thanks for being a great, innovative, and unique browser. it's sad that it's come to an end.
so long, and thanks for all the fish...
you should conduct user marketing surveys first and not just "release" a feature-frozen browser in beta state. it has fewer features than midori.
once was the safest, fastest web browser. now i think the dev team is confused. farewell opera. a new era begins with another browser for me.
sad
sad panda
you messed up, you decided to revive the netscape history with the greatest internet suite and now you'll end up the same way (hopefully i'm wrong).
the least you can do is the same as netscape: open source the real opera, and retire, you wanted a web that respected the standards and now you are part of the webkit monopoly, just like ie's 10 years ago. at least we have firefox or ie (irony!).
customization and innovative features are key! that was always opera's big draw.
i'm known at work for my opera enthusiasm. it's the extras that made opera, well, opera: tab grouping, gestures, etc. please bring opera back to 15 next.
i don't want you to copy chrome. opera is more than that. you can create something fantastic using the webkit/blink engine.
goodbye to a now squandered effort. whoever came on board at opera with their 'new' ideas, dump her/him, and stay proud to be norwegian, because with opera next you're relinquishing everything that made you different and in most cases better. now you're just another chrome clone.
sometimes in the old days - the 90's - i'd search for opera wanting opera software, but the results always came up with the singing kind of opera, with our opera showing, sure, but way down below. then opera software rose:
meanings of opera:
opera is a western performance art which combines music and drama.
opera (web browser) - opera is a web browser and internet suite developed by opera software with over 300 million users worldwide.
opera software, a norwegian software company.
(that was from duckduckgo's search result)
and in a few years, best guess? no need to spell it out, methinks. nex
great choice to make opera just a clone of chrome. not! give back at least the features most demanded by the users and customization options, and i will consider downloading opera again.
unfortunately, it seems that the features that made opera great were there by accident and not intentionally.
you had a great product with the presto engine; switching to chromium just makes you another skin.
sorry to see you go.
why???
i'm not going to switch now, i'm hoping for the best.
:(
i hope you feel proud.
i will miss the good old opera.
you're welcome!
rest in peace.
so long, and thanks for all the fish.
if you kill opera <= 12.15, at least open-source it.
please listen to your users! please! and please open source presto!
it's been a blast. i started using opera back in the days of ie3/4/5 and the dark days when every other site wanted to launch popups, resize your browser window, and disable your toolbars/right-click.
opera stopped all that for me. and tamed the nuisance sites, but over the last few years, opera has ignored the core power user fanbase in favor of the casual users who do not use the power of opera at all. instead, opera now seeks to appeal to the shallow, twenty-something crowd that likes to do nothing more than browse social media sites and click on like buttons.
what is a power user to do? a user that wants to take full control over the content that gets delivered to the screen? a user that wants a myriad number of ways to interact with the browser, the ability to perform complex actions at a keystroke?
this dumbing down will not gain you any extra users. that market is already cornered by chrome/safari and firefox. the rest use ie.
consequently, if opera becomes no longer distinguishable from chrome, i may as well use chrome or firefox and make an opera v12 analog with its extensions.
what a waste of a perfectly good internet suite.
i love opera ui, i love speed dial, i especially love customization options and full themes, don't be so chrome-like.. please)
i hope that at some point it will be as feature complete and stable as 12.x, in which case i may consider switching back.
opera, remain unique!
so long, and thanks for the fish!
what a pity.
it's too depressing to think about switching just yet, the transition process will be very, very painful.. (-_-); no other browser offers this kind of perfectly crafted and customizable user interface that integrates everything you need in one place. i simply cannot imagine using any other browser, the new chropera included. opera without the loved interface is not opera. opera without all those distinct "opera features" is not opera.
everyone loved something else about opera and it might be next to impossible to implement every single feature in the new version, so please, at least consider donating the opera 12 source code to the community. it would be a shame to let this great project die completely.
thanks for all your work. martin
the king is dead, long live the king.
i miss jon...
% (percent)
opera was a browser like linux is an os. extremely versatile, modifiable, and sleek but also required some tinkering. tons of features, a full communications suite, yet speedy and memory efficient!
if i have left, it is after a long time. you lead the field, you innovated, you were not scared, you took in good design and tossed the bad ideas. you made power users have a home, and let it be known.
my norwegian bros, why did you want to change :(
:c
it would be hard to browse the internet without opera. i'll try to recreate the experience with firefox and plugins. but i'm sure it will be laggy and buggy.
good night, sweet prince.
a browser without proper bookmarks is just a toy.
release presto as open source; it is much faster, has lower cpu load, and has more features (wap rendering, gui customization, complex settings).
no m2 = goodbye
from "smart browser for smart users" to "dumb browser for dumb users" - the way of opera.
what made opera special was its large variety of well-implemented "power user" features (mouse gestures, advanced and customizable tabs, session manager, etc). why even bother if opera is, effectively, nothing more than chrome with a new coat of paint?
i can't wait for opera 25.
i always loved the innovation in opera; it was surprising to see people excited about new features in their browser that i have been using in opera for a long time. a couple of times i tried another browser (especially when i tried to sync tabs with my android smartphone) just to see how they were doing, and after a couple of hours, i ended up returning to opera, mainly for the features that no other browser has, like tab stacking, thumbnail preview in the tab bar, customizable mouse gestures, closed tab registry, etc.
i want opera no chropera.
