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Opera
Raised as a usability problem by 151 people on Hacker News over 18 years (2008–2025), in 99 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
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Newer versions drop basic features, forcing people to switch browsersUnreviewed
20082026- Opera added so many features it became almost unusable2024-04-03
- Newer Opera versions have worse UX and missing basic functionality, forcing users to switch browsers2014-06-23
- Old Opera versions were slow and bloated, so people didn't want to use them2013-05-28
Reaching bookmarks takes several clicks and widgets clutter the taskbarUnreviewed
20082026- Reaching bookmarks takes too many clicks, menus, or keystrokes to be convenient2013-07-05
- Can't find any option related to bookmarks2013-05-28
- Bookmarks shown on the bar depend on individual settings, so some end up hidden despite being in the displayed folder2013-03-11
Tab contents forgotten after a few tabs, requiring manual refreshUnreviewed
20082026- With many tabs open, tabs shrink so titles can't be read2016-10-26
- Tab reloads every time it is selected2016-02-11
- Can't easily reopen closed tabs; must restore them one by one2013-05-28
Tab switching order seems random, forcing users through old tabs firstUnreviewed
20082026- Cannot move between tabs using the keyboard, and switching behaves differently from window switching2017-05-10
- Ctrl-Tab cycles recently used tabs, so order feels random to the user2016-11-15
- Tab switching order is seemingly random, forcing users through old tabs first2016-10-26
Middle-click on tab bar doesn't open tab, popups open in new windowsUnreviewed
20082026- Middle-click on tab bar doesn't open new tab; popups open in new windows instead of tabs2013-05-28
- Right-click search opens in current tab instead of a new one, unlike other browsers2012-06-14
- Links from other apps always open a new tab, piling up tabs2012-06-14
Text reflows while zoomed, so tapped spot shifts and links are hard to clickUnreviewed
20082026- Text reflows while zoomed, so the spot being tapped shifts and links are hard to click2021-04-22
- Text reflow is poor, the user says, when switching to Firefox2015-08-09
- Zooming differs from Safari's double-tap, and zoomed-out text is illegible2010-04-13
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 50 complaints
- Panel integrations feel clunky and add nothing over ordinary tabs2025-09-25
- Opera added so many features it became almost unusable2024-04-03
- Borders around webview stop the click-or-scroll-aside action working2023-12-16
- Upload opens a small window of recent downloads with no way to navigate to files2023-10-25
- Monochrome sidebar icons are hard to tell apart, so history cannot be quickly found2022-10-21
- The Android version is bad, with no specifics about what goes wrong2022-06-12
- Most features went missing after switch to new engine, so the familiar workflow broke2022-03-08
- Preferences are inaccessible on macOS and the app won't quit2022-01-19
- Fixed thumbnail grid can't be arranged into custom groups and sizes, forcing awkward organization2021-10-13
- Bookmark system is in need of fixing, unspecified problems2021-10-06
- Browser freezes when the tab is refocused2021-09-04
- Early Opera tab implementation was a poor, cumbersome button-bar for MDI2021-06-09
- Fullscreen YouTube shows a white line, downloads page broken, and browser very slow with long history2021-04-30
- Opera rendered transparency so poorly that MySpace pages became unusable2021-04-29
- Text reflows while zoomed, so the spot being tapped shifts and links are hard to click2021-04-22
- Tab colours are hard to tell apart in dark mode2020-05-14
- Site hijacks the back button, so going back does not work normally2020-03-20
- Pages with a few animations were so slow they were annoying to use2019-07-04
- Closing the browser deletes the whole session; interacting with page elements reloads the entire page2018-07-14
- Error messages replaced by cartoon animations that don't say what broke2018-05-29
- Bookmark and data import is ticked by default on the installer's first screen, easy to miss2017-05-10
- Panels end up above eye level, causing neck strain when used2017-05-10
- Links from external chat apps open in whichever window was used last, forcing manual dragging2017-05-10
- Cannot move between tabs using the keyboard, and switching behaves differently from window switching2017-05-10
- Two overlapping extensions sidebars that accept different extensions, confusing to the user2017-02-17
- Left sidebar is incredibly unresponsive to interaction2017-01-13
- Downloads history lists local files and links the user did not expect, confusing them2017-01-12
- A tab keeps loading forever, pins CPU, and the browser freezes2017-01-12
- Browser windows inside the Neon container consume too much screen space2017-01-12
- Browser bundled with unwanted extra tools, making it cluttered and less simple2017-01-12
- Text area disappears on reload because a button must be clicked to add it2017-01-12
- Browser feels buggy and slow to use2017-01-12
- Cmd+W closes window only with a page loaded, inconsistent behavior on blank page2017-01-12
- Ctrl-Tab cycles recently used tabs, so order feels random to the user2016-11-15
- Close-other-tabs is only a menu item with no keyboard shortcut, forcing extra steps2016-10-26
- Cannot find a way to turn on the VPN, even in advanced settings2016-10-26
- Tab switching order is seemingly random, forcing users through old tabs first2016-10-26
- Pop-out video doesn't follow across macOS Spaces, forcing the browser window to move too2016-10-26
- Can't find the VPN option in Settings, even when searching2016-10-26
- With many tabs open, tabs shrink so titles can't be read2016-10-26
- Can't find any way to enable or configure the built-in VPN2016-04-21
- VPN applies to all tabs, forcing user to switch it off for office sites2016-04-21
- Only on/off and whitelist; can't fix wrongly blocked or unblocked content2016-03-31
- Clicking links unintentionally adds them to Reading List, hard to remember the shortcut2016-03-27
- Tab reloads every time it is selected2016-02-11
- Text reflow is poor, the user says, when switching to Firefox2015-08-09
- Changing the default search engine takes four separate steps through nested menus2014-06-23
- Newer Opera versions have worse UX and missing basic functionality, forcing users to switch browsers2014-06-23
- Page is a jumble at first, then shows a link that can't be clicked, and the commenter didn't realise arrow keys were needed2014-02-16
- Back and forward history navigation is now slow, like Chrome2014-02-14