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Still no customizability? Still no features from 12.xx? Still reskinned Chromium? Why bother? ;/

by rasz_pl 12y ago

mrweasel 12y ago
I can understand Opera not wanting to maintain their own rendering engine, except that I though that was their main source of income. What I can't understand is why they release the WebKit/Blink based Opera when they did. They shipped a version of "Opera" without the stuff that people loved and bet that it was the brand that people loved. I used very few of the features in Opera 12, but I switched to Firefox when the new version shipped because they made it harder to get the privacy settings I want and I can't make DuckDuckGo the default search engine (honestly: Is that really so hard to do?) Dragonfly, the Opera web developer tool is another thing I would have loved to be able to use, but I will accept that it's a bit harder to port and wouldn't be a day one feature. What they done in the past 12 version is beyond me, I don't see that adding anything important or bringing back anything that people actually want. Dear Opera please fix: - Customizable DEFAULT search engines. - Bring back Opera Link. - Bring back DragonFly (When you have the time). If it saves time you can drop: - Speed Dial - Stash ( Serious question: Who needs that? ) - Discover, see question regarding Stash. - Theme support, see question regarding Stash.
- tracksmer 12y ago
  You claim they shipped a version without the stuff people loved, but Speed Dial was one of the most popular features in the old Opera. Speed Dial is one of the features that define Opera. Seems you don't quite represent most Opera users?
  - easytiger 12y ago
    speeddial was added to opera fairly late on.
    - tracksmer 12y ago
      2007: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Features_of_the_Opera_web_browser#Speed_Dial http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Features_of_the_Opera_web_brows... Doesn't really matter, though. Doesn't change the fact that it's a signature Opera feature.
- rplnt 12y ago
  Dragonfly is open-source. But I guess it would be a complete rewrite anyways, so no one bothers although it was quite better (despite some major flaws) than what chrome or firefox bundle by default.

Still no customizability? Still no features from 12.xx? Still reskinned Chromium? Why bother? ;/

by rasz_pl 12y ago

Still no customizability? Still no features from 12.xx? Still reskinned Chromium? Why bother? ;/

I can understand Opera not wanting to maintain their own rendering engine, except that I though that was their main source of income. What I can't understand is why they release the WebKit/Blink based Opera when they did. They shipped a version of "Opera" without the stuff that people loved and bet that it was the brand that people loved. I used very few of the features in Opera 12, but I switched to Firefox when the new version shipped because they made it harder to get the privacy settings I want and I can't make DuckDuckGo the default search engine (honestly: Is that really so hard to do?) Dragonfly, the Opera web developer tool is another thing I would have loved to be able to use, but I will accept that it's a bit harder to port and wouldn't be a day one feature. What they done in the past 12 version is beyond me, I don't see that adding anything important or bringing back anything that people actually want. Dear Opera please fix: - Customizable DEFAULT search engines. - Bring back Opera Link. - Bring back DragonFly (When you have the time). If it saves time you can drop: - Speed Dial - Stash ( Serious question: Who needs that? ) - Discover, see question regarding Stash. - Theme support, see question regarding Stash.

tracksmer 12y ago
You claim they shipped a version without the stuff people loved, but Speed Dial was one of the most popular features in the old Opera. Speed Dial is one of the features that define Opera. Seems you don't quite represent most Opera users?
- easytiger 12y ago
  speeddial was added to opera fairly late on.
  - tracksmer 12y ago
    2007: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Features_of_the_Opera_web_browser#Speed_Dial http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Features_of_the_Opera_web_brows... Doesn't really matter, though. Doesn't change the fact that it's a signature Opera feature.
rplnt 12y ago
Dragonfly is open-source. But I guess it would be a complete rewrite anyways, so no one bothers although it was quite better (despite some major flaws) than what chrome or firefox bundle by default.