General Opera One Appearance Feedback Topic
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historymom last edited by
Opera has been my main browser for many years, because of it's flexibility and security. But I will likely have to abandon ship, because of the tiny, low-res fonts and the sacrifice of visible content in favor of vast empty space (Ex: Speed Dial, which is now almost useless). Opera has been steadily losing customization (why, oh, why must the tabs be far away in the top bar? and the sidebar change is just plain dumb) and basic security features (a big, splashy re-vamp, and we still can't dump all data on exit?!). Now that I can't even see what I'm looking for, I am being driven away. I am so disappointed. Opera One should not have been released with such obvious issues, and with so many visible flaws, I worry about the basic functionality/security of the browser. Please restore my confidence in Opera by fixing these major mistakes.
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historymom last edited by
An addition to my previous gripes: it is stupidly difficult to close a tab, rather than opening a new one. This also is just such poor design there is no excuse for it. It's worth noting that most of the appearance issues folks are raising involve greatly reduced visibility functionality - as if the designers are all 17-yr-olds with perfect vision, and arrogant about it.
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A Former User last edited by A Former User
But look at how the grey round border enhances the user experience.
Maybe we could color it purple – that would make the browser even better.
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gustavomolina last edited by
There are a couple of sayings or proverbs that come to mind with this: "common sense is the least common of the senses", and obviously in this matter it was not applied, and the other one that comes to mind is : "If it is not broke, do not fix it". The latter is practically a maxim of good quality computing.
I have been using Opera since it was an Internet suite, practically since the dawn of this browser. In my opinion, its best time was when it was an Internet suite, but unfortunately Opera Software in many aspects tends to resemble what Google is today, in its time the browser was loaded with many functions, as well as services that orbited around it. he who made it second to none. Little by little, but quickly, they were destroying many of those good features and services.
When they made the leap, that is, they left behind the Internet suite concept, for a while I used other browsers. Then I decided to give them another chance, and they barely managed to convince me again (nostalgia). The Vivaldi browser has been knocking on my door for a long time, I was just waiting for a couple of things to improve to change Opera for the latter, but given this drastic change, which visually I don't like at all and is totally uncomfortable (disastrous visual ergonomics ), I think I will definitely open the door for Vivaldi.
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jessbaltrusch last edited by
is there any way to get the browser back to previous design? I can't handle the way the tabs look or the corners of the screen being rounded. Genuinely gonna stop using this browser if there isn't a way around it.
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scubadogs1742 last edited by
@amyd32193 It looks like 23 days ago you posted this and no response from Opera?? I guess they don't care about their users.
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maringuk55 last edited by
Like other people here I just register myself on this site to show my hate to the new UI, this is awful, is ugly, is horrendous. Why would you change something that's working? I even think that maybe another bigger company buy you and you're trying to push us away, I don't find a logical explanation for this you have done. We want the old opera UI back, that's it, just fire the person or team who told you to do this, everyone is changing browser right now...
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NotRustyBot last edited by
- I don't like the gap
- new tab button is small, and unnecessarily bright, keeps catching my attention (white-mode only issue)
- inconsistent padding
- there is a gap between the edge of the screen and the scrollbar, putting your mouse all the way to the right and dragging it down will not scroll the page.
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similar to 4. right-clicking in this area targets nothing.
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the gaps are weird, I don't like the gaps.
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some of these features don't seem to fit in with the others. I think it depends on the user, I personally use flow a lot, and would prefer having it next to the messenger and AI features. I think the same should go for the other Special Functions (Music Player and Crypto Wallet). Depends a lot on how 6. is addressed.
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this doesn't look right. I'd just remove the darker area.
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rounded corners. I don't mind them that much, but using rounded corners introduces gaps. I do mind the gaps, the gaps are weird, I don't like gaps. I'd rather have an option to set the window background color set to the same white color as the searchbar and sidebar to at pretend there aren't any gaps. but maybe that's just me.
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context (wokspace?) swap animation. I'd prefer to disable it entirely, but if not, at at least fix the wonky animation that happens when going in the reverse order (from 3rd to 2nd for example)
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nco2k last edited by
@notrustybot i agree with everything you said. in addition to that, i hate that the extensions are in the top right corner now. i want my profile to be in the top right corner, like it used to be. also the speed dial / home button is gone, which is really annoying. this whole update is a major disappointment UX-wise.
