sync), some work differently, lack a characteristic or changed places (the Recently Closed trash can menu is in the main menu now, some settings in other places, etc) and others we know that won't come back (or don't know whether will come back someday or not). There are new features like Stash, some signature features (Speed Dial, Off-road/Turbo, etc) and other small ones were already developed into the new browser, while others are under development (e.g. You mightn't miss anything, or you might miss an obscure little checkbox option I would not be able to tell because making a table with every feature/option in Opera 12.x would be totally time consuming and not worth it.
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It's really easier if you just download and try it. Hopefully this change will be for the better, as development is still on-going and new functions are being added throughout this development process. Keep an open mind, and try not to compare the two (old and new), as Opera has changed quite dramatically from what it once was. The only thing I can really suggest, is for you to try out the new version first hand, and see for yourself the direction Opera is moving to, and whether you like it or not. New Opera now has a similar ethos to most other modern browsers, which offer a pretty stripped down browser out of the box, with a huge emphasis on the extension/add-on model to facilitate any options or functions not offered by the main browser. mail client, editable mouse gestures, customisable gui (tool bars etc), side panel (F4) etc etc. With most of what was in old Classic Opera (Presto) now not available any more (Eg. New Opera has been completely re-written from scratch, Loosely speaking, think Google Chrome with Opera's own (new) user interface (skin) bolted on top. The new versions of Opera are now based on the Chromium (Blink) engine (old Opera was based on Opera's own Presto engine), which is the main underpinning (guts) of the browser.