[Compilation]Discussions on the new Opera GX UI/Layout

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Caraway last edited by

@Caraway The old UI probably will/is being removed, as usually happens when there is a layout change in a software.

[KhronosPy]

KhronosPy last edited by

for those who don't wanna modify the file that krasen is talking about, i wrote a little launcher to make it for you, all the instructions are in the repo:
https://github.com/KhronosPy/OperaGXOldThemeLauncher

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @KhronosPy last edited by

@KhronosPy Might help to mention in the readme that you might have to adjust the path to opera.exe in OperaGX_WithOldTheme.ps1. By default, the Opera GX installer puts opera.exe at "${env:localappdata}\Programs\Opera GX\opera.exe" and only uses "${env:programfiles}\Opera GX\opera.exe" when you click "options" in the installer and switch to an all-user install.

The user can find the install folder path by going to the URL opera://about.

[KhronosPy]

KhronosPy @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 Yes I just noted too, I added two possible paths now, and i would add that on the readme!. Thanks!

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @KhronosPy last edited by

@KhronosPy I played with making a browser launcher a long time ago here (for a different purpose). What I ended up doing is requiring the launcher to be next to the browser's executable and having the launcher always figure out its own path (to use for the base path to the browser's executable). More complicated though, but...

[KhronosPy]

KhronosPy @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 I thought about that too, but for accesibility i just make it as it is now, But i have plans to make a search for the path by it self later, I just made the repo today soon as i found out about the update.

[lailaamell]

lailaamell last edited by

who the hell asked for this crap ui every tab is tiny and youtube tab opens up suggestions when clicked on this is god ugly why fix somethign wich isnt broken its now clunky to use and dont feel good to use anymore

[KhronosPy]

KhronosPy @lailaamell last edited by

@lailaamell I agree, it's terrible

[WolfKann]

WolfKann last edited by

Undo new UI and return to old one as an option

Read above, I don't like how the new UI looks, we have had the option to go back to the old Opera GX for the past few years, why did you suddenly remove it and why did you suddenly force it upon us if we don't want it, Was there seriously a problem with just adding the button to go back and leave things how they were, sometimes it's better to just not touch things.

[leeonline]

leeonline last edited by

Nope, absolutely hate it! I'm changing browsers. We have been complaining about this for so long just for y'all to just make it worse every single time. I can't even hardly see the icons on the sidebar anymore.

[Talnarp]

Talnarp last edited by Talnarp

I could forgive alt opening up the menu even though I use alt a lot. I could forgive merging windows being a bit janky, I could forgive not being able to translate entire pages or not being able to reverse image search. But in this new update, everything is terrible. When you drag a new window it doesn't become transparent or smaller so you can't merge 2 windows on the same monitor. When you try to merge, you have to hold the window on top of the other windows for a solid second. When you try to move a window to the other monitor, 2/3 times it just goes on the same monitor and it goes full screen but not maximized, so even with the setting, when you click on the black bar above the window, it doesn't register.

I'm going back to chrome after years of faithful suffering. It's not worth it.

[Starfallyt]

Starfallyt @leocg last edited by

i know this is late but why does my opera gx look like this? also i dont know why that one image is really big

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Starfallyt last edited by

@Starfallyt That's Opera One

[george2014]

george2014 @KhronosPy last edited by leocg

@KhronosPy i already using it, but made some changes in OperaGX_WithOldTheme.ps1 in order opera:flags settings to work + added few more flags:

Path to Local State file, don't change it

$localStatePath = "$env:APPDATA\Opera Software\Opera GX Stable\Local State"

Read the file content
$content = Get-Content $localStatePath -Raw

Replace the gxx_flags to false

$content = $content -replace '"gxx_flags":{.*?}', '"gxx_flags":{"enabled":false,"migrated":true}'

Save the new content
Set-Content -Path $localStatePath -Value $content -Encoding UTF8

Path to Opera GX executable (change it if u needed)
$localAppPath = "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Programs\Opera GX\opera.exe" #change the opera path here. Cambia la ruta a opera aquí.
$programFilesPath = "C:\Program Files\Opera GX\opera.exe"

if (Test-Path $localAppPath) {
$operaPath = $localAppPath
} elseif (Test-Path $programFilesPath) {
$operaPath = $programFilesPath
} else {
Write-Error "Opera GX executable not found in expected locations. Change the default path in the script"
exit 1
}

Start Opera GX

Start-Process $operaPath --try-supported-channel-layouts, --enable-features=MediaFoundationClearPlayback

i put this in original operagx shortcut and it is working fine, now everything works as i needed, no more slowdowns and bugs that i had with local state readme mode + i have original shortcut, but target now is OperaGX_WithOldTheme.ps1 file, opening very fast, no bugs