Re:Features Unique to Opera Browser
by sparkie on Saturday January 26, 2013 @12:08PM
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The preview on tabs can be made visible without the need to hover over them, simply by extending the vertical size of the tab bar. (Or horizontal size, since it's possible to have a vertical tab bar on the left/right in opera).
Admittedly Opera's torrent client is pretty limited and weak in comparison to a full client, but it's certainly useful for non-techies who don't have a clue what a torrent is when they just wanna download something.
You can sync opera notes along with all your other stuff. (Incidentally, Opera was the first browser to include sync.)
Opera aint limited to mouse gestures, but also has voice gestures, if you're into that kind of thing, although I'm with you and rarely use them.
Clone tab doesn't merely copy the current location of a tab, but copies over the whole history of the tab too, which is often useful if you wanna navigate back but without losing what you're currently doing.
I think there's more unique features of Opera than the ones he describes here. In particular I like the fact that Opera contains a full stacking/tiling/tabbing window manager, and you're not limited to "tabs which consume all the space". Nice to browse two webpages beside each other. (The tiling features could do with some polishing, but they're non-existent in other browsers.)
I was a long time user of the software, but I primarily use Firefox now, due to a growing number of problems I had with Opera and the lack of customization you can do with it (since after all, it's not open source, and configuration is done with crappy text files). It's worth a try though, Opera have continuously pioneered many of the features in all the browsers we use today.
Admittedly Opera's torrent client is pretty limited and weak in comparison to a full client, but it's certainly useful for non-techies who don't have a clue what a torrent is when they just wanna download something.
You can sync opera notes along with all your other stuff. (Incidentally, Opera was the first browser to include sync.)
Opera aint limited to mouse gestures, but also has voice gestures, if you're into that kind of thing, although I'm with you and rarely use them.
Clone tab doesn't merely copy the current location of a tab, but copies over the whole history of the tab too, which is often useful if you wanna navigate back but without losing what you're currently doing.
I think there's more unique features of Opera than the ones he describes here. In particular I like the fact that Opera contains a full stacking/tiling/tabbing window manager, and you're not limited to "tabs which consume all the space". Nice to browse two webpages beside each other. (The tiling features could do with some polishing, but they're non-existent in other browsers.)
I was a long time user of the software, but I primarily use Firefox now, due to a growing number of problems I had with Opera and the lack of customization you can do with it (since after all, it's not open source, and configuration is done with crappy text files). It's worth a try though, Opera have continuously pioneered many of the features in all the browsers we use today.