{"slug": "opera", "name": "Opera", "category": "browsers", "category_name": "Browsers and extensions", "description": "", "recommenders": 1, "commenters": 7, "warners": 4, "score": -2.078, "rising": -0.33, "first": "2026-01-22", "latest": "2026-09-28", "why": "I was a big Opera fan back in the day, and it was amazing to see how well their engine scaled to all kinds of systems.", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 1, "neutral": 2, "compare": 0, "warn": 4}, "spark": [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0], "listed": false, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "I was a big Opera fan back in the day, and it was amazing to see how well their engine scaled to all kinds of systems.", "icon": false, "domain": null, "github_repo": null, "official_url": "", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["Opera"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 775810944, "item_id": 48488184, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48488184", "by": "lxgr", "date": "2026-06-11", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I was a big Opera fan back in the day, and it was amazing to see how well their engine scaled to all kinds of systems.", "excerpt": "The browser on the Wii was amazing. I didn't use it all that often, but I was a big Opera fan back in the day, and it was amazing to see how well their engine scaled to all kinds of systems. As far as I remember, there were even some games that supported the Wiimote natively? I don't remember if this was via Flash or Javascript, but there seems to be a library for the latter: https://github.com/ryanmcgrath/wii-js I u", "context": "", "use_case": "browsing on consoles", "switched_from": "", "story": "Web Browsers on Video Game Consoles"}]}], "caveats": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 798079025, "item_id": 49879939, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49879939", "by": "jttnr", "date": "2026-09-28", "stance": "warn", "quote": "not the Opera browser you get today, which is crap", "excerpt": "The author mentions that he tried Vivaldi. Vivaldi is the spiritual successor to the original Opera browser (not the Opera browser you get today, which is crap). Opera was for power users, and the same goes for Vivaldi today. I can see that there's a learning curve, and it takes some time to get used to. But overall, it's a no-nonsense, fully featured workhorse that I use as my main browser. It has built-in ad blocki", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "I switched to Brave"}, {"id": 760015136, "item_id": 47500946, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47500946", "by": "dev1ycan", "date": "2026-03-24", "stance": "warn", "quote": "The last time I liked Opera was before they switched to Chromium", "excerpt": "The last time I liked Opera was before they switched to Chromium, I remember how awesome old Opera + Windows 7 aero was, the entire browser was nearly transparent", "context": "", "use_case": "web browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Opera: Rewind The Web to 1996 (Opera at 30)"}, {"id": 753083217, "item_id": 47067701, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47067701", "by": "yareally", "date": "2026-02-18", "stance": "warn", "quote": "I used to love Opera, until they dropped the Presto Engine for Chromium's and sold off the company.", "excerpt": "I used to love Opera, until they dropped the Presto Engine for Chromium's and sold off the company. These days, Vivaldi is more like Opera than current Opera since the founder is the former co-founder of Opera.", "context": "former Opera fan", "use_case": "web browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Why do so many people dislike the Opera browser?"}, {"id": 747622498, "item_id": 46726406, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46726406", "by": "princevegeta89", "date": "2026-01-22", "stance": "warn", "quote": "remove these shithole browsers (Chrome, Edge, Opera etc.) from your machines", "excerpt": "I have been noticing this lately on my Macbook Pro. it was updated recently but my system has been freezing on and off at random times and I have found edge to cause quite an issue overall. This is a gentle reminder to remove these shithole browsers (Chrome, Edge, Opera etc.) from your machines and move on to something more trustworthy. Currently I'm using Brave and Waterfox. I'll probably look for one more open sour", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Microsoft Edge Constantly at 100% CPU Usage on OS X"}]}], "who": [{"by": "inventor7777", "context": "Mac Studio M4 Max user", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49660549", "date": "2026-09-11"}], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["web browsing", "browser", "browsing on consoles", "web browsing on stripped windows"], "compared": [{"slug": "vivaldi", "name": "Vivaldi", "co": 4, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 1}, {"slug": "firefox", "name": "Firefox", "co": 4, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 1}, {"slug": "safari", "name": "Safari", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "chrome", "name": "Chrome", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49878759", "title": "I switched to Brave", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49649124", "title": "The Deathray: A simple way for an untrusted site to freeze a Mac", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48487897", "title": "Web Browsers on Video Game Consoles", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47499721", "title": "Opera: Rewind The Web to 1996 (Opera at 30)", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47066021", "title": "Ask HN: Why do so many