My father with an antiquated computer says Opera takes ages to load. Since I have a fast computer (24 core with NVME), and have way less stuff on the start page, I've always enjoyed it only taking a second or two to load. But it's getting much slower recently. Is there a way to speed it up? Is it trying to access images to display on the start page thumbnails? Can I disable something to make it quick again? The start page opens instantly if I open a new tab, but it's the initial Opera start that's slow. If I close Opera then open it immediately, it's still slow, so nothing to do with disk access (I have an NVME anyway).
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Opera slow to loadOpera for Windows
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Back button skips a pageOpera for Windows
If you do a google search in the address bar, then click one of the links, then press back, Opera goes all the way back to the speed dial instead of the search results.
This seems to happen randomly, although one which always works is: do a search for Peter Hucker. Click the IMDB entry. Now click back.
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RE: General Opera Feedback TopicOpera for computers
What is this nonsense you've flung on me without my permission? It's gone all mac like or phone like or something. It doesn't look like a proper browser anymore. There isn't even an X on each tab until I hover over it, and everything's got round corners, what incase I hurt my finger on it? I think I'll choose another browser, goodbye.
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RE: Opera slow to loadOpera for Windows
Fixed!
I went into "C:\Users\peter\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable" and emptied all the folders marked cache etc, using treesize to find large folders and folders with many files. Starts up in a tenth of the time now. So just the usual bloat programs don't take care of themselves.
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RE: General Opera One Appearance Feedback TopicAppearance
I'm watching the new Operas on a secondary computer, hoping it gets reverted to the decent old interface, and forcing version 99 to stay on my main computer.
I don't want rounded corners on everything like a Mac, I use a real computer, not a kid's toy. My monitor is LCD, it has square corners. Rounded corners make me think I'm on an 80s CRT TV.
I don't want to have to hover over a tab and then find where the hidden X is.
Is there a way to turn off the new interface changes so I can enjoy any bug fixes etc I'm missing out on?
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RE: General Opera One Appearance Feedback TopicAppearance
There's no point in these grumbles. Grumble anywhere and your post gets put in here by a moderator without your permission, and they don't even tell you they've done it. It's the cupboard at the end of the hall nobody looks in. The designers have already made their silly design, they won't back down, they worked hard on messing it up. Until one gets fired, Opera is going to be rubbish. Time to leave.
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RE: The Opera for Windows is Crashing TopicOpera for Windows
Suddenly this evening, Opera now crashes on every other start. In the task manager I find Opera using one whole CPU core, with no disk access, and no change in the amount of memory in use. I also see "opera crash reporter" running, but nothing is displayed on the screen. If I kill Opera and start it again it works. Then crashes the following time. Is it trying to do an update or something?
EDIT: I've discovered it's actually crashing on EXIT. Hence:
- Successfull start.
- Close Opera, I can't see it's still running but crashed.
- Open Opera, nothing happens.
- Kill in task manager.
- Start normally.
- Goto 2.
EDIT: Version number is 74.0.3911.203
I closed Opera, downloaded it, thinking I might get a newer one that was stuck upgrading, and installed it. No help.
Strangely, when I run Opera, I see "Opera Internet Browser (24)" in the task manager, expanding this, I see the crash reporter running (before it's crashed!) and 23 instances of Opera. Is that normal? -
RE: General Opera One Appearance Feedback TopicAppearance
And now Opera 99, which I forced to stop updating to 101, is showing the menu in bright red to annoy me about an update it insists on. This is as bad as Windows Updates.
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RE: [Opera Mail]Reduce number of newsgroup articles downloaded when subscribing?Opera for Windows
@burnout426 Thanks!
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RE: General Opera One Appearance Feedback TopicAppearance
@cangyuyao said in General Opera One Appearance Feedback Topic:
What's going on with the gaps and spacing all over the interface? Generally a laptop only has a display between 13 to 17 inches. Can we make good use of it?
There's no staff in here to listen. We're talking to a brick wall.
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RE: The recent survey could have better questions and possible answersOpera for Windows
@leocg said in The recent survey could have better questions and possible answers:
@hucker Right, didn't get it here. I usually don't get such surveys.
