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So, I thought this was a bug... Turns out it's actually as designed, so here goes a suggestion:

Instead of using the sponsored search engine (Yandex, Google, etc. depending on country apparently), use the search engine chosen as default search engine also in the Speed Dial page.

If the user is from Russia, they will probably already use Yandex as the default as well. Same for most other countries where the sponsored search engine is Google, already is probably using Google as default as well.

So, use the sponsored one as the default on a new install, but let us change the default to another one and the new one should also change Speed Dial's search engine

@leocg ok, I get that bit. I want an explanation by the UX team on the reasoning behind this. It doesn't make sense. It's like Opera is trying to fit the tiles in a 800x600 screen. We aren't in the 90's anymore. We have a lot of space to spare.

Also, It's fine to keep small as default as long as there is an option to make the size be normal

This is more or less a bug report, I think, or at the very least a suggestion on how to improve user experience... Opera really wants you to drop the tab at the exact pixel it feels like it's the best, and that's insanely frustrating.

• It's not possible to drop a tab at the end of the tab list for some reason
• When dropping on the tab bar, but not on top of other tabs, it will not be dropped on that window. Instead, it will stay as a separate window (it should become the last tab instead)
• When dropping the tab outside the window to create a new window, it should spot the location where it was dropped and create the window there and not on the same position of the original window

guys, if you are going to mark something as duplicate, at the bare minimum link the main post here so we can support it

The “home“ button, in Opera the “Speed Dial“ button, is missing. Only place I could find it was on sidebar, which I don’t use. I got stuck with a few useless buttons like “pinboards“ and “my flow“, but no sign of “speed dial“ in the address bar.

Please, fix it. I use this button frequently and it is part of my job workflow, since I have Speed Dial as a shortcut to many work related applications.

I do realize "new tab" opens Speed Dial. The issue with that is that that opens a new tab instead of sending current tab to Speed Dial.

Another way you could solve this is like Yandex Browser's solution. What they did was to have new tab as Speed Dial like you did, but also, clicking on the address bar would also render the speed dial (ESC to cancel), so summoning a page from speed dial through the address bar would make that tab go to that page. Today, all Opera does is to highlight the current link

Here is a bug report in the official issue tracker (the bug report only refers to the missing button):

https://opera.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/9/BS-61937

@kirkhampton the PC login thing is basic security. Other browsers will do that as well and they do not store your PC password. That's an OS feature and not Opera feature

I don't mean like a page shortcut that would open as a tab. I mean like this functionality on Chrome:

The form is unable to upload the image, so I'll describe it in text. Hopefully I'll be able to edit with the picture

• Three dot menu
• More tools
• Create shortcut
  • Check "Open as a window"
  • Confirm

With that, we can pin pages as if they were desktop apps to the taskbar

I believe this is what this post was asking for, but the mod didn't understand: https://forums.opera.com/topic/42596/create-shortcut-on-the-desktop

Why this is a useful functionality:

• Not having to install actual desktop apps for stuff like WhatsApp, Spotify and Outlook, while these desk apps are probably just the web version in a container
• These will have your adblocker and other extensions being applied to (which is probably the reason why they offer a pseudo-desktop variant of them)

I'm currently using Chrome for that feature, but you could improve on the idea and let sidebar custom pages use that. Remove the 5 pages limit from it and make sidebar pages open as an app. Honestly, your current implementation of chats on the sidebar is useless because it doesn't give it enough space and they close when you need to browse. I'd very much rather have these pages being set through Chrome instead and use split screen to have browser and chat in separate windows

Why speed dial tiles got so small?

And I can't find the setting for tile size anymore

Guys, if you are going to mark this as duplicate, please link the ticket I should support then like every normal issue tracking website does

Well, since the mod refused to send a link to the main post, I opened a suggestion ticket to be sure at least the devs will be able to see this. Without a link to the main post, I can't be sure this was raised to the dev team before or if this is only duplicate in the forum

https://opera.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/9/BS-63721?created=true

@andrew84 something like this could work for tab islands (top is when you have your cursor on the address bar and bottom not)

I still don't like that the active tab is too dim, but with this visual connection, it would make it easier to spot

This connection would also fix the weird under glow on selected non-islanded tabs

@kilogulf59 I've just updated my Opera. Overall, the tabs thing so far looks ok. I use a few pinned tabs and I like that the pinned section now is visually separated from other tabs.

The border on the whole browser does feel out of place, though. It looks like there is a glitch and the container didn't load properly, like it used to happen in old Windows versions when we still didn't have a way to attach the width of window components to the window borders, so you had to calculate the width on the fly and glitches like this could happen (and still happens on webapps today because f**k CSS). I have the same feeling whenever I use a Mac PC. Maximized windows don't look maximized. It's weird and distracting.

