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    • cratte
      cratte @leocg last edited by leocg

      @leocg yes, i know its age personally, but now i get f.. up of it 😉

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      • leocg
        leocg Moderator Volunteer @cratte last edited by

        @cratte Watch your language

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        • cratte
          cratte last edited by

          hi.
          Perhaps a solution here, because Opera is using the Blink engine from Google's Chrome browser.

          Chrome Browser: Turn hardware acceleration OFF?

          "Chrome launches with the white screen?"
          https://windowsreport.com/chrome-white-screen/#:~:text=Some users have confirmed that,in the snapshot directly below.

          go to:
          opera://settings/?search=hardware

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          • leocg
            leocg Moderator Volunteer @cratte last edited by

            @cratte Disabling hardware acceleration may have consequences worse than the white flashing, I guess.

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            • andrew84
              andrew84 last edited by andrew84

              In the latest Beta and Dev they applied a 'fix' (DNA-88299 White flashes when opening bookmark on startpage) that removes the white flashbangs.
              But Instead of the white flashbang I have colorful one now (color depends on currently active wallpaper). I can't call it as 'fix', a colored flash is even worse.
              https://forums.opera.com/post/224199

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              • cesedy
                cesedy last edited by cesedy

                Just wanted to note - I had the same white flashes, when a new page loaded. But, then I opened "about:blank" page, then that page changed color to dark, and now opening new pages there are no more white flashes.

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                • Veygard
                  Veygard last edited by

                  Have same problem with white flashes. Not only when open new page, but also when i close tab and it loading old one. Video: https://youtu.be/e5sRlVwvQDE
                  Its rly annoing thing in dark mode. Hope we find how to change it.

                  Its wierd we dont have option to change color of background.

                  Today i installed opera gx and loved it so far, but this flashes...

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                  • st4zik
                    st4zik last edited by This post is deleted!
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                    • sgunhouse
                      sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                      Don't yell at us! This is a user forum, it is unlikely the developers will even see your post here.

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                      • Veygard
                        Veygard @sgunhouse last edited by Veygard

                        @sgunhouse so you telling us that forums.opera.com - is users forum and not official site? Where that we can find devs and tell about our pain? Cuz I know what feel this man! This white things rly annoying. And we dont have any respond for 8 month

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                        • leocg
                          leocg Moderator Volunteer @Veygard last edited by

                          @Veygard It's official Opera page but it's mainly a place for users to try to help each other.

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                          • Dada5K
                            Dada5K last edited by

                            Any solution yet? Still having the same problem and it's super annoying.

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                            • IAmAMemer
                              IAmAMemer @Dada5K last edited by

                              @dada5k Nope, I'm still having the problem as well. The developers should have fixed this by now.

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                              • jaswantwe
                                jaswantwe @cratte last edited by

                                @cratte said in White screen 'flashbang' when opening pages:

                                hi.
                                Perhaps a solution here, because Opera is using the Blink engine from Google's Chrome browser.

                                Chrome Browser: Turn hardware acceleration OFF?

                                "Chrome launches with the white screen?"
                                https://windowsreport.com/chrome-white-screen/#:~:text=Some users have confirmed that,in the snapshot directly below.

                                go to:
                                opera://settings/?search=hardware

                                Disabling hardware acceleration may have consequences worse than the white flashing,

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                                • gchavez
                                  gchavez last edited by

                                  Well, I really love the project and the concept, but this whole white flashbang I get every single time I open a tab or website is too much... How is it that the devs do not browse the forums? Does PewDiePie need to say something for them to listen...?

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                                  • jenabaivab
                                    jenabaivab @gchavez last edited by

                                    @gchavez i have completely given up on this problems and devs in general. If it's really a chromium issue, how is it that other browsers don't have this problem?
                                    I switched to edge months ago, and let me tell you it's far better. No annoying major bugs, instant response to complaints. This issue has been open for so long, no response from devs yet and no fixes. What else is there to do?

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                                    • andrew84
                                      andrew84 @jenabaivab last edited by

                                      @jenabaivab all browsers (on chromium) have this. But each browser can have different workarounds for that.

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                                      • jenabaivab
                                        jenabaivab @andrew84 last edited by

                                        @andrew84 I have tested Chrome, Edge, and Vivaldi. Even if chromium has this problem, every single chromium browser has managed to fix it for their respective audience, except Opera. Now I hear they don't even read the forums. No wonder nothing gets fixed.

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                                        • mppfiles
                                          mppfiles last edited by leocg

                                          I have the very same problem, Opera 77.0.4054.146 on Linux Mint Cinnamon 20.1. Dark Reader extension.
                                          In my case, the problem is easy to reproduce: just type about:blank and Bam, white flash. The same thing happens with about:gpu, but that's another story.
                                          Please notice that about:blank is pretty common in web browsing, some websites trigger them in anchors with target:"_blank" or with pure javascript (window.open). The second method seems not to be affected with the bug.
                                          I can reproduce the issue with a simple html file containing something like:

                                          <a href="https://google.com" target="_blank">Open site in another tab (target attr)</a><br>
                                          

                                          Hope this helps anyone!

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                                          • mppfiles
                                            mppfiles last edited by mppfiles

                                            I just filled a bug report with this info, hopefully it will be helpful to opera devs... I will share any update on the subject. Hope it's fixed soon!

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