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What's your opinion on Opera browser? (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've been using Opera for a few years now and I've been enjoying its features, UI and everything. However, I (surprisingly to me) haven't noticed many people mentioning it. Also, when I was on Reddit and mentioned that I use it I got downvoted which left me somewhat confused haha.

So I'm wondering if there's anything wrong with it and/or if I should give another browser a go (I noticed Firefox is mentioned a lot on here)

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[–] MegaUmbreon 31 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I loved Opera 20 years ago when the built in RSS reader, email client, mouse gestures and unique rendering engine that was either faster than the others or completely incompatible with websites. Now I don't give it much thought, all the chromium browsers feel the same.

[–] Tanoh 9 points 1 year ago

Yes, and it also pioneered many features we take for granted now. Like tabs, customizable interfacez etc.

But now it is just a reskinned Chrome.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I loved their speed dial when that came. Just having a home page with a grid of your favorite websites was so innovative at the time.

[–] MegaUmbreon 1 points 1 year ago

Yes I forgot about this! Speed Dial was a killer feature, we just take it for granted now.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I remember the mouse gestures, they were a really neat feature. I don't think any other browser has had anything close to it since then.

[–] MegaUmbreon 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There are extensions for Chromium browser's that do the same thing now :) I use it at work because my mouse doesn't have buttons for navigating back and forward, it's great.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There's also a Firefox extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/foxy-gestures/