I'm missing status bar very much, too. And we need it.
For example with a slow connection or due to slow server response, when you click on a link, you see no status (as if nothing happening at the moment) about current connection activity, and you think that you have never clicked on the link. Then the server responds your request quite late, then page is loaded.
But during the time duration between the moment you clicked on the link and the server reponse, it makes user very nervous while you're waiting because of not seeing any info about current http connection status on traditional status bar (like connected, waiting for reply etc.).
Any basic and other browsers still have status bar too. It is one of the biggest annoyance for me about Opera.