General Opera One Appearance Feedback Topic
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JafarAbidi last edited by
Do you all agree?
While it is true that this browser has utilized the core design philosophy of Chromium, it is not as clean and straightforward as Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge, as well as non-Chromium browsers such as Mozilla Firefox and Safari. Similar to the feature-filled orientation of Vivaldi browser, this is a notable disadvantage of Opera. Users who prefer a minimalist interface will definitely find its sidebars, presence of other buttons, and other features too distracting and somewhat intrusive. -
amyd32193 last edited by leocg
I'm frustrated virtual worker with ever worsening eyesight. Now that you'd updated the browser I can't make out anything on my speed dial. all of the icon have been reduced by 50% or more in size. How is this a "speed" dial when I have to open everything and zoom in, etc. So much space being used up by semi transparent fluff instead of the usable icons that help me differentiate items in each folder.
Then I went to connect my Spotify and it told me I didn't have a FB account associated with Spotify yet this is how I log in, from my desktop, from my phone and since it's bundled with my hulu, from Roku. I have no ability to see which of my facebook accounts it's attempting to use. Growing pains sure, but thus far haven't seen any thing about the new Opera One that I like better than the Opera I was using yesterday. Disappointing. What am I missing?
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flaviu2 last edited by
The "minimalist" design is not quite minimalist, as it leaves too much space between address bar and view, and between tabs and address, and so on. Who benefits from this ? No one else than who designed. It is not practical, it's not nice either. Why the view has not the entire space between left display and the right display ? Why address bar is so thick ?
It is very hard to gain a user for your browser, but it's very easy to lose it.
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flaviu2 last edited by flaviu2
Let me exemplify you when your design can annoying and force users to leave this brower.
Suppose you scroll a long page. And accidentally put the mouse in most left side (or right). Suddenly, the scroll, doesn't work. Why ? Because you didn't stretch the view from left to right side of the display. Why ????
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A Former User last edited by A Former User
I don't know why I decided to update my Opera today, but it was really terrible decision. This new modular ui just awful and ugly. Looks like design team was inspired by Dribbble trends, not actual user needs.
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flaviu2 last edited by
@hanteras
Very true. Users needs a browser easy to use, fast, less consuming resource and reliable browser. With their last update, they fail every point, except maybe the speed. With their new design, they force to migrate a lot of users from Opera to another browsers. Why to have a brick like design and to be puzzled which tab and which address is paired ? Why to have rounded view(s) ? It's not handy at all and ugly as well !Pity.
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marinadze last edited by
after the update, the question "do developers have vision problems?" how could you choose such a terrible purple color, it is very irritating to the eyes.
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A Former User last edited by
And the continuous inconsistency. Purple is used as highlighting color in Menu list and Bookmarks bar, while not used in History and Bookmarks.
Chrome, Edge, and Firefox use gray as marking color.
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A Former User last edited by
@cmspencer said
I'm getting the impression that the Opera dev team are starting to adopt the same attitude as MS "We know best and users will do as we say".
Kinda like Apple. Apple does not care what consumers want on product development.
The difference is that Apple has unlimited resources for building, testing, and evaluating products before launch – so they get changes right.
People still complain, but soon realize that the Apple product team have done their job and eventually users feel the new version is superior.
We also complain, but here the story will not be like Apple’s.
Opera needs to listen to feedback, because I believe they are making numerous mistakes in the evolution of their design and features.
Hopefully Opera will understand that it was a wrong path and adjust – or perhaps they have market research and user data that diverges from the voices on this forum.
I doubt the latter.
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A Former User last edited by A Former User
@leocg said
@marinadze I like that.
Well, you liked it before when it was grey.
If they change it to orange or rainbow colors, you will also like it.
It's as if you have no opinion or preference on your own, outside the current Opera build.
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@vegelund said:
Kinda like Apple. Apple does not care what consumers want on product development.
Yet lots of people rush to buy new Apple products as soon as they are released. Even if there aren't any significant changes or improvements on it.
Opera needs to listen to feedback
They do listen. However, they can't base their decisions only on a forum topic.
Hopefully Opera will understand that it was a wrong path and adjust
I don't think it was. And adjusts will always happen and are welcome.
or perhaps they have market research and user data that diverges from the voices on this forum.
There are high chances.
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A Former User last edited by A Former User
@leocg said
There are high chances.
Do you believe Opera Norway knows something about the browser market and user preferences that Alphabet Inc. does not have full overview over?
You sure are a fanboy. Bonne chance.
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zauberfritz last edited by
To many colors, too intense, too frivolous, to crowded, busy etc. Like happened earlier, the tab icons are muddy, crammed; you can't find your tabs anymore. A browser is not a Christmas tree.
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flaviu2 last edited by
I pretty sure they would not make Opera browser back to the previous design, they worked too much on this one to do that.
I noticed Opera is most likely Mozilla as look and feel. It is a matter of taste, I agree. Personally, I prefer steady design like Edge or Chrome. For business case, 99% users prefer that. Maybe Opera browser doesn't target those users.
In my opinion, even Opera GX looks better than Opera One, because tab area is coupled with address bar. And if Opera One looks like Mozilla does, at least Mozilla stretch the view on the entire screen. Better ! I don't expect Opera team hear us, if Opera has telemetry, maybe they see how many users give up using Opera ...
