I'd agree in the early days of rapid release, and the previous interface redesign. Extension broke every update, the interface change made the toolbars less cus

I'd agree in the early days of rapid release, and the previous interface redesign. Extension broke every update, the interface change made the toolbars less customizable, and there was more focus on new features than performance. Extensions had to be reworked. There was no way to make such implementation-dependent code stable for each release. The current API is much more limited in scope as well, but the performance and security concerns were and still are very valid. I'm not a fan of the new tab page, and I have generally disliked how the settings have been reworked, but I still think then end product is better than Chrome. (On the other hand, Opera 12 was the king of resource usage...and I miss it)