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The browser automatically takes it upon itself to borrow your computer's current desktop wallpaper for a touch of familiarity, perhaps. The installation is unquestionably simple, and the first visual impression is a very good one, indeed. It is said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but it's tough to argue with Opera Neon's good looks Overall simplicity, a modern and stylish user interface with smooth transition effects (thanks to a bespoke physics engine) and a few 'why-don't-all-other-web-browsers-have-this' features represent the stones upon which this browser is based on. In actual fact, Opera Neon is an all-new Chromium-based web browser, designed from the ground up to showcase what 'the future of web browsing' could look like but, if it will really impress you or not, we guess, it depends on what exactly you want from a web browser. You’ll find more info on the Opera Neon webpage.Right off the bat, we are going to tell you that this is not an improved version of the Opera browser you have come to know (and possibly to love) and for good reason, as it's being marketed as a 'concept browser' by the development team behind it.

#OPERA NEON BROSWER INSTALL#

If you keep a macOS or Windows install nearby you can see if the browser matches the hype by taking it for a spin. Opera Neon is not currently available for Linux - but we’ve reached out to ask if one is Is a Linux version of #OpenNeon on the roadmap? Mozilla Firefox maintains a respectable share, and thanks to its inclusion in Windows 10, Microsoft Edge already outpaces Opera in user base.īut the discussion is a little moot for us at this point. The (somewhat) iconic browser’s new owners will certainly be looking to inject momentum in to the browser, something that previous relaunches and feature additions have tried, but mostly failed, to do.ĭespite the overall dominance of Google Chrome there is still plenty of room for other browsers. Opera browser marketshare barely registers on most analytics firms’ reports.

Opera Neon won’t replace the regular version of Opera we all know and don’t use love, but it’s probably that features tested in Neon will make their way to the browser proper.

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Other features include a pop-out video player (a feature regular Opera also has), a screenshot tool, image gallery, download manager, and a split screen view to view two web pages side by side inside the browser.

Talking of speed dial, the start page is an animated aquarium of floating tab bubbles (and a transparent search box) overlaid on an image of your current desktop background.

The dominance of the main address bar come toolbar is reduced, helping web content to “pop out” in Neon.Ī built in “intelligent system” called Gravity “pulls your most used tabs to a prominent position on your Speed Dial.” The ‘concept interface’ inflates tabs in to visual bubbles and places them on the right-hand side of the window. Desktop OS level features, including split screen, message notifications, and a screenshot tool, are built-in to Opera Neon as standard. Opera Neon introduces new ways of managing websites, and experiments with the long standing ‘tabs along the top’ layout we’re all used to. Opera Neon is built on the same (Chromium-based) core as the regular version of Opera, but is drastically different in terms of user interface and features. Update: Opera has ‘no plans’ to bring Neon to Linux

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