You can sign in to that within the browser, and you’ll automatically receive push notifications when your favorite streamers start streaming. The left-hand toolbar from the standard Opera is also present in GX, although the in-browser apps like WhatsApp and Facebook messenger have been replaced with more gamer-orientated ones, like Twitch. Kocemba suggested that it was a “no brainer” to add additional peripheral support, so if this browser proves popular, expect peripherals and lighting systems from the likes of Logitech and Corsair to see support within future builds. Razer fans are in luck because Opera GX ships out with Chroma integration, so any color theme changes you make within Opera GX not only adjust all manner of menu and icon colors within the browser, but on your connected Razer devices too. There’s also the option to grab your desktop wallpaper without needing to find the original image on your system.
There you’ll find the ability to adjust colors and background wallpapers – a number of which are exclusive to Opera GX, for now - with a couple of clicks. Image used with permission by copyright holderĪll of this can be customized within the Easy Setup menu which is just a click away in the top-right corner. Those icons also have their own new mouse-over animations which Kocemba particularly enjoyed.
The speed dial icons fade out to make reading search suggestions easier. The home screen features the same speed dial icons as the standard Opera browser, with a slightly modified search bar There’s a neat visual flare when you begin typing in it which fires a red bar across its base. In our brief hands on time with the browser we quite enjoyed the change of pace, although the sound effects on icon interaction – reminiscent of console operating systems – did take some getting used to. It’s an intriguing difference to most browsers’ default themes. The dark theme mirrors both typical gamer style choices and the increasingly common “dark modes” offered by apps and websites for easier viewing late at night. The artists have previously won awards for their work on the game Gris. The audio component of which, as well as a number of other interaction sounds within GX, were created in conjunction with sound designer Rubén Rincón and the band Berlinis. Kocemba was happy to announce that Opera GX is the first browser to enjoy a fully animated boot logo too. There’s an animated startup logo with a little auditory note like the logos before a game loads. The browser is immediately visually distinct from its contemporaries with a murky and brooding color palette that gives it the look and feel of gaming keyboards, mice, and laptops, which are far more dark and colorful than the beige computers of decades past. Image used with permission by copyright holder What began as a joke project for that subset of the Opera team to enjoy among themselves became something far more real before long, and today, we have Opera GX to show for it. That’s where the gamers within Opera’s developer team came up with the idea of a browser for gamers. If you want a hammer, it has to be a hammer and not also a screwdriver.” “If something is good for everybody, then sometimes you say it is good for nobody. They should be as accessible, as fast, as beautiful, for anybody,” Opera’s product manager, Maciej Kocemba told Digital Trends.
“All browsers at the moment are meant to be general purpose tools.
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