Jon Hicks recently joined Opera Software as Senior Designer. He wants your opinions on native look and feel of Opera UI.
Submit your thoughts via survey form.
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Q: What is Opera?
A: Opera is one of the most powerful Web browsers around. A Web browser is the program that allows you to view Web pages. Opera is well known for innovation for PC browsers and bringing the full web to mobile phones and devices.
Q: Is Opera free?
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Q: Will Opera keep me safe from fraudulent websites and malicious hackers?
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A: Absolutely not. In fact, many of the features that are popular in other browsers today were invented and pioneered by Opera a long time ago. Opera invented the precursor to tabs (in 1994), Page Zoom (1994), was the first browser to block pop-up ads (2000), first to add a Search field in the browser toolbar (2000), Sessions (1996), deleting private data (2000), Mouse Gestures (2000), User JavaScript (2005), BitTorrent support (2005), Widgets (2006), Speed Dial (2007), and much more.
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Q: This all sounds great, so how do I download Opera?
A: -- Opera on your computer
-- Opera Mini on your phone
-- Opera Mobile on your phone
-- or learn more about Opera at www.opera.com
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Wow! This is some major hire Opera! Can’t wait to see the results
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Just asked my other half what she thinks of the UI on the Ubuntu machine?
Her reply was, “Have you been changing things again without telling me again?”
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So, is there any result about the survey?
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Hiring Hicks just means one thing: Opera is getting a new Icon, and probably a new mascot too
Btw, i hope the lack of right-click menu in the transfers window gets noticed…
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I know this sounds silly, but I have tried using Opera for hundred of times and changed back to firefox, chrome or even IE after 2 days of use in the past 10 years because of the interface. It has probably the ugliest and boring logo for an app. I just can’t stands the serif font face and its dark red and grey shadow. So its really good news hick was hired! Next, the recent UI way better and sleeker than the older versions but still it feels too cold, unfriendly, sterile, detail and serious. Not saying I like colorful glassy icons, it is just too distracting and ‘muddy’. A cleaner and simpler look will be great like chrome and safari. Remove as much lines from the UI (browser chrome) will be great. Looking forward for hick revamp!!!!