I'm downloading it right now. But based on first impression, and reason why I started using Opera in first place, it may alienate users.
I started using it because I was on a slow connection and back then, Opera was a 10 MB internet package. It had email, download manager, chat and everything.
I am not sure about these features but size is 29.7 MB! Curious, did it increase just because of brink?
It alienated me. I like Opera 12 very much. But the things I like are missing in 15. Tab-screenshots for example.
And the overall look and feel is just Chrome. So I think people will skip Opera 15 and download Chrome instead. Or they will stick to Opera 12 like I will.
Strange. The new mobile versions doesn't get a lot of positive reviews and now this one. I hope Opera didn't loose track.
regarding "tab-screenshots": Opera calls them visual Tabs. The linked article says "Right now, we are focusing on synchronization (aka Opera Link), enhanced tab management (visual tabs and so on) and support for themes – and these are just a few of the features you can expect to find soon in our next releases!"
I've been an Opera user for a long time, mostly because opening new tabs always felt very fast, much faster than Chrome or Firefox, and because keyboard/mouse shortcuts were so configurable.
They've made tabs slower to open and have gotten rid of configurable keyboard/mouse shortcuts -- it's now just Chrome with a different skin.
Download manager is still included. Other features will follow, although email has been split into a separate product, Opera Mail (http://www.opera.com/computer/mail).
The size increase is due to a complete rewrite based on chromium.
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I'm downloading it right now. But based on first impression, and reason why I started using Opera in first place, it may alienate users.
I started using it because I was on a slow connection and back then, Opera was a 10 MB internet package. It had email, download manager, chat and everything.
I am not sure about these features but size is 29.7 MB! Curious, did it increase just because of brink?
It alienated me. I like Opera 12 very much. But the things I like are missing in 15. Tab-screenshots for example.
And the overall look and feel is just Chrome. So I think people will skip Opera 15 and download Chrome instead. Or they will stick to Opera 12 like I will.
Strange. The new mobile versions doesn't get a lot of positive reviews and now this one. I hope Opera didn't loose track.
regarding "tab-screenshots": Opera calls them visual Tabs. The linked article says "Right now, we are focusing on synchronization (aka Opera Link), enhanced tab management (visual tabs and so on) and support for themes – and these are just a few of the features you can expect to find soon in our next releases!"
these two things (better tab management and synchronization) are what restrain me from updating.
Also the kind of bookmarks "stash" is not searchable in search bar, which is not really handy
They can always get acquired by a big company, if this fails, I guess.
I've been an Opera user for a long time, mostly because opening new tabs always felt very fast, much faster than Chrome or Firefox, and because keyboard/mouse shortcuts were so configurable.
They've made tabs slower to open and have gotten rid of configurable keyboard/mouse shortcuts -- it's now just Chrome with a different skin.
Download manager is still included. Other features will follow, although email has been split into a separate product, Opera Mail (http://www.opera.com/computer/mail).
The size increase is due to a complete rewrite based on chromium.