Opera Neon new concept browser is born

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.



Today’s web browsers are not as fresh as they used to be

At Opera, we have been building web browsers for more than 20 years. We are very aware that some parts of the web browsers we know today are nothing more than tributes to the last millennium – a time when the web was mostly made up of documents and pages. But the web is changing fast, and so are people’s expectations for how apps and web pages should behave.

[video=youtube;Cqyv1Fh5bCs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqyv1Fh5bCs[/video]

Opera Neon is born

To bring our vision to life, we put together a team of talented developers and designers to work on a unique prototype browser. We created thousands of concepts, drawings, iterations, versions and interface designs.

Today, we can finally show you Opera Neon. It is a concept browser – an experimental browser that envisions the future of web browsers similar to the way concept cars predict the future of automobiles. Like the Opera browser, Opera Neon is built on top of the Blink engine, but unlike any other browser, Opera Neon has been built from scratch to bring you cool effects and animations without slowing down your experience.

What’s fun and fresh in Opera Neon?

Opera Neon is packed with fun ways to interact with web content, including the ability to drag and push things around, and to even pop content out of the web and save it.

Here are some new features you won’t have seen in a browser before:

  • A new start page that uses your desktop wallpaper as its background.
  • A sidebar with its own video player, image gallery and download manager.
  • A vertical, visual tab bar on the right side of the browser window that makes it easier to distinguish between tabs.


  • An intelligent system that automatically manages your tabs. Like gravity, frequently used tabs will float to the top, while less important tabs will sink to the bottom.
  • A completely new omnibox that supports top search engines and open search.
We’ve also added new ways to enjoy web content:

  • Video pop-out, which lets you play videos while you browse other web pages.


  • Snap-to-gallery lets you snapshot and crop any part of a web page and save it to the gallery for later.


  • Split screen mode lets you seamlessly view and interact with two pages at once.


It’s beautiful and it’s smart

Here’s how to manage bubble tabs:

  • To open a new tab, click the plus icon on the left sidebar (the open tab will be highlighted).
  • To add a favorite site to your tab bar, drag and drop the bubble there.
  • To minimize a tab, click on the bubble or click the plus icon on the left sidebar.
  • To close a tab, click on the x icon next to the bubble.
You’ll find several other icons on the left sidebar; one of these is the player icon. This gathers together tabs that are currently playing music and videos.

The camera icon on the left sidebar lets you to take a snapshot of the page, which then lands in your gallery under the landscape icon. You’ll find all your snaps there.

While Opera Neon has lots of new features – and many of the Opera browser features you know and love – there are some key features we have not included, such as our native ad-blocker, VPN and the ability to add extensions. The reason for this is simply that Opera Neon is a concept browser, built for experimentation and play.

A little something extra

Opera Neon wipes away your desktop clutter by bringing your computer’s wallpaper into the browser. Or, if you want to go full-Neon, we’ve collaborated with top graphic artist Luke Choice to create two free Neon-inspired wallpapers.

The future will be here sooner than you expect

Opera Neon is a concept browser – a vision of what browsers could become. It is not designed to replace the current Opera desktop browser. However, we do plan to incorporate some of its best new features into Opera for computers as early as spring 2017.

Jump in and play, then let us know what you think of Opera Neon!

Download Opera Neon

Opera Neon is now available for Mac and Windows. www.opera.com/neon


Source: Say hello to Opera Neon, our new concept browser - Opera Desktop
 
Looks like the home page for Maxthon. I wonder if there is a common goal there somewhere.
:)
 

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Last try from a dying company? and a bad example to compare it to the Concept cars you see at trade shows Few, if any, of which ever go any further and certainly not into production
 

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    Windows 10 Pro x64 x2 Windows 10 Enterprise x64, Ubuntu
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    AMD FX8350 8 Core @4GHz
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    Asus M5A78L-M USB3
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Sad to see Presto go away. I loved the Opera 8.5x series, but even the 10x and 12x versions were nice. It appears Opera's future has disappeared in a "Blink".
:p
 

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    Windows 8 x64 Professional
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    HP xw8600 Workstation
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    Two Intel Xeon Core2 Quad 3.2 GHz Processors
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    Proprietary
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    16 GB DDR2 800 MHz
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    nVidia Quadro FX 3800 PCI-E
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD Audio
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    Samsung SyncMaster 213T 21" 4x3 Flat Screen
    Screen Resolution
    1600x1200
    Hard Drives
    Two Seagate Cheetah 300 GB SAS Disks
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    Proprietary
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    HP xw8600 Workstation Case
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    Two CPU Fans and a Larger Case Fan
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    PS/2 Keyboard
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    Logitech USB Optical Mouse
    Internet Speed
    7 mbps
    Browser
    Firefox ESR 102
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    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    Two LSI 3000 SAS Adapters
I'm installing it right now. That's a very interesting browser, I like this. I wonder if it works in windows XP?

