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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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                    • eguanich
                      eguanich last edited by

                      Yep, opera has die!((( Chrome has borne.

                      I use Opera browser from 6 version and I`m the operas fan. There is a lot of features useful for me.
                      Now I stopped at 12.17, because new browser lost everything I used before.

                      I don`t need another clone of Chrome.

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                      • rlaing0727
                        rlaing0727 last edited by

                        I don't know what is all this compatibility people taking about why I should switch to the new browser. 12X opera works for 99.99 of all websites and even if it didn't they made it easy to open in another browser.

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                        • lem729
                          lem729 last edited by

                          I love Opera 23. It's faster than Presto. The Speed Dial with folders is wonderful. The ability to use almost any Chrome extension is a really nice extra. I enjoy the Discover feature, as well as Stash. And I do find it easier to access sites with it. On the other hand, you can also, with extensions, open any site in the Opera 23 browser in another browser. Still, I think it's great that Opera Presto has a loyal following. Hats off to Opera for making them both available -- Opera Presto, and the new Opera.

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                          • kesetrum
                            kesetrum last edited by

                            Why Using Opera, while Google Chrome is built on the same platform? 🙂
                            Bring my Presto back ..

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                            • linuxmint7
                              linuxmint7 last edited by

                              Here you go ftp://ftp.opera.com/pub/opera/win/ it's still there, although it won't be getting any updates though.

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                              • A Former User
                                A Former User last edited by

                                @kesetrum

                                Why Using Opera, while Google Chrome is built on the same platform? 🙂

                                Opera and Chrome are different browsers with different feature sets. Using the same platform doesn't make different applications identical.

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