Opera One alternatives
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DarthGTB last edited by
@saeedp, here is a list of reasons why I'm starting to move to Vivaldi today. These may not appeal to everybody, but are the features that most attracted me to it:
- I didn't know until last week that people behind Vivaldi worked at Opera in the past, so I hoped for similar features and was not disappointed
- I for one don't care it is not 100% open source
- It is actually modular like the original Opera used to be (as in, you can place tab bar, address bar, etc. wherever you want, add or remove buttons to them wherever you want. It's basically the same UI building experience from the original Opera)
- It has a more sober UI
- It has a more customizable Speed Dial (as in you can change tile size and have folders inside folders)
- It can also pop out videos
- It can also group tabs (and it provides multiple options of how it's displayed)
- I didn't test the sidebar yet, but it not being the way I want isn't a deal breaker anymore. I've been living without a sidebar for a while now in Opera because it can't deliver what I want, which is the ability to add unlimited pages to it like Edge and Yandex do
- It is possible to set pages to open as an app and pin them to the taskbar. This is great for web apps like Outlook, Spotify, WhatsApp, Google Keep, etc. I've been using Edge for this feature for a while and now I'll finally be able to use only one browser for all my daily routine (I can't use Chrome and Firefox for my routine because I'm a programmer and use them to test my software. So browsing data and extensions are fully zeroed all the time in those two)
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JuanEsteban90 last edited by
@saeedp How Ironic that the best place to find alternatives to the "New Opera" is an Opera forum. I've been an Opera user for a number of years but once they eliminated the "Auto-Update Off" feature things have gone downhill. I'm 46 years old... I'm looking for a lightweight browser that gives me control of privacy & security settings and has decent options for extensions (mainly add blockers). I don't want AI to help me shop or book a vacation rental and I damn sure don't need an interface for every social media site in existence.
Thank you all for your posts. It gives me hope that I am not THAT far outside the mainstream! -
A Former User last edited by
@juanesteban90 Well I‘ve tried them all. But they all come with their very own sort of issues, really.
For me, Opera is the best blend of simplicity and features, though.
I had used Vivaldi such a long time, but it has so many features, I don‘t need. And the customization thing drives me nervous.
I used Brave for a short time, and it lacks so many features that I take for granted.
Last was good old Firefox, but it was lagging, especially when filling in forms. And it made my fans roar. I really wanted to like it. But it didn’t deliver, at least not for me.
Edge was fully bloated with Microsoft stuff, that it‘s hard to bare, if you don’t like Redmont that much.
I‘m even 56 by the way. -
A Former User last edited by
In my user case I haven't found any alternative that really fits my needs.
I'm using an iPhone, an iPad, a MacBook, a Windows 11 laptop and and Android tablet.
So if I want my devices being connected that rules out Safari and DuckDuckGo (which has no sync at all).
I like Firefox but lately on my iPhone and iPad it has become the only app to crash and it has some serious issues with the UI.
I like Vivaldi but it only came late to iOS. And like many people in their forums, I've experienced issues with it on MacOS. And the iPhone app isn't still there.
I rather avoid Chrome or Edge, because they are so Google or MS-centric. Chrome in my opinion is really straight and easy to use, but very thirsty for data.
And I can't come to terms with Brave. I've used it, but didn't like it that much, especially for its business model.
Opera may not be perfect, though. But choosing from the others would give me a hard time. -
newworldman last edited by
@A Former User said in Opera One alternatives:
In my user case I haven't found any alternative that really fits my needs.
In software applications in general, I never find one that's better than all others in all respects. It always comes down to what is best overall. And that changes over time. Right now Vivaldi is my default and Opera is No. 2 (or sometimes Brave if I want to quickly check something when I'm unauthenticated).
But it used to be Opera 1, Vivaldi 2. Before that it was Firefox 1.
This is on desktop. On mobile usability and feature differences aren't as big an issue.
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TheHealingCross last edited by@newworldman I've always tested Vivaldi, but there always were some unexpected quirks. In my experience it doesn't run fine with WhatsApp in the panel, which works much more smooth in Opera.
Also, it happens to do not foreseen things in Instagram. Recently, I was logged out of my account, as I wanted to open my Threads account.
Otherwise a great browser, but it tends to make things to complicated in my opinion. And it's not willing to implement something like Aria, as they take a stand against AI.
For me it's Opera 1, Chrome 2, Safari 3 (on my Mac, but 2 on iPhone).
