5 Features Opera Did First
By Espen André ØverdahlEspenAO. Wednesday, June 13, 2012 10:37:17 PM
The popular and aggressively named website SlashGeek recently did a feature on Opera where they looked at 5 of the top browser innovations by Opera that has been copied by others that we now take for granted:
1) Browser tabs:
The idea of tabs in browsers was first implemented in Opera before tabs were "cool". Remember having 10-15 browser windows open for each website you visited? That used to be norm until we changed all of that. 
2) Speed Dial:
We first released Speed Dial back 2007 with Opera 9.50 beta 1. The final release was in 2008. Speed Dial displays web sites in the form of thumbnails on your startup screen.
For the complete list and more details about our innovations, check out the article 5 features Opera Browser did first.


Martin KadlecBS-Harou # Wednesday, June 13, 2012 11:30:40 PM
d4rkn1ght # Thursday, June 14, 2012 12:18:02 AM
Originally posted by BS-Harou:
...and we are loosing Unite.
Rafael Luikrafaelluik # Thursday, June 14, 2012 12:27:53 AM
I don't get it... Is there a specific reason why do you claim you made it first?
Charles SchlossChas4 # Thursday, June 14, 2012 12:53:52 AM
iamadmm # Thursday, June 14, 2012 3:10:09 AM
FavDjiXas # Thursday, June 14, 2012 5:41:43 AM
Jirayu Yingthawornsukjirayu16563 # Thursday, June 14, 2012 8:04:45 AM
I see Opera is the first browser with Multi Document Interface but at first did not comes with Tab
first tabbed browser is NetCaptor
zoomtronic # Thursday, June 14, 2012 9:07:52 AM
D1sasterp1ece # Thursday, June 14, 2012 9:52:21 AM
Alexodius PrimeAleksOD # Thursday, June 14, 2012 11:28:43 AM
slackwrdave # Thursday, June 14, 2012 2:46:25 PM
The good old days. The popups were a royal pain. I almost couldn't believe it when Opera offered a way to control those.
André Torgasatomew # Thursday, June 14, 2012 3:01:46 PM
Originally posted by D1sasterp1ece:
It actually did. I started using Opera in version 9.10. A few days later, they had launched 9.20 that introduced Speed Dial. You might want to correct the post, Espen.
Rafael Luikrafaelluik # Thursday, June 14, 2012 4:14:10 PM
Originally posted by DjiXas:
You might have a problem?4 years?? Ok let's go...
Opera 9.5 - June 2008 - Opera Link
Opera 10 - September 2009 - Opera Turbo and on-demand plug-ins setting in :config right after.
Opera 10.1 - November 2009 - Opera Unite
Opera 11 - December 2010 - Tab stacking
Not considering features other browsers had first as extensions. Also the performance, speed, security enhancements, standards and improvements to some parts of the browser as Speed Dial, UI and a genial Opera Mail overhaul.
Maybe you could cite what kind of innovation would make your internet use better though?
Fathima Rifqa GhaffarIshq40 # Thursday, June 14, 2012 4:32:26 PM
eTonćiLazarusLedd # Thursday, June 14, 2012 9:22:40 PM
D1sasterp1ece # Thursday, June 14, 2012 9:59:28 PM
Originally posted by LazarusLedd:
Sadly, it seems that Opera is going the same way. Opera 12's release was a rush. Many before me said it and I also think so: 12.00 (1467) does not deserve to be called 'final', it's just a snapshot...
Rafael Luikrafaelluik # Friday, June 15, 2012 6:16:00 AM
Originally posted by D1sasterp1ece:
LOL! 12.00 release was a rush? The first publicly available build was presented back in July 7th of the past year (2011)! Quit slobbering.Pallab DeIndyan # Friday, June 15, 2012 6:34:52 AM
What Opera had from the beginning was MDI, which was essentially multiple windows inside a parent container. But, it was different from what we understand from tabbed browser.
