UI overhaul in Opera 37.1

leocg

leocg Moderator Volunteer

Does this version bring back the option to use the old tab switcher from version 36?

Nope. And I don't think it will come back.

mrninko

mrninko

Also when you have open several pages and you are watching (from tap selector perspective) the last/rightest one and click on back button to close tjat page it throws you to SD page first/leftest one page instead of next one page which was opened befrore. For illustration :
How it acts:
Opened: SD, pg1, pg2, pg3, pg4
You are viewing pg4 and close it with back button
It throws you to SD
How it used to work and should:
You are viewing pg4 and close it with back button
It shoul throws you to pg3

After today's bug fix tjis is still happening!!! @operamilleson

auliige

auliige

Suggestions:

Replace user agent menu with toggle switch; add the toggle switch to address bar; save user agent preferences for different pages.
Bring back option to select/add suggested search terms to search field without immediate search upon selection - entering longer queries is now a real pain as suggestions cannot be utilized (except when entering the last word ).
Bring back the forward button.
Switching between tabs could be simpler - like swiping the address bar a la Chrome.
Speed dial syncing is required! I've had to redo it manually about 10 times already (different phones, resets, etc.), getting tired.

Opera is still my favorite browser on mobile. Keep up the good work!

mrninko

mrninko

After bug fix update tab selector is white again (white tabs). Before that, first 37.1 launch, it works, noe not!

boarte

boarte

UI what? Overhaul? Is that a word because I don't speak my mother tongue.

mrninko

mrninko

Nice white tab selector after last update.
<a href='https://postimg.org/image/bbv88iye1/' target='_blank'>

twozero3

twozero3

I've had those blank tabs randomly occuring ever since that tab switcher was dumped on us, regardless of software version.

After a decade with Opera Mobile as my mobile browser of choice, I'm trying Firefox. The far from outstanding "improvements" Opera have been coming up with lately are a nuisance.

A Former User

I've had those blank tabs randomly occuring ever since that tab switcher was dumped on us, regardless of software version.
After a decade with Opera Mobile as my mobile browser of choice, I'm trying Firefox. The far from outstanding "improvements" Opera have been coming up with lately are a nuisance.

I'm using Mini since June as well for the same reason. It looks so far that the direction Opera is heading with Mini is the more customizability, for more advanced users and smartphones, while O4A is the more simple one, more social orientated, for casuals and more for tablets.

operamilleson

operamilleson

Also when you have open several pages and you are watching (from tap selector perspective) the last/rightest one and click on back button to close tjat page it throws you to SD page first/leftest one page instead of next one page which was opened befrore. For illustration : How it acts: Opened: SD, pg1, pg2, pg3, pg4 You are viewing pg4 and close it with back button It throws you to SD How it used to work and should: You are viewing pg4 and close it with back button It shoul throws you to pg3

@mrninko can you describe more in detail. When I test:

Open tab A from home page
Click tab manager and open new tab B
Click tab manager and open new tab C
Close tab C, this will bring me to tab B
Close tab B, this will bring me to tab A
Close tab A, this will bring me to Home page

This is how it works. In what scenario doesn't this work?

mrninko

mrninko

@operamilleson

Here's video what I'm talking about https://youtu.be/byM2LRkqYR8

I opened few pages from one page. Then I went to the last/rightest page and closed it with back button. In previous versions it used to skip/show next one page but now it throws you to first page (from which pages were open).

Btw. you can also see that windows in tab selector are all white. This was fixed in first 37.1 version,but after update it happens again (that white thing).

mrninko

mrninko

DO YOU PLAN TO ADD MORE FEATURES TO PERSONALISE OPERA LIKE IN OPERA MINI???

mrninko

mrninko

@operamilleson

There's still pullvdown to reload issue https://youtu.be/zl6jjOyVi9k

It's happening for long time, reported few rime, but still not fixed.

It happens after wrong page loading - page is not completely/whole loaded or is loaded as white. Or when you wanna refresh page which is saved for reading.

A Former User

If the Opera changes a few points as follwing, I will use it as a main browser.

