Re: Opera 24 for Linux released on Developer stream

Arjan van Leeuwen wrote:
> J. William Cupp <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Arjan van Leeuwen wrote:

>>> We've just released the first version of Opera
>>> for Linux since the switchover to
>>> Chromium/Blink here:

>> [...] My strategy at present is to continue to
>> use Opera 12 (Linux and Windows) as long as it
>> works, and use Chrome whenever it doesn't.
>> With each passing month I am using Chrome a
>> little bit more. [...]

> What I can tell you is why *I* choose to use
> Opera over Chrome on Linux (and perhaps why I
> returned to working for Opera this year). In
> order of importance to me, most important at the
> top:

> - Mouse gestures!
> - Speed Dial
> - Out-of-the-box HiDPI support
> - No automatic sign-in to google-everything

Arjan:

Thanks for your announcement here about the availability of Opera 24 for Linux.

Your short list above reminds me how widely divergent the reasons various users prefer the "old" Opera over other browsers are.

You mention mouse gestures and Speed Dial as among the most important differentiators to you of Opera over Chrome.  While I never found either of those traditional features of Opera to be especially compelling, I can understand how others might.

What drew me to Opera initially (long, long ago) was its fast browsing performance, clean UI, keyboard shortcuts, pop-up control, and the like.

Over time, my priorities changed, and I highly valued such features as:

   keyboard shortcuts (still!);

   "user mode" and image display control on the
   view toolbar;

   easy access to delete private data and to
   disable javascript and plug-ins;

   extremely useful browsing history and links
   display;

   text-based bookmarks and session files (which I
   can process outside of Opera with simple
   tools); and

   Opera's superbly granular control of
   configuration (Opera:Config) coupled with
   Tamil@MyOpera's blog that seemed to anticipate
   virtually every question I've ever had about
   changing Opera's behavior with the
   corresponding magic Opera:Config solution.

Could you kindly tell me whether any of these features are still "in there"?

Much as Bill Cupp wrote, I still use Opera 12 as my preferred browser.  However, Chrome is, regrettably, gradually getting a larger share of my use due to the increasing number of sites that petulantly refuse to work in Opera or have so much cycle-wasting javascript that the UI gets very sluggish.

Best regards,

--Neil Ormos
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