What the hell, Opera? I finally caved in and upgraded from Opera 13 (stable, user-friendly, mouse gestures, bookmarks, etc - easily the best browser I've ever used) to v22, and suddenly all the things that drew me to the browser in the first place have been either removed or made completely redundant!

I was horrified to see that the mouse gestures have been all but incapacitated entirely, so that the "right-click, drag down and release" gesture only opens a new tab, and doesn't open a link in a new tab! You've also disabled the "open in background tab" gesture - what on Earth for?

The removal of the bookmarks feature is just downright ridiculous and stupid, and the alternative we're presented with is a glorified speed dial that's frankly crap. Add on top of that the fact that it's nowhere near as stable as v13 was, and you've left me gob-smacked and disappointed. I'm looking at other alternatives at the moment, because this is just the single most stupid move that's been made yet. Yes, there are extensions available for bookmarks, but a) none of them are particularly any good, and b) why should I have to install a 3rd-party extension for bookmarks, a fundamental, integral part of any browser? Under the same mentality, car manufacturers might as well start selling cars without handbrakes - "yes, they stop your car rolling away, but you can always go out and buy bricks to put behind your tyres to do the same thing."

I hear Firefox is far better these days. Think I'll give that a go. Please e-mail me if you decide to bring back the gestures and bookmark function, I'd be happy give it another go.

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