Still not enough for me to ditch Opera so far. Lets see how it goes. Unfortunately I can't use Firefox or Chrome at work because I need to use them for testing my software, so I have to keep them as clean as possible, cleaning browsing data all the time, etc., so I'll either have to stick to Opera or move to Edge or Brave or something else. Opera GX is ugly and too distracting. I tried using that, but I just can't. Also, I bet it will soon enough also receive this new UI/UX style

@jjis2006 only known way to have the Speed Dial button back right now, is adding the mentioned address to the favorites. I reported the missing button as a bug some time ago, but now I think they actually removed the button by design

I’m on dark mode and white address bar and buttons feel out of place.

I like the black title bar though

I would go with a fully grey scale spectrum kind of grey for the address bar (opposed to the blueish grey used in normal window)

Here is a link to the suggestion in the official issue tracker:

https://opera.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/9/BS-62150

Yes, this is a known problem.

I've never had this problem because I don't use the scrollbar. I use the scroll wheel on the mouse and Page Up, Page Down, Home, End and arrow keys. Also, clicking on the tab is the same as hitting the Home key and hitting it again, brings it back to where you were.

But the issue here is the border introduced in v100.x.x. It is an extension of the title bar for some unknown reason. You can use it to move the window, double click to maximize/restore like it happened to you and even right clicking brings the same menu. It's essentially the title bar itself disguised as a border

@leocg, please forward my suggestion to fix this bug (I don't care it was designed like this on purpose. A border shouldn't have the behaviour of the title bar and therefore this is a bug. I refuse to believe this passed through QA without protest by the testers):

When maximized, it should trigger the scrollbar

Either remove the 1px border when maximized, or make the scrollbar go under it and remove "collision" on the border, making the scrollbar under it be triggerable.

When restored it should only trigger the resizing arrows

This would actually make it work so much better. A thick border like you have would make it so much easier to find the spot for resizing. I don't know if this is possible though. The OS might get in the way of implementing this

Edit: I'm sorry for the capital letters. Tell the developer of this forum that markdown shouldn't capitalize the title tags. It even previews in the correct way during editing (I can't paste a picture of it, because this forum has its own set of bugs)

Edit²: ok, you edited it for bold. I'm fine with it. Still, please forward this issue to the forum devs

@willioom I'm not sure an AI is the best tool for doing precise stuff like that. I really don't know what kind of calculations are needed, but I'm pretty sure Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets are better tools if you don't want to spend money into building an actual tool for your company to use. If you choose Google sheets, you could even use it on your phone. I think Office 365 might have that as well, but I have had problems with it on PC. Can only imagine on mobile

A quick Google found me plenty of online, free access calculators too (can't say if their licenses allow for commercial use though)

I would only use AI to help with problem solving (as in "something doesn't work, what can I do?"), insight into creative process, trying to remember the name of something you are able to describe (and other similar description based interactions), or creating an official chat bot for your company to offer a knowledge base to your clients and employees about important stuff (an interactive substitute to FAQs, basically)

One more ad company being shown here unrelated to Google or Microsoft. This one is on a random website

Ironically, the last one is a tech tips page and the article is about blocking ads lmao

Ok, I guess it's time for me to move out of Opera again. Unfortunately I can't use Chrome or Firefox at work because I need them clean for my software development, so I'll end up using Edge this time and just put AdGuard and a Speed Dial extension on it.

Good luck, guys. It was nice knowing you. I'll try getting back from time to time and see if this is fixed and if the modularisation actually made the browser modular or if it ended up just being a fancy way to say "round UI"

Add the option to have text being displayed on the tile instead of the page's base URL. Also, this could open the possibility to opting to not have the current label. Here is an example of when this can become useful:

Opera's Browser:

Yandex's Browser:

Much cleaner, isn't it?

This group is just an extreme example, but that would make Speed Dial much cleaner overall. Like, check this out:

vs

This setting should probably be per tile, as group tiles will probably benefit from keeping the labels, while page tiles won't need a label if the tile itself is self-explanatory

PS.: Yandex Browser is a fork from Opera developed since it was forked by the Russian company Yandex

@kilogulf59 honestly, since it's all Chromium nowadays, even Edge becomes a viable option. All you need is to install extensions for the features you miss. And honestly again, AdGuard works much better than Opera's built-in ad blocker. Also, Edge's sidebar is not useless. You can add limitless pages to it and also create app-like popups for pages so they open in a dedicated window and you can pin to taskbar stuff like WhatsApp web, Google Keep, Spotify, etc. You will forget they are web pages. This is also a Chrome feature, though. Can't believe Opera is the only one without this option

I'll still hang out with Opera for a while and see if the official release of One is good enough for me.

@traveltales honestly, Edge has come a long way. It works pretty well and is reliable. Only real reason I didn't switch to it is the lack of a decent Speed Dial extension. There are many extensions out there but none fit my needs, or are way too complex to operate, while Opera, Yandex and Vivaldi native solutions work best.