<![CDATA[[Suggestion]Release Opera With Options: Classic and Modern Look]]>Good Day,

At this point, there's not much to like about Opera One. We can list countless reasons but won't go down that path.

Instead, we would like to request Opera's developers consider the following options before releasing Opera One (Stable):

  1. Release Opera One with the following UI/UX options: Classic and Modern. Classic would be represented by Opera 98; Modern would be represented by Opera One.

OR

  1. Release Opera One (Stable), but also retain the ability to download and install Opera 98 (with updates limited to Opera 98 bugs and CVE fixes).

The above provides a success path to ensure Opera users won't migrate to another browser (e.g., Google Chrome, MS Edge) soon after Opera One (Stable) is released.

Thank you for reading. Thank you for your consideration.

Cheers!

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/62119/suggestion-release-opera-with-options-classic-and-modern-lookRSS for NodeThu, 16 Apr 2026 15:08:50 GMTWed, 03 May 2023 15:11:15 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to [Suggestion]Release Opera With Options: Classic and Modern Look on Fri, 05 May 2023 15:00:09 GMT]]>Don't mean to water down this topic, but going forward (i.e., Opera NextGen), we highly recommend Opera's Leadership establish a Customer Advisory Board (CAB) comprised of Opera Leaders, Developers, and select Customers to determine what's best for Opera and the community. It has been done, and can be done, successfully.

Hopefully, Opera Leadership is taking note on this.

Cheers!

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/308892https://forums.opera.com/post/308892Fri, 05 May 2023 15:00:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Suggestion]Release Opera With Options: Classic and Modern Look on Thu, 04 May 2023 10:47:33 GMT]]>@reitei17 said in [Suggestion]Release Opera With Options: Classic and Modern Look:

I really like the new innovation and opera one direction of style. Classic browser bored me. But i understand there are still many people who dislike change.

It's not about change or not. A browser continuously changes and evolves.
For me it's about the process Opera uses to choose new design. I believe it is flawed.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/308744https://forums.opera.com/post/308744Thu, 04 May 2023 10:47:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Suggestion]Release Opera With Options: Classic and Modern Look on Wed, 03 May 2023 22:29:11 GMT]]>I really like the new innovation and opera one direction of style. Classic browser bored me. But i understand there are still many people who dislike change. And im up for an option to choose for classic or modern looks.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/308685https://forums.opera.com/post/308685Wed, 03 May 2023 22:29:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Suggestion]Release Opera With Options: Classic and Modern Look on Wed, 03 May 2023 22:19:53 GMT]]>@generosus said:

It wouldn't hurt to ask them

Sure, I was just expressing my opinion on the subject.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/308669https://forums.opera.com/post/308669Wed, 03 May 2023 22:19:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Suggestion]Release Opera With Options: Classic and Modern Look on Wed, 03 May 2023 19:48:05 GMT]]>@leocg,

It wouldn't hurt to ask them and hope for some feedback.

And if you ask me, a public (not internal) poll should determine whether the change is worth implementing.

Thanks for all you do 🙂

Cheers!

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/308662https://forums.opera.com/post/308662Wed, 03 May 2023 19:48:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Suggestion]Release Opera With Options: Classic and Modern Look on Wed, 03 May 2023 19:45:57 GMT]]>@vegelund,

Excellent remarks. You stole my words 🙂

For crying out loud, as another good example, have you visited Opera One's official website? It looks like it was designed by a committee that couldn't agree on the final product.

Don't mean to be critical of Opera's mission and vision but, after using Opera for 12+ years, we're utterly disappointed with the changes they have made.

Quite a shame.

Salud!

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/308660https://forums.opera.com/post/308660Wed, 03 May 2023 19:45:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Suggestion]Release Opera With Options: Classic and Modern Look on Wed, 03 May 2023 17:06:38 GMT]]>@leocg said in [Suggestion]Release Opera With Options: Classic and Modern Look:

@vegelund I guess they test with the regular users, by releasing the changes in the Developer channel.

A feedback group consisting of only Developer stream users is exceptionally far off the average Opera user.

That would be an inexplicable choice by management for the purpose of evaluating design options for the general consumer of Opera browsers.

If true, no wonder we get browsers looking like comic sans and bubble games.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/308626https://forums.opera.com/post/308626Wed, 03 May 2023 17:06:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Suggestion]Release Opera With Options: Classic and Modern Look on Wed, 03 May 2023 16:57:27 GMT]]>@generosus They will listen the users feedbacks and make the necessary adjusts to Opera One UI, but once Opera One reaches the stable channel I don't think there will be an option to keep using the old UI.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/308621https://forums.opera.com/post/308621Wed, 03 May 2023 16:57:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Suggestion]Release Opera With Options: Classic and Modern Look on Wed, 03 May 2023 16:55:09 GMT]]>@vegelund I guess they test with the regular users, by releasing the changes in the Developer channel.
Of course there should be some internal testing and discussion before those changes are put into production.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/308620https://forums.opera.com/post/308620Wed, 03 May 2023 16:55:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Suggestion]Release Opera With Options: Classic and Modern Look on Wed, 03 May 2023 16:27:20 GMT]]>Do you mean the omnipresent forum God leocg?
The one with 38,922 posts, who has never ever said anything critical about Opera in all of recorded history?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/308619https://forums.opera.com/post/308619Wed, 03 May 2023 16:27:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Suggestion]Release Opera With Options: Classic and Modern Look on Wed, 03 May 2023 16:04:10 GMT]]>@vegelund,

Excellent question, but you're asking the wrong person. Perhaps one of Opera's Forum Moderators (e.g., @leocg) can answer your question.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/308618https://forums.opera.com/post/308618Wed, 03 May 2023 16:04:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [Suggestion]Release Opera With Options: Classic and Modern Look on Wed, 03 May 2023 15:51:21 GMT]]>What kind of focus groups or user testing environments does Opera use to evaluate new design in their browser products?

Users of Beta and Developer come into the loop once design is established.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/308612https://forums.opera.com/post/308612Wed, 03 May 2023 15:51:21 GMT