Any special Mac-only things missing in Opera?
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Deleted User last edited by
Trying to return on Topic
What about iCloud bookmarks? I know bookmark are a "special" topic since the release of Opera 15, but I was wondering...does Apple provide iCloud bookmarks sync API? -
linuxmint7 last edited by
I thought this was an Opera for Mac feature request topic, Where every (Opera) Mac user inundates this thread with huge lists of feature requests ?. But no, we get someone thread-jacking wanting help with their Mac, when there are specific area's on this forum for help request such as this. Well, I guess it's one way to get peoples attention.
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lynxdor last edited by
No bookmarks
I cannot save links as bookmarks. I have no star on the right of the address field, and no option "Add to bookmarks" except by adding them to the bookmarks bar. I cannot classify them except as working blind. I have no cloud on the left bottom of the browser. I have no access to my Bookmark page. Your software is a nightmare with a huge cloud hiding my bookmarks and no way to review and order them.
The only and very heavy way to keep them is to add them to Speed Dial as a very large icon. To do so I right click on the name of the page above the address field. But I cannot imagine my numerous bookmarks from Firefox filling one only page with large icons, even in 9 columns.
I just want my bookmarks as text, ordered in chapters and sub-chapters. I have too many bookmarks and I work with them since too many years to keep them with anything else then text.
I go back to Firefox, with my computer as well as my Android phone.
Anyway I am never proposed to import my bookmarks and I cannot lost them.Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_6_8 32-bit)
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khadgar last edited by
@darklink88
I'm no expert, but AFAIK iCloud anything is only available if the application is published via the Mac App Store, so builds downloaded elsewhere couldn't use iCloud. If it were possible to do iCloud bookmarks I'm not saying we would or wouldn't do it, either.
But, personally, speaking with my Non-Opera-Employee hat on I don't like iCloud for a lot of reasons, and this one is one of them. I use it for the bare minimum, myself.
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bartolo1 last edited by
I understand that bookmarks are gone past release 12. This seems to be established fact and not worthy of discussion, probably because this has been known for some time.
So, please bring back bookmarks!
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A Former User last edited by
The configuration can be more overviewed ,and I want bookmarks back, and last question: Does Opera use App Nap? or when?
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A Former User last edited by
Does Opera use App Nap?
Yes. You can see that in Activity Monitor. Apps are set to ‘napping’ after some time of inactivity.
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pimz last edited by
+1 for Notification Centre support.
Not sure whether it counts as a mac only-thing, but I think the browser will have a much more native feeling when the settings are in a regular menu instead of a page.
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achimrs last edited by
Hi aeyoun,
thanks for this good question (and thanks for this great browser, it is still my favorite)I would like to see two thinks on Mac which are probably already available on Windows:
Tab Cycling:
I like fast switching backward and forward between the last two tabs used by keyboard. This seems to be possibly currently only under Windows as mentioned in the flags. And there is also no extension available... please bring this back on Mac tooRemove Word form Dictionary:
In most dictionaries of any application s it is possible to add a unknown word, but none of there allow removing an accidentally added word, to prevent later mistakes by using it. The old Opera had this feature available and I used it often.... please bring it back.Hilsen fra Tyskland
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A Former User last edited by
+1 for Notification Centre support.
What, exactly, do you want to see in the Notification Center?
Option to always open in private mode in operas setting/options.
You can achieve this by starting Opera with the
-privateargument in the Terminal (or from a double-clickable alias or script). This will not be added to Preferences.Remove Word form Dictionary:
In most dictionaries of any application s it is possible to add a unknown word, but none of there allow removing an accidentally added word, to prevent later mistakes by using it. The old Opera had this feature available and I used it often.... please bring it back.Opera 15 and newer uses the built-in spelling system (AppleSpell/Hunspell). Because of this, there is no separate user interface for manipulating dictionaries or the custom dictionary. There are third-party applications dedicated to manipulating the custom dictionary.
You can add or remove words from your dictionary by opening the Terminal and typing
open -e ~/Library/Spelling/LocalDictionary. There you will find a list of line-separated words which is your custom dictionary. -
Deleted User last edited by
What, exactly, do you want to see in the Notification Center?
I'd like to see notifications for completed downloads like the old Opera
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zorglub99 last edited by
I know this has been mentioned several times but we need to be able to import BOOKMARKS from another browser.
For me, this is currently the only obstacle to making Opera my main browser.The other hurdle was 1Password and I am really glad that the extension is now available. Congratulations!
What developers need to be aware of is that users don't want to waste time when they have already invested time an energy in organizing their information. There are two components that need to be taken into account here:
- The need to have the freedom to migrate from another application;
- The liberty to export that information into another format, should the need arise (nobody wants to be locked up with a proprietary format).
The second one is crucial for those who have a long-term perspective, i.e., what will happen to the data I have collected and organized in, let's say 20 years from now?
Thank you in advance for taking into account these fundamental wishes. Opera is a wonderful alternative to mainstream browsers. -
zorglub99 last edited by
I realize that the above comment does not really fit within this thread, in the sense that the greyed-out "Bookmark Importer" is not a "Mac-only thing." Yet, using a Mac or not, average and power users alike are put off by the absence of this basic feature.
There is one "Mac-only thing" that I could suggest: greater integration with scholarly tools.
For instance, Mellel is one of the preferred word-processors for those who care about writing, and it is often used in conjunction with Bookends for references. It would be ideal if Opera could serve as the third element of this triad by facilitating the toggling back and forth between the browser and the word-processor, enabling for instance to select text from a website that could then be pasted in a chosen format with a short-cut. For instance, I am dealing with Chinese sources and often need to look up a particular expression in the online Buddhist Canon. Jumping from there to the word-processor, occasionally copying a passage, would be a wonderful addition.In this business-centered world, it would be nice for Opera developers to target a slightly different niche of users, who are maybe more critical of mainstream software. Opera could market itself as the equivalent of "organic food" in the browser competition.
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pimz last edited by
+1 for Notification Centre support.
What, exactly, do you want to see in the Notification Center?
Completed downloads, and not sure if possible, but it would be great if extensions could use it as well.
Other specific Mac things that I would like to see supported are iCloud tabs and iCloud keychain.
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tlatch89 last edited by
iCloud Bookmarks syncing to stash, speed dial, or bookmarks.. since Safari is the default iphone browser.
