i cannot believe i would ever consider switching from the opera browser, and it would still take a lot for that to happen. that said, i am a patient and loyal person, but please stop treating your users so poorly and cynically with such limited information about what is happening and your future plans for opera; we are still not in the cold war years. i like opera 15 but would love to see much of the features that were in opera presto integrated into these new builds.
ui ui ui
please noooooo!!!!
opera was the most original, most customizable, most comfortable web browser for me, with many nice features. sad to see that it became a chrome copy with almost all unique features killed. opera will never be the same. i'm really very sad to see those changes.
you abandoned your rss reader and all its unique features. shame on you... goodbye.
opera next was rebuilt seemingly to remove all the features i and many others enjoyed and depended on in exchange for what almost seems like a google branding. i understand that we seem to live in a world moving increasingly towards simplification and that's fine for most people, but having advanced features and a broad set of integrated functionality was the reason i used opera and if i have to keep my browser stuck in the past (opera 12.xx) to get the most out of browsing the web, i'll do so until i upgrade to a version of windows that it won't run it.
had a great time, but opera's functionality and attention to detail have been declining for a few years, so this "new" opera doesn't really surprise me. (i've been using firefox on the side for 4 years now; this is the final push i need to change my browser.)
it was a good run, and while i loved the idea of going blink as a render engine, i can't live with what you provided us this week. everything i dislike about chrome is now in opera, so there is nothing keeping me.
the lack of interface customization and those downright hostile and horrible settings pages show that this right now is just nearly a skinned version of chrome.
while i hope you bring back the features i rely on, i doubt you can do it quickly. so it is time for me to jump ship.
i do hate this trend of removing power user features from software.
i'm confused and sad about why any of this had to happen. opera was so far ahead of everyone for almost two decades and it's very sad to see that disappear. rip, opera.