White screen 'flashbang' when opening pages

[cratte]

cratte @leocg last edited by leocg

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

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @cratte last edited by

@cratte Watch your language

[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

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @cratte last edited by

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

[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

[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.

[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...

[st4zik]

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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.

[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

[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.

[Dada5K]

Dada5K last edited by

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

[IAmAMemer]

IAmAMemer @Dada5K last edited by

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

[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,

[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...?

[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?

[andrew84]

andrew84 @jenabaivab last edited by

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

[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.

[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!

[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!