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    • yacup
      yacup last edited by

      What is this?Screen_20201110-154210.png
      yac

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      • web1337
        web1337 last edited by

        I have the same issue, when the sidebar is disabled it appears in the left corner, what is that?

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        • leocg
          leocg Moderator Volunteer @yacup last edited by

          @yacup What it does? I've got one today regarding some (aliexpress?) promotion.

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          • yacup
            yacup last edited by yacup

            when clicked, it restarts opera with addons disabled. (in safe mode?)

            edit:
            creating a new profile solves the problem

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            • bmpte
              bmpte last edited by

              Opera: 73.0.3856.31, beta, windows 7

              When i refresh (and open) new Tab (speed dial page), something strange opening in left side...
              Looks like small window - when i click top-right box then window dismiss, when i click bottom-right box then shows whole window - something like linux console / debug window / etc. but without title:
              wtf1.png
              wtf2.png

              wtf?!

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              • web1337
                web1337 last edited by

                It appears on the sidebar but it cannot be disabled
                Screenshot_20201111_004027.png

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                • snowrill
                  snowrill last edited by

                  Ubuntu 18.04 / Opera 72.0.3815.320

                  Same problem. At first I thought it was caused by some extension so I turned them all off but it didn't help.
                  It resides on sidebar and trying to click close button several times simply closes and restarts the browser. When sidebar is off it just appears on same spot every time I open Speed Dial page and I can simply close it without any errors.

                  I have a theory it has something to do with Aliexpress promo I got couple of days ago, that's when the problem first started. It's 11/11 and this small nuisance of a window refuse to disappear - not a coincidence.

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                  • traws
                    traws last edited by

                    Hello today i got problem with opera. constantly some weird button shows on left side of browser 😃 when i put on it mouse it changes to red and when i click it, it dissapear but after some time get back. Dont know what it is. Tried to turn off extensions but nothing changed. !

                    Zrzut ekranu z 2020-11-11 13-32-00.png

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                    • A Former User
                      A Former User last edited by A Former User

                      I've gotten to receive a new louse in my Sidebar. Similar to the first one described in this post:
                      https://forums.opera.com/topic/44911/aliexpress-promotion-in-sidebar-and-start-page/12

                      It appears from time to time then vanishes. It does open nothing and does have no attached switches. When pressed it crashes two window Opera fully.

                      It appears in the same position of Sidebar as Aliexpress Louse.

                      I'm pissed off really. The issue suggests Opera has a backdoor in code. It does not imply that Opera Team is testing or is malicious intentionally. It might be interaction between new versions of Opera Dev and IceWM (X Window system) I use in Debian.

                      ssox_1729.png.png

                      I'm not of fond of any lice in Sidebar. Some are saying they are going to jump on other browser's platform, but I will try to be patient and be nice guy which will wait for real explanation from Opera developers. I can't understand why they are hushed up on this issue. But my patience has its limit. One source claimed Opera has 0.6% market share. BTW What is the max upper threshold of statistical noise? At 0.3%?

                      Latest prove, 1 min after sending this post.
                      ssox_1801.png.png

                      OpSys: Debian GNU/Linux Bullseye + IceWM
                      CPU: Intel Pentium G645 @ 2.90GHz
                      Memory: 8119 MB (5584 MB used)
                      Opera: 74.0.3870.0 Developer - 2 windows with 7 Workspaces each
                      Monitor: CRT 1600x1200
                      Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 2 GB DRAM
                      NV Driver: 455.38 (Nvidia compilation, not Debian files)

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                      • snowrill
                        snowrill last edited by

                        Aaand I was right, it's aliexpress. 😑
                        Снимок экрана_2020-11-11_17-19-07.png
                        I turned off every single ad-related thing I can in this browser and still got this. You know what? Back to FF I go. 😠

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                        • snowrill
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                          • traws
                            traws last edited by

                            really no solution? -.^

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                            • leocg
                              leocg Moderator Volunteer @traws last edited by

                              @traws Solution for? I clicked on it, a panel opened, i clicked on the three dots and then on Never Show Again and it seem to have worked.

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                              • traws
                                traws @leocg last edited by

                                @leocg Zrzut ekranu z 2020-11-12 17-16-59.png dont have three dots from that shit 😃 only three dots from side panel but all is turned off and this shit still shows up

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                                • leocg
                                  leocg Moderator Volunteer @traws last edited by

                                  @traws Seems different from the one I got.

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                                  • traws
                                    traws @leocg last edited by

                                    @leocg ye its only clear frame except that little blue on top xD

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