![]() ![]() We like that you can access almost every option with only one or two mouse clicks. Great to have on at 3 am, losing your mind while trying to figure out where those weird, muffled sounds are coming from. The options menu hides other potentially handy features such as the option to turn on browser sounds even background ambient music. While the latter feature doesn’t work perfectly – it turns some elements on certain websites almost unreadable – everyone who screams in agony as soon as they’re greeted with plain white website backgrounds will welcome it. For instance, you can turn on the weather on the home page or force dark pages on every website you visit. Opera GX also has hidden and optional features that won’t transform your browsing experience but are nice to have nonetheless. And while having a separate Spotify tab integrated into your browser might sound great in theory, in practice, we realized that it’s easier to have Spotify playing in a separate window. It’s nice to have different chat apps integrated into your browser of choice, as long as you don’t mind the privacy issues that come with this move. It supports adding different messaging apps or stuff such as Spotify or other streaming services. While not blocking that one ad is perplexing, we don’t mind it considering this was the only negative thing to say about the built-in adblocker.īack to the sidebar. Well, every ad except the YouTube home page ad (placed instead of the video on the upper left side of your video feed). It blocked almost every ad websites tried throwing at us. There’s also the built-in ad blocker that’s pretty good at its job. While their function is questionable (more on that later), they’re easily accessible, chilling in the sidebar. Then there are different tools that should optimize the browser’s performance when playing games. A slight improvement over Chrome for instance, but a much welcome one that’s invisible while still doing its job. Next, you can open a new tab by clicking at any point of the tabs bar. For instance, you have the super handy screenshot tool that chills back at the end of the address bar until you click on it. Its location makes it invisible until you need it, and we can also say this about many different features found in Opera GX. You have the aforementioned sidebar that hosts a ton of potentially useful shortcuts such as bookmarks or browser settings. Opera GX comes with a ton of built-in features. ![]() ![]() However, all those browsers have an excellent user experience. Sure, we like Chrome, the regular Opera, or Firefox better visually. Overall, with the right theme, Opera GX doesn’t look that bad. Best of all, you can fully tweak colors and create a custom theme. Still, being able to choose a theme based on black and different shades of grey is great to have for us who don’t like the whole gamery design philosophy. They won’t change the design of different elements since they only come with various color palettes. The good stuff continues with a ton of themes to pick from. Opera designers have created a highly intuitive browser to use. Even the unique elements, such as the sidebar, don’t look out of place even when you launch Opera GX for the first time. Most options are accessible with just one or two mouse clicks, different elements are where you’d expect them to be, and you’ll need just a couple of minutes to get used to the browser. But at least the UX is on par with other major players in the world of web browsers. Yes, it looks like it comes from a mind of a person that imagines gamers as a bunch of characters from an 80’s SF movie, augmented, of course, with all kinds of RGB body mods. Personally, we don’t like the design language but, when it comes to practicality, Opera GX is pretty good. Visually, Opera GX simply screams “gamers, look at me!” with its right corners, sharp edges, and saturated colors. We’re starting with the visual design and user experience. Let’s see why’s that in our Opera GX review. Opera GX targets gamers but, after using it for some time, we can say that, if you don’t mind the visual design, Opera GX could be a pretty solid choice as your daily driver. It includes a unique design as well as a slew of unique features that should matter to gamers, at least in theory. Like the original Opera, Opera GX is based on Chromium. Opera GX is, more or less, a gaming version of the Opera browser. Now, before we start, let’s explain what Opera GX really is. But is Opera GX suitable for non-gamers as a daily driver? And should gamers use it instead of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or the regular Opera browser? Let’s find out together in our Opera GX review. Opera GX, the gaming browser, tries to make a name for itself by offering multiple gaming-specific features. ![]() Purchases through our links may earn us a commission. ![]()
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