Probably random, or you turned off something to stop spam. I've only ever had this one I think, and I've been using Opera for about 24 years. Judging by the first question in it, it was intended to go to people who had just installed Opera. But as every single upgrade to Opera makes everything think it's a new browser (as in re-confirming everything on internet banking, Google login, etc.) that's probably why I got it. Opera needs to stop announcing itself as a different browser with each version, or are the detection routines on the aforementioned websites actually stupidly looking at the version number?
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RE: The recent survey could have better questions and possible answersOpera for Windows
@leocg It popped up top right when I opened Opera. It was run through Survey Sparrow, this is the address I see in my history: https://surveysparrow.com/thankyou/?company=Opera Norway AS&utm_source=survey&utm_medium=signup&utm_campaign=survey_signup which is the final address saying thankyou, Opera fails to record the history before that - another bug.
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The recent survey could have better questions and possible answersOpera for Windows
Firstly, it seemed to think I was new to Opera, the very first question seemed to think I'd just installed it. Yet it's been on this machine since I built it 3 years ago. None of the possible answers were therefore correct.
Secondly, one of the questions asked me what my default browser was, and the list didn't include Opera!! Opera GX was the closest option.
Thirdly, there were weird questions like "can you tell xxxx" where xxxx was something like "what is your default browser" or "why you chose opera". My answer to all these was yes. Perhaps a better grasp of English would be useful when writing questions. Perhaps "can you tell what is your default browser" was actually asking what my default browser was, instead of asking if I was able to know. For example "can you go to the toilet" does not mean you are asking someone to go, it's asking if they have a medical problem doing so.
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RE: Opera CashbackOpera add-ons
I take it you still haven't worked out how to make cashback stay on all the time? Sometimes I forget to turn it on. Sometimes the flashing icon is annoying if I'm not planning to buy and don't need it. Sometimes I try to type something into the search box in Ebay, only to find the cashback alert has stolen focus and my typing was wasted.
Please make this work properly without user intervention every single time I use a website!!!!
An idea - perhaps you can link cashback to the Opera account? I'm always logged into that, and it's showing at the right end of the URL field.
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RE: Close tab, missing XOpera for Windows
@maniaqc Just noticed another annoyance about this "feature" - if you try to select a tab, but click it on the right of it, an X appears while you're clicking and you've closed the tab by mistake! Why hide things?!? Imagine your car with buttons which appeared in the middle of the dashboard. The passenger touches a piece of dashboard and suddenly the engine is switched off!
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Close tab, missing XOpera for Windows
Do we have to hide the Xs to close tabs? They don't always appear when hovering. I detest having to tell my computer to do something twice. At least I can punish the kids.
Even when they do work, I have to perform four operations: hover, wait, find, click. It's as bad as that stupid hide the scrollbars thing in Microsoft Office.
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RE: Opera CashbackOpera add-ons
@katarzynamos said in Opera Cashback:
@icebluelugia When visiting any partner shop, you can use the Settings icon in the top right-hand corner of the pop-up window to change the frequency or pause the cashback pop-ups. The cashback reward is part of the commission we receive from affiliates for activities promoting the shop. In order to receive it, the affiliate link provided by us must be activated prior to purchase by clicking the Activate cashback button in the pop-up window or by selecting Start shopping in the merchant's offer on our website.
When shopping on a partner site, other extensions may interfere with the correct operation of our affiliate links and lead to a lack of reward. To minimise the risk of such a situation, other extensions are automatically deactivated.
I see no reason it can't automatically activate. Why do I have to click it every single time?!
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RE: Opera CashbackOpera add-ons
@katarzynamos said in Opera Cashback:
@icebluelugia Currently, to receive cashback you must remember to activate our service before each purchase - it's not much, and cashback rewards can make your shopping experience significantly more enjoyable! Please contact customer service if you have any problems with the operation of our extension.
That should not be necessary, just leave it on all the time. People forget!
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Keep tabs same size when closingSuggestions and feature requests
I've noticed with the new tab design, when I close tabs, the next one along is larger, which means the X to close it is not where my mouse cursor is. For example, search for something on Ebay, click a result, this opens another tab (I believe it's called on the same island?) Now close the tab on the left, followed by the one on the right, the Xs don't line up.
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RE: Opera CashbackOpera add-ons
Why don't we leave cashback on permanently? Why do I have to remember to activate it every single time I use it? Whatever it is clicking that button does, just have it happen by itself. It must be possible.