Posts made by Cayde

Re: [Suggestion] Customize tab islands shape

It can be really pain in the ass trying to click on those few pixels of that rectangle, just give us some more options, like:

• As some topics here already suggested: option to give it a name and then keep that name visible at all times

• option to change the shape to something wider, like a circle, box, or simply wider rectangle

I believe function should be primary objective of internet browser, not it's design.. all these changes look to be design oriented first, function second.

@mixchild I agree.. though maybe it could be a simple option in settings - always show first page from the island

There is an option called "reduce animations" which does exactly that. BUT - it's still not as smooth and fast as it used to be but huuuge improvement.

It's time saver - I want to be able to close the current page and go to the speed dial at the same time so I can pick something else from it.. or just type an URL.

Now?
I have to close the tab and then click on "plus" button - so it's one unnecessary extra click. Whyy opera, whyyy.
You were supposed to be the chosen one!

@algon but they added an option to use custom image which is great
But otherwise I agree, though I don't mind the icons instead of colored tiles, but having more options would be great.

Main issue for me is the border radius of thumbnails - it's too large, not saving space, you just see less of that thumbnail. The old radius was juuuust right.

@bandiit 100% percent this, it's nice but animations (pretty much any kind) do not belong to purely functional software like internet browser. They're nice in certain websites, like portfolios and that's pretty much it.
No other software (or webpages) designed for actual work has any animations - for good reasons. They are distracting and waste your time.
And workspaces has word "work" right there!

How about some (optional) indication that I have some tabs opened in other workspace?
I don't use them that often so it's easy to forget I have some tabs opened there.. just a small red dot in the corner (like messenger and whatsapp have) - could be turned off/on in the settings.

Another thing: switching between workspaces is unnecessarily long because of the animation. At least give us an option to disable it. Yeah it looks nice and fancy.. the first time

I love automatic tab islands, that's nice addition

@james438 You were right, banned already. Yeah, did some feedback with the smiley as well but considering the vast amount of posts here - I doubt they do something about it. If they do, it will be because someone there didn't like it either I suspect

@johncaltin No, this extra space wasn't there before last update so your response doesn't really make sense.
I don't understand this, why add this extra useless space??

@andrew84 Yes, Anything would be great. Your idea sounds good too

Honestly, workspaces are unusable for me without some sort of indicator that there are some tabs open inside workspace.
A little dot just like the built in messenger and whats-app already have.
I guess if you work with them on daily basis you don't really need that but if you work with them occasionally - that's completely different story. I would forget I put something to another workspace a hour later

I already wrote it here:
https://forums.opera.com/topic/38956/workspaces-improvements/5?_=1604386908259
but I feel like this deserves a topic of its own.

seconding "save and restore"/ "color code workspaces" ideas.
Also - a little number next to workspace icon indicating how many tabs are open inside. Or just some indication that there are ANY tabs opened would be nice.
Because how it is now, you open some tabs in second workspace, switch to first, do some work.. and forget about tabs in second workspace altogether

otherwise - perfect feature

@leocg Didn't know that - but then again, I never really thought about that till now. Makes sense though I guess - this way, they don't spend money which could be used to remove some useful functionality like this.

Yeah, why would they?
(phew.. that's a lot sarcasm)

@leocg Moderators on official opera forum don't work for Opera? Isn't that a little odd? Can you at least get someone from Opera to respond to this?

I think better solution would be to just come up with more themes

@leocg
Yeah, and that's an issue on its own because it's basically a downgrade.

@nsx
I guess some manager who had nothing to do just had to come up with "something" to justify him still being employed.

Almost the same issue as this
https://forums.opera.com/topic/32457/side-panel

@ant8672 said in Is it possible to hide the sidebar when websites are opened?:

I will now have to actually learn the keyboard shortcuts for the Downloads, Bookmarks, Settings, Extensions, etc instead of accessing them from the O menu.

I am thinking the same I already use shortcut to access history, don't really need to access downloads (icon in toolbar is enough), no need to access extensions, My Flow, search.. Still, it would be really nice if they just gave us back the possibility to pin/unpin sidebar as before!

Second this.. sooo annoying.
I can't understand why would you ever REMOVE functionality as simple and useful as this. What are you gonna remove next? Speed dial?