Did Opera users like these changes?

For many years I have been an opera user, not even a user, but a fan.
I liked everything about her;

• She was comfortable. ( Grouping tabs, mouse gestures, wand, speed dial .. )
• Configured as I need. ( Bookmarks bar, tabs, the ability to move a tab to another browser window on a nearby monitor, in opera: config I can customize the behavior of the browser )
• She had an email client, RSS, and what was there even a Torrent client.

For the sake of such a convenient browser, I was ready to endure a bunch of its shortcomings, which in my opinion were more than offset by its merits.

No desire to strongly rant, just draw a line.


All of this we have deprived!
No more customization, email client ... there is nothing for which I personally appreciated this browser.
... Oh, forgive the gestures of the mouse and speed Dial still left.
We even cut out the bookmarks, and before that the clever browser had become a “window for viewing the Internet.” It is viewing, not work.
And it became interesting to me, maybe I don’t understand something and these things really were superfluous, and everyone wanted to get rid of them?
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UPD: At the request of ICELedyanoj , such a feature of the old opera as a fully customizable interface was added to the survey.