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I agree! Keep the Tab Menu, please! It's ingenious! It's especially helpful in FullScreen Mode!

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@leocg said in Why Quick search deleted?:

@treego Because they wanted to.

Thank you for that insight, Opera Forums moderator.

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I prefer Opera over other browsers for the following reasons:
-seems lighter on resources and a bit more responsive/quick than even Chrome, Firefox, and Vivaldi
-best tab preview of any browser - I can check on the tab/page's content simply by hovering over the tab
-full-screen is truly full-screen and allows me access to both open tabs and closed tabs very nicely via Ctrl-M; I can also access Facebook Messenger easily while in full-screen mode by Ctrl-Shift-M.
-keyboard shortcuts for extensions work in full-screen mode perfectly (unlike Vivaldi); Firefox has no keyboard shortcuts for extensions
-does not tap-out my laptop battery as quickly as other browsers
-Instant Search (Alt-Space) works terrifically and is a great way to access bookmarks even in full-screen mode
-customizable keyboard shortcuts (not quite as good as Vivaldi in this respect, but still very good)
-built-in snapshot (Ctrl-Shift-5) is very nice
-speed dial is better and snappier than other browsers
-Personal News integration with AI news/categories is innovative and creative and intriguing
-Facebook Messenger in the pinned sidebar is very nice; I like it better than Vivaldi's implementation. Other browsers simply don't have it. (request: Twitter in this sidebar would be heavenly!)
-address bar input seems to predict what I am looking for better than other browsers
-it is more appealing to the eyes than other browsers. I like the bright wallpapers in Light mode very much.
-MyFlow with Opera Touch on phone is excellent
-neat little features other browsers do not have like tap on tab to take you to top of page/tap again to take you back to where you were on the page
-neat little features like mouse gestures that work and don't overwhelm with too many choices
-the best tab management of any browser I've found to be able to simply go back and forth between two tabs quickly and easily. I use Ctrl-tab for this.
-built-in ad-blocking capability (I assume this is more resource efficient than relying on extensions for this)
-neat little features other browsers do not have like the ability to close a tab with Alt-mouseclick
-neat little features other browsers do not have like the ability to select multiple tabs and then right-click them to copy all their page addresses (URL's)
-neat little features like the ability to select multiple tabs and then right-click them to save them all to a Speed Dial folder

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@Teadrinker76 Vivaldi has a superior Instant Search -- press F2 in Vivaldi and find out! They call it Quick Command -- it's far superior actually to Opera's previous Instant Search.

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@leocg said in Opera 68 is here with built-in Instagram in the sidebar:

@alexs And you do that often enough to justify having the list of closed tabs that close?

If he/she took the time to post about it here, it is quite obvious that he/she thinks that list is important ... can we be nice?

When people express their opinion about Instant Search being removed and the Tabs Menu being removed and how much they miss it, it is something that is significant to them. Otherwise, they would not bother posting here.

Pressing people as though such removals of features should not be important to them at all is counter-friendly and hardly helps Opera's image here in Opera Forums.

That's my 2 cents ... carry on!

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@leocg said in Why Quick search deleted?:

@LORDQ It was removed.

Yeah ... oh, boy ... he knows that already ... the question in the title of the thread is "Why?"

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@leocg said in Opera 68 is here with built-in Instagram in the sidebar:

@treego I undestarnd that it's something important for the person, I'm just trying to find out why. For me, having a list of recently close tabs - and not all closed tabs - may be useful but I don't see a reason for having it in a one click menu.

OK, that's fine ... your replies sometimes seem curt and unwilling to see the poster's point of view as being valid.

If Opera had the feature in the first place, Opera must have had a reason for it.

It would be nice if Opera would explain why they are removing features that others have found helpful and useful, sometimes.

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The lack of transparency or forthrightness about this is rather stunning. I would think Opera would have someone dedicated to responding to these things or other issues/complaints in a direct manner if public relations and retaining users means something. Opera could hire me if they wanted to for these sorts of things. I like the browser on Windows very much, and would be willing to help Opera and its users come to a meeting point where confusion or disappointment could be alleviated or explained in an honest and understanding manner.

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One more advantage I see with Opera over some other browsers is the very nice layout for extensions:
-Enabled
-Disabled
-Updates
-Under Development

It has helped me locate one or more extensions in the past more quickly than I would have located them without such a nice breakdown.

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@elvanos said in Opera 68.0.3609.0 developer update:

I heavily dislike the removal of the Tab menu and its substitution.
If this function is confusing for people, please add it via advanced options for power users.

I heartily agree!
Please hear our plea!
The Tab Menu is necessary!
I ask this sincerely!
Let this feature be!

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@burnout426 said in Why I tried Opera & why I can't make the switch:

Then i learnt you can't change default search engine!

You can change the default search engine to one of the other default-provided ones. But, you can't set a search engine you add yourself as the default. It's a known downside to using Opera.

Thank you for that clarification!

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@rajisg said in Why I tried Opera & why I can't make the switch:

The smart tab switching (once you figure it out) is great although a hotkey to quickly turn it on and off would be awesome. Because it does slow down switching between tabs vs Chrome where it will switch the the tab as soon as you press the key combo. Here it waits till you press and release (so when you are not lost in a forest of tabs, the non-smart way saves time). Also like the tab preview when you hover the pointer over a tab, v useful when I get lost

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@rajisg said in Why I tried Opera & why I can't make the switch:

The smart tab switching (once you figure it out) is great although a hotkey to quickly turn it on and off would be awesome. Because it does slow down switching between tabs vs Chrome where it will switch the the tab as soon as you press the key combo. Here it waits till you press and release (so when you are not lost in a forest of tabs, the non-smart way saves time). Also like the tab preview when you hover the pointer over a tab, v useful when I get lost

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@rajisg said in Why I tried Opera & why I can't make the switch:

Then i learnt you can't change default search engine! Okay I saw that you can type and create shortcuts to switch engines (which is a better than nothing) but the inability to change the default is rather infuriating.

Well, again, you are wrong about this. One can change the default for search engine in Opera quite easily.

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@rajisg said in Why I tried Opera & why I can't make the switch:

Workspaces are great in theory and ought to be a feature everyone adopts (I was hoping Chrome would do something similar ever since Edge came up with set aside tabs, this is better) wish you could quickly (seamlessly) shift between them with a keyboard shortcut though

There are customizable keyboard shortcuts available for switching between workspaces. I setup Alt-1 through Alt-5 for my five workspaces. It works very nicely.