Broken websites (Twitter, Tumblr)
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jcm101 last edited by
I'm having problems with several pages - Facebook & depositfiles especially
takes forever to do anything; pages may not load correctly; uploading stuff like pics to FB is impossible.Java script is active, Java is 7-45 & says it's all working correctly. Tried the security 'fix' above & no difference.
Guessing this started about a fortnight ago, & it's driving me crazy.
Seems like the best idea the help desk has is to install Chrome.... yeah thanks for that ...:yuck:It might not be Operas' fault but something is definitely up!
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jcm101 last edited by
Beginning of the end?
In this case 'supported' meant - doesn't work
Opera 18 isn't 100% either.But I find to my disgust that Chrome works perfectly with FB. (The data-miners stick together). :down: Really didn't want to have to install that product. I think I can live with ditching both however.
I guess a cut-off for development on opera 12 will ensure that users migrate or leave, as the global website code-base isn't going to stop evolving.
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j7nj7n last edited by
That is screenshot of Mega.co.nz, is it not? That site is changing too often to be reliable means to file distribution. It stops working in some browsers every now and then, and hasn't worked in Opera Proper for a long time. But people love it anyway. I hope the Mega's fat man gets arrested irrespective to what happens to Opera. But I'd have to agree that it indeed sounds like the beginning of the end of the free internet, where information can flow in many directions without passing through Mega, or Tumblr, or Fatbook.
The site works in Opium and Firefox.
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theladyshade last edited by
Finally, this is the topic I've been seeking! I'm running 12.16 and it suddenly stopped functioning correctly about twelve hours ago, early Friday evening, PST.
Opera would launch alright and after that, it wasn't responding normally to anything. Not only a matter of which webpages visited, even just getting the Opera menu to appear, or launch a new tab, every single action required a wait so long (during which Opera was hanging and non-responsive) that by the time the screen was active again, it had usually forgotten what it was doing.
Definitely an Opera issue, Firefox has continued to work normally on the same system.
After reading the thread, I tried disabling JavaScript. That single change made Opera act normally ~ except that, of course, no page requiring JavaScript will work correctly, which is a definite problem. No video sites, no registration forms or buying features, such as using PayPal, no Captcha, etc.
Once I read here and discovered the JavaScript issue, I found that there were lots of threads from people who've just encountered this issue in the past couple of days, such as here, http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19607558/javascript-is-not-working-in-opera . See the myriad related threads linked there.
At least this somewhat isolates the source of the issue. But what changed within the past day or so to cause this? I see someone mention a Java update, but my browser responded to disabling JavaScript. Would the Java update somehow impact functionality related to JavaScript?
Moreover, what is a secure and stable solution?
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j7nj7n last edited by
Websites are increasing the amount of JavaScript they run at an alarming rate, up to the point that slower computers could hang running nothing but JavaScript in a loop. A large amount of it is for 3rd party "widgets", like visitors maps or chat boxes, or advertisements. To prolong the life of Opera 12, you could start using a decent Content Filtering solution (urlfilter or proxy server like Privoxy) that stops these widgets from being loaded and run.
Java is different from JavaScript. Java is also used for "apps" embedded in web pages, but they tend to be larger, like games of remote control clients (still within the browser). Updating Java will not resolve issue with JavaScript because each browser's specific implementation of it will continue to be used.
But since in your case the slowdown was sudden, and extended beyond one particular site (as long as that site was not running in the background all the time), the issue may lie elsewhere. It could be that a plugin or an extension was installed recently. Extensions also run JavaScript, and can be just as slow as those from webpages. For this reason, an advertisement blocking extension is not recommended (over pure urlfilter, or a proxy). You can see the list of running extensions under Opera -> Extensions -> Manage...
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rseiler last edited by
Try going to any major section of time.com, like here.
That leads you to browser-update.org.
I hope more sites don't start using that. It doesn't even look like a new initiative, based on the datedness of their blog anyway.
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A Former User last edited by
Originally posted by LeoCG:
I would like to know which known security flaw Opera 12.16 has.
None, the website displays the same "you're going to die if you don't upgrade" message regardless of what browser you use to access it.
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rseiler last edited by
Originally posted by rafaelluik:
None, the website displays the same "you're going to die if you don't upgrade" message regardless of what browser you use to access it.
That's not the case here. It doesn't show up in IE11, the latest FF and Chrome, or Opera 15+.
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ornette last edited by
Originally posted by funksoulbro:
Originally posted by Cybe-Rider:
@Ornette - Here's how to fix the Discogs image issue. It's actually a different issue to the one this thread is about. Open this link in a new tab, which is a link to the image that currently won't display for you: -
http://s.pixogs.com/image/R-150-1818681-1246049032.jpeg
It'll say "403 - Forbidden". Right-click anywhere on the screen and choose "Edit Site Preferences...", then click on the Network tab and check the box next to "Send referrer information" and hit OK. Images will now work on Discogs again.
A late thanks for your advice. It works fine now with displaying the images.
But there is still one problem with Opera (12.16) that does not exist with Firefox. Unlike before this image display problem occured, I can no longer save discogs images to the hard drive, as the "Save image ..." context menu is missing. It is present in firefox on the same page.