I got a nice kick in the rear when I opened Firefox and chrome in my windows XP machine last week, both of them reject the HTTPS protocol now. I tried downloading several other browsers but I could only access Internet explorer eight, and opera wouldn't even download, I finally had to find an old version of it and I got that to install but that doesn't accept secure connections either.

It's not that I use that machine for browsing that much anyway it's my digital audio workstation. But sometimes I need to download things from the Internet and without a working browser that's kind of hard to do. I never really expected that to happen, but when you lose the ability to browse the Internet on a computer with an older operating system, it feels like a betrayal.
 

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    Windows 8 Pro with Media Center/Windows 7
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    Asus M2N-MX SE Plus § DualCore AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2300 MHz (11.5 x 200) 4400+ § Corsair Value Select
    CPU
    AMD 4400+/4200+
    Motherboard
    Asus M2N-MX SE Plus/Asus A8M2N-LA (NodusM)
    Memory
    2 GB/3GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    GeForce 8400 GS/GeForce 210
    Sound Card
    nVIDIA GT218 - High Definition Audio Controller
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    Hitachi 40" LCD HDTV
    Screen Resolution
    "1842 x 1036"
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    WDC WD50 00AAKS-007AA SCSI Disk Device
    ST1000DL 002-9TT153 SCSI Disk Device
    WDC WD3200AAJB-00J3A0 ATA Device
    WDC WD32 WD-WCAPZ2942630 USB Device
    WD My Book 1140 USB Device
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    Works 550w
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    MSI "M-Box"
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    Water Cooled
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    Dell Keyboard
    Mouse
    Microsoft Intellimouse
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    Cable Medium Speed
    Browser
    Chrome/IE 10
    Antivirus
    Eset NOD32 6.x/Win Defend
    Other Info
    Recently lost my Windows 8 on my main PC, had to go back to Windows 7.
Last try from a dying company? and a bad example to compare it to the Concept cars you see at trade shows Few, if any, of which ever go any further and certainly not into production

I used to use opera occasionally in the past and I tried to use it on my XP machine just last week to no avail, I had no idea they were going through any difficulties. I always thought it was a nice decent alternative browser. And this deals with HTML5...

It kind of uses the idea of the Apple Watch floating icons which I always thought was kind of neat.
 

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    Windows 8 Pro with Media Center/Windows 7
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    Asus M2N-MX SE Plus § DualCore AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2300 MHz (11.5 x 200) 4400+ § Corsair Value Select
    CPU
    AMD 4400+/4200+
    Motherboard
    Asus M2N-MX SE Plus/Asus A8M2N-LA (NodusM)
    Memory
    2 GB/3GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    GeForce 8400 GS/GeForce 210
    Sound Card
    nVIDIA GT218 - High Definition Audio Controller
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Hitachi 40" LCD HDTV
    Screen Resolution
    "1842 x 1036"
    Hard Drives
    WDC WD50 00AAKS-007AA SCSI Disk Device
    ST1000DL 002-9TT153 SCSI Disk Device
    WDC WD3200AAJB-00J3A0 ATA Device
    WDC WD32 WD-WCAPZ2942630 USB Device
    WD My Book 1140 USB Device
    PSU
    Works 550w
    Case
    MSI "M-Box"
    Cooling
    Water Cooled
    Keyboard
    Dell Keyboard
    Mouse
    Microsoft Intellimouse
    Internet Speed
    Cable Medium Speed
    Browser
    Chrome/IE 10
    Antivirus
    Eset NOD32 6.x/Win Defend
    Other Info
    Recently lost my Windows 8 on my main PC, had to go back to Windows 7.
Last try from a dying company? and a bad example to compare it to the Concept cars you see at trade shows Few, if any, of which ever go any further and certainly not into production

I used to use opera occasionally in the past and I tried to use it on my XP machine just last week to no avail, I had no idea they were going through any difficulties. I always thought it was a nice decent alternative browser. And this deals with HTML5...