my (our) patience has been depleted; once you lose the users' trust, there's no turning back. you brought this on yourselves!
in my eyes, you betrayed your mission. opera was the last relatively free browser providing much freedom for its users. i am sorry for what you have done. not because you have changed the rendering engine. i couldn't care less about the engine. but because of the major functions you took away and are not planning to give back. and not even willing to say it out loud. just obscure statements.
please, don't kill opera!
integrated m2 is most important to me.
curse you!
i understand opera management's frustration. for years, they provided the most sophisticated web browser but could never get out of single-digit market share. then, along comes google with a browser that is devoid of useful features, and it catches on like wildfire. from that, opera management concluded, not unreasonably, that not many browser users actually want a sophisticated browser, so they decided to abandon their user base and compete for a piece of chrome's dumbed-down browser market.
while i can sympathize with opera management, i still sincerely hope they fail miserably.
rest in peace...
please open source opera 11.64 or 12.x!
opera... i'm leaving you. i'm sorry it's come to this, but you just aren't the browser i fell in love with. i hardly recognize you anymore. the things i loved about you are gone now, and so, therefore, am i. it was great while it lasted. goodbye opera x :'(
don't remove the customization that made opera great.
okay, thanks, goodbye.
wand is a very handy tool and i think you should have it in the next versions of opera. opera:config is a must-have for users who like going "deep" into their browser settings and customization.
opera used to be the fastest browser, but since early 2012 it isn't. i think you should work in that direction.
at last, i think opera needs to be more compatible with page rendering. i mean all pages should appear properly, because there are still some that do not appear properly. although i know this is not only your fault, i think you should work on it. but as far as i understand, the new engine will fix those issues.
you had a great run; it's sad that the new management destroyed what made it good!
that was a good year. farewell, good friend!
opera, why did you change?!!
best browser just got ruined...good job.
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understanding the customizations and creating new ones are too hidden in the new version(s).
my favorite browser and my favorite football team (everton) both showed a stunning lack of understanding of their respective fanbases this week by releasing a "modern" and "simplified" product that was in every way a giant backwards step. everton has now apologized and backtracked; i hope opera does the same.
if i switch, i'll check out opera from time to time to see whether some of the features have returned or been replaced with good-enough equivalents.
on the other hand, if chrome doesn't offer much extra in the way of user-interface usability, i'll use opera anyway.
thanks for all the hard work over the years. i wish there was also a 'gold' version where i could pay for a license.
there's no shame in paving your own way.
zeus drives mad those whom he wishes to destroy.
why did you remove m2? totally stupid idea. there's no reason to use opera anymore if i have to use a separate email client.
bookmarks.
if the problem is features hindering the performance of the browser, why not make them optional to install?
i will switch browsers only when some of my must have features (improved mouse gestures, bookmarks, opera link, customizable speed dial, 2px hideable sidebar, etc.) are missing. until then, good luck adding them.
i recognize that targeting the "average" user is pretty tempting, but those markets are pretty well served. you have a very compelling product for a niche, yet devoted, market. you're tossing that away in an attempt to woo users who have a multitude of choices for a simple browser that can take them to facebook or youtube. there are many, many users (such as myself) who depend on opera to help them get things done.
you're taking away a tool, and handing us a toy.
you failed exactly the way netscape did, read about it here:
things you should never do
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html
please release presto as open source.
you have forgotten that opera desktop is an internet suite, not just a simple web browser.
you messed up really, really bad with that opera 15...
do not touch any of the features that make opera unique!
thanks for 10 great years!
it was great while it lasted.
sorry, opera team - however, i cannot accept a product without an rss reader, which can't handle my 5000+ bookmarks and one that simply removes old features.
i'll miss you.
the reason i've been sticking with opera is because it allows me to easily customize the browsing experience for my liking and if necessary, even go deeper into the settings to get it working just the way i want it. with that, opera has been by far the most convenient browser to use due to its customizable, quick-access ui (start bar, top-10 button, custom keyboard shortcuts, bookmark-menu button). my concern is that converting opera into a chrome clone will also bring in all the disadvantages that chrome has (very limited customization, no built-in adblock, clumsy bookmark bar, no search bar).
unfortunately, there are no better alternatives, so it looks like i'll be staying with opera 12 as long as possible or until another developer realizes that not everyone wants a handicapped, one-size-fits-all browsing experience and comes up with a better browser.
the king is dead, long live the king ;)
i wonder what geir ivarsøy would think about this.
i've used opera for a long time now. but version 15 is not opera. it's something else. and other browsers do it better.
so long, and thanks for all the fish.
thank you for the awesome browser, your once paying customer. thanks.
so long, and thanks for all the fish.
oh do not count on me for anything
although i love you as i do the spring
farewell, my child, most brave and beautiful! you are the life and light of all my heart, farewell!
please.... don't go this way any further.
open-source the old codebase if you're going to abandon it!
too bad you gave up on presto, but thanks for all those years using the best available browser.
becoming a chrome clone was a very bad idea. opera lost its identity; now it is a repackaged chrome. i really can't find any reason to choose opera. if i wanted chrome with a different name, i would be using chrome.
webkit might be more compatible than presto, but that's irrelevant if the user experience is poor. there's a reason i didn't already use chrome instead of opera.
it's been a great and fun experience, but all good things must come to an end... i was just hoping that the end wasn't going to happen in my lifetime, though.
but i thank you for all those great years and wish you guys the best.