Gamer browser adds a 'panic button' to hide your naughty tabs and open normal 'safe' tabs instead
If you're reading this, there's a good chance you're doing so on Chrome. It's the browser I've used daily for over a decade and makes up over 60% of overall browser usage. Trailing way behind is Safari with 18%, followed by Edge and Firefox. I can understand then, why longtime browser contestant Opera has been thinking outside the box to stand out.
A few years ago, that thinking led to Opera GX, a version of the browser based on Google's open-source Chromium codebase with «gaming-oriented» features like a CPU/RAM usage limiter and a Twitch sidebar, as well as memey gimmicks like a setting that'll automatically wipe your internet history if it thinks you're dead. Its latest feature belongs in that same boat: a «Panic Button» that, with a single press, will close your NSFW browsing session and open a new window with predetermined «safe» tabs.
The idea of Panic Button is to provide a «defense against prying observers and unexpected drop-ins,» according to the Opera GX blog.
«The next time your boss suddenly returns early from lunch while you’re streaming League of Legends tournaments, you can quickly hit the F12 key and the Panic Button is activated,» the blog continues. «This quickly mutes and pauses playback from all tabs and forces open a new window of totally bland, 'safe' content, keeping your secrets safe for another day. To restore all tabs to the previous state you just need to press the F12 button again.»
I installed Opera GX to give the Panic Button a spin and, yep, it works exactly as advertised. It's pretty fast, too. The app automatically includes a pool of «safe» tabs like Wikipedia and Google Docs, but you can remove these links or add your own. If I still went to an office and was trying to look like I was
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