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Opera Reborn — New version of Opera, codenamed Reborn, now with messaging
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André J
Really dig the "Free VPN" and "Native ad blocking" features
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The free vpn is looking great! The latency is low and the speed is similar to what I get without it: 
Only browser who doesn't care what Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or Apple Safari does. #Thuglife
@rafyasarmatta There is also Bravo and Vivaldi. Vivaldi is also doing some interesting things that are out of the norm. Using Chrome though across all my devices, no other browser has that multiple device seamless integration of data like Chrome which is why I always revert back to it on a desktop even if it isn't the prettiest or feature rich browser out there. Also with the fairly new Toby bookmarking extension only being on Chrome and how essential it has become for me, that's another thing tying me down to Chrome.
@rafyasarmatta I didn't understand your comment, because Opera uses Chromium under the hood, so it's basically Chrome with design tweaks
@ignaty spot on. If you haven't already, check out Franz for combining several messenger apps into one.
@ignaty thanks for the tip – does it support the cmd-t shortcut from Slack? One of the very few things I miss using Franz.
@paljoakim sorry, no. IM+ and Franz both use web version and ⌘+T seems to be a desktop only option, but ⌘+K should work just fine.
@ignaty actually I created an issue on their bug tracker for developer version a while ago with this improvement. Don't know what happen with it tho'.
@paljoakim by having Slack I would totally move away from Franz, although there are some red flags here because of so many distractions that are now concentrated under one window - THE browser.
@alexstrafalogea I also enjoy having my Facebook pages' inboxes as separate tabs in Franz; doesn't seem to be a feature with Opera Reborn?
Ah, you beat me to it.
Congrats to the Opera design team for taking an experimental approach with the Opera Neon and shipping it with all its flaws - the Reborn is exactly what the name says.
Lovely UI and interaction, the onboarding is pretty nice and speed-wise, it's not that bad!
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@perte I really thought nothing could drag me of my beloved Chrome. But I installed it today, and so far so good. Let's see how will it be long-term.
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@clement_jlt Developer tools are exactly the same as in Chrome. It's webkit.
Lovely! I can now remove WhatsApp for Web from my dock. 😍 🤓
Personal news is too good for setting up the sources and quick browse whats-happening.
What I love in neon is totally new tabs design. Now its gone in the new opera. maybe it would be good to make it possible for user to switch between tabs style.
@csaba_kissi try Vivaldi, it gives you a bunch of options to customize tabs and it's compatible with Chrome extensions.
Loving this so far, but how do you get the compact messenger view? Mine has the sidebar to the right with 'options', 'people', etc. Ends up looking very messy.
@samjohnson__ click the ( i ) icon in the top right corner to hide the options
OK so this is not a browser, this is an IM and VPN client that can open links on the right side
@samjohnson__ there's no functionality missing for Opera Reborn to be a browser, it's just not so dedicated as other browsers are, personally I think a browser should just focus on requesting and rendering pages, it can offer APIs for developers to extend it's functionality, but it shouldn't ship these things (IM, VPN) on product level.
@novoreorx @samjohnson__ If it is just another browser, how can it attract users from other browsers?
Really loving it! I was just going to test it out but I've found that I like it enough to give it a real try. Besides built-in VPN and ad-blocking, I like that they also have Opera Turbo (data saving) and battery saving features. Plus, it's really quite a beautiful, slick, and fast browser.
YEEEEEEAH BUDDY! I loved Neon, so I'm pumped to give this a try for a few days.
Can't wait to see more messaging integrations. Workplace might be a good one, as we've recently started using it. Slack, would also be good. I guess these things will come in time! 😄
Opera has always kicked ass by its own unique vision of UX and UI, and no doubt the messenger integration is a fantastic useful feature. What I am really surprised by is the fact that I can't change the position of the sidebar :)
It would be really great to be able to move the sidebar to the right side, dock it to the top, or the bottom of the window. I am personally annoyed by having it on the left all the time limiting the horizontal space.
I was scared to leave chrome, but just yesterday found this add-on https://goo.gl/VvUG1 that allows installing extensions from google chrome web store directly in opera browser. Today I made the move and in general, I'm impressed. I can't install *Chrome Remote Desktop*, though (because it's an app, not an extension). Plus, *product hunt* extension does not work.
@foscolosnick YES! I found that extension yesterday too. It made the migration from Chrome to Opera a breeze.
@foscolosnick another thing to keep in mind before making the switch from chrome to opera is that Opera does not support syncing extensions like chrome does if you have multiple desktops/laptops this can be a deal breaker.
@amits510 Oh! I wasn't aware of this, I can imagine the struggle. Fortunately, I use just one mac mini for work, so I guess I'm going to be fine, but hey, thank you! 👊🏼
A few years ago this was my favourite browser... hope this time it realy works faster
I'm loving this. I just wish I could change the Google search on Speed Dial to DuckDuckGo or remove it.