Comments on: Opera 11 Beta Introduces Tab Stacking, Extensions

By: James M

James M — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 09:42:58 +0000

I’ve always been a fan of Opera since their earliest versions. The beta has been working pretty solidly for me, except for a problem with cookies. I’m still investigating whether this is something unique to me or not, but it causes me to re-sign into sites that I shouldn’t have to during the same browsing session.

Other than that, I’ve been impressed with some of the extensions out there. I particularly like the GMail iOS extension that provides a little more oomph compared to the Google Mail Checker Plus for Chrome/Safari.

By: KT

KT — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:29:00 +0000

I love the non-stop FUD, every time Opera takes it up a notch on all the other browsers and adds new innovations and speed for the others to try to copycat…

This is been happening for years & years on desktop & mobile, but somehow Opera is not on the “frontline”…as if unchosen, bundled market share from an OS or a search engine reflects innovation.

The extensions talk is funny also; >80% of all FF, Chrome, IE, Safari users don’t even have ONE extension installed…so somehow the 100 unique features built-in to Opera is a weakness…like Rewind, Fast-Fwd, Visual Tabs on-the-side, On-Demand Plug-ins, and now Visual Tab Stacks? Hm.

And, Simon, you can’t even be bothered to read Opera’s press release about the new On-Demand Plug-ins feature that speeds up your computer, keeps your CPU fan OFF, and saves your battery from Flash & other plugins, unless you need them with one-click? (Especially, given all the talk about Flash, iOS, and MacBook Air battery times.)

I think GigaOm readers expect more thoroughness.

Btw, why is Google still browser-sniffing & blocking Opera users from Google Instant & Previews? I guess they’re terrified of fair competition…

By: mfff

mfff — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 22:25:35 +0000

2%? Nonsense.

Opera has more than 140 million users on desktop and mobile. That’s 7% market share, not 2%.

By: tomj

tomj — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 21:39:19 +0000

@The instability issues that was in the 10.50 series was fixed in Opera 10.60. The new beta looks rock solid to me. Love the tab stacking – and the mouse gestures is very nice!

By: Andy Gongea

Andy Gongea — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 20:34:28 +0000

It is an awesome piece of software. Opera is probably the best browser out there – but who cares? With only 2% of market share, Opera will never be on the front line.

Too bad…

By: Simon Mackie

Simon Mackie — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 17:42:52 +0000

What bugs did you find with 10.x, Ralph? I like Opera but somehow it never manages to become my primary browser, so I didn’t use it enough to discover any problems.

By: ralphg

ralphg — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:33:20 +0000

Opera didn’t really need extensions, because so much was already built in. My frustration with FireFox and Chrome is the amount of time I have to spend hunting down extensions to make them work the way I want — something not needed for Opera.

I hope that Opera 11 fixes the problems introduced with the 10.x series, which I found to be the buggiest Opera ever.

I’ve been using it since v4, back when its boast was, “It fits onto a floppy disk.