start bar? That is the best quick way how to access all the bookmarks I have. And start page? Yesterday tried to upgrade to opera 19 - I could get only 9 fast links in one window and had to scroll down for the others. And I have a 23" screen! In opera 12 I can aces all my 27 favorite pages in no time. Opera itself is forcing me to use different browsers more often than I would like to.

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                            • Deleted User
                              Deleted User last edited by

                              Couldn't care less what the self-proclaimed "Opera experts" are saying.
                              Moving to Chrome is identical to the idiot who changed Coke flavour and almost put the company out of business. Beyond idiocy.
                              I dug out an old Opera and have used that.
                              If I wanted Chrome I'd use Torch. And I do. Opera not being Opera is cutting it's own throat
                              And the self-loving pomposity of the "experts" won't mask that

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                              • mortenoslash
                                mortenoslash last edited by

                                Originally posted by Pesala:

                                Originally posted by MortenOSlash:

                                I am quite sure that a couple of months ago I could drag a speed dial entry up and drop it in my quick access bar on Opera 18, but now it does not seem to work? Is there something I have forgotten?

                                Probably something in a development version that didn't make it to final.

                                I am fairly sure I never did use any dev version?!

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                                • l33t4opera
                                  l33t4opera last edited by

                                  Originally posted by MortenOSlash:

                                  I could drag a speed dial entry up and drop it in my quick access bar

                                  Hi MortenOSlash, Go to address bar, type: "opera://flags/#speed-dial-native-dnd", and press "Enter" key, then select "Enabled" within the select box for this flag, restart the Opera, and here you go 🙂

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                                  • mortenoslash
                                    mortenoslash last edited by

                                    Originally posted by l33t4opera:

                                    Originally posted by MortenOSlash:

                                    I could drag a speed dial entry up and drop it in my quick access bar

                                    Hi MortenOSlash, Go to address bar, type: "opera://flags/#speed-dial-native-dnd", and press "Enter" key, then select "Enabled" within the select box for this flag, restart the Opera, and here you go 🙂

                                    Thank you! 😃

                                    (They seem to hide the best features with the browser well these days.)

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                                    • guest703
                                      guest703 last edited by

                                      Originally posted by bjdobson:

                                      Okay, call me stupid but WHAT are Opera Blink and Opera Presto?? Are they versions of Opera that were known by a number (like Opera 12) and a name? I've never heard of them.

                                      Seeing as no-one else answered your question:

                                      Opera Presto is/was the old one that used the superior Presto rendering engine. Version numbers from 1.xx to 12.xx
                                      Opera Blink is the new one that uses the inferior Blink engine and removed most customization. Version numbers are 15+

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                                      • Deleted User
                                        Deleted User last edited by

                                        Bookmarks have been available in the Quick Access Bar for several versions now. It is even called the Bookmarks Bar again in Opera 19. Lots of features are still missing, but some have returned. Custom search engines, draggable tabs, and themes to mention just a few.
                                        But I don't want a bar! Screw bars! Bars are for loosers! I want a button that could be put anywhere, like it was in 12.

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                                        • herold-kai
                                          herold-kai last edited by

                                          I just need a secure (and save) small web-browser and mail-client for Linux and PPC-OS X.
                                          Can you explain, why it was so 'easy' and fast to get with Opera Presto and so difficult with Opera Blink?
                                          Is it possible that Opera Presto was 'more modern'?
                                          Opera Presto was able to display SVG-fonts, will Blink be able to do in this year?
                                          Is a version of Opera Mail for Linux available or planned?

                                          Is it maybe possible to buy Presto and its developers-environment? I mean not a license, I mean all rights and so on! (Don't worry about the price.)

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                                          • Deleted User
                                            Deleted User last edited by

                                            Opera is doing all those bad and stupid decisions because they have already sold everything they could so now they are bound by those sale-contracts and can't do anything usefull anymore. Unless you're some billionare, you won't be able to set Opera back to the right way. This lazy and greedy world just can't tolerate smart and usefull things that are free.

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