Opera has plenty of "firsts" to its credit, that it doesn't need to hold onto things that it didn't do. Slashgear made a common mistake, but I am surprised to see Choose Opera encouraging that mistake instead of rectifying it.
D1sasterp1ece # Friday, June 15, 2012 8:02:18 AM
Originally posted by rafaelluik:
I don't remember any more when was the first 12.00 build released, but the current one has too many bugs and crashes a lot. Just look at the comments for the six (!!) RC's. One or two weeks more hard work could have fixed a lotta bugs for sure - I don't know about an announced release date, so why race against time?
Sitios Web Y Wap - Página creada por Dario Komineck ®Dariofan # Friday, June 15, 2012 1:23:06 PM
Saludos desde Santa Fe, Argentina.
Rafael Luikrafaelluik # Friday, June 15, 2012 9:39:12 PM
Originally posted by Indyan:
Well, MDI was very like tabbed browsing, you could switch "windows" with Ctrl + TAB and that's practically all about it, but I'd like to get a reply from Opera on what they consider "tabbed browsing" to be so we could understand why they claim it.shashanksri99 # Sunday, June 17, 2012 8:09:22 PM
tashajworkman # Monday, June 18, 2012 10:16:22 AM
Cristian Secarăsecarica # Tuesday, June 19, 2012 7:47:56 AM
Originally posted by DjiXas:
Maybe there is nothing left to innovate
Ivanbedingfield # Tuesday, June 19, 2012 2:13:47 PM
UnklAdM # Wednesday, June 27, 2012 4:15:27 AM
- UnklAdM
El Meñinmenio # Wednesday, July 11, 2012 3:39:40 PM
drachenchen # Friday, July 13, 2012 5:35:44 PM
BTW, I had a major failure of GNOME several years ago, and Firefox became useless. Opera remained functional throughout, even though I could BARELY get the desktop to even load. For that alone, Opera will always be in my toolkit. Thanks, Opera!
Josh RobertsonOldTimeyJunk # Tuesday, July 24, 2012 12:28:38 AM
Originally posted by d4rkn1ght:
Unlike others, I'm glad Opera have made that move, especially that they have got rid of Widgets (which most of them were god-awful). Before, there was so many different types of "extensions", and seperate pages for them - Speed Dial extensions, Unite extensions, Themes, Widgets, etc. Even I found it most confusing. I'm really glad at what Opera have done to simplify it - a page for themes, a page for a extensions (and explaining what they do, whether they are a speed dial extension, or a button, etc.). End of story.BigPI # Thursday, July 26, 2012 10:17:52 PM
furibund # Friday, July 27, 2012 6:45:39 PM
Look at FF's Speed Dial: tabbed, multipage, free choice of thumbnail placement...
Fitrifitrisartika # Saturday, August 4, 2012 12:45:46 PM
Bobhuggie555 # Sunday, August 5, 2012 9:56:21 AM
Pedrok Taopedroktao # Friday, August 10, 2012 7:21:00 AM
Maninder Singh Dhawanmanidhwn # Tuesday, August 21, 2012 7:26:11 AM
and now it is also in Opera so i switched to opera
Maninder Singh Dhawanmanidhwn # Tuesday, August 21, 2012 7:27:11 AM
and now it is also in Opera so i switched to opera
seol2 # Thursday, August 23, 2012 2:20:19 PM
XING_CJ-CHINAstarxcj # Friday, August 24, 2012 5:17:23 AM
Hanvordhanvord # Friday, September 7, 2012 10:03:05 AM
Kari Klawiterkariklawiter # Thursday, October 4, 2012 8:03:48 AM
Thanks!
deddot # Tuesday, October 23, 2012 3:04:44 AM
Originally posted by furibund:
no.. Firefox didn't do anything.. it came from add-ons.. its the add-ons developer who try to mimic and perfecting Opera's feature..