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    [Compilation] Discussions on the Opera GX start/splash screen

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    • Greeceball
      Greeceball @tomhan last edited by

      @tomhan i can't find the opera gx option and it only shows opera software, not gx

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      • KenDoStudios
        KenDoStudios last edited by

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        who is this guy? why do i keep seeing him! i dont want it to.

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        • Baraz-gamer
          Baraz-gamer @memeem last edited by

          @memeem It has been fixed now, about 20 hours later, which is pretty good, because there is a collective process behind updates.

          Mistakes were made for sure. Many Humans work on this ; it happens.

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          • nikosama
            nikosama last edited by

            Well, this is annoying af.

            There is a video on how to remove this in case someone is wondering.

            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8KcH3imE_k

            Thanks GX team !

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            • maxiy
              maxiy @Baraz-gamer last edited by

              @baraz-gamer "Mistakes were made" nah man whatever team thought of this should be fired and whoever agreed on this to be released should never touch a computer in his/her life . this was the DUMBEST idea a human thought of doing to a browser that used by a lot of people in different of professions.
              the sad thing is even if you disable it it will still play and annoy the fk out of you .
              imagen you're in the middle of work and you had to search for something this fker comes and scream at you WTF how did this even got out of the idea box ? is this one of those every idea is a good idea ? cuz trust me a lot of people stopped using your shitty browser cuz of that stunt .

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              • rastanz
                rastanz last edited by rastanz

                Yep, apart from the usual crashes and freezes that presents itself with every update of Opera GX (like clockwork), your added Eric Andre splash intro is annoying as fuck.

                Like many have suggested here, I also deleted the startup exe from the install folder to be rid of that screaming dickhead.

                Why OPERA devs? If your intention was to have all your supporters jump ship to another browser simply because you think this stupid prank was funny then you probably succeeded.

                Dumb ass move.

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                • duncanm
                  duncanm last edited by

                  It's back to the normal splash screen but it still can't be disabled in settings, I have it set to not show the splash screen and it's still doing it every time. So it's either delete the .exe repeatedly or move on, maybe to regular Opera.

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                  • Warfrost
                    Warfrost last edited by

                    Update- logged on today, opened Opera GX and the screeching demon is gone! Thank you, Opera GX for responding so quickly! For the peace of the kingdom!

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                    • Elijah35397
                      Elijah35397 last edited by

                      There's a lot of people on strange websites like, Reddit. Shudder. Who are ticked off about the Eric Andre intro.

                      Well, forget 'em. That was the hardest Ive laughed in months. Is there an option to toggle it back on? If not that please please needs to be a feature.

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                      • Davoda1
                        Davoda1 @duncanm last edited by

                        @duncanm I could disable it and it's working (at least for me)
                        Go to settings and look for "splash screen on startup"

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                        • duncanm
                          duncanm @Davoda1 last edited by

                          @davoda1 I tried that, didn't work, had to delete the .exe.

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                          • Davoda1
                            Davoda1 @duncanm last edited by

                            @duncanm Even after the update that came out today? That is interesting, and I don't know why; but today Opera changed the splash screen back to what it used to be. Anyway, deleting the executable will ultimately disable the feature irrelevant of settings.

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                            • Hellxsh
                              Hellxsh @panosvag10 last edited by

                              @panosvag10 i did

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                              • chawke
                                chawke @WaldoAwesome last edited by leocg

                                The Eric Andre startup sounds insane. Almost like a sabotage attempt on the browser. Fortunately I'm using the regular Opera, not GX. But unfortunately the splash screen is also time-wasting.

                                Startup speed is still an important factor for browser user-friendliness. Now pretty much every other time I open Opera there is unnecessary waiting time tacked on thanks to the splash screen.

                                Firefox also has a similar issue. They roll out a lot of updates, that apply when the browser is opened. But at least those automatic updates do something (not just a splash screen) and can be easily disabled.

                                The reason I use these different browsers is that I use each browser for different purposes -- e.g. I'm signed into different Google accounts on each, so it's easier to keep track of things. But to circumvent this, I can also just use different profiles on Chrome or another browser that still take startup speed seriously. So if I don't find a fix for this soon maybe that's what I'll start doing.

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                                • chawke
                                  chawke last edited by

                                  Sigh... the splash screen is still there. Going to have to start migrating my Opera tasks to another browser.

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                                  • Warfrost
                                    Warfrost @chawke last edited by

                                    @chawke I found this from a Reddit post about the splash screen- you might try it:

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                                    don't know if you still having the issue but I made a script that automatically deletes the opera splash screen whenever you open the app from the windows taskbar or windows start menu

                                    since it deletes the opera_gx_splash file when opening the browser you don't need to disable updates or delete the splash file manually.

                                    I have been testing it for a while and it's been working without issues for me so far

                                    https://github.com/YoruAlptraum/no-splash-opera-gx

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                                    • chawke
                                      chawke @Warfrost last edited by

                                      @warfrost Thanks, I'll check it out.

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                                      • MPM5YT
                                        MPM5YT last edited by

                                        its the new update and you cant disable it

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                                        • Ben-0001
                                          Ben-0001 last edited by

                                          When I open Opera GX, the splash screen displays like this. I don't know why or is it an update? The whole browser is in pink and can someone help?Screenshot 2024-11-20 at 21.15.04.png

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                                          • leocg
                                            leocg Moderator Volunteer @Ben-0001 last edited by

                                            @Ben-0001 What version of Opera GX? You can check in opera://about.

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