thushanfernando4d ago

Opera: Rewind The Web to 1996 (Opera at 30)

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Web Rewind

An interactive journey through 30 years of the web

Web Rewind
Show threadal_borland

I have fond memories of Opera. When I migrated off of it to Phoenix, I had a really hard time adjusting to not having mouse gestures. I didn’t know how anyone lived without them.

By the time extensions came around to mimic Opera’s mouse gestures on other browsers, I could never get used to actually using them again.

I was sad to see Opera become just another incarnation of Chrome.

Mar 24 at 10:40amWeb
Show threadTerr_4d ago
Yeah, I had the same experience with mouse-gestures. I think a lot of the pressure was removed by the rise in consumer mice with "back" thumb-buttons.
Show threadxtracto4d ago
I used Opera so much around 2000. Small things like the X-Z shortcuts and the sheer speed blew me away.
Show threadAlienRobot4d ago
Opera is called Vivaldi now.
Show threadspikewall4d ago
Which is a chrome reskin too.
Show threadmatsemann4d ago
Opera had this feature where it knew what the next page for stuff was, and other things. Not sure if it was a rel link or just some clever heuristics. But browsing BB forums with mouse gestures one felt like a God in how one could move around. Next post, next page, next topic without clicking anything.
Show threadolejorgenb4d ago
Opera was by far the best browser for a while for sure. Sad they couldn't keep up :/