General Questions About Opera GX Topic

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

First time i am using Opera GX. Never used Opera before too so i have some questions if you guys don't mind.

• Is there any homepage icon i can add next to the searchbar?
• Is there a way to change the position of the sidebar?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@denilcartel There isn't.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Question 1: Is Opera GX owned by Google?

Question 2: Does Opera GX track you like Google

[sgunhouse]

sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@googlechromefan No, and no. There are some options to allow some tracking for either statistical purposes (which features most people actually use) or to tailor the (optional) news to your interest, but they are easy enough to turn off.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

1: Can I block scripts like brave can?
2: Can I use chrome extensions via .crx file?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@scratchydude1 1 ) By using some extension 2) And directly though the Chrome store.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by leocg

How many users does GX have? is there a website to check?

All websites just show ''Opera''

[sgunhouse]

sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@anothermemberofsociety Opera could tell you number of downloads but that can't tell you if they uninstalled it and went back to their old browser. Some sort of survey would be required.

[A Former User]

A Former User @sgunhouse last edited by

@sgunhouse what would the download number be?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@anothermemberofsociety Try checking https://investor.opera.com/

[A Former User]

A Former User @leocg last edited by

@leocg Oh i see, but it shows Opera in general, not exclusively to GX

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@anothermemberofsociety Don't look just in the main page, check the other ones, the reports.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@anothermemberofsociety Just for curiosity, are you planning to invest on Opera's stocks or make business with them? I'm asking because the number of downloads/users are relevant only on those two situations.

[hotshot10to20]

hotshot10to20 last edited by

I want to get Opera GX but I don't know if my processer is good for Opera GX. Please tell me if my processor is good for Opera GX. Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU @ 2.40GHz 2.40 GHz

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @hotshot10to20 last edited by

@hotshot10to20 See https://www.opera.com/download/requirements

[hotshot10to20]

hotshot10to20 @leocg last edited by

@leocg I see that but I don't know how to tell if it is up to the requirements.

[Hakuteiken]

Hakuteiken last edited by

Is Opera GX at Stable Release or Early Access? Early Access is shown in program while "Stable Release" is shown when I use uninstaller program.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Hakuteiken last edited by

@hakuteiken It's stable. As far as I know, early access was used only in the beginning when GX was in a pre-release.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

I come from Microsoft Edge, so transitioning to Opera GX for the last few days has been kind of confusing and disappointing to me.

What I miss from edge is:

• Dragging tabs from one to another instance doesn't seem to be as snappy as on Edge, there, the tabs automatically snapped to the other instance I was targeting, here, it seems as if the detection radius near the spot where you place tabs into is smaller, so it takes a lot longer and you need to be still near the area to add the given tab to the other instance.

• I also hate Chromecast and I feel like it's the worst thing to ever happen to humanity, or among the worst things anyway. I click it all the time - especially on YouTube... Is there a way to disable that, just like I did when I was using Edge?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@partaloski You can't disable Chromecast.