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    • A Former User
      A Former User last edited by

      I've been using opera for the past year and have had Facebook Messenger and Whatsapp Messenger in my sidebar. They worked perfectly until a couple of weeks ago when all of a sudden both messengers started lagging heavily. Typing is slow, if I click on something, it takes about 5 seconds for it to finally load/register. Is anyone else experiencing this and if so, is there a fix? I loved having them connected to my browser but it's more of a hassle than a help now.

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      • A Former User
        A Former User last edited by

        Bump
        Been having the same issue as this, but additionally: I've noticed stuttering in regular browsing and especially when watching YouTube. If you right click on the Sidebar and uncheck "Facebook Messenger" it seems to help with the stuttering, but that still begs the question as to why this happens.

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        • avl
          avl Opera last edited by

          Question for both of you: are you using an MBP with Touch Bar?

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          • A Former User
            A Former User @avl last edited by

            @avl Nope; Windows 10 PC.

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            • leocg
              leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

              @hirezolution You are on Opera for Mac forum, maybe you should post on the Opera for Windows section.

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              • A Former User
                A Former User @leocg last edited by

                @leocg Lmao wooops, my bad guys

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                • A Former User
                  A Former User @Guest last edited by A Former User

                  @leocg: Has anyone re-posted this issue in the Opera for Windows forum? Is this a known issue? I’ve been experiencing this in the same timeframe, too.

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                  • leocg
                    leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

                    @kaprikorn26 I don't know but you can check there.

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                    • michaldud
                      michaldud last edited by

                      I have the same problem, 51.0.2830.40 just updated, messenger window on side bar uses >100% cpu when opened even I'm not logged in.

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                      • A Former User
                        A Former User @Guest last edited by

                        @avl: I’m continuing to experience this issue as well with 51.0.2830.55 in Windows 10. Is this a known issue? Other users here are reporting 100% CPU usage for the messenger sidebar window as well.

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                        • A Former User
                          A Former User last edited by

                          Hello.

                          Here is the temporal fix, waiting for an update.

                          Steps :

                          1 - download this : ftp://ftp.opera.com/pub/opera/desktop/51.0.2830.34/win/ (The autoupdate)

                          2 - After the installation, close Opera. Add this to your Shortcut : "--disable-update" (without quots)

                           This should looks like this : "C:\Program Files\Opera\launcher.exe" --disable-update
                          

                          3 - Start Opera. Enjoy 🙂

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                          • A Former User
                            A Former User @Guest last edited by

                            ^^^^^^^^^EDIT ^^^^^^^^^^ (You can delete my previous post, I didn't found the edit button)

                            Steps :

                            1 - Uninstall Opera (do not check the box or you'll lost bookmarks and everything http://prntscr.com/iw18uj ). You'll lost extensions because of the downgrade, so make backup (for Tampermonkey for exemple...)

                            2 - download this : ftp://ftp.opera.com/pub/opera/desktop/51.0.2830.34/win/ (The SETUP x64)

                            3 - Install Opera throught the new file. Then add this to your Shortcut : "--disable-update" (without quots)

                            This should look like this :

                             "C:\Program Files\Opera\launcher.exe" --disable-update
                            

                            4 - Start everytime Opera with the edited shortcut. Otherwise Opera will do updates. Download back your extensions and Voilà 🙂 : http://prntscr.com/iw18kx

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                            • A Former User
                              A Former User @Guest last edited by

                              Thanks so much for the detailed instructions and warnings, @charoki60 —So refreshing to be using a version of Opera that works properly again! It’s quite distressing how much the experience has deteriorated since that release. I hope Opera is taking note of these issues and working to restore this functionality. Thanks once again. Cheers!

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                              • A Former User
                                A Former User @Guest last edited by

                                @charoki60: With this version are you also having issues with Windows 10 failing to associate (not allowing) protocols and file types with Opera (For example: http/s)?

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                                • A Former User
                                  A Former User @Guest last edited by

                                  @charoki60: Are you also noticing that WhatsApp continues to be sluggish in this version? I would have expected it to perform as well as FB Messenger, but somehow it’s still lagging badly for me.

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                                  • A Former User
                                    A Former User @Guest last edited by

                                    @kaprikorn26 Hello ! Unfortunatly the high cpu usages and typing freezes were back the next day even with my "fix" for me 😞 Maybe you should try to downgrade ever more. I'll give a try if I found the motivation lol, it pissed me off

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                                    • A Former User
                                      A Former User last edited by

                                      I found a solution for myself on another site. Running Opera for mac 56.0.3051.52
                                      Turns out the Amazon Honey extension was causing the lag. Disabled the extension....no issue....hope it helps others....was very frustrating.

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