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DualBladeHero last edited by
Hey, I'm currently using Opera because I really enjoyed the old user interface it had. However, I've noticed that the latest updates have brought significant changes to the UI, and I must admit that I'm not a fan of the new look. It would be great if there was an option to revert back to the old GUI, as it felt more comfortable and familiar to me. I believe having such flexibility would enhance the overall user experience for those who prefer the previous design. Opera has been a reliable browser for me, and I hope they consider accommodating users' preferences when it comes to the interface.
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DeaRain last edited by
Please add the ability to disable the display of site icons on the express panel. And return the filling of the tabs with solid colors. Now all the icons are of different quality and different sizes, it's ugly. At the same time, just the text "Reserved" looks cool.
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choppa last edited by
What a bloody shambles the new update is,or should that be down date,put simple its a disgrace.It should be titled Opera Zero not Opera one
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marinadze last edited by leocg
In addition to the fact that Opera one has become simply terrible and ugly (all these shortcomings have already been pointed out many times), it is incredibly annoying that it is impossible to disable auto-update, I would have put version 95 or any other with the greatest pleasure, before the browser was ruined, and used Opera further
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tadashicz1 last edited by
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmXaJd23EHw This is what I got reminded of with the Opera redesign. The new design is just so bad. I know they were aiming at the Gaming community with the GX browser but why not to stay with that? You can have 2 browsers when – in the end – they are the same one, just with different packaging.
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scubadogs1742 last edited by
@gustavomolina I agree. Worked in IT for over 40 years. Ran many roll outs of new products and services. This one is far the worst. I use my speed dial page a lot. My tiles were all solid and large so I could see them. Upgraded and now I have to go into each one to correct their upgrade just to get back what I had before the upgrade. I have used Opera since 1997 as my main browser. No support or even one word about this from the company. They lost me as a user.! Who would think leaving your user with a speed dial page like this is the proper thing to do? speed dial.png
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RTG-99999 last edited by
Just adding another person to the "I hate Opera One UI" list...
What really annoys me is that software companies like this believe that they have the right to destroy my user experience to suit their own ends.
If I had the power I would force every software company on the plant to:
- Never auto-update my software
- Provide screenshots of any UI changes
- Provide a roll-back feature button to remove unwanted changes
So entirely sick and tired of some idiot developer with an IQ of less than the number of teeth in his head and the design ability of a fence post having the ability to ruin my user experience.
But it isn't just the designer.
Where is the QC / UAT manager in all of this?
Which fool(s) signed off on this?
Did anyone ask the community?
Did anyone even look at the walking abortion they have created?
...or was it just "code compilies successfully; push to users"?
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nightmaresoul last edited by
It's possible I am an outlier here with as many tabs as I normally have open but the new tab bar is a bloody mess to sort through. I cannot select a tab if its playing video or music, other than to mute it not go back to it without having to search it, and the tabs are so bright it makes having night mode on useless. I hope that Opera One will allow users to have more control over the gui appearance and set up. As right now its a bloody mess.!!
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Zukikama last edited by leocg
Hello I think there is a bug or something I cannot scroll on websites. Also there are some unnecessary gaps and round edges. I cannot change it back anywhere. Please help!
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A Former User last edited by
I have to confess that I've come to like the new design by now. I confess, that it's a little different from the old one, but not that much.
I've used Chrome, Edge, Vivaldi, Brave, Safari and Firefox recently - and I don't think there's any of them having a pleasant UI like Opera, except for Vivaldi maybe which you can make look similar to pre-100 design, but not totally.
But of course, that's a matter of taste. Changes of UI always provoke strong reactions as Mozilla has also experienced with their Photon(?) design of last year. Or Apple with Safari on iOS.
Even in Presto-times Opera's design changed with any major version if I remember correctly.
I didn't have any learning curve after upgrading to 100, actually.My only catch with Opera still is its unclear connection to its Chinese investors and how that affects its data privacy. Otherwise I even like its new design for being handy, clutterfree and streamlined especially in contrast to Edge with all its MS-bullsh..t.
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Arthur142 last edited by
Could we at least have the option to fill the whole tab and not have the pointless border around the page? Not only is it ugly with the round corners in my opinion, but the fact that the scroll doesn't work anymore if your cursor is all the way to the left or right is plain annoying.
Also, please return the Speed Dial button to the left of the address bar.