people dislike the Opera browser?", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46965440", "title": "How did Windows 95 get permission to put the Weezer video Buddy Holly on the CD?", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {"warn": 1}, "2026-02": {"neutral": 1, "warn": 1}, "2026-03": {"warn": 1}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {"neutral": 1, "warn": 1}, "2026-10": {}}, "quotes": [{"id": 798079025, "item_id": 49879939, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49879939", "by": "jttnr", "date": "2026-09-28", "stance": "warn", "quote": "not the Opera browser you get today, which is crap", "excerpt": "The author mentions that he tried Vivaldi. Vivaldi is the spiritual successor to the original Opera browser (not the Opera browser you get today, which is crap). Opera was for power users, and the same goes for Vivaldi today. I can see that there's a learning curve, and it takes some time to get used to. But overall, it's a no-nonsense, fully featured workhorse that I use as my main browser. It has built-in ad blocki", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "I switched to Brave"}, {"id": 794568784, "item_id": 49660549, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49660549", "by": "inventor7777", "date": "2026-09-11", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "The only browser I use other than Safari (which requires Tahoe for WebGPU) is Opera", "excerpt": "I tested this on my Mac Studio M4 Max running Sequoia 15.7.9. The only browser I use other than Safari (which requires Tahoe for WebGPU) is Opera, so I tested it there. When I click the death ray, it freezes Opera completely, and pins my 40 core GPU at 100% indefinitely. However, contrary to what should happen, macOS continues merrily along. It lags a bit and some UI elements don't appear instantly, but I can summon ", "context": "Mac Studio M4 Max user", "use_case": "browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "The Deathray: A simple way for an untrusted site to freeze a Mac"}, {"id": 775810944, "item_id": 48488184, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48488184", "by": "lxgr", "date": "2026-06-11", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I was a big Opera fan back in the day, and it was amazing to see how well their engine scaled to all kinds of systems.", "excerpt": "The browser on the Wii was amazing. I didn't use it all that often, but I was a big Opera fan back in the day, and it was amazing to see how well their engine scaled to all kinds of systems. As far as I remember, there were even some games that supported the Wiimote natively? I don't remember if this was via Flash or Javascript, but there seems to be a library for the latter: https://github.com/ryanmcgrath/wii-js I u", "context": "", "use_case": "browsing on consoles", "switched_from": "", "story": "Web Browsers on Video Game Consoles"}, {"id": 760015136, "item_id": 47500946, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47500946", "by": "dev1ycan", "date": "2026-03-24", "stance": "warn", "quote": "The last time I liked Opera was before they switched to Chromium", "excerpt": "The last time I liked Opera was before they switched to Chromium, I remember how awesome old Opera + Windows 7 aero was, the entire browser was nearly transparent", "context": "", "use_case": "web browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Opera: Rewind The Web to 1996 (Opera at 30)"}, {"id": 753083217, "item_id": 47067701, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47067701", "by": "yareally", "date": "2026-02-18", "stance": "warn", "quote": "I used to love Opera, until they dropped the Presto Engine for Chromium's and sold off the company.", "excerpt": "I used to love Opera, until they dropped the Presto Engine for Chromium's and sold off the company. These days, Vivaldi is more like Opera than current Opera since the founder is the former co-founder of Opera.", "context": "former Opera fan", "use_case": "web browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Why do so many people dislike the Opera browser?"}, {"id": 751601073, "item_id": 46975067, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46975067", "by": "lproven", "date": "2026-02-11", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "No IE, for instance. I used Opera.", "excerpt": "I mean, yes, true, but there wasn't much to strip out of Win95! I know. I did it. PC Pro magazine paid me to fit it into a very early SSD, which only held 16MB. There was only 24MB of installation files! https://winworldpc.com/product/windows-95/rtm It took more installed, obviously. 16MB was hard but I did it. No help, no fonts, not even Notepad, but it ran. Nlite came into its own with Win98 and especially Win98SE.", "context": "", "use_case": "web browsing on stripped Windows", "switched_from": "Internet Explorer", "story": "How did Windows 95 get permission to put the Weezer video Buddy Holly on the CD?"}, {"id": 747622498, "item_id": 46726406, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46726406", "by": "princevegeta89", "date": "2026-01-22", "stance": "warn", "quote": "remove these shithole browsers (Chrome, Edge, Opera etc.) from your machines", "excerpt": "I have been noticing this lately on my Macbook Pro. it was updated recently but my system has been freezing on and off at random times and I have found edge to cause quite an issue overall. This is a gentle reminder to remove these shithole browsers (Chrome, Edge, Opera etc.) from your machines and move on to something more trustworthy. Currently I'm using Brave and Waterfox. I'll probably look for one more open sour", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Microsoft Edge Constantly at 100% CPU Usage on OS X"}]}