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    • airforce25228
      airforce25228 last edited by

      Few months ago the idea of using browser other than Opera 12 wouldn't even cross my mind. After setting things up I gave it a try and now I'm glad they made that choice. It isn't the same but still no other browser does it like Opera!

      Its just empty words... new Opera dont have any special features that others dont have. Changes between old and new Opera are that new Opera have less features than old one and same features are more complicated in new Opera.

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      • lando242
        lando242 last edited by

        You don't like the new Opera. We get it. We understand. You don't need to keep going on and on about it. Just stop using it, stop coming to this forum and spare us all.

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        • airforce25228
          airforce25228 last edited by

          You don't like the new Opera. We get it. We understand. You don't need to keep going on and on about it. Just stop using it, stop coming to this forum and spare us all.

          Its not about If I like or not new Opera but about truth. New Opera dont have any special features. Its same as Firefox or Chrome... its just another browser with extensions, nothing speacial. Sadly lots of speacial/cool/good (whatever you want) features was lost and probably cant be replaced with extensions.

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          • lando242
            lando242 last edited by

            So what? You've said your piece. We've heard your opinion. You are beating a dead horse. Its not going back to the way it used to be. Deal with it. Move on. Get a hobby or something.

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            • lestalia
              lestalia last edited by

              Running a browser (Opera 12) with tons of built in functions forcing everyone to use them wasn't a great idea. Sure we liked it at the time but still. The new Opera sure is not as easy but it can achieve far more than the old one in every way.

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              • airforce25228
                airforce25228 last edited by

                Running a browser (Opera 12) with tons of built in functions forcing everyone to use them wasn't a great idea. Sure we liked it at the time but still. The new Opera sure is not as easy but it can achieve far more than the old one in every way.

                Forcing is not the right word. I was surprised when my friends tell me that they didnt even know about some features that old Opera have... for example mail, torrent, tab stacking, link, bookmarks, button customizations etc. The point is if you didnt want to use the features you didnt even know they are there... no forcing just free options and its always better to have more options. The new Opera is not that bad but there are lots of very annoying things like wired working features and lots of missing stuff or bad implemented stuff... download dialog, tab stacking, button customization, bookmark organization, missing mouse gestures... most of it its not hard to implement but it takes sooooooo long. 2 years is lots of time to implement at least some Opera standart features.

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                • laingman
                  laingman last edited by

                  Running a browser (Opera 12) with tons of built in functions forcing everyone to use them wasn't a great idea. Sure we liked it at the time but still. The new Opera sure is not as easy but it can achieve far more than the old one in every way.

                  What are the things that new opera can achieve more so than old opera?

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                  • lestalia
                    lestalia last edited by

                    Running a browser (Opera 12) with tons of built in functions forcing everyone to use them wasn't a great idea. Sure we liked it at the time but still. The new Opera sure is not as easy but it can achieve far more than the old one in every way.

                    Forcing is not the right word. I was surprised when my friends tell me that they didnt even know about some features that old Opera have... for example mail, torrent, tab stacking, link, bookmarks, button customizations etc. The point is if you didnt want to use the features you didnt even know they are there... no forcing just free options and its always better to have more options. The new Opera is not that bad but there are lots of very annoying things like wired working features and lots of missing stuff or bad implemented stuff... download dialog, tab stacking, button customization, bookmark organization, missing mouse gestures... most of it its not hard to implement but it takes sooooooo long. 2 years is lots of time to implement at least some Opera standart features.

                    It is forcing, these functions will be running weather you use them or not. The only way to avoid that was by using another browser. Yes It takes time to put things together again and it is a free software after all. There are tons of ways to bring something similar to what you use to, you just have to search and ask or wait 😃

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                    • alexandruleo
                      alexandruleo last edited by

                      😢 It lags a lot now in compare to the old Opera i think its because of the update in the features and the user interface which has changed in time now i have 3 gb ram on DUalcore and it still lags after like 4 tabs are open this is the version Im using of Opera: http://www.filesmag.com/2015/04/opera-web-browser-free-download.html

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                      • lestalia
                        lestalia last edited by

                        Running a browser (Opera 12) with tons of built in functions forcing everyone to use them wasn't a great idea. Sure we liked it at the time but still. The new Opera sure is not as easy but it can achieve far more than the old one in every way.

                        What are the things that new opera can achieve more so than old opera?

                        Old Opera wasn't that stable (one little thing goes wrong the entire browser crashes), the way it updates itself was pain, many sites are not fully supported..

                        What are the things that were so great about the old Opera?