Change the menu bar(back, share, speed dial,tab change, account) position.
: previousely I could change the menu bar position like "phone" mode, so the menu bar was positioned to the top.
But now it is fixed position and I cannot change it. This would be uncomfortable for some users that have softkey device.
Open website in same tab
: when I open website in the bookmark, speed dial or URL bar, the website is being opened with New tab always. Is it possible to change it to be opened in same tab? Othereise add an option for this.

shelleyfrank

shelleyfrank

I'm trying out this version for the first time today. I love the new look. The simplified button design is far better than the previous set

What I like so far is:
No more data savings meter. It's great to save data, but this a web browser, not a racing car, or a benchmarking tool or whatever. The toggle switch view is enough and that's that.

What I don't like so far is:
There is no forward button. It will lead to an early uninstall, and never return, for me, unless this is reconcidered. Who's idea is it that you don't really need a forward skip button in your web browser? It is essential. You have to put it in, no choice. On the other hand, the share button which is in the position of the forward button, MUST GO! Sharing (a web page?) in a mobile browser is not paramount. This button must go back into the opera menu.

The user button has to be at the top and the three dot button (or Opera button) has to come down below. It just makes more sense that way.

Granted this is a beta release, but shouldn't a browser designer "know" where the buttons should sit in the UI? This design is quirky in the extreme. The user button leads to frustration, not intuitive access. It doesn't emediately make sense, presupposes a new learning curve and a getting used to. The previous design may be old fashioned,but it is more practical. To use a car metaphor, which is what Opera so loves.. Would you buy a car that has the steering wheel in the back seat?

A Former User

testing opera beta 37.1.2192.107416. had to hunt for a beta apk, for some reason my playstore installs opera beta with same release number as stable release.

i haven't found bugs yet, but i do have some dislikes. like a lot of folks, the ui is too different. i agree with most of the dislikes others have posted, but i think mine are new.

there doesn't seem to be a tablet ui in settings. i'm guessing you haven't had time to work on it. the current ui seems to be a variant of classic, which i don't like.

no save page for offline use.

want a way to cause a page to re-use current tab rather than opening a new tab. i prefer the way stable tablet mode works,ie default is re-use, with right click or long press bring up choice menu.

placement of home button on bottom bar causes problems with android 5.1. it's right above androis exit to home screen (round icon). i think home button should be moved left or right to avoid accidental press of android exit to home.

i'm not interested in news, and a lot of space ob tab bar is wasted by showing all the news categories. hopefully you'll implement a tablet interface with top bar similar to stable release, and provide a button somewhere to get at news, etc.

while not a dealbreaker, i would like a separate button for ooening bookmarks, or something on the 3-dot menu at top. using the person button is not intuitive.

A Former User

ps

sorry for typos in previous comment. opera beta hung a couple of times and i couldn't correct.

A Former User

just noticed that long press still brings up open in new, private, etc. so maybe you just leave that and have a settings option open in current tab (i realize that some sites always open links in new tab)

A Former User

previously i asked where save page had gone. after my third read of other posts, i find it's now save to reading list. i agree with another poster that it's not intuitive.

A Former User

just saw on google play that someone wants user agent (desktop/mobile) switching to stay in effect only for the current site rather than until changed in settings. i understand that user's wish, but my two cents worth.

a fairly major reason i use opera instead of chrome/firefox is that user agent setting is saved until changed. for various reasons, i almost always want desktop agent with my tablet.

my suggestion is something for user agent in setting something like desktop/mobile/default. with default, there could be a 3-dot menu item to request desktop site (like chrome).

nshr87

nshr87

I like new design very much, but I have a small suggestions about it.

Here they are:

Back button on the bottom menu completely duplicates standard android "back" button. So, it should be removed for something more useful.
"Reload" button on the bottom menu completely duplicates commonly used "shift down" gesture, so this button is also could be removed
3."Share button".. I think its really rarely used, so it also could be moved somewhere else from the bottom menu.
Start/Home page could be simply united with "user center" as a tab in it, once again clearing the space from the bottom menu.

As a result, 3 buttons menu are gone from the bottom meny without ANY loss of the functionality. And this free space could be used for address bar and the new three-dot-menu button.

I imagine it will be something like this: https://s12.postimg.org/ah91hlz3h/suggest_Opera.png

Hope this will help you in any way!

Sorry for my English. And sorry for Paint