@skoy21 That's exactly what I was saying to suggestions to switch to Vivaldi. Scroll this topic up, you will see my reaction. Unfortunately, Opera has left me no other choice. Yes, it will take a while getting used to the new interface, so it feels as comfortable as Opera's, but it's just a matter of time. I will waste no more of my time begging for something that should be provided as a matter of fact.

@avmon They sure did. The put instead that sorry substitution "Search in closed tabs," in which only three closed tabs are shown. I downloaded Vivaldi browser. It seems to have the same functionality and does have the Closed tabs button.

I simply don't the reason why they would shoot themselves in the foot like this.

Nothing that I could at to this, but only second it a countless number of times. I simply see not reason why such a useful feature could be taken off, unless it's some sort of a social experiment.

@rocketank First of all, I don't have this flag in my version of Opera. Second, what was the need to take out so a useful feature and then substitute it with a crippled version of it?

@Rogerb Go Vivaldi. It has over 20 recently closed tabs in the list. That's not counting other goodies. And let Opera "developers" stick their product in that place of their anatomy where the sun does not shine, if they don't want to listen to their users.

@ericartman92 It's just like a favorite pair of old shoes. You get so comfortable with them, that even when they are falling apart you don't want to get a new pair. But finally you cannot use them any longer and are forced to switch to new ones. At first they are indeed not as comfortable as the old pair. But, provided the new pair are quality shoes, you get used to them pretty fast and like them as much as the old pair.
Granted, Vivaldi has somewhat different layout, but as far as I can see it has the same functionality as Opera plus some more. And accessing this functionality is not much different that in Opera. But, of course, everyone has his/her own likes and dislikes, and what is alright for some is not alright for others and vice versa.

@treego said in [Solved]Bring back the "Recently closed" button on the top bar on the right:

I think Opera has gotten even better with respect to recently closed tabs, honestly, over the past few version updates.

Until I got to this sentence I was willing to give the benefit of a doubt that this is some die hard Opera fan, but now I can see that this is just an Opera shill.
There are plenty of citations in this thread why the recent crutch of the closed tabs is not as convenient, as the old one was, and to state that it's an improvement is definitely shilling for Opera/

@ericartman92 This is exactly what I wanted to ask. For a while Opera seemed to quit doing stupid things, but it looks like they are at it again.

@ericartman92 I have hundreds of bookmarks and tens of speedial items. Bookmarks in opera are inconvenient to access. To have all the bookmarks on a speedial makes them much more convenient to use. Besides, it allows to categorize them in folders.
Vivaldi also has a Note feature, which Opera did away with sometime in Opera 12-15. It's where you select a text in a web page and copy it to notes.
The history is also much more extensive and more convenient to use.
And, of course, the closed tabs button is there. And the list is much longer than in Opera when they had it.
The only thing which it does not have it's a bookmark bar. But with the many speed-dials feature it's not that critical, although a bit less convenient.

Personally, I am switching to Vivaldi. For the time being I will be testing it, to see that it does not have some unacceptable flaws, and if it doesn't, it's farewell Opera.

@ericartman92 What I like about Vivaldi is that you can create additional speed dials. I think it's much more convenient than the favorites.

@leocg said in [Solved]Bring back the "Recently closed" button on the top bar on the right:

people could already have learned to deal with it

Sure, they have. I personally have switched to Vivaldi.

@newworldman Here is a well reasoned statement why the closed tabs feature is/was so useful. Compare it with Opera shills' claims how sexy the new search in closed tabs and search in open tabs features are and what a joy it is to work with them. Without giving any substantiations to these claims.

@airforce25228 It's just an Opera shill covering up for their screw ups. Sometimes I may have about 30-40 tabs open, where you cannot see their names. But it's easier to just click open some in the general area then doing open tabs search. I have always been wondering why this feature was needed. There is an earlier post is this thread that goes deep into exploring why the search in open tabs feature is a useless one.

@Rogerb said in [Solved]Bring back the "Recently closed" button on the top bar on the right:

while offering the new sexy feature of searching open tabs

This sounds like an Opera shill performance. What's so sexy about searching open tabs? Unless one is a pervert, of course. I personally have never used it and try as I may, I cannot see any reason why I would search in open tabs instead of simply looking through them. And it's not only me. Several other people in this thread have stated that they find the search in open tabs feature absolutely useless.

@treego said in [Solved]Bring back the "Recently closed" button on the top bar on the right:

But, there is a solution. Update to Opera 71
Especially for graduates of the Midvale School for Gifted I repost my earlier post:

My Opera will not update to version 71, it says my version 70 is up to date.
Anyway, it's too little too late. I am already on my way to Vivaldi.

@treego said in [Solved]Bring back the "Recently closed" button on the top bar on the right:

I think Opera has gotten even better with respect to recently closed tabs, honestly, over the past few version updates.

Until I got to this sentence I was willing to give the benefit of a doubt that this is some die hard Opera fan, but now I can see that this is just an Opera shill.
There are plenty of citations in this thread why the recent crutch of the closed tabs is not as convenient, as the old one was, and to state that it's an improvement is definitely shilling for Opera/

@treego I don't. My Opera will not update to version 71, it says my version 70 is up to date.
Anyway, it's too little too late. I am already on my way to Vivaldi.

@airforce25228 Who says I am not going to do anything? I have already done. I have switched to Vivaldi, which has the closed tabs option and lots of other goodies that Opera does not.
As for as being louder, why should I beg someone to give me something that others are offering to give me without my asking for it?

@treego Oh, really? And only three items in the list? And the list in the middle of the screen? Well, some people like pain.

@airforce25228 People, why are you keeping on flogging this dead horse? It should be obvious by now that whoever are developing Opera 1) have no idea what they are doing and 2) don't give a damn about their users. So just bury it and get a new one. Vivaldi looks worth giving it a try.