                        • Mail is the same just set shortcut to it.
                        • Bookmarks are better this way and can be access just as quick (they built sidebar for you though).
                        • Speed dial is much better now.
                        • Inspecting and other tools are far better.
                        • Right click the main bar to save you session as speed dial folder is just as good as sessions.

                        The only thing I miss is the notes function, nothing came close to that one.

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                        • lestalia
                          lestalia last edited by

                          😢 It lags a lot now in compare to the old Opera i think its because of the update in the features and the user interface which has changed in time now i have 3 gb ram on DUalcore and it still lags after like 4 tabs are open this is the version Im using of Opera: http://www.filesmag.com/2015/04/opera-web-browser-free-download.html

                          That shouldn't be happening, for me compared to the old one now it is fast and super light.

                          Try installing the beta version

                          • Opera beta 29 for Windows
                          • Opera beta 29 for Mac
                          • Opera beta 29 for Linux
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                          • loxiw
                            loxiw last edited by

                            The only reason you can't see noticeable differences between 12 and 28 is that you didn't use about the 90% of 12's features, this discussion is senseless XD

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                            • lestalia
                              lestalia last edited by

                              The only reason you can't see noticeable differences between 12 and 28 is that you didn't use about the 90% of 12's features, this discussion is senseless XD

                              Oh I did, it appears that you're the one that didn't since you couldn't see the down side to it.

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                              • loxiw
                                loxiw last edited by

                                The only reason you can't see noticeable differences between 12 and 28 is that you didn't use about the 90% of 12's features, this discussion is senseless XD

                                Oh I did, it appears that you're the one that didn't since you couldn't see the down side to it.

                                RSS, IRC, an AMAZING password manager, customization, an actual mail client (no, the deprecated/dead software called Opera Mail is not), notes, contacts, Presto's RAM consumption, torrent client, the sidebar, dragonfly...

                                And I might be missing some of them as I didn't used them for almost 2 years, but 28 IS miles away from 12 and that's a fact, so it's pointless to discuss it.

                                Said that, the last releases seem to be improving a lot the new Opera

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                                • A Former User
                                  A Former User last edited by

                                  So what? You've said your piece. We've heard your opinion. You are beating a dead horse. Its not going back to the way it used to be. Deal with it. Move on. Get a hobby or something.

                                  Perhaps some people think if they say it many times, accuse the Opera team of not caring/going backwards, etc, blah, blah, etc, they might shame the team into resurrecting v12 (or at least its features). Just out of interest, I wouldn't like to think about the amount of money I've spent on paid for software that no longer exists - oh the bane of the computer age!

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                                  • babogredac
                                    babogredac last edited by

                                    Mail is the same just set shortcut to it.
                                    Bookmarks are better this way and can be access just as quick (they built sidebar for you though).
                                    Speed dial is much better now.
                                    Inspecting and other tools are far better.
                                    Right click the main bar to save you session as speed dial folder is just as good as sessions.

                                    Is it joke?!

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                                    • airforce25228
                                      airforce25228 last edited by

                                      Mail is the same just set shortcut to it.
                                      Bookmarks are better this way and can be access just as quick (they built sidebar for you though).
                                      Speed dial is much better now.
                                      Inspecting and other tools are far better.
                                      Right click the main bar to save you session as speed dial folder is just as good as sessions.
                                      Is it joke?!

                                      Probably a joke... Maybe I dont get it but in my opinion bookmarks are just one big mess right now. No organization, forced folders, and not really easy acces. Speed dial is quite same but you cant set number of columbs or disable "+" button so not as good. Inspecion looks complicated for me.

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                                      • lando242
                                        lando242 last edited by

                                        No organization,

                                        And now you are just telling falsehoods. You've been shown how to organize bookmarks several times.

                                        not really easy acces

                                        Theres like 3 different ways you can get to bookmarks. 4 ways if you are using the developer release. You really need to turn off your selective hearing mate. I know thats the only way you can continue believing that the new Opera is as bad as you say but you really aren't doing anyone any favors with your constant complaining.

                                        Speed dial is quite same but you cant set number of columbs

                                        Of course you can set the number of columns. Where do you even come up with this stuff?

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                                        • gregorw
                                          gregorw last edited by

                                          In fairness, the option is hidden until you show advanced settings.

                                          Since you brought up the developer release, let me point out that with the default-enabled experimental start page in developer 30.0, "big thumbnails" and the konami-code-accessible option to customize thumbnail sizes have vanished, leaving us with huge speed dial buttons.

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                                          • lando242
                                            lando242 last edited by

                                            I'm using Developer and they are still there for me.

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