sujith Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 Norwegian company Opera Software has released a new developer version of its Opera browser for the desktop. While previous updates to Opera were most of the time rather uneventful in terms of new feature support, this one is packed with additions including one that users requested for a long time. Probably the biggest feature that Opera Software added to Opera Dev 24.0.1555.0 is a bookmarks manager. While it is not enabled yet by default, it is easy enough to do. For now, you need to load opera://flags/#bookmarks in Opera and flick the value of the preference to enabled. Once done, restart the browser to load the change. You will then notice a new bookmark icon in the address bar similar to how Google Chrome is displaying that option and how Firefox used to display it. When you click on the star, it displays a thumbnail preview of the page you are on. You can use the slider at the bottom to change the zoom level of the thumbnail. Here you can also delete bookmarks or open the bookmarks manager. It can be opened directly by loading opera://bookmarks/ in the browser and also bookmarked for faster access to the bookmarks. Bookmarks can be edited and removed in the bookmarks manager. There is also an option to create groups and sort them into those It needs to be noted that this is the first version of the bookmarks manager released for the Dev version of Opera. The feature will see improvements before it lands in the stable version of the browser. Another new feature is support for H.264 video on Windows. This allows you to load HTML5 video on sites such as YouTube when you are using the Opera browser on Windows. On YouTube, you need to enable HTML5 video before you can do so, while it should work on most sites automatically if they support HTML5 video. The Tab Preview feature that Opera Software introduced recently in Opera has been modified. It worked previously by simply moving the mouse over a tab which would then show a thumbnail preview of the open page. The mouse needs to rest now for a short while before the preview is displayed now. It is furthermore possible to enable the preview feature when you use the Ctrl-Tab shortcut to flip through open tabs in Opera. To do so, you need to enable the preference opera://flags/#tab-preview-with-keyboard by loading it in Opera. If you do not use the Tab Preview feature, you can now disable it in the settings, and if you have enabled Power Mode there, you can also modify the delay before previews are displayed from the default 600ms. You can read more about the version of Opera on the official Opera Desktop blog. Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rok Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 Are you able to open more than one folder or sites through the new bookmarks ? Opera has already lost the ground by omitting the very basic of a browser i.e. "bookmarks". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mastershake Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 does this actually work like real bookmarks or is it strictly a bookmarks "manager" where you have to open a new tab or windows to see you bookmarks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iih1 Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 That's i hate one before, on opera browser now I relieved with Opera 24 Dev introduces bookmarks manager, H.264 support :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banned Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 Opera has already lost the ground by omitting the very basic of a browser i.e. "bookmarks".They started over from Chromium engine and lost many features Opera 12.x already has. Opera 12 forever, it seems... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs18 Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 It is rather late in the day - nevertheless better late than never. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rok Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Opera has already lost the ground by omitting the very basic of a browser i.e. "bookmarks".They started over from Chromium engine and lost many features Opera 12.x already has. Opera 12 forever, it seems...It is rather late in the day - nevertheless better late than never.No matter what they do., they cann't match their last version that i use (Opera 12.16). A company who cann't give the basic feature for over 2 years+......what else can be expected from them. I was an avid Opera user for almost a "decade plus" and had even purchased licenses, when it was premium. Now, for over a year, i am happily using Chrome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallon Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 (edited) It's time to become positive about the new Opera.-1-This Bookmarks Manager is a very good addition. You explained it well here, sujith.(I was one of those who asked for this and more).-2-Then there is the option (if you right-click on the toolbar) to save all open tabs in a Speed Dial group.That's quick and also a good option, especially because now Speed Dial size and number of Speed Dial columns (up to 9) can be adjusted under settings.-3-Under settings you will also find the common Bookmarks Bar, which can have folders and links.(it's not a searchable hotlist as in old Opera Presto, but it is there and usable).-4-And then there is Stash. It does nothing for me (yet), but is probably meant to be a list for quick surfers who don't visit many different pages. Anyway, another option.Sure, there are still things to wish for (I am using Firefox and this one now), but all in all, Opera is on the way back, with a very stable browser. :)No matter what they do., they cann't match their last version that i use (Opera 12.16). A company who cann't give the basic feature for over 2 years+......what else can be expected from them. I was an avid Opera user for almost a "decade plus" and had even purchased licenses, when it was premium. Now, for over a year, i am happily using Chrome.The last old version is Opera 12.17 by now. ;)(Chrome means goodbye to privacy and it's basic too. One reason it spreads is that users get it stuffed up their nose on every corner).It is rather late in the day - nevertheless better late than never.Amen. Edited July 10, 2014 by Fallon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mastershake Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 tested it. imo at the moment the bookmarks manager sucks. it needs a lot of work. and i dont want something that i have to actually open a whole new bookmarks section. i want a drop down menu like opera used to be to just select the one i want. im sure they will continue to work on it but at the moment the bookmarks things is not great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rseiler Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 We're over a year now and this is where we are. I'd like to say I never predicted it would go this slowly, but I did. Actually, I was wrong: I thought I could switch to it by now, but I can't and doubt that will happen this year.Opera 12 is getting trickier to use every day with its compatibility issues, but the scales haven't quite tipped against it yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
go0gle Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 I still use 12.16 version and so far everything works as it should. Will never switch to other browser as long as I can use ver. 12. And I deffenitly will never use the new opera just because it use same engine like chrome. I dont trust chrome and none of googles products either. Perhaps I´m a lite paranoid man or perhaps not :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truemate Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 why the hell they removed it ??watever... end of opera is already...was great browser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rseiler Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 The dl still works for me on the Opera blog page.@go0gle, all those aspects that you distrust in Google and Chrome are not in Chromium, which is what Opera is using. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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