Opera is back, and it wants you to come back. The company announced on Wednesday that it has created a “tikTok” sidebar in its website that features short videos of opera performances. The sidebar is available for users to watch as they browse the company’s website. The sidebar was created in response to a request from users who wanted to see more opera videos on the site. Opera says that the sidebar is a way for users to “engage with opera in an engaging and entertaining way.” Opera says that the sidebar will be updated regularly with new opera videos, and that users can access them by clicking on the “view” link at the bottom of each video.
Opera already has a customizable sidebar for quick access to music services and social media platforms, which open the specified site in a compact vertical window. Opera is now adding TikTok to the list of sidebar options, following a survey conducted by the company that reported “65 percent of the people who use TikTok from the 18-35 age group would like to use it in their desktop browser.”
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The new TikTok sidebar is just the website embedded in a vertical pane — there’s no special integration or unique experience, besides that it can be pinned to the sidebar for easy access. Opera proudly proclaimed in a blog post that “today’s release makes Opera the only browser to offer a way to enjoy TikTok without opening a separate app or having to search through tabs.” Was typing in tiktok.com or clicking a bookmark really that tedious?
Opera is rolling out TikTok integration now, which can be enabled by clicking the three dots at the bottom of the sidebar and selecting it in the ‘Messengers’ section. People using other browsers will have to continue the hardship of typing in the address, using a bookmark, or installing the Windows app.
Source: Opera
