Android hangout with Opera

May 23, 2013 · by Aleksander Aas

With the launch of Opera for Android yesterday, we got a ton of questions about the new browser. To help answer some of these, two of our in-house experts are going to host a Google+ Hangout tomorrow.

Nuno Sitima, SVP in the Consumer Browser department and Program Manager Gautam Chandna will be online on Friday the 24th starting at 3PM CEST. Just drop by the Opera Google Plus page for the direct link before we start!

Be sure to follow our other social channels for more Opera for Android tips and tricks!

Readers' comments 17

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FOURCADE Marie-ClaireThursday, May 23, 2013 8:41:44 AM
Version 14 very bad, why ???
Martin KadlecThursday, May 23, 2013 10:34:09 AM
Originally posted by mariehad:

Version 14 very bad, why ???

This is exactly the wrong attitude. I mean, the decision to switch to webkit/chrome core/interface was made and there is no going back. I'm quite sure most of as has several features which we miss dearly, but I'm also quite sure Opera Devs worked very hard every day to make Opera 14 what it is now and they will continue making it better so that it would soon reach the quality of Opera 12. Now Opera is giving us an option to let them know what is important for us and how we feel about decisions that were made during development of Opera 14.

The best thing you can do now, is to pick one or two most important missing features for you and prepare good arguments why should they be implemented, why should they be implemented sooner than other features and why would a higher amount of people appreciate them. With a bit of luck and if the two Opera employees will be willing to change their minds on some matters you could make a difference. Saying just "Opera 14 is bad" won't help anyone and if anything it will just discourage Opera devs to make any more afford than necessary.
Vladimir GeorgievThursday, May 23, 2013 11:19:55 AM
It might be the way you are saying it, Martin, but it doesn't mean much because it is not an articulated position by Opera guys themselves.
There doesn't appear to be any articulation in the direction you describe; and such should have appeared with the appearance of Opera 14 Beta for Android. Instead we have a total eclipse of information.
I would be glad if life proves you are right, and I hope tomorrow's Hangout would give some vision and articulation...
Thu WinThursday, May 23, 2013 11:53:51 AM
Sadly version 12 is the last version for my phone

I can't upgrade to Version 14.
RAJESH PATELThursday, May 23, 2013 11:53:54 AM
there is no opetion to make list of bookmarks... and how to make new folder for bookmark list ?? i dont like thumnails of sites in folder...u cant make hidden bookmark list in folder....really bad version of opera 14....i prefer old one...its really good and working nice on my SGS 2
RAJESH PATELThursday, May 23, 2013 11:59:35 AM
Originally posted by wikipedian:

Sadly version 12 is the last version for my phone

I can't upgrade to Version 14.

Originally posted by wikipedian:

Sadly version 12 is the last version for my phone

I can't upgrade to Version 14.
dont go on version 14...its not good and no more facilities like ur old version...pls stay with version 12 its good
Thu WinThursday, May 23, 2013 2:58:47 PM
Originally posted by rajupatel99099:

Sadly version 12 is the last version for my phone

I can't upgrade to Version 14.

Originally posted by wikipedian:

Sadly version 12 is the last version for my phone

I can't upgrade to Version 14.
dont go on version 14...its not good and no more facilities like ur old version...pls stay with version 12 its good

I've tried Opera 14 when it was in beta but it had all sort of problems (most of which shares with Chrome). The page was not rendering at all (blank white screen) and Opera Link was lacking.

And I can't upgrade if I wanted to. It's listed as incompatible with my phone.
selurusThursday, May 23, 2013 8:50:47 PM
I won't be able to join however can someone ask why they haven't allowed the old opera mobile to stay while installing the opera mobile webkit version?
Also they need to reduce tge ram consumption on the new version it gets laggy to soon on my Samsung Galaxy S Advance
Vladimir GeorgievFriday, May 24, 2013 7:28:36 AM
Originally posted by selurus:

I won't be able to join however can someone ask why they haven't allowed the old opera mobile to stay while installing the opera mobile webkit version?
Also they need to reduce tge ram consumption on the new version it gets laggy to soon on my Samsung Galaxy S Advance

Opera Software treats it just as if it is "just the next regular version".
Note that Opera 14 inherits the rating of Opera Mobile, which I think is definitely not fair.

Opera 14 just sits at the same seat in Google Play where Opera Mobile was.
May be complaints should go to Google Play regulations instead.

Currently there is a similar situation with Google Talk and Google Hangouts.
Hangouts comes as replacement of Talk, and it was clearly stated in the Hangouts title, it was formulated something like this:
Googla Hangouts (replaces Talk)

Which was not done for Opera 14 -- the replacement took place silently.
Vladimir GeorgievFriday, May 24, 2013 1:40:53 PM
The live Hangout event was canceled.
They promised to gather the questions raised and post a video response...
Thu WinFriday, May 24, 2013 9:23:28 PM
Well Jellybean fixed the rendering problem.
Tiago Joao SilvaSaturday, May 25, 2013 11:40:08 PM
Originally posted by vladimirg:

The live Hangout event was canceled.
They promised to gather the questions raised and post a video response...

Rumour has it that it was because Hangouts don't work on Presto...

[edit]All but confirmed when Opera issued a sitepatch for Hangouts... http://my.opera.com/sitepatching/blog/2013/05/23/new-hangouts-workaround[/edit]
Vladimir GeorgievSunday, May 26, 2013 8:21:39 AM
It would be really silly if they promised a Hangout session without testing if they can do it.
Any problem with the browser would be detected in a basic preliminary test, and simply changing the browser would be an easy-to-guess solution.
So I hope there was some unpredictable problem with the connection, and not something that would get fixed by changing the browser...
Javier Alejandro Bastardo VillalobosSunday, June 2, 2013 2:12:13 AM
I can understand that the Hangout failed, it has happened to me before, but you guys promised us on your G+ account a Video-response to our questions and inquiries, I'm still waiting for it
Thu WinSunday, June 2, 2013 2:49:31 AM
Video response?
Arif hossainThursday, June 20, 2013 9:29:16 PM
how can i access to my locality.
Ssekamanya jamirWednesday, July 3, 2013 5:36:43 AM
Not found difficulties so far!