Native M1 ARM Version of Opera?
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A Former User last edited by A Former User
Will there be a native ARM version of Opera for the new M1 and subsequent Apple Macs?
Chrome, Brave and Firefox already have native M1 apps which score significantly higher in web browsing benchmarks.
From some testing "The M1 Chrome scored 210 in the Speedometer 2.0 test, while the Standard Chrome scored just 116." Talking numbers, the M1 version Chrome performed nearly 66-85 percent better than the Rosetta 2 version.
I was holding off on getting an M1 macbook air since software compatibility was an issue, but now almost everything I need has been updated except for Opera.
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gik-team last edited by@nintendork07 I will say more: I'm start to get used to other browsers ... and it's a very bad feeling.
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valma last edited by
@gik-team Exact same feeling. Used Opera for an important part of the things I do (have to use also other browsers too) but not having news about M1 support, I can't but start to look for a replacement... I don't like it as I loved the left tab/groups (whatever it is called) specially... Please, guys at Opera, can you give us some feedback about how is this going? Hope you're doing great, but if it is complicated, at least having some feedback shows some interest...
Thanks and best!
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valma last edited by
@leocg Thanks, that's at least some signal of progress... Crossing fingers for next release... at least for it to be rosetta stone compatible if not ARM optimized (as others are now sigh... but probably Opera is that too for the for the following release to this next one... ). I'm still leaving in my happy imagined world, but there are some hints at least...
Will try to keep leaving in that world...Best,
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A Former User last edited by
I got tired of waiting.... I unfortunately switched to Safari. I hope it gets released before I get used to Safari.
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kyu3 last edited by@nintendork07 Me, too! Chrome for ARM Mac is so fast! I hope Opera for ARM Mac soon.
P.S.
I bought M1 Macbook Air. I used this a few days. I don't still encounter trouble. Opera Stable runs by Rosetta 2 without problems.I use Opera Stable 74.0.3911.75.
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A Former User last edited by
@cduguet i actually switched to brave! it is absolutely excellent once you get everything configured. much much faster than Opera, and on par with safari with a better feature set. Plus it actually gets updated more than every 2 months...
Only thing I missed from Opera was the contextual search bar that would bring up search and copy, but I actually found an extension called "Selection Popup:" that does pretty much the same thing.
Maybe i'll look at opera again if they release a native ARM version, but Brave for android is much better than Opera as well, so syncing with my phone is so much smoother
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gik-team last edited by gik-team
How to know if development is in progress? Without information... the worst is.
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A Former User last edited by
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If you check the change logs for 73, search "ARM" on page, you'll see they have been working on some bugs occurring on ARM Macs. I guess that's one way of knowing they are working on it. -
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gik-team last edited by
@steveltn
DNA-88968 MediaIsTypeSupportedTest.InvalidCodecId fails on ARM Mac (Big Sur)This is the only entry that doesn't say anything, unfortunately.
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@gik-team There is more here: https://blogs.opera.com/desktop/changelog-for-75/
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gik-team last edited by
@leocg said in Native M1 ARM Version of Opera?:
@gik-team There are a few issues fixed listed in Opera 75 changelog.
Unfortunately, they are not explicit, it is difficult to understand what exactly we are talking about.
Other browsers are already supports new M1 chip. And the question arises: why is everything so complicated and not obvious with the Opera?I have been working with opera for 15+ years now and do not want to switch to another at all.
