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Every update makes it worse
Opera started out as a great alternative to Safari, Firefox, and Chrome, but now it’s simply unusable. I’ve had it set as my default browser but for months it’s prompted me to make it the default browser anyway. Why? I have news turned OFF in settings yet I regularly have to close random tabs that open with random news articles anyway. Why??
Every update comes with new features I don’t want that I have to spend far too much time searching how to disable. Now this 5.0.5 update has QuickType, a miserable feature I can’t imagine anyone wanting that takes predictive text to the extreme with large random word bubbles above the search bar that you can barely avoid accidentally touching as you type. And after numerous frustrating searches I discovered THERE’S NO WAY TO DISABLE IT! WHY???
Opera, I’m done with you fixing what was a perfectly usable browser. You’ve broken it, and now I’m switching to Vivaldi. Fingers crossed that it’s a better experience.Show lessSecretly opens news articles in new tabs
I like and use opera on the computer, but the app has become weird for me. I will no longer be using it. Occasionally when I open the app, search something, and go to close my tabs, I will find that a news article will be open behind the tab I was using. They are almost always about the same politician or subject.
The thing that I especially do not like (enough to delete the app) is that the news tabs will open behind the tab I opened myself - meaning that I dont even know that the news tab is open until I go to close them. This feels, to me, that they are trying to hide those tabs from me for some reason. I also do not like the idea of my browser trying to force negative news articles into my face.
With more context: I dont use my phone to read the news, so I am 100% sure that they are not articles that I have opened. They are not opening as pop-up ads from another tab because they will appear even if no other tabs were open. I deleted and re-installed the app but still had the same issues.Show lessTab Organization
I switched form Chrome to Opera GX on my computer and I don’t think I’ll be going back. However this app is missing out on one big feature that’s a deal breaker for me due to being someone who likes to keep tabs open, and that’s the fact that there is absolutely no tab grouping or organization of any kind available. You cannot create tab groups and you can’t even arrange the order of tabs. The only thing that you can do is save pages in your bookmarks where you are able to creat folders. To reach these folders you have to open up the menu, go to bookmarks, open mobile bookmarks, then you can open the folder you’ve made, and finally you can see the bookmarked websites.
Also, why are features like selecting the apps appearance on your home screen exclusive to the GX and the VPN exclusive to the standard Opera app? Doesn’t make much sense to me.Show less