It kind of uses the idea of the Apple Watch floating icons which I always thought was kind of neat.

Opera Browser Sold To Chinese Consortium For $600 Billion | Digital Trends ;)
 

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    Windows 10 Pro x64 x2 Windows 10 Enterprise x64, Ubuntu
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    Asus M5A78L-M USB3
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    32GB [4x8GB] DDR3 1600 MHz
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    ASUS Xoner DG + SPDIF to 5.1 System + HDMI
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    BitDefender Total Security 2017
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    Netbook - Ubuntu
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    Sony Z3 Android Smartphone
    HTC One Android Smartphone
Hm. Well, I'm using Neon right now. I like it better than Firefox or Chrome, Firefox won't even play any pages that have HTML5 players embedded, and I visit a lot of those. Mostly Indie music sites where I have playlists stashed. Neon plays them though, it;'s a nice browser. As long as I don't get whammied by Ads, I'm happy.

600 BILLION, damn. Compared to Opera's stock browser, Neon is a big improvement.

Thanx for the reply :}
 

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    AMD 4400+/4200+
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    Asus M2N-MX SE Plus/Asus A8M2N-LA (NodusM)
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    2 GB/3GB
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    GeForce 8400 GS/GeForce 210
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    nVIDIA GT218 - High Definition Audio Controller
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    Hitachi 40" LCD HDTV
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    "1842 x 1036"
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    Recently lost my Windows 8 on my main PC, had to go back to Windows 7.
Last try from a dying company? and a bad example to compare it to the Concept cars you see at trade shows Few, if any, of which ever go any further and certainly not into production

I used to use opera occasionally in the past and I tried to use it on my XP machine just last week to no avail, I had no idea they were going through any difficulties. I always thought it was a nice decent alternative browser. And this deals with HTML5...

It kind of uses the idea of the Apple Watch floating icons which I always thought was kind of neat.
 
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Well I have been using NEON Exclusively in all of my machines save my main Tower, mostly because I have all of my Financial Site PW's saved in Firefox and I don't remember a few of the passwords for my dozens (hundreds?) of Tech, Blog, Movie, Music, and financial sites I log into daily.

I love this browser, and it works better on my crummy AMD 4400+ Windows 7 x86 tower maxed out with 4gb of Ram (that's all it can take) than ANY other browser. I deleted Chrome and I told them I deleted it cos it s*cks. It was gobbling up my resources when I wasn't even using it, this doesn't.

I love that I can drag these little circular bookmarks into the main area. Opera has a similar browser for iOS, but the bookmarks are all square tabs. Doesn't work as well as this though, and it crashes frequently. I'm glad I saw this article when I was in here, this is just what I needed! Thanks!
 

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    Asus M2N-MX SE Plus § DualCore AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2300 MHz (11.5 x 200) 4400+ § Corsair Value Select
    CPU
    AMD 4400+/4200+
    Motherboard
    Asus M2N-MX SE Plus/Asus A8M2N-LA (NodusM)
    Memory
    2 GB/3GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    GeForce 8400 GS/GeForce 210
    Sound Card
    nVIDIA GT218 - High Definition Audio Controller
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Hitachi 40" LCD HDTV
    Screen Resolution
    "1842 x 1036"
    Hard Drives
    WDC WD50 00AAKS-007AA SCSI Disk Device
    ST1000DL 002-9TT153 SCSI Disk Device
    WDC WD3200AAJB-00J3A0 ATA Device
    WDC WD32 WD-WCAPZ2942630 USB Device
    WD My Book 1140 USB Device
    PSU
    Works 550w
    Case
    MSI "M-Box"
    Cooling
    Water Cooled
    Keyboard
    Dell Keyboard
    Mouse
    Microsoft Intellimouse
    Internet Speed
    Cable Medium Speed
    Browser
    Chrome/IE 10
    Antivirus
    Eset NOD32 6.x/Win Defend
    Other Info
    Recently lost my Windows 8 on my main PC, had to go back to Windows 7.
Well I have been using NEON Exclusively in all of my machines save my main Tower, mostly because I have all of my Financial Site PW's saved in Firefox and I don't remember a few of the passwords for my dozens (hundreds?) of Tech, Blog, Movie, Music, and financial sites I log into daily.

