Posts made by Submerstep

@BestCodes said in Opera 115:

@Submerstep I don't think that the Bookmarks Side Panel is horrible, but I do think it could use a lot of improvement (like your suggestions).

You're right. Now that I've reread my message it may have been misinterpreted or come across as a slight towards the development team.

it's not like that at all. I just wanted to imply that the bookmarks side panel has a tablet-oriented aesthetic and on PC it's unproductive compared to the "V7 Bookmarks" extension I mentioned.

@daria19 said in Opera 115:

@submerstep: Hello! Thank you so much for your thoughtful feedback and for being a loyal Opera user for so many years—it truly means a lot to us. We appreciate the detailed suggestions for improving the bookmarks side panel and understand how important it is for the browser to feel intuitive and efficient. Thanks again for sharing your ideas and for sticking with us. Stay tuned for more improvements—we’re always listening!

Please, when the development team has time, try to improve the bookmarks side panel. It doesn't have to be an exact copy of the examples I've shown, but it does need a facelift.

I'm a huge fan of the bookmarks side panel and it's a shame to see how Opera improves the browser's aesthetics day by day but how something as important as the bookmarks side panel is left forgotten in time

Thanks to the entire Opera development team for your work

First of all, thank you for all the work the Opera team does. I have been using Opera since it was a paid service many, many years ago.

So please... when will the current bookmarks side panel be redesigned?

When will we move on from this:

· Look at all the wasted space where the search bar is.
· The search bar should be able to hide and appear automatically when clicking on a dedicated icon.
· "♡ Bookmarks" (above the search bar) and "Open full Bookmarks view" (at the bottom) both lead to the same location. "♡ Bookmarks" is unnecessary.
· There should be an option to remove web page addresses that appear to the right of bookmarks.
· Why don't we have separators yet?
· The distance between bookmarks should be a little more compact.
· The panel should be fixed instead of alternating between fixed and floating.
· The panel should expand and hide when the browser is maximized by clicking on the left side of the browser. Just like it was done in the old Opera (Presto engine).
· Please, remove the categories "Bookmarks bar", "Speed ​​Dial" and "Other bookmarks" in the bookmarks panel. The different categories could be viewed and sorted from the "Full bookmarks view".

To this (I forgot to compact the bookmarks):

Sincerely and with all the pain in my heart, the bookmarks side panel is horrible. It seems to be designed for tablets. As of today and although it has long been removed from the extensions page, I still use the "V7 bookmarks" extension by @vux777, which I find more productive and visually attractive.

First of all, I apologize if I don't express myself correctly, English is not my native language

I don't know if I'm the only one who thinks the default bookmarks side panel, in its current state, is not up to the level of the browser. I'm a fanatic of the bookmarks side panel and every time I open it I notice that it could be so much better, more concise, compact and productive.

To this day I still use the "V7 Bookmarks" extension by @vux777 (If you read this, thank you for your work) because I still find it a much better alternative than the default one.

Starting with the most notable, here I just see a LOT of wasted space:

· Why does "♡ Bookmarks" appear above the search bar when at the top it already tells me that I'm in the "Bookmarks" panel? I know that if you click on "♡ Bookmarks" it opens the full bookmarks manager, but at the very bottom there is an option called "Open full Bookmarks view" that does the same thing. It's something that should be eliminated.

· Why is the search bar so big? It could be more compact or even better: in the upper area you could put a search icon and when you click on it, the search bar will be displayed.

Upper area of ​​the panel:

· Remove the three dots icon at least in this panel. These only have the option to "Hide panel", when clicking on the ♡ button on the sidebar does the same.

· Remove the "Do you like this feature?" icon. I don't know why it doesn't disappear after having already given your opinion.

· Remove "pin/unpin" icon. I think it would be more effective if the bookmarks panel was fixed instead of fluctuating between fixed or floating.

Bookmarks area:

· Can't the bookmarks just appear as is without having to be categorized? When I press the ♡ button in the sidebar, what I expect to see are only my favorite bookmarks. The categories "Bookmarks bar", "Speed ​​Dial" and "Other bookmarks" should be removed or, as I indicated earlier with the search bar, icons for each category could be placed at the top.

· There should be a "show/hide" option for Web addresses that appear to the right of each bookmark.

· The space between bookmarks and folders could be more compact, both vertically and horizontally (when there are multiple folders cascaded).

· The option to create separators in the bookmarks panel should be added.

· The "Open full bookmarks view" option could be moved to the top of the panel, in an icon, as I mentioned previously with other options.

I'm not a Photoshop expert but in the following image, more or less (excluding the part about compacting the space between bookmarks and folders), I have captured what I explain in the thread.

If you've made it this far and understood me, thank you