Opera --> New Stable Version Released!

Yes, in speed dial it remains on the left, I wish to remove it.

 

This for a long time used to be my best browser, lightning quick and dependable. Somehow i drifted over to a browser which before i always refused to even download, FF, which proved it's extensions/add-ons against ads and a multitude of other drag-downs was in my best interest.

However lately i have bounced back n forth from FF to Chrome (both portable) and even more recently Vilvaldi (for obvious reasons) but do you guys/gals have an opinion where Opera stands today and it's newest releases compared to those others? Not looking to read pits against this or that, just basic speed performance and security results Opera is improved with.

Thanks

 

Opera, Portable Edition 52.0.2871.99 (web browser) Released (May 1, 2018) (PortableApps.com)

 

Yes it annoyed me also, but I somehow got rid of it. But you can't disable it in the speed dial screen.

Opera is pretty good when it comes to speed, but Vivaldi has got even more options and is just as fast. The problem with Vivaldi is the constant background activity related to the multi-process feature. You get the same with Chrome and Opera, but for some reason it's the worst in Vivaldi. Another question is: can we trust Opera now that it's owned by a Chinese company.

 

True. But we neither can trust Chrome that is Google.

 

Alright @Rasheed187, thanks for your own opinion on those.

Looks like for the time being i'll just do musical chairs routine and alternate between browsers until one of them settles in as the most secure and comfortable with best performance that can be expected.

 

I forgot: i also hate the Google search bar in speed dial screen.

 

Opera 53 stable

 

Correct, I just hate all of the phoning home to Google that you get to see with all Chromium based browsers.

To me the frustrating thing is that because of lack of certain features I still haven't been able to make the switch to Vivaldi or the new Firefox Quantum, I'm still running Firefox 52 with the slow browser engine! No wonder that I hate those Google and Mozilla guys. I appreciate the work they have done on the engine, but what about resource usage and the browser interface?

 

Opera v53.0.2907.57 Released (May 16, 2018)

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Spoiler: Full Changelog v53.0.2907.57

53.0.2907.57 – 2018-05-16 blog post

• CHR-6829 Update chromium on desktop-stable-66-2907 to 66.0.3359.170
• DNA-68598 [Linux] Make Alt+Space open web & bookmarks Instant Search
• DNA-68697 ThemesTests.testAddThemeWithInvalidExtension fails
• DNA-69276 Show PluginBlocked badge in address bar again if Flash is blocked on this page.
• DNA-69287 JS errors when dragging from Bookmarks Bar over Speed Dial on Start Page
• DNA-69454 [IS] Some letters in page addresses are partially cut
• DNA-69517 [Settings]Unable to put passphrase because advanced settings not reachable
• DNA-69529 SleepDetectorService visible after closing Opera
• DNA-69580 Sidebar hint cut off when sidebar is disabled
• DNA-69627 Crash during closing bubble popup for instant search
• DNA-69629 Instant search hint cut off for some languages
• DNA-69651 Vietnamese: Missing translations

 

Opera, Portable Edition 53.0.2907.57 (web browser) Released (May 17, 2018) (PortableApps.com)

 

Opera v53.0.2907.68 Released (May 23, 2018)

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53.0.2907.88 – 2018-06-05 blog post

• DNA-69036 Crash at base::win::`anonymous namespace”::ForceCrashOnSigAbort
• DNA-69112 SDs can be doubled
• DNA-69444 [Instant Search] lack of translation for word “Space”

 

53.0.2907.99 – 2018-06-12 blog post

• DNA-69112 SDs can be doubled
• DNA-69616 [Windows][Linux] Instant search dialog is not focused when multiple tabs are opened
• DNA-69631 [Sync]Names with more than 1024 chars are passed to server
• DNA-70062 [Linux] Package has dependency incompatible with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
• DNA-70099 [Mac] Make Narrow Sidebar default option for new users
• DNA-70237 Port fix for CVE-2018-6148 to desktop-stable-66-2907

 

Opera, Portable Edition 53.0.2907.99 (web browser) Released (June 14, 2018) (PortableApps.com)

 

54.0.2907.106 – 2018-06-21 blog post

• DNA-69112 SDs can be doubled
• DNA-69281 SDs images are not refreshed
• DNA-70189 Snapshot captures only currently visible area when scrolling

 

Opera, Portable Edition 53.0.2907.106 (web browser) Released (June 22, 2018) (PortableApps.com)

 

53.0.2907.110 – 2018-06-26 blog post

• DNA-70411 Bookmark dialog adds a speed dial to the beginning
• DNA-70539 Recover previous installation status if installer didn’t exit successfully
• DNA-70572 Write a completion marker to the install subdir to communicate success
• DNA-70579 Marker file remains in old subfolders

 

Opera 54 introduces news articles on Speed Dial and a simplified browser restoration page

 

Opera v54.0.2952.46 Released (July 5, 2018)

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Opera v54.0.2952.51 Released (July 6, 2018)

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Opera for Android introduces Crypto Wallet
July 11, 2018
https://www.ghacks.net/2018/07/11/opera-for-android-introduces-crypto-wallet/

 

54.0.2952.54 – 2018-07-11 blog post

• DNA-70000 Privacy Policy statement is visible at Opera Installer.
• DNA-70657 Trigger post-migration right after migration
• DNA-70682 Create dry-run for speeddials post-migration (clean-up)
• DNA-70842 [Lin] Double mouse backward/forward navigation
• DNA-70894 Add omitted speeddial post-migration clean-up on partner content initialization finished