Opera Next was released a month (?) ago, and still under development. But for now, I myself suggest keep your Opera 12 (below: Opera) untouched and I'm gonna do an quick analysis. Regardless bookmark function, which the team promised will be back sometime, a bunch of features I use frequently are not shown in Opera Next (below: Next).
Build in Chromium
With only a vague concept about the core of browser, I'm happy that they used chromium since now it won't have any issue (I wish? ^^) with google-based page loading and such.
With only a vague concept about the core of browser, I'm happy that they used chromium since now it won't have any issue (I wish? ^^) with google-based page loading and such.
-- which means I don't have to install chrome in future! °ω°
(yet it's so weird for a google person not to use chrome. xD)
(yet it's so weird for a google person not to use chrome. xD)
Change of Speed Dial.
Now you can organise your stuff into folders and place them on the SD page, good for people who have tons of favs -- of course, you can still keep faved pages individually. But to me, the problem is, the keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+# is gone! Σ(ﾟДﾟ； Press keys is much faster than hover onto the folder/page you need then left click. (つд⊂)
Plus, if EVERY of your favorites go to speed dial, there is nothing different from the old bookmark interface -- you switch from text labels to page previews. And the so-called SPEED dial doesn't grant you any more speed.
Now you can organise your stuff into folders and place them on the SD page, good for people who have tons of favs -- of course, you can still keep faved pages individually. But to me, the problem is, the keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+# is gone! Σ(ﾟДﾟ； Press keys is much faster than hover onto the folder/page you need then left click. (つд⊂)
Plus, if EVERY of your favorites go to speed dial, there is nothing different from the old bookmark interface -- you switch from text labels to page previews. And the so-called SPEED dial doesn't grant you any more speed.
-- if everything of your favs go to speed dial, the so-called "speed" dial doesn't deserve the name any more.
Stash.
Something you want to come back to? is what they placed on the Stash page. I do think that is a good idea and has a neat design. But not that useful so far. On Opera, If I do have a page I want to go back later, I put it into my a specific bookmark folder called "disposable". Well, guess I'm just a little bit more text-based.
Something you want to come back to? is what they placed on the Stash page. I do think that is a good idea and has a neat design. But not that useful so far. On Opera, If I do have a page I want to go back later, I put it into my a specific bookmark folder called "disposable". Well, guess I'm just a little bit more text-based.
-- nothing bad so far, but it can never become the substitution of bookmarks.
Keyboard/Mouse shortcuts
Not including the Ctrl+# for speed dial.
- The Ctrl+Z is gone.
- Ctrl+Tab doesn't bring me a list of all opened windows and let me either ↑/↓ or mouse select the page I want. Now it just switch from left to right.
Like what in the red box (and guess what I'm listening :p).
You can press Ctrl+F1/F2 to switch by the recently active order, you don't know what the page exactly is. Although Ctrl+~ allows you switch between the most recent two pages, it still takes time for people who are used to the "old styled" Ctrl+Tab -- this combination is making me happy since it works on other applications too, such as NPP.
- F4 calling of side panel is gone, including the news feed.
- The Right-Left-Click and Left-Right-Click, two of the most frequently used mouse gestures, to go back/forward are gone!! (´Д⊂ヽ
Not including the Ctrl+# for speed dial.
- The Ctrl+Z is gone.
- Ctrl+Tab doesn't bring me a list of all opened windows and let me either ↑/↓ or mouse select the page I want. Now it just switch from left to right.
Like what in the red box (and guess what I'm listening :p).
You can press Ctrl+F1/F2 to switch by the recently active order, you don't know what the page exactly is. Although Ctrl+~ allows you switch between the most recent two pages, it still takes time for people who are used to the "old styled" Ctrl+Tab -- this combination is making me happy since it works on other applications too, such as NPP.
- F4 calling of side panel is gone, including the news feed.
- The Right-Left-Click and Left-Right-Click, two of the most frequently used mouse gestures, to go back/forward are gone!! (´Д⊂ヽ
-- at least grant us the freedom to customise keyboard/mouse shortcuts! °A°
Address/Side/Tab bar
I don't know if it's really of shell, but just let me use this word for now.
- The RSS icon located on the right end of the address bar is gone. I don't care if RSS is less favoured, but indeed people are still using it.
- The key icon beside the address bar is gone. I'm a lazy person and I want it to manage my multi-accounts for the same service.
- The RSS reader (a.k.a. news feed) is gone too. I don't want to miss this since google reader has already gone...
- You can't create a new tab beside the currently active tab any more. There is no where for this under "Settings". (Not a big deal, but I seriously like to create new tab beside the current one.)
- You can't "close all tabs" by one click.
- You can't create a private tab by right click on the tab bar.
- There are much less options available from the tab bar's right-click menu.
I don't know if it's really of shell, but just let me use this word for now.
- The RSS icon located on the right end of the address bar is gone. I don't care if RSS is less favoured, but indeed people are still using it.
- The key icon beside the address bar is gone. I'm a lazy person and I want it to manage my multi-accounts for the same service.
- The RSS reader (a.k.a. news feed) is gone too. I don't want to miss this since google reader has already gone...
- You can't create a new tab beside the currently active tab any more. There is no where for this under "Settings". (Not a big deal, but I seriously like to create new tab beside the current one.)
- You can't "close all tabs" by one click.
- You can't create a private tab by right click on the tab bar.
- There are much less options available from the tab bar's right-click menu.
-- I know they are working on the tabs now, but I won't stop complaining.
Other
- I can't "confirm exit" in Next. I'm already so used to it and can never lose this feature.
- The built-in "Content block" is gone -- I'm an extension-hater.
- How can I change the encoding of a page now? I use it a lot to detect unknown text files! (TдT)
- I like the zoom-slider, but it's gone too. At least let us choose whether display it..
- I can't "confirm exit" in Next. I'm already so used to it and can never lose this feature.
- The built-in "Content block" is gone -- I'm an extension-hater.
- How can I change the encoding of a page now? I use it a lot to detect unknown text files! (TдT)
- I like the zoom-slider, but it's gone too. At least let us choose whether display it..
Guess that's all I can recall for now.
Maybe the last good thing for Next is it uses less RAM than Opera. But for modern computer hardwares, this amount of RAM usage isn't a big deal at all.
Maybe the last good thing for Next is it uses less RAM than Opera. But for modern computer hardwares, this amount of RAM usage isn't a big deal at all.
ULTIMATE CONCLUSION
If you have been using Opera for a long while and are super used to how it currently works (like me), don't go setting Next as main. Meanwhile, you can uninstall chrome and use Next in case of pages that current Opera can't handle properly.
However, If you're used to chrome, its style, extensions, etc., you won't have much to complain for Next. But at this point, you can just keep staying with chrome, unless you like to keep an empty browser shell without any page opened, a feature chrome doesn't have.
If you have been using Opera for a long while and are super used to how it currently works (like me), don't go setting Next as main. Meanwhile, you can uninstall chrome and use Next in case of pages that current Opera can't handle properly.
However, If you're used to chrome, its style, extensions, etc., you won't have much to complain for Next. But at this point, you can just keep staying with chrome, unless you like to keep an empty browser shell without any page opened, a feature chrome doesn't have.
One main reason for me to love Opera is it has almost every feature I need and it's already there when I install it. I never have fun to configure browser extension/add-on/plug-in or whatever they are supposed to be called.
Finally, I'm so happy that Opera Team isn't retiring Opera 12.xx～♥
Finally, I'm so happy that Opera Team isn't retiring Opera 12.xx～♥
By the way, maybe I should integrate MyO smileys here. :3