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    • Prosper1
      Prosper1 last edited by

      So how to open recently closed tabs now?

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      • leocg
        leocg Moderator Volunteer @Prosper1 last edited by

        @Prosper1 Off-Topic but you can do it in Menu > History.

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        • Teadrinker76
          Teadrinker76 last edited by

          can we please have it put back? I really liked it. Please?

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          • burnout426
            burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

            Not the same, but you can hit alt + d (or ctrl + l) to focus the address field, type your search and hit alt + enter. Then, you can hit ctrl + w to close the search result page when you're done to go back to where you were.

            Of course, you can just do ctrl + t, type, press enter and do ctrl + w after that instead if that's easier. Again, not the same, but...

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            • winecurmudgeon
              winecurmudgeon last edited by

              Instant search was easily the best thing about Opera. Honestly, what's the difference between any of the modern browsers? That it was discontinued "because not enough people used it" speaks to how decisions are made in developing software these days. How many people are enough?

              It's the same reason I can't move the hamburger menu in Firefox from the right to the left, and why the Lightning extension sometimes vanishes when Thunderbird is updated. Software is developed to make it easier for the developers, and not the users.

              An Instagram extension? Who is kidding who? How many Instagram users use Opera?

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              • Teadrinker76
                Teadrinker76 last edited by

                i don't see why we can't have both.

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                • A Former User
                  A Former User last edited by

                  A lot of people complaining about the "Instant Search" function that was removed. I recently changed to Opera because of the Instant Search. Please, bring ir back, people already missing it. I'll probably get back to safari/Chrome...

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                  • acidinmyfridge
                    acidinmyfridge @Guest last edited by

                    @diegosdf i'm staying on v67 and won't be updating anymore.
                    Instant search is THE feature that makes Opera superior to all other browsers. It's convenient and outstanding in so many ways.

                    You think you know, but you have no idea.

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                    • ab-garcez
                      ab-garcez @acidinmyfridge last edited by

                      @acidinmyfridge I might do the same.

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                      • Teadrinker76
                        Teadrinker76 last edited by

                        i think i'm just gonna start useing vivaldi brower from now on. atleast they're not pulling this crap on their users.

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                        • winecurmudgeon
                          winecurmudgeon @winecurmudgeon last edited by winecurmudgeon

                          The Trufflepiggy extension sort of does the same thing as Instant Search. You can click the icon in the toolbar, and it loads a floating search box on the current page. It's not very minimal or pretty, but it does work. No way to move the icon to the sidebar, though.

                          There's also a Chrome and Firefox extension called Sidebar+, but I haven't been able to get it to work in Opera, Chrome or Firefox.

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                          • thekjub9
                            thekjub9 last edited by leocg

                            I have never ever used Alt+space as an windows shortcut there are no native shortcuts ..... there is no property Windows only !!!! So all you use that one please behave ok ? There is only one native windows key !!! and it was never overwritten it has dedicated logo too. For me please Opera bring instant search back. It was so so good.

                            ALT ... google
                            CTRL ... tabs for me it is amazing solution and I bet there are thousands of guys using it

                            but a couple of tech geeks that can argue on forums well bring wrong impressions about using it. or make it easily disable friendly for them. For the rest of us please bring it back.

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                            • thekjub9
                              thekjub9 @avl last edited by leocg

                              @avl this is such a lie.... It was removed only because tech geeks using alt space for opening menu.... so so lame I have never used that ever. And I bet that its even more negligible than instant search. So please bring it back and make it easily disable-able ... There are easily 20 shortcuts that use people much much less and still are possible in Opera. So pleas stop lying to us.

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                              • sagardakua007
                                sagardakua007 last edited by sagardakua007

                                Any way to bring back Win alt+space bar quick google search option? Can't find that after v68 update.

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                                • acidinmyfridge
                                  acidinmyfridge @winecurmudgeon last edited by

                                  @winecurmudgeon said in Instant search box gone?:

                                  Trufflepiggy

                                  Thank you for mentioning this, will try it out. For now i will be staying on v67 though, so i can continue using instant search.

                                  You think you know, but you have no idea.

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                                  • acidinmyfridge
                                    acidinmyfridge @sagardakua007 last edited by

                                    @sagardakua007 that was instant search and used keys for alt+space.
                                    roll back to v67, when you read a bit more up in this thread, it says it has been removed due to not enough people using it.

                                    You think you know, but you have no idea.

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                                    • Teadrinker76
                                      Teadrinker76 last edited by

                                      well can it be brought back please?

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                                      • SilentHugOfDoom
                                        SilentHugOfDoom @avl last edited by

                                        @avl why not both can exist at the same time? why it has to be one or the other? instant search feature should be enhanced in my honest opinion. we should be able to search in tabs, bookmarks, history, extensions, under the hood shortcuts, web search with custom search engines, etc.

                                        another option I can think of -and I believe this can be a bit more sustainable in your part; is using the enhanced address bar in a similar way. like how firefox did. you can make it bigger on focus and look (maybe) and behave similarly to the spotlight in macos? I really liked the enhanced address bar and maybe it can become a very cool feature and make everyone happy?

                                        Stable macOS • Online Portfolio

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                                        • Product-Manager
                                          Product-Manager @avl last edited by Product-Manager

                                          @avl Are you sure you analyzed the data correctly? The most useful usage of instant search was not clicking through at all - so there is a chance you overlooked the true usage metrics of the feature.

                                          e.g. using google to translate, do calculations, or getting an answer straight on the Google feed without clicking through.... That was the true power of instant search but it's hard to measure as there are no clicks to analyze.

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                                          • ab-garcez
                                            ab-garcez @Product-Manager last edited by

                                            @Product-Manager I could even clear all my doubts while watching a fullscreen video. It was the dream.

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