A Qt5 Opera-Inspired Browser To Ring In The New Year

[Saverios]

They are not major bugs, but they are annoying. For example, there are youtube videos which chromium refuses to play (I get the "An error has occured" message) unless I open another video (successfully) and then reload the original video. Also, Chromium will not allow you to open a file using another application directly, you have to save the file first, then locate it and open it manually which is really inconvenient (other users have asked for this feature repeatedly but to no avail). And, as with all browsers except opera, closing the last tab closes chromium as well, which I also find confusing (this can be fixed via an extension but it's hit or miss).

To make a long story short, opera had features that other browsers can only have via extensions and add-on. Examples include mouse gestures, the speed dial page, the direct opening of files with another application and others. Not to mention it looked nicer as well. I had the same theme for 2 or three years or so and I still miss it.

[Emdek]

Cyber Killer, thanks. ;-)

I have "at least one commit per day" policy, it applies to all of my github projects but since I have to finally fully switch from Opera 12 then I can assure that rapid development will be continued.
There is lots of work to achieve level of feature parity that will satisfy myself. ;-)

[kokoko3k]

it would be *REALLY* cool if it could render the page into an opengl surface, just like the mobile browsers out there (opera mobile for desktop did it) or steam browser in big picture mode

[Nobu]

The Opera devs knew this would happen--that's why they created the new Chromium based Opera.

[busukxuan]

there are youtube videos which chromium refuses to play (I get the "An error has occured" message) unless I open another video (successfully) and then reload the original video.

Yes that's flash's problem, as I said in the parenthesis in my last reply, but I haven't encountered it for months.

Also, Chromium will not allow you to open a file using another application directly, you have to save the file first, then locate it and open it manually which is really inconvenient (other users have asked for this feature repeatedly but to no avail).

After saving the file, you can just press the file's box on the download bar, and chrome will open your file with the default application you set. You don't really have to locate it manually. Also beside the box of the file there is a dropdown menu, in it there are "Open file" "Show in folder"(which opens the folder it's located with your default file explorer) and an option to automatically open any file of its MIME type as download completes (which is unrecommended due to security reasons). If you happen to close the download bar, then just press Ctrl+J to open the download page in a new tab. In the download page, clicking the file opens it, and there's also a "show in folder" button below each item.

And, as with all browsers except opera, closing the last tab closes chromium as well, which I also find confusing (this can be fixed via an extension but it's hit or miss).

This works in mobile Chrome, haven't tried Firefox yet, but you're right, the desktop versions need this too.

To make a long story short, opera had features that other browsers can only have via extensions and add-on.

Extensions are better in that each extension can have its very specific job and thus do things better, and they're modular too. However since they rely on third-party extensions, it might not be as good as browser-integrated features. IMHO it's a pro as well as a con so there's no saying if it's better or worse to use extensions. Do mind that Google does release official extensions though. They even released an input method extension.

the speed dial page

But it has the "Most visited" page, and your bookmarks also appear at the top of the page if your bookmark bar is hidden.

Not to mention it looked nicer as well.

I actually prefer Chromium's look lol, and I use dark themes. I'm waiting to take a look at Firefox's new Aurora interface

[pejakm]

Qupzilla was promising, but it can't handle my bookmarks properly

You can not have everything at once, you need to be patient for a while: https://github.com/QupZilla/qupzilla/issues/458

[tom.higgy]

This is easily the best thing I've read about today. I've stuck with Opera 12.1 and started using Chromium more frequently. No browser quite suits my needs like O12 but there's a good reason why they decided to use a different engine.

Good luck with the project, Emdek.

[curaga]

Heh, someone beat me to it. Good luck to the project Emdek.

I'm a lost Opera user too, abandoned in the Blink move. No other browser can match it: Chrom* have privacy, UI and behavior issues, Firefox UI and behavior, smaller alternatives don't really work out for me.

I think I'll still be doing my own clone, if for nothing else just because I haven't hacked webkit yet

[liam]

it would be *REALLY* cool if it could render the page into an opengl surface, just like the mobile browsers out there (opera mobile for desktop did it) or steam browser in big picture mode

Epiphany uses ogl surfaces via clutter iirc.
Also ff can perform accelerated compositing via ogl by toggling the layers key.
Frankly I don't see what problems people are having with ff. From what I've been told by packagers chromium is a mess so I can understand avoiding that.

[kokoko3k]

Firefox is my main browser, but it lacks the smoothness given by mobile browsers or steam in big picture mode or opera mobile emulator, when zooming and scrolling the pages.
That smooth feeling is missing on any desktop browser i tried by now.