Comments on: Opera Gets A Facelift

By: J. Ballin

J. Ballin — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:12:07 +0000

Holy lord the new skin is awful. I’m also in the small minority of an-already-tiny-minority of people who really liked Opera’s old middle-click behavior

The more it gets like FireFox, the worse it gets. If I wanted FireFox, I’d… you know… download FireFox.

By: Pallab

Pallab — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:05:49 +0000

Opera still includes the Old skin – its called Opera Classic. So if you dont like the new skin, you can always switch back to the old one.

By: veso74

veso74 — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:58:27 +0000

I like old native view! Please! Bring me back old skin! I use Opera since 2003 and i don’t like coloured skins – my WinXP is like 98.

Please – give me back old skin !!! It’s prerequisite to move on other browser, but… I don’t wand that!

By: Pallab

Pallab — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:04:16 +0000

The panel’s background looks bad. I have to agree.
The problem with the previous “click on the left hand side…” arrangement was that it was too obscure and most new Opera users failed to notice the panels. Opera devs felt that panels are too useful and too important to stay hidden.
Anyway if you like the previous look more just switch to the Classic Skin. Its still present.

By: Phil

Phil — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:51:50 +0000

I’m a long-time Opera user and all I can say is “URGH!”. The new skin is horrible, I really don’t like it. It’s enough to make me consider changing to firefox. It looks especially bad in the panels. Also, the new panel button seems to have replace the ‘click on the left hand side of the screen’ feature. What was wrong with that? I used to love that.

I don’t really care about the ‘new tab’ or ‘close tab’ icons, as I’ve always used keyboard and mouse gestures for those though.

By: Opera 9.5 Is Here

Opera 9.5 Is Here — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:08:55 +0000

[...] New Skin : Opera v9.5 features a brand new skin – that makes it the best looking browser (at least on Windows). Its glossy metallic that gives a futuristic look while being easy on eyes. I had covered it over here. [...]

By: Thilak

Thilak — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:20:05 +0000

Although I’m not a major eye-candy lover. I like this theme when compared with IE8 or FF3

By: Manan

Manan — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:28:00 +0000

hmmm, I will be honest here, I am not a big fan of Opera, but a change is good. Some Opera fans will be happy to see a new theme at the same time I am sure there will be some who will not like the new theme. What ever the case, changing the default once in a while is always good.