{"id":38093,"date":"2025-02-07T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/designcompass.org\/?p=38093"},"modified":"2025-02-07T07:44:39","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T22:44:39","slug":"opera-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/designcompass.org\/en\/2025\/02\/07\/opera-air\/","title":{"rendered":"Opera Air, the mindful web browser"},"content":{"rendered":"

Norwegian web browser developer Opera has released a new web browser called Opera Air. The browser offers a variety of mindfulness features to help users take short breaks while using the Internet. The browser includes breathing exercises, meditation, positive affirmations and quotes, and has buttons for these.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe web is beautiful, but it can also be confusing and overwhelming,\u201d said Mohamed Salah, Opera\u2019s director of product. \u201cWe\u2019re taking scientifically proven approaches to help people navigate the web in a better way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opera Air is a transparent and floating UI design that suits mindfulness. The background naturally adjusts to the colors and style of the website the user visits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Users can be guided through breathing exercises, meditations, and full-body relaxation exercises with the 'Take a Break' feature in the sidebar. Voice narration is also available, and users can choose between Emma or Alex. Users can set their own meditation and breathing exercise time, and can easily access them using the shortcut key (Ctrl + K or Cmd + K).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It provides binaural beats that play slightly different frequencies to each ear to help your brain detect sounds that induce specific mental states. It offers options like 'Creativity Boost', 'Energized Focus', and 'Deep Relaxation'.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 'Speed Dial' feature provides positive affirmations and quotes. On the browser's main screen, users can see mindfulness-based phrases and change them or disable the feature as needed. For example, the phrase "Taking care of yourself is not 'me first', but 'me in'" by LR Knost may be displayed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It also supports a break reminder function. An icon consisting of three lines will appear on the sidebar, and after the user has worked for the time set, it will gradually turn gray. When the icon disappears completely, it signals that a break is needed. At this time, you can use breathing exercises, neck stretching, full body relaxation, guided meditation, etc. The meditation function can be set for up to 15 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This browser works alongside the classic Opera browser and the gaming-focused Opera GX. It has an ad-blocker, a free VPN, and support for Aria, an AI assistant based on ChatGPT. It\u2019s available for free download on Mac and Windows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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