Opera isn't supported anymore??

[MaryMe]

Thanks everybody for sharing your experience!
I left my Opera 36 for some everyday activities, like checking the website appearance and compatibility.

 

[MaryMe]

i just downloaded opera 12.18 to see how it compares to opera 36

So, how?

 

[nemesismk2]

So, how?

i tried out opera 12.18 and yes it was quite slow compared to opera 36 which was to be expected.

 

[MaryMe]

i tried out opera 12.18 and yes it was quite slow compared to opera 36 which was to be expected.

Thanks 🙂 Really good news for me!

 

[inf1nity]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/02/06/msn_deliberately_breaks_operas_browser/

Check out this article. Microsoft made their website in a way that deliberately renders bad on Opera

Quite possible other websites might be doing this too, just to get Opera off the market.

 

[Mem]

i tried out opera 12.18 and yes it was quite slow compared to opera 36 which was to be expected.

Have you tried Vivaldi 1.0 now it's out of beta?....https://vivaldi.com/?lang=en

 

[JEDIYoda]

I`m using Opera 12.847563294 no issues!

 

[inf1nity]

Hey guys is the new Opera based on the Chromium project? Or is it an independent-from-the-scratch project?

 

[lxskllr]

New Opera is Chromium.

 

[TeknoBug]

Well if MS wants to take other browsers out of the equation, than they damn well better get on improving Edge. My computers at work only has Edge, and often times it doesn't even finish loading some pages, I have to sit there tapping my fingers then close Edge and try again, after the third of fourth time it'll successfully finish loading pages. Turned out that ActiveX/AppX struggles to load some parts of pages on several sites.

 

[AnonymouseUser]

Have you tried Vivaldi 1.0 now it's out of beta?....https://vivaldi.com/?lang=en

I love Vivaldi. Though the last beta thrashed my hard drive constantly (thanks Chromium 🙁), it doesn't anymore. It's honestly my favorite browser since Opera 12, and once they introduce the M3 email client I will finally ditch Opera 12.18 entirely. Besides all the other native features, stacked and tiled tabs are awesome. 😎

 

[lxskllr]

How does Vivaldi make money? I assume it isn't cause they're swell guys. Maybe they are(like foobar2000), but the lack of sources in that case is puzzling. If they aren't being altruistic, how are they paid?

 

[AnonymouseUser]

How does Vivaldi make money? I assume it isn't cause they're swell guys. Maybe they are(like foobar2000), but the lack of sources in that case is puzzling. If they aren't being altruistic, how are they paid?

Same way Firefox, Chrome, and Opera do - search and bookmark royalties. You can see the referral links in the bookmarks they include.

 

[coffeemonster]

Same as Edge, I want to give Vivaldi a real try, but not without extensions. Namely ad-blocking.

I know I can manually install a Chrome add-on in Vivaldi, but it gets lost/wiped on update. I'll wait for official support.

I have been using vivaldi for a few months now and had ublock origin installed from the beginning. I've never had it lost or wiped after an update.

 

[AnonymouseUser]

I have been using vivaldi for a few months now and had ublock origin installed from the beginning. I've never had it lost or wiped after an update.

Agreed, I haven't had that problem either.

FWIW, I won't be using Opera moving forward now that they've been sold to a group of Chinese tech companies. It's a shame seeing how they've just introduced native ad blocking and an integrated free VPN. :\

 

[Magic Carpet]

Vivaldi is a freeware web browser developed by Vivaldi Technologies, a company founded by Opera Software co-founder and former CEO Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner and Tatsuki Tomita.[5][6] The browser is aimed at staunch technologists, heavy Internet users, and previous Opera web browser users disgruntled by Opera's transition from the Presto layout engine to the Blink layout engine, which removed many popular features in the process.[5][7] Vivaldi aims to revive the old, popular features of Opera 12 and introduce new, more innovative ones.[8] The browser is updated weekly, in the form of "Snapshots", and has gained popularity since the launch of its first technical preview.[9]

On November 3, 2015, Vivaldi Technologies launched the first beta of the Vivaldi web browser and announced that the browser's technical previews had been downloaded more than 2 million times.[10][11]

On April 6, 2016, Vivaldi Technologies released Vivaldi 1.0, the browser's first stable release.[12]

Ticks all the boxes as a worthy replacement, imo :thumbsup:

I was a huge fan of Opera 12, by the way.

 

[sweenish]

I have been using vivaldi for a few months now and had ublock origin installed from the beginning. I've never had it lost or wiped after an update.

Lucky you, I guess.

I haven't lost it since 1.0, at least.

 

[Leyawiin]

WebKit by any other name...

 

[techne]

Just for the records, Opera USB was also updated to version 12.18:

http://www.opera-usb.com/index.htm

Being a fan of the old Opera, I'm happy to know about Vivaldi and I will try it right now.

 

[AMD64Blondie]

Not just with Opera 36 and newer,but all of my other Chrome-based browsers(at the moment,SRWare Iron and Google Chrome portable..)...they won't connect to the internet.

Opera 12.18(Presto engine-based),IE 11,and Firefox all connect just fine.

What's going on here?

 

[TeknoBug]

Opera 37 seems like a big leap from 36 in performance, it's smoother and more respnsive on some websites. I'm liking this version.

 

[AnonymouseUser]

Not just with Opera 36 and newer,but all of my other Chrome-based browsers(at the moment,SRWare Iron and Google Chrome portable..)...they won't connect to the internet.

Opera 12.18(Presto engine-based),IE 11,and Firefox all connect just fine.

What's going on here?

Sounds like a proxy issue, but if that were the case IE 11 wouldn't work either. Have you installed any software recently, specifically antivirus?