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    • hm55
      hm55 last edited by

      Is there any news ?
      Thinking to switch to another browser because all the day's i switch from different account's (multilogin extension seems to not be working)

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      • A Former User
        A Former User @hm55 last edited by

        @hm55 Vivaldi premiered an enhanced session feature. That also involves open spaces, so no need to keep changing profiles, either.

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        • burnout426
          burnout426 Volunteer @hm55 last edited by

          @hm55 Workspaces are just a visual separation of tabs on the tab bar. That's it. Opera hasn't said, but I personally doubt workspaces will ever evolve to use separate sessions.

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          • A Former User
            A Former User @burnout426 last edited by

            @burnout426 I think so, too!

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            • Prazgreen
              Prazgreen @edmarcio last edited by

              @edmarcio opera already has tab islands

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              • agleto
                agleto last edited by

                I was looking for this post. This is the main thing I am missing in opera GX

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                • Omits
                  Omits last edited by

                  It turns out Workspaces is no use to me as I want a different set of Home page favs.

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                  • A Former User
                    A Former User @burnout426 last edited by A Former User

                    @burnout426 Arc Browser has it. Not differents sessions but profiles. In addition to the ability to customize each workspace and create folders and tabs.

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                    • burnout426
                      burnout426 Volunteer @Guest last edited by

                      @hevikk said in Workspaces as separate sessions:

                      but profiles

                      See this post for how to do that with Opera.

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                      • AmericanEagle
                        AmericanEagle last edited by

                        This is the main reason I cannot use Opera as my primary browser... I just cannot mix company information, history and cookies with my personal profile.

                        Every mayor browsers have this feature and Opera is the only one without this feature... MacOS and Linux versions doesn't have an option to switch profiles.

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                        • AmericanEagle
                          AmericanEagle @edmarcio last edited by

                          @edmarcio said in Workspaces as separate sessions:

                          no other browser in the market has it.

                          Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Vivaldi has this feature for years.

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                          • A Former User
                            A Former User @burnout426 last edited by A Former User

                            @burnout426 Thank you for your answer. Very complicated the use of profiles indicated. In Arc you can set as many profiles as you want in settings. Then, the workspaces, associate them with one of them. And select if you need the same applications that are built into the default profile or add new ones. You can also individualize each one, with its respective color and background page. Also, when I open a second window in Opera, the workspaces do not appear in this one. And if by mistake, I don't realize it and I close first the window with the boards, and then the second window, the next time I open Opera, there are no more workspaces. And I must proceed to restore them in the Default folder. In all the other browsers I tried, the workspaces are synchronized centrally and never disappear. Regards.

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                              A Former User @Prazgreen last edited by

                              @prazgreen Islands are a marketing way of selling lash grouping, albeit in a very cute and visual way. Vivaldi has three different ways of grouping its tabs. Similar to Opera's island shape, would be the "accordion" shape in Vivaldi.

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                              • edmarcio
                                edmarcio @burnout426 last edited by

                                @burnout426 this should be ok if no other Chromium browser did it but why others can but Opera not?

                                For example Arc workspace can have different profiles.

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                                • edmarcio
                                  edmarcio @AmericanEagle last edited by

                                  @AmericanEagle recently only Arc has it.
                                  All the browser you listed doesn't have it even today.

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                                  • edmarcio
                                    edmarcio last edited by edmarcio

                                    This is still the big miss in Opera even after years.
                                    I keep trying to move to another browser due that... if Arc was not so bad in Windows I should have be using it but Opera UI is still king for me.

                                    Just miss Workspace with different profiles/session... there is no point in using Workspace without that.

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                                    • leocg
                                      leocg Moderator Volunteer @edmarcio last edited by

                                      @edmarcio You can have it in Opera too, but you need to create them manually.

                                      In Opera GX you can create profiles.

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                                      • Allex50
                                        Allex50 @leocg last edited by

                                        @leocg Can you point to how this is done? Thanks.

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                                        • leocg
                                          leocg Moderator Volunteer @Allex50 last edited by

                                          @Allex50 See https://www.reddit.com/r/operabrowser/wiki/opera/new_profile, check Create Multiple Profiles for Opera

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                                          • edmarcio
                                            edmarcio @leocg last edited by edmarcio

                                            @leocg but you can't use them in Workspace.
                                            You need to have 2 windows opened... that way is the same as having two browser opened (Opera and Chrome).

                                            I don't know how people use their browsers... but I have one browser for Work and another browser for Personal because the authentications in the sites are different (aka my Work profile should be different from my Personal profile)... when I say one browser it means one of instance of any browser running with a profile (so it can be two Operas).

                                            The best way to organize that is to have one workspace for Work, one workspace for Personal and even have options to have others workspaces like University for example.
                                            But without profiles / session per workspace it will never works... so it become useless to use Workspaces because in the actual state of Opera you will need to have two Windows opened.

                                            Workspace is suppose to allow you to have grup of tabs without need to have another windows (browser instance)... but not having profiles / sessions kills it purpose.

                                            In simple terms if I already have to open two, three, etc browsers to deal with different "working subjects" then why I need workspaces at all? Unless these workspaces allow to have different "working subjects" wihtout need a new windows / browser opened it will be useless and redundant.

                                            PS. It become even more trick if you work with several clients... so for example the Salesforce authentication for one client is different from others clients... in that case you could have one workspace per client but how Opera works you need to have one browser window (instance of opera) per client.

                                            I have no ideia how when we ask for workspaces with different profiles some here understand that we want just different profiles lol

                                            Like I said if I need a new window to have different profiles then it will be same as having several browsers... it doesn't organize anything at all.

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