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Opera GX – Gaming Browser

42 points by mattowen_uk 7y ago

giancarlostoro 7y ago
After Opera was bought out by some Chinese company I wont ever install it on my machine unless they fully open source and I can install from said source.
- anewguy9000 7y ago
  why? i don't know where you live but i bet a whole lot of things you use and trust daily are made by "some chinese company"
  - dylz 7y ago
    Sure, I use Xiaomi stuff, but it's stuff I can isolate on its own vlan, block traffic from, etc. I don't intentionally let it run rampant and hand it 100% of the data.
    - 2038AD 7y ago
      Beyond Xiaomi many of the products you use were manufactured or assembled in China.
  - Etheryte 7y ago
    I think there's a considerable difference between having a shoddy coffee machine and having an untrusted third party have access to virtually everything you do online. I don't really see the benefit in arguing otherwise, regardless of where the company is based.
    - dubcanada 7y ago
      Is your router or modem made in China? It most likely is. What about most of your ISPs equipment. Most likely. Some form of everything you own is from China.
  - Macha 7y ago
    Well, can't speak for OP, but for me it's less that it's just "some chinese company", but more "some chinese company with a actual bad track record of predatory loans in africa, backdoors in their Chinese browser, and falsly issuing certificates in their CA, then buying StartCom in an attempt to sneak back into that market: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qihoo_360#Controversies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qihoo_360#Controversies https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/01/21/opera-predatory-loans/ https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/01/21/opera-predatory-loa...
saagarjha 7y ago
I like how it's in "early access"… Warning: scrolling through this page will pollute your browser's navigation stack.
- mattnewton 7y ago
  Wow you weren’t kidding, it completely exhausted mobile safari’s history stack on the very first scroll with dozens of entries to the same headers. Super broken web experience, and it’s advertising a browser!
- spondyl 7y ago
  My mobile browser actually froze up and crashed :(
- 1023bytes 7y ago
  Maybe it's intentional, to make you feel like your current browser is slow.
Cyberdog 7y ago
tl;dr: There's the software equivalent of RGB lighting and some trivial/redundant integration with Twitch and the like, but the most useful feature for gamers is the ability to throttle the browser's CPU, network, and RAM usage while you're gaming. Sadly, we're at a point where that would probably be a useful feature for other browsers as well.
- ronsor 7y ago
  I honestly find it quite humorous when companies add "gaming" to a product name: >Gaming Browser >Gaming OS >Gaming Optimizer >Gaming Antivirus It's usually just a cheap gimmick.
  - radicalriddler 7y ago
    And just like Gaming PC, Gaming Laptop, and Gaming Keyboard and Mouse, they double the cost.
    - unishark 7y ago
      I don't know that gaming laptops necessary cost more than comparable high-end laptops. I had found it a way to get high-performance hardware somewhat cheaper if anything. The gaming segment is probably more price-conscious than the whales who splurge on the typical high RAM/SSD/i7 versions of laptops. Calling it a "gaming laptop" does make it a bit harder to get the purchase approved at work though.
      - taigi100 7y ago
        I was also recently in the market for a new laptop and by far a "gaming" one ended up being the best price/quality ratio. My 900$ gaming laptop is hugely more powerful than my 3000$ mbp which can barely run a VM.
        viraptor 7y ago
        Looking at reviews of those, I get the impression that although you get the performance, you lose the size / battery life / cooling. Yes, the gaming laptop is more powerful, but you probably want a laptop to sometimes work in public. With the gaming variant you end up with extra space for heat exhaust, lose the efficiency, and your hardware sounds like jet engine once you go over 50% CPU.
kumaranvpl 7y ago
Linus Sebastian from Linus Tech Tips reviewed it here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCWmQbbIFjc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCWmQbbIFjc
- zubspace 7y ago
  Very informative. Thanks! - It's not as useful. - CPU/Memory/Bandwidth limiter kind of works. But who needs that? - You can move video overlays anywhere and they stay always on top. - Opera, the company, was sold to a chinese company, doing shady stuff. - You can't trust the free VPN, which reduces network performance considerably.
rudolph9 7y ago
I really wish the site didn’t hijack my back button:(
ebg13 7y ago
It's for gamers, so of course it looks ridiculous.
anewguy9000 7y ago
no linux :(
- chme 7y ago
  With linux you can put your normal browser in a cgroup and limit cpu and ram usage that way.
- swebs 7y ago
  For some reason, every time a company is bought out by China, their Linux goes out the Window. I have no Idea why China wants to suppress Linux so much.
desireco42 7y ago
Opera always experimented with browsers and different formats, forgot the name, but they had really cool product few years ago. I think it is good that they are experimenting. I don't get it but maybe I am not their target market.
- pbhjpbhj 7y ago
  Opera was pretty innovative. I'm still smarting that their browser-with-server concept (Opera Unite) didn't become the web.
zwetan 7y ago
Does it support Flash ?
- sevanteri 7y ago
  Don't forget Silverlight!!
nvus 7y ago
Every Gaming product/service requirement list be like: * RGB * Black Background ...
- berbec 7y ago
  * Apple tax applied to pc hardware

