+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted June 6, 2008 Subscriber² Share Posted June 6, 2008 The latest beta build of Opera 9.5 comes with a new default skin - 'Sharp'. Opera developer 'Borg' described it like this in an entry on the Opera desktop team blog: If one word should describe the new look, it would be Sharp. We wanted to create a skin with clean lines and clear icons, inspired by the intuitive symbols you can expect at an airport and in line with our Scandinavian heritage. This also better matches the look and feel we introduced on the Wii and refine in Opera 9.5 for Windows Mobile.The color scheme of the user interface is designed to not steal focus away from your browsing, but being available when you need it and clearly indicate activity (stop button turning red) or security elements. Screenshot of the Windows version: Read more at the source. Downloads are linked on the above page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avi Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 Wow! "Looking Sharp" is lookin' great! :) I might even switch to Opera once 9.5 final will be released! :o Just hoping that the Israeli/Hebrew websites (yeah... the ones that know nothing about web standards) will show up fine in it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tantawi Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 Looks very neat (Y) well done Opera team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zerologic Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 Simple yet elegant :happy: So when is Opera 9.5 due for release? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazzyyfool Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 What does it look like on OSX? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted June 6, 2008 Author Subscriber² Share Posted June 6, 2008 Under OS X it looks like this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yusuf M. Veteran Posted June 6, 2008 Veteran Share Posted June 6, 2008 It seems that the skin was inspired by Vista's UI. And it looks good. I'll give it a try as soon as I'm on a computer. PS: I wrote this post from my iPod Touch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninety Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 The windows version has the best looking tabs in the history of internet browsers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazzyyfool Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 Under OS X it looks like this: Oh dear. :x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zerologic Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 It seems that the skin was inspired by Vista's UI. And it looks good. I'll give it a try as soon as I'm on a computer. PS: I wrote this post from my iPod Touch. You're right, it does look very Vista'ish, looks great. How good is Opera these days with web page compatibility / formatting / loading etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
what Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 Under OS X it looks like this: Firefox has already shown you can't take a Windows theme, turn it grey, and put it on a Mac version, so why have they done just that? >_> "Sharp"? Yeah, Sharp like a microwave: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smigit Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 the bars to me look to be about 50% larger vertically than they need to be. the tabs are massive. It's an improvement definetly but I think it'd look better if they squished those bars down a bit. nice none the less Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tantawi Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 Yeah it's ugly on MacOS X! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellofsouls Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 How good is Opera these days with web page compatibility / formatting / loading etc? I'm using Opera latest snapshots 99% of the time, and even those AJAX heavy sites like Yahoo Mail, Live Mail, etc. gave no problem at all for me. The only times I need to use something other than Opera are those ActiveX online bank logins, and then I have to use IE :shiftyninja: Simple yet elegant :happy: So when is Opera 9.5 due for release? well the old classic Opera skin is just as elegant, and even simpler... :p the bars to me look to be about 50% larger vertically than they need to be. the tabs are massive. It's an improvement definetly but I think it'd look better if they squished those bars down a bit. nice none the less That's my main gripe about the new skin too, and why I still use the old "classic" skin. well, actually, I really love the minimalistic look of the "classic" skin, so maybe I'll keep using it even if they make the new skin's tab bar thinner... :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan000 Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 you can't seem to remove the new tab button in this theme? or am i missing something? i hate having it there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x-byte Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 Looks great. Gonna try it as soon as I can :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
se7en.hu Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 Oh dear. :x +1 geez .. Windows versions looking good though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev Null Zen Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 It's about time they updated it. Opera has looked very clunky for ages now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDogsBed Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 It's not great by a long shot, but it is a massive improvement on the existing theme, which, as the above poster rightly states, has looked out of date and clunky for some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellofsouls Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 It's not great by a long shot, but it is a massive improvement on the existing theme, which, as the above poster rightly states, has looked out of date and clunky for some time. out-of-date, maybe, especially if you think everything should look as flashy as Vista UI or KDE4 (which I love, too). But clunky? the Opera (now) Classic UI is one of the most simple, non-intrusive, and functional UI for a browser (IMHO), that's actually one of the major reasons why I love Opera so much, and switched from IE/Firefox/Konqueror to Opera, because of the minimalist UI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 I like the new skin, but the tabs seem a little too large for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitalsoft Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 Hmm not keen on the new skin... In my opinion Opera can never get it right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinione Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 Have just installed Opera 9.5 beta 2 - and I can't even see this skin! Help?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tantawi Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 ^ You need the latest build from the blog post linked in the first post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x-byte Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 I didn't really like the new skin, but using the native skin looks awesome. I really like the new icons. Also a few nice little changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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