A year ago, we set out to explore what web browsers might look like in years to come. Now, you can try Opera Neon – a concept browser that gives you a glimpse into the future of desktop browsers.
A little too quirky for my tastes, but hats off to Opera for trying out new approaches -browsers feel dead and lifeless at the moment.
I have tried it and it is actually pretty good!
Which is a surprise.
I will probably stick to Firefox though.
I have tried it. The experience give me a bit of a UI whiplash although I liked the minimalist design.
One definitively needs a nice background and not covered by file and folder icons as the main Opera Neon window is essentially transparent!
This is the first version of Opera in a long time I will keep and spend some time to explore the new possibilities offered as well as the associated boundaries. Will it replace Chrome as my current main browser? Way too early to tell!
As a Windows user, I appreciated the choice between installation for myself only and for all users of the system. I think this could be manipulated to convert Opera Neon to a portable application.
Opera still trying to be relevant… that’s cute.
Installed, looked nice, saw an ad, tried to get to extensions to install blocker, wouldn’t load, gave up, uninstalled.
I think the kind of people who try different browsers will have a large cross over with those using an ad-blocker of some kind. Being built in would be a plus too.
Neon comes with an adblocker built in, you don’t need to install an extension for it.
No it doesn’t. Read the blog post.
Well, what if you could try this Neon thing in Linux. Well, I would’ve tried it then
There’s always Wine or VirtualBox
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Use to think of neon at Pink Amsterdam nights, traffic and youth parties. To this day I don’t know why Working environments are neon-ized.
Nowadays, wishing the best to the effort.
KDE Neon
Microsoft Neon
Opera Neon
Seriously, there are plenty of other chemicals left on the periodic table.
Yeah, but “Opera Radon” just doesn’t have the same ring to it.
Can we have native control elements now please? Scrollbars, buttons and so on should use the system look.
Yes you can – just use regular Opera or any other browser. You are missing the point, this seems to be targeted at touch screen interfaces.
Regular opera and chrome does NOT have native control elements, just so you know.
Could be, they are “native enough” for me not to care or remember.
Every time the web gets “easier” or “more friendly”, the signal to noise ratio of the web gets cut in half. Based on the entire design focus of this project the goal seems to be to get illiterate morons who drool on the keyboard on the web, at least those that didn’t get iOS. Sure Opera as a company wants to make money, but they can do it in ways that aren’t shitting in the proverbial water supply.
Yeah, why don’t these folk just get off mah lawn.
This strikes me as the desktop version of their Opera Coast browser. UI is definitely tailored for touch screen interfaces. If I had a touch screen device running OS X or Windows, I would definitely use this!
What’s the point of releasing a new browser only on desktop Windows? Surely it should be out on mobile platforms (ioS and Android) and ideally on other desktop platforms (macOS and Linux) too.
It’s especially surprising because Opera usually does cover all the platforms well. Since I don’t use desktop Windows (like an increasing number of users out there), this is stone cold dead in the water already for me.
They already covered mobile with Opera Coast. Se my earlier comments.
Too bad the Android version is still not out.
Edited 2017-01-14 14:20 UTC