It is not possible to use my favorite search engine as a standard. First I have to add the search engine but then I cannot select it as standard.

It's like the developers forgot what made Opera (up to version 12) unique. To personalize the browser was for me the reason to use Opera. I can still with 12, but I'm afraid I'll have to stick with that. In opera 17 I miss the panels with the notes, bookmarks and downloads on the side. I miss the opportunity to place the tabs on my favorite right side. On a wide screen monitor to get the web pages clearly readable you always have unused space on both sides. In Opera 12 I got an use for it and to use that space efficiently in Opera 17 I see no possibility.

On a tablet of a specific brand I am more or less forced to use safari as a browser, but I can't get used of it. Even as Google Chrome I experienced it as unsettling. Like I said I will be able to use Opera 12, but for how long? Java and flash seemed already been outdated on Opera 12. New and revolutionary developing nowadays seemed to be downgrading to a flashy nothing containing software program. It's sad. It's very very sad.