42 points by mattowen_uk 7y ago

After Opera was bought out by some Chinese company I wont ever install it on my machine unless they fully open source and I can install from said source.

anewguy9000 7y ago
why? i don't know where you live but i bet a whole lot of things you use and trust daily are made by "some chinese company"
- dylz 7y ago
  Sure, I use Xiaomi stuff, but it's stuff I can isolate on its own vlan, block traffic from, etc. I don't intentionally let it run rampant and hand it 100% of the data.
  - 2038AD 7y ago
    Beyond Xiaomi many of the products you use were manufactured or assembled in China.
- Etheryte 7y ago
  I think there's a considerable difference between having a shoddy coffee machine and having an untrusted third party have access to virtually everything you do online. I don't really see the benefit in arguing otherwise, regardless of where the company is based.
  - dubcanada 7y ago
    Is your router or modem made in China? It most likely is. What about most of your ISPs equipment. Most likely. Some form of everything you own is from China.
- Macha 7y ago
  Well, can't speak for OP, but for me it's less that it's just "some chinese company", but more "some chinese company with a actual bad track record of predatory loans in africa, backdoors in their Chinese browser, and falsly issuing certificates in their CA, then buying StartCom in an attempt to sneak back into that market: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qihoo_360#Controversies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qihoo_360#Controversies https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/01/21/opera-predatory-loans/ https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/01/21/opera-predatory-loa...

saagarjha 7y ago

I like how it's in "early access"… Warning: scrolling through this page will pollute your browser's navigation stack.

mattnewton 7y ago
Wow you weren’t kidding, it completely exhausted mobile safari’s history stack on the very first scroll with dozens of entries to the same headers. Super broken web experience, and it’s advertising a browser!
spondyl 7y ago
My mobile browser actually froze up and crashed :(
1023bytes 7y ago
Maybe it's intentional, to make you feel like your current browser is slow.

Cyberdog 7y ago

tl;dr: There's the software equivalent of RGB lighting and some trivial/redundant integration with Twitch and the like, but the most useful feature for gamers is the ability to throttle the browser's CPU, network, and RAM usage while you're gaming. Sadly, we're at a point where that would probably be a useful feature for other browsers as well.

ronsor 7y ago
I honestly find it quite humorous when companies add "gaming" to a product name: >Gaming Browser >Gaming OS >Gaming Optimizer >Gaming Antivirus It's usually just a cheap gimmick.
- radicalriddler 7y ago
  And just like Gaming PC, Gaming Laptop, and Gaming Keyboard and Mouse, they double the cost.
  - unishark 7y ago
    I don't know that gaming laptops necessary cost more than comparable high-end laptops. I had found it a way to get high-performance hardware somewhat cheaper if anything. The gaming segment is probably more price-conscious than the whales who splurge on the typical high RAM/SSD/i7 versions of laptops. Calling it a "gaming laptop" does make it a bit harder to get the purchase approved at work though.
    - taigi100 7y ago
      I was also recently in the market for a new laptop and by far a "gaming" one ended up being the best price/quality ratio. My 900$ gaming laptop is hugely more powerful than my 3000$ mbp which can barely run a VM.
      - viraptor 7y ago
        Looking at reviews of those, I get the impression that although you get the performance, you lose the size / battery life / cooling. Yes, the gaming laptop is more powerful, but you probably want a laptop to sometimes work in public. With the gaming variant you end up with extra space for heat exhaust, lose the efficiency, and your hardware sounds like jet engine once you go over 50% CPU.

kumaranvpl 7y ago

Linus Sebastian from Linus Tech Tips reviewed it here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCWmQbbIFjc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCWmQbbIFjc

zubspace 7y ago
Very informative. Thanks! - It's not as useful. - CPU/Memory/Bandwidth limiter kind of works. But who needs that? - You can move video overlays anywhere and they stay always on top. - Opera, the company, was sold to a chinese company, doing shady stuff. - You can't trust the free VPN, which reduces network performance considerably.

rudolph9 7y ago

I really wish the site didn’t hijack my back button:(

ebg13 7y ago

It's for gamers, so of course it looks ridiculous.

anewguy9000 7y ago

no linux :(

chme 7y ago
With linux you can put your normal browser in a cgroup and limit cpu and ram usage that way.
swebs 7y ago
For some reason, every time a company is bought out by China, their Linux goes out the Window. I have no Idea why China wants to suppress Linux so much.

desireco42 7y ago

Opera always experimented with browsers and different formats, forgot the name, but they had really cool product few years ago. I think it is good that they are experimenting. I don't get it but maybe I am not their target market.

pbhjpbhj 7y ago
Opera was pretty innovative. I'm still smarting that their browser-with-server concept (Opera Unite) didn't become the web.

zwetan 7y ago

Does it support Flash ?

sevanteri 7y ago
Don't forget Silverlight!!

nvus 7y ago

Every Gaming product/service requirement list be like: * RGB * Black Background ...

berbec 7y ago
* Apple tax applied to pc hardware