Interesting to see the comments are about the same as 6 months ago. The simple fact is "old" Opera was well designed for mouse and keyboard operation. And one can love the new speed dial but it was easier to access sites via cascading text entries (bookmarks). Of course, if you are using a touch interface switching to the "new" Opera may be a good idea. Won't work for me.

Last autumn it was stated that far more downloads were taking place with the blink version than had been the case with the presto version. Didn't think much about it at the time, but of course there were more; every version 12 user was downloading the new version, testing it deleting it, and doing it again when an updated version came out.

As I said in October, I don't care much about the rendering engine. I care about the interface and the configuration and security tools. The new Opera is lackluster at best in these areas. When I get a touchpad to tote about I'll use the new Opera, if for no other reason than I don't trust anything Google. But not until then.

Cheers!

Opera provided months of notice, both on the web interface and via email. I wish they had continued to maintain the mail system, but it is ridiculous to claim the shutdown was without warning.

Google spends whopping great amounts of money to get people to use Chrome. I have to wonder why. Everybody should. That said, I don't really care whether blink or presto is used. My complaint about the "new" Opera is the interface itself. I commented a few months back as well. (FYI, been using Opera for 13 years, tried others, always came back).

It is clear that the myriad of settings I liked are gone forever. Chromium browsers are here to stay. But if one doesn't like Opera 20 or Chrome there are other choices. I do agree with whoever above pointed out that it is hard to justify Opera 20 over other browsers. I may switch to Commodo. It's free, reasonably secure, and not owned by Google. Works well with a mouse.

Oh, a simple fix for bookmarks (prior to Metro) is find a copy of Lotus Smartsuite SmartCenter. Put the bookmarks there. Browser neutral as they open whatever is the default.

With the dropping of email, the switch from Presto to Blink, and other signs I'd say Opera as an open market provider of software will be gone soon. They'll sell to hardware makers and via online stores. As I noted a few months ago (and perhaps some of you might remember), I've used Opera for 14 years and not been asked to pay. They don't owe me a thing, let alone a browser I like. They don't owe you either.

Cheers!