![]() ![]() ![]() (Transfers = Download manager as I eventually figured out on my own). I don’t expect much from help, but with the web and wikis, I expect basic coverage of anything in the UI. Searches for “wand” & “transfers”, two labels for features in their UI, turned up nothing. Help! I couldn’t figure out some of their unique features, so plunged into help for an overview.There’s not enough de-emphasis of non-active tabs, and the active tab needs stronger outline in connection to the browser frame (FF does this well). Active tab confusion: its hard to tell which tab is active.Most frustrating: Cntr-H, which is history in IE and FF, closes Opera! Pressing Alt-D (Address-bar), my most used shortcut, resulted only in misery. It’s easy to implement, at least as an optional mode. Shortcut keys – if you’re a market trailer, you must support the shortcut keys for the market leaders.These are mostly done well and at worst give you the vibe of thoughtfulness: these Opera guys have clearly thought about what’s annoying in the browsing experience and tried to fix it. The ability to start where you left off, save sessions (your suite of tabs), undo close page (Holy shit!), hotclicking and more. They handle the new tab usability issue gracefully (no birth defect button). I never thought I’d see the day, but Opera has a cleaner visual design than IE. Here’s an easier way to use this page as a launching pad to other sites”. Everybody else has stood pat, but the notes field says “hey, I know you need scrap paper” and the links field says “Dude, relax. I’m a sucker for good sidebars as I designed them for IE4 & IE5 when they were new (and I was young). To take this all the way, tabs should be above the menus too, but there are some problems with following the model this far. Opera has the correct UI hierarchy for tabs – they appear above the address bar, as conceptually the tab is the highest order UI element in any browser (I complained about this in my first review of Firefox). ![]()
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