HI OP i have written a post along the lines of what you are saying, Opera has been a mess the last good version was 12.16 it was simply THE BEST and could not get any better.
Now it they have destroyed what was unique to the internetting world. I cant use any of it to my advantage. So now i use Firefox and Maxthon.
https://forums.opera.com/topic/3041/has-opera-destroyed-their-own-brilliant-creation/1

I remember 12.16. The Windows 7 Opera was the best. Thanks!

I'm still having the crash issue... Opera crashes once I hit ctrl-w after resizing. It appears to be a completely random crash. It's been happening for 2 days now (after I upgraded opera). Here is the crash info as shown by Windows:

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: opera.exe
Application Version: 21.0.1432.67
Application Timestamp: 536ce815
Fault Module Name: opera.exe
Fault Module Version: 21.0.1432.67
Fault Module Timestamp: 536ce815
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 0042418b
OS Version: 6.3.9600.2.0.0.256.48
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 5861
Additional Information 2: 5861822e1919d7c014bbb064c64908b2
Additional Information 3: d1d9
Additional Information 4: d1d94a13d3609d6b740644c12508f581

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Please help!

The tab does not close. Immediately after I hit ctrl-w, the program becomes unresponsive.

By the way. Here is the ctrl-w Crash as of today:
http://i.imgur.com/h99fA0l.png

Version: 21.0.1432.67 - Opera is up to date
Update stream: Stable
System: Windows 8.1 64-bit (WoW64)

Here's the crash info. I couldn't grab the details this time. If it happens again, I will update.

I'm using latest Windows 8, with the new Opera update. I've sent a bunch of crash reports already. You expect me to track your build versions? I'm a user, for gods sake. You're the developer.

A few things, though. Bookmarks haven't been removed. Bookmarks are a huge feature of Opera 21.

Great, I haven't been able to find it. Considering you guys are moving toward usability, why is it impossible to find the bookmarks..? (And yes, I updated it today. It was today's update that also led to 4-5 different instances of the ctrl-w crash).

I don't want extensions. Why would you remove core functionality that has been around for ages? That doesn't make any sense.

Also why the aggressive attitude..? Is it not your job to do look over what the user is suggesting? Not even worth considering, right?

I've been using Opera for years, but it's recently become so bad that I actually bothered to complain about it.
Here's why:

• Menu bar was removed.
• Only one tab can now be recovered from the garbage.
• The new build crashes about 25% of the time when I use the ctrl-w key sequence (close tab).
• ctrl-enter no longer works. Instead it reveals info of the logon username.
• The thing that annoyed me the most was the removal of the "links" window. This gave Opera a huge edge over other browsers.
• The config page was reduced to complete uselessness.
  -> I cannot manage my physical cache.
  -> I cannot manage physical memory usage.
  -> What happened with all of the interface customization?
• Why were bookmarks removed..?
• The download page logs all of my downloads. Why not add an option to clear it on restart?
• The "elements" and download speed fields were removed from the address bar.

What happened with Opera? It used to be a unique, useful, customizable and powerful browser. Now it feels like I'm using a Smartphone App on my PC! I understand that you want to obfuscate details, but at least make them available to those who need them. Removing features is nonsense!