You can access your saved passwords and logins inside Firefox - from the Burger menu select options, security, saved logins and then Show Passwords and OK

There are a few add-ins about that allow you to backup this information and maybe even import it into other browsers
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro x64 x2 Windows 10 Enterprise x64, Ubuntu
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Real World Computing
    CPU
    AMD FX8350 8 Core @4GHz
    Motherboard
    Asus M5A78L-M USB3
    Memory
    32GB [4x8GB] DDR3 1600 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Asus nVidia GTX750TI-OC-2GD5 (2GB DDR5)
    Sound Card
    ASUS Xoner DG + SPDIF to 5.1 System + HDMI
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer G276HL 27", (DVi) + Samsung 39" HDTV (HDMI)
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080 @60Hz + 1920 x 1080 @60Hz
    Hard Drives
    Internal
    Crucial 256GB SSD,
    WDC WD30EZRX-00D8PB0 3TB,
    Toshiba HDWD130 3TB
    Seagate ST2000DM001-1CH1 2TB,

    External (USB3)
    Seagate Backup+ Hub BK SCSI Disk 8TB
    2.5/3.5 Hot Swap Cradle, USB3 + eSata (client HDDs)

    NAS
    Seagate ST4000DM000
    PSU
    Aerocool Templarius Imperator 750W 80+ Silver
    Case
    AeroCool X-Warrior Devil Red Tower
    Cooling
    Stock CPU, Rear 120mm, Front 2x120mm, Side 2x120mm
    Keyboard
    Logitech Wireless K710 & K270
    Mouse
    Logitech Wireless M710 M185 & M570 Trackball
    Internet Speed
    37Mb/s Down - 9.5Mb/s Up
    Browser
    Chrome
    Antivirus
    BitDefender Total Security 2017
    Other Info
    Also run...

    Desktop - 6Core 8GB - Windows 10 Enterprise x64,
    Laptop - Quad 8GB - Windows 10 Pro x64
    Netbook - Ubuntu
    2 x Nexus 7 Android tablets
    Samsung 10.2" tablet
    Sony Z3 Android Smartphone
    HTC One Android Smartphone
Well I have been using NEON Exclusively in all of my machines save my main Tower, mostly because I have all of my Financial Site PW's saved in Firefox and I don't remember a few of the passwords for my dozens (hundreds?) of Tech, Blog, Movie, Music, and financial sites I log into daily.

You can access your saved passwords and logins inside Firefox - from the Burger menu select options, security, saved logins and then Show Passwords and OK

There are a few add-ins about that allow you to backup this information and maybe even import it into other browsers

Great, I'll do that. NEON is a godsend, it works so much better. I was only using Firefox because Chrome would take sometimes 5 minutes to come up after invoking it. But I can keep Neon running without impacting my already poor system performance.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro with Media Center/Windows 7
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus M2N-MX SE Plus § DualCore AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2300 MHz (11.5 x 200) 4400+ § Corsair Value Select
    CPU
    AMD 4400+/4200+
    Motherboard
    Asus M2N-MX SE Plus/Asus A8M2N-LA (NodusM)
    Memory
    2 GB/3GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    GeForce 8400 GS/GeForce 210
    Sound Card
    nVIDIA GT218 - High Definition Audio Controller
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Hitachi 40" LCD HDTV
    Screen Resolution
    "1842 x 1036"
    Hard Drives
    WDC WD50 00AAKS-007AA SCSI Disk Device
    ST1000DL 002-9TT153 SCSI Disk Device
    WDC WD3200AAJB-00J3A0 ATA Device
    WDC WD32 WD-WCAPZ2942630 USB Device
    WD My Book 1140 USB Device
    PSU
    Works 550w
    Case
    MSI "M-Box"
    Cooling
    Water Cooled
    Keyboard
    Dell Keyboard
    Mouse
    Microsoft Intellimouse
    Internet Speed
    Cable Medium Speed
    Browser
    Chrome/IE 10
    Antivirus
    Eset NOD32 6.x/Win Defend
    Other Info
    Recently lost my Windows 8 on my main PC, had to go back to Windows 7.
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