Opera iOS Bookmarks
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Andymatic last edited by
@jonaballen Bumping this... it's 8 months down the road.
I was all-in on switching to opera until I realized I could not sync bookmarks/pinboards/etc. Having those collections of information isolated to specific devices is pretty meh - I travel frequently for business and I really need to be able to access the same information wherever I am, and whether I am on a work machine, laptop, mobile device, quest headset, android or iOS etc.
Flow is good, very appealing... that and aria, snapshots, pinboards and tab management all drew me to consider switching (and recommending coworkers at my fortune 50 workplace do the same.) The various extensions are pretty old and uninteresting, but the overall effort to be a next-gen browser is compelling...
...But then I run into this blocker issue where the iOS browser is fundamentally different and lacking compared to the desktop, and no full parity of data between devices is the exact opposite of next-gen...
If your leadership is capable and serious I would suggest this is a critical and existential issue for this browser. 8 months+ to even add bookmarks is no good. They need to invest in this seriously, and do what it takes to get full sync in production.
Design features and helpers are attention grabbing and fun, and yes a LLM chatbot is handy. But ultimately if various devices are not sharing information people are going to look elsewhere.
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loviepuppy last edited by
Is there any updates on syncing on IOS yet??? I know a few devs have commented on here saying it’s in planning or being worked on in the next few months but it’s frustrating to have no updates on WHEN.
I know from another comment describing how they will have work on scratch would take a lot of time, but I’m so tired of nothing still.
I loved Opera for my computer!! But I can’t continue to use it if I don’t have phone sync since I spend 90% of my time on phone vs computer.
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loviepuppy last edited by
@loviepuppy I have no idea when I wrote this and to what it was. I’m guessing to the person mentioning the work around pulling up the sync site on the phone lol
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EphyMcBeefy last edited by
General consensus is that this browser is amazing and I tend to agree. The biggest limitation for me making a full switch is this issue. Full bookmark and password saves by extension are a must have.
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Hilom last edited by
@jonaballen said in Opera iOS Bookmarks:
In case you missed it:
Standard bookmarks support was added on Oper Browser for iOS in April.
- You can add a site to either Speed Dial or bookmarks from the Menu > Star icon, select location in the Bookmark sheet that open in bottom
- If an site is already starred and loaded in a tab, the star is "filled" and user can tap it to edit it.
- You can open bookmarks from the Bookmarks section by opening Menu > Bookmarks
- You can also edit or move or delete bookmarks in the Bookmarks section by long pressing on an item.
- You can add folders and delete them.
Sync and import bookmarks feature is on the roadmap for this fall.
18 months later... June 2024... Still no syncing on iOS
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LeUmbranox last edited by
How can it be that there is no way to synchronize your account information (bookmarks etc.) with the iPhone? Every browser supports this function and it can't be so hard to implement it.
Too bad, but Opera is not usable for me this way... -
MorphNorth last edited by@Andymatic And now nearly 18 months down the road. I've just started using Opera GX and trying to use across my PC, work PC, and iPhone, and have come across this. I honestly can't believe a browser of this seemingly high quality doesn't have mobile bookmarks, let alone sync. This could be a very short-lived browser migration!
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LukasMendez last edited by
@jonaballen what's the status of this? I found this thread yesterday, and you said it was on the roadmap more than one year ago. Kinda curious, as I love Opera, but its a dealbreaker when you can't use your stuff between devices
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FueledImages last edited by
@jonaballen This is stupid! how do you make a browser with a mobile app and bookmark syncing is not a primary feature?
