This can also be shut off because it can get annoying.Īll in all, the overall design is pretty cool for what it is. Like most consoles, when you are logged into the app, you will receive push notifications to make you aware of any happenings going on. So instead of Facebook Messenger, you have Twitch. There are a ton of pre-sets that are exclusively for Opera GX, which is cool.īesides the visuals, the toolbar in GX is similar to the original Opera browser, except the in-browser apps, which are streamlined more towards gamers. There you can play around with the colors and adjust the background as you like. The whole browser system can be adjusted and customized through the 'Easy Setup' menu, found in the corner on the top right-hand side. The icons also have animated images and sound effects, FYI. One beautiful thing about the browser on the desktop is the icons fade out to allow users the ability to read search suggestions better. For me, it is a little too Ed Hardy, trying too hard, but some guys will like it. If you are comparing the original Opera browser to GX, you will notice GX has a mildly-altered search bar that projects a visual 'fire' flare when you type in it. I'm not sure why that is a big deal, as I would think that's great. The only negative is that some testers found the icon sound effects too similar to old-school console systems, which was slightly jarring. The music is wonderful and quite haunting, so it will be interesting to see how they transition that into interactive browsing sounds.

I did not know who they were, so I looked them up, and they have won awards for their musical contributions to the game Gris, and rightly so.

One cool thing to note, however, is the music and audio sounds used throughout GX were created by sound designer Rubén Rincón and the band Berlinist. Opera GX is said to be the first browser to use an entirely animated logo when you are booting up, and I'm still trying to figure out why that is important enough to mention. Instead of a bright, white background screen, GX uses a dark theme that is more reminiscent of backlit keyboards and is ideal for dark atmospheres most often found in the bedroom of gamers at 1:00 in the morning.

The first thing you'll notice and the main difference is the unique color palette of Opera GX. While the changes made by Opera are not enormous compared to the original Opera browser, they are pretty cool and can be utilized by gamers to make their browsing experience better. Opera GX is a specialized browser released by Opera that is custom-designed to be beneficial for PC gamers.

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