Opera浏览器设计更新

Opera已经发布了他们浏览器的一个重大更新。代号为“重生”的新浏览器已经开发数月，包括一些在Opera实验性的霓虹灯浏览器中率先推出的功能。最突出的功能是通过侧边栏增加了对WhatsApp、Messenger和Telegram的本地支持。为这些服务添加了快速访问图标，并且它们总是可以通过快速拨号获得。如果你喜欢边聊天边浏览，你可以把侧边面板固定在合适的位置。聊天应用程序通常在移动设备上工作得最好，但是Opera断言——在我看来是正确的——桌面是一个更强大的多任务工具。尽管如此，人们还是无法回避这样一个事实:桌面在很大程度上是工作机器。虽然与你的工作流程并行的原生聊天肯定是有用的，但WhatsApp是否是一个很好的商业交流工具还是值得怀疑的。实际上，Opera的本地聊天可能会破坏比它所提供的更多的工作。这个新方向服务于一个非常小的用户，他们在桌面上工作，Opera是他们的主要工作工具，并且通过WhatsApp进行交流;这一特性似乎不太可能在整个行业中被效仿。当然，本机聊天在霓虹灯实验中非常流行，它不仅被移植到主浏览器中，而且是Opera当前市场营销的核心特性。Opera是一个很好的浏览器，对于谷歌的垄断来说，挑战是非常有益的。歌剧做什么，它就做什么。然而，它所缺乏的是明确的身份。随着新的消息功能的出现，Opera仍然不确定它的主要用户是谁。

Opera have released a major update to their browser. Codenamed “Reborn”, the new browser has been in development for months and includes several features that were pioneered in Opera’s experimental Neon browser.The most prominent feature is the addition of native support for WhatsApp, Messenger, and Telegram, via the sidebar. Quick-access icons have been added for these services, and they’re always available via speed dial. If you like to chat while browsing you can pin the side panel in place.Chat applications typically work best on mobile devices, but Opera assert—correctly in my opinion—that desktops are a more powerful multi-tasking tool.Still, there’s no escaping the fact that desktops are, for the most part, work machines. Whilst native chat in parallel with your workflow is certainly useful—I would kill for a Slack panel built into Creative Cloud apps—it’s questionable whether WhatsApp is a great business communication tool. In actuality, Opera’s native chat is likely to disrupt more work than it facilitates.This new direction serves a very small niche—users that work on desktop, with Opera as their primary work tool, and communicate via WhatsApp; it seems unlikely that this feature will be emulated across the industry.Of course, the native chat proved popular enough in the Neon experiment for it to not only be ported into the main browser, but to be the central feature in Opera’s current marketing.Happily, there is a lot more in Opera’s latest release: the browsing experience feels more modern; there’s a dark mode if you’re as tired as everyone else of inoffensive grey; there’s more control over ad-blocking; the whole UI has been updated, with redrawn icons for different pixel densities and some charmingly understated animation. On top of all of that, there’s the usual round of security and performance enhancements.Opera is a good browser, and it’s incredibly healthy for there to be challenges to Google’s monopoly. What Opera does, it does well. However, what it lacks is a clear identity. As the new messaging features show, Opera still isn’t sure who its main user is.Opera’s latest update is available as a stable release now, and will be pushed out to all Opera users over the coming days.