"Opera 15? It is a complete and total castration of EVERYTHING that made Opera a wonderful browser. I was looking forward to the use of a compatible rendering engine...but NOT AT THE COST OF EVERYTHING ELSE!!! What in the world is this??"

I don't often comment on forums, but this is completely right. The new Opera is pretty much a reskin of Google chrome. If I wanted a Chrome, I'd install one. Particularly debilitating is the absence of a side panel, which is a hallmark of Opera among all browsers, but alongside it are missing many other features. Maybe some of them are possible to be fixed, but it would take effort.

I personally will stick with Opera 12 as long as possible. If in due time all the features are not equivalent (Sidepanel, Private browsing mixed with non private browsing, dual fields for address and search, password button, etc) I will switch to Chrome. Why? Not to support a company that is clearly killing it's own product. Alongside it's services.