Opera Next (15.00)

[R@tman]

Anyone using opera Next

I am giving it a whirl is uses the google webkit engine .

Seems really fast over my firefox .

 

[Elevon]

Anyone using opera Next

I am giving it a whirl is uses the google webkit engine .

Seems really fast over my firefox .

Not looking good feedback wise over at their forums,

Epic fail for me.

No bookmarks.
No mail.
No password manager.
No zoom slider.
No button "Open file" instead of download it into folder.(thats why I'm posting here)
No gestures with mouse wheel like scrolling tabs.
No "Recently closed pages".
No tab groups.
No tab Preview on mouseover.
No Opera.

But:
Faster
Stash

Still more,

Rather disappointing.

First thing I notice - using XP and a black-ish theme, Opera 15 is blue. It's rather ugly and does not conform the UI, neither seems to be changeable through themes. I know XP won't be a priority, but that's what I'm using for now. As for the version number - why did you skip 14? Are you jumping onto the same 'bump the numbers' train Chrome and Fx are on?

Things I don't like:

Very, very crippled customization options - no way to change what's on the only (!) toolbar, no real statusbar
No sidebar, no real bookmarks (like they used to be)
No control over how tabs open - I'd prefer the old Opera approach, 'new tab at rightmost', not 'new tab next to active'
No way to customize gestures - sure, the basic ones seem to be like the default ones in previous versions, but I'm a power user and need customization
Discover is as crippled as on Mobile - no way to define specific feed sources; if feeds were customizable, this could be at least a tiny partial replacement for M2
Empty part of the tab bar acts as a title bar - double-clicking it maximizes/restores the window and does not open a new tab (as expected)
Huge-*ss Google search on Speed Dial with no evident way to change it
No smooth scrolling; you should be able to bring it back with the shiny new over-praised engine, right?

Hopefully they will had those features at some point that makes Opera Opera.

 

[Vimes]

I'm not sure why they bothered to release it at all in such a state.

Whilst it might well improve, I doubt that would be hard to do, feature wise, they should have waited a little longer to at least put back some of the basic features that you would expect from a browser, and perhaps one or two of the ones that you associate with Opera, like tab stacking.

Poor release imo.

 

[Macro]

Just saved me from installing - phew