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    • A Former User
      A Former User last edited by

      Let me turn the roulette table 180 degrees for a while:

      "Help us" AND "create a better" working environment finishing unfinished issues and cleaning old dusty Opera corners!

      • Why you need to synchronize two windows and how?
        Workspaces - synchronize windows' slides
        Workspaces - desynchronize show/hide options
        Workspaces - desynchronize icons

      • Vertical lines in Sidebar windows are not movable
        Bookmarks page has hidden movable border line
        Some vertical division lines on setting pages are not movable

      • Sidebar opening/closing windows is inconsistent
        Sidebar - total mishmash
        Changing website's order via drag'n'drop, failed.

      • Up the ante of Opera effectiveness
        Open thumbnails too in directory with images
        Opera does not play playlists (*.pls)

      • "Left shift" bugs
        Snapshot makes screenshots with left shift
        Opera 74.0.3870.0 developer update - Snapshot's left shift
        Site panels from Sidebar opens windows wrongly

      After the polishing phase you will turn the table to the original position and WE will move ahead together again.

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      • leocg
        leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

        This topic/post is about the Better Address Bar Experience, so let's stay on topic.

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        • leocg
          leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

          I would like to understand how the top sites work. Sometimes a page that I visit once or twice already shows up there but other pages that I visit more often never appears on the list.

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          • Grringo
            Grringo last edited by

            Gmail/webmail and Facebook/social notifications

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            • JurajKovac
              JurajKovac last edited by

              I for one would be psyched if the address bar pop-up would be touch-friendly. Right now, I can't tap on a URL suggestion to open the page.
              If the new shortcuts updated seamlessly based on input, i.e. filtering as I type, that would be quite useful.

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              • unrealmirakulix
                unrealmirakulix last edited by

                the draft looks great 🙂

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                • kamil7165
                  kamil7165 last edited by kamil7165

                  Your idea is good if only it will be possible to disable these shortcuts in settings. With the URL there are other things to improve. 1) When I'm typing, it prompts random previous pages from history even though in history there are exact web pages' titles and addresses which are more relevant. 2) Maybe it would be better to list more results from history and google prompts or allow us to set limit of number of lines. 3) I'd love to see better prompts from google. At the moment google prompts whole passphrases even though many often times I want to enter single word. So prompting one word at a time (the first words of a whole google prompt) would be some relief when searching.

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                  • andrew84
                    andrew84 @kamil7165 last edited by

                    @kamil7165 said in Help us create a better address bar experience:

                    When I'm typing

                    You're talking about the address bar dropdown, I guess. Enhanced address bar and address bar dropdown are two different things. Dropdown appears when you type, enhanced address bar appears (optionally) when you click on the address field.

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                    • mahotilo
                      mahotilo last edited by
                      1. Search engine selection
                      2. Search in page
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                      • kamil7165
                        kamil7165 last edited by

                        I also think that the green padlock was way better as you could quickly check if given page is secure (I know that in fact that's simplification but still way better). And the protocol prefix (like http/https) displaying was also nice.

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                        • leocg
                          leocg Moderator Volunteer @kamil7165 last edited by

                          @kamil7165 Many browsers are stop using the green padlock icon to avoid giving an unreal sensation of total security.

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                          • taroj1205
                            taroj1205 @mahotilo last edited by

                            @mahotilo: Your first idea is good, but for 2nd one, you can use [ctr]+[f] to search in page.

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                              • avl
                                avl Opera @gik-team last edited by

                                @gik-team: It's being worked on, we're resolving problems with video playback on content-protected steaming sites.

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                                • mahotilo
                                  mahotilo @taroj1205 last edited by

                                  @taroj1205 I can also use the search engine shortcut in the query string. But we are talking about how to make our life easier.

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                                  • gik-team
                                    gik-team @avl last edited by

                                    @avl Thank you!

                                    GIKradio.com

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                                    • oskarwik
                                      oskarwik last edited by

                                      As long as it is customizable, I don't want to risk seeing Alibaba, Booking, Facebook or Amazon every time I click at the address bar. The mockup looks good!
                                      I really miss keyboard short cuts (such as ctrl+1 for the first tab) and that I have to use the mouse more nowadays.

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                                        • taroj1205
                                          taroj1205 @mahotilo last edited by

                                          @mahotilo But isn't [ctr]+[f] easier?

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                                          • mahotilo
                                            mahotilo @taroj1205 last edited by

                                            @taroj1205 What about touchscreen display?

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