i don't switch: opera 15 is switched to chrome, and i keep opera 12 for the time being.
i can't understand opera managers. you must be completely incompetent if you don't understand what gives you that 1% of browser market share. the poll clearly states that 99% of users were using opera for over 3 years. they need all the features they used to!
goodbye, opera.
it was a nice run. i hope this move gets you in with the popular crowd like you want. but remember you have burned your friends over this.
not sure if we will be in any ways forgiving.
stripping opera of everything that made it useful is not the way to give people "the best internet experience."
you were awesome, innovative, and the fact that you went so long without conforming to a norm was admirable. i am very saddened to see it come to this.
it's okay that you feel your render engine isn't up to the task of where you want to head in the future, but please keep all the great features of the current version 12 and just change the rendering engine. i would imagine this is possible to do. desktop and mobile are not the same, and i am tired of people telling us that they are one and the same. why do developers feel they need to write for the less tech-savvy people? it's not like the features get in the way of people who don't use them. i, for one, don't use every feature of opera, and none of those that i do not use get in my way at all. they are there for me to use and try if i want to. it seems like an odd way to cut off the fan base you do have. i guess your hope is that new people will replace the old ones that don't stay. the funny part is you made the browser what it is today, but you want to kill that legacy. it reminds me of musicians not wanting to play their old songs that made them famous and got them fans.
you used to be a trendsetter, now you're just a follower.
wake uuuuuuuuup!!
fubar, welcome to the dark side opera. so long, and thanks for all the fish.