it was a great journey with opera, and i still can't believe you did this and aren't going to re-add the important features. i still can't find a browser with even 60% of the features that opera 11 and 12 had, so it will be a long time for me, whatever i choose.
also, i can't even think of a reason why you guys are doing this. if it's because of the popularity of chrome and firefox and you wish to have the same by just releasing a chrome-like browser, well, not only will you not attract new users, you'll also lose at least 80% of your users who have been loyal for years. you should know that you can't possibly compete with them in terms of user count; you would be better off sticking to the things that made opera the only choice by far for most of your fans. me and most of your users, i presume, there is no browser out there for us except opera, so don't take it away from us.
can you please bring back all opera 12 features?
if everyone abandons opera, it's entirely your fault and you know it. thank you, chrome-wannabe!
opera 12 (in terms of features) with a webkit/blink renderer would be a superior browser compared to anything else.
i want the latest opera (12.15 features) + webkit (blink)
why did you go through all this trouble? you could have just made an official opera theme for chromium because that's exactly what you did now. sellouts.
opera has been the only browser for me since i initially switched in 2006. no other browser compared in terms of giving me the freedom to customize and control my online experience. mouse gestures (many including scrolling through tabs are sadly missing), link (which i understand will be added later), smooth scrolling, and many more are the features that have cemented me as an opera only user. no other browser that i have tried (internet explorer, firefox, chrome, safari, and others) ever came close to allowing me to quickly and easily navigate multiple tabs, use the search engine(s) i wanted, and generally put me in control of my online experience.
in short, if i wanted to use chrome, i would be a chrome user. i am not, nor do i wish to be a chrome user, i do not want a dumbed-down, over-simplified browsing experience, i want the freedom and control that opera has constantly granted its users.
thank you for 7 years of very enjoyable browsing. i will check back to see if you incorporate what originally made me fall in love with opera in future versions. however for now i will be going back to 12.5 while i experiment with other browsers that will hopefully give me an experience similar to the one opera 12.5 does.
that's sad to switch to another browser...
beloved browser and friend, you'll be missed.
rest in peace.
presto might not have been the best engine, and i became used to pages behaving somewhat oddly in opera in the last few years (even though opera was great in 2000-2010). what made opera my favorite browser was the ui. speed dial, custom stylesheets, tab stacks, private tabs, opera invented a lot of features that are still missing from other browsers. remove them and i'll have to switch. there's nothing appealing in "yet another webkit browser."