General Opera GX Feedback Topic V2

[Proseidon]

Proseidon last edited by

Pls stop adding advertisement into my quick selection tiles. It anoys me so much!

[protogamer]

protogamer last edited by

I dont like the changes made to the miniplayer for videos and im conflicted on the new search bar results list, maybe make an option to make things like tabs and the miniplayer to be like before but i do like the extended and improved modding support. but either rollback the general opera gx aesthetic to the previous update or give us an option to make either some aspects or all aspects of the browser feel like before.

[big-obrien23]

big-obrien23 last edited by

only used opera for a few days absolutely loving it the only thing i could see being added is to be able to put all the background music into a playlist so you don't have to manually change the music or even just a side bar feature to change the music quickly because having one on repeat can be a bit boring and going into the mods menu can be long but overall feed back is 9/10 experience

[DeAverageTurt]

DeAverageTurt last edited by

I've had lots of fun with GX mods, but the keyboard sounds needs a small upgrade: When holding down a key, it should spam the keyboard sounds too (for fun). Also, this should be toggleable for those browser gamers.

[super3090]

super3090 last edited by

Hi, i just want the function of "tabs islands" on Opera GX, as it is on Opera One, that's all

[Lorenzo-menso]

Lorenzo-menso last edited by

This web browser is the best I've ever seen

[LKvM]

LKvM last edited by

It actually used to be good.
Then they started removing features, dumbed them down into being useless, or added things I can't imagine people actually want.

Though my primary issues are the removed capability to use multiple letters as a Workspace icon (ie: Instead of using a book, you could use AC, DJ, EL, etc. etc. etc.), tabs being removed from their workspaces and into the "first" or "main" workspace (So you have to manually select and move them back), and the constant crashes when the Browser tries to sync "significant" changes to bookmarks from a linked device.

It has no issue syncing from a fresh startup. Only has an issue after the fact, when I try to sync maybe 100 bookmark changes all at once.
I actually had to completely reinstall the browser once because of this issue, and almost had to do it again just a bit earlier because of the same issue.

The first time it crashed almost 50 times in a row, around 2-4 every time I opened the browser. Which I did multiple times. Then I just gave up, and resigned myself to logging into my sites again after reinstalling.
This happened again a bit earlier, but only managed maybe 10-13 crashes. I stopped paying attention after 8 as I tried to bookmark some tabs I hadn't saved and wouldn't remember the names of, but it continued crashing for a little longer.

This was never an issue a few years back, and only in recent times (2024 onwards). Which is after the browser started getting worse.
Thankfully, I backup my bookmarks habitually, and have already migrated the vast majority of my things to Firefox. Far better browser overall, the only downside being no workspaces, which is the ONLY reason I continue to use Opera. Other than the fact I refuse to touch Edge (For longer than absolutely necessary, which is the length of time I need to download Firefox), which has a workspace-equivalent.

Beyond those personal issues, there's the fact it has never, and likely will never, succeeded at syncing opened tabs, settings, even if they were selected.
The only thing it has ever managed to Sync is Extensions (Doesn't matter much unless you use a TON), Bookmarks (Which also doesn't matter if you export them like you should be), History (Useful I guess?), and maybe Passwords, though I haven't had a password saved on a browser in years, so can't comment on whether that still works.

Opera used to be good. Maybe it's just GX that has gone down the drain, but the standard version had changes a while back that I also really didn't like, which is why I dropped it.
Now, Opera's kinda like that one creepy uncle/cousin that nobody wants to talk to, but kinda have to because they're convenient for certain things.

If anyone has a browser with a workspace-equivalent that isn't MS Edge, or a hot steaming pile of garbage, feel free to drop it here.
Or don't, because this post will probably be deleted by moderators since it doesn't bend over backwards praising Opera.
Wouldn't be the first time I've seen a post get deleted because someone told me to use something other than Opera if I'm having issues with it.

I honest am getting sick and tired of the issues I have with the browser. I know not everyone will agree with me, or even experience the same issues (Though the tabs moving seems to be consistent across 2 different devices). I'm just "hanging on" in the hopes it'll start improving again. Or simply stop getting worse, while I hope for a replacement browser, while not knowing what in the hell I should be searching for to find one.

[6m53v]

6m53v Banned @leocg last edited by

@leocg Opera GX has been improving consistently, and I appreciate the effort put into making it a top-tier gaming browser. Features like GX Control, RAM & CPU limiter, and the customizable UI truly set it apart. However, it would be great to see further optimization for resource usage and better integration with streaming platforms like Twitch and Discord. Keep up the great work!

[Valoraxe]

Valoraxe last edited by

Something I would really like to see is an alarm clock, timer, and stopewatch option for the sidebar .
Kinda nitpicky but, another thing is that the adblocker and block trackers option should have seperate buttons in the address bar instead of being joint so u can turn them off or on with a quick click instead of having to hover over the option.
The settings menu should also be opened in the sidebar , as of rn it is really annoying to have to open it in a seperate window .
Another way to fix the settings menu is to replace the easy setup option. The "Easy Setup" isnt used much after you are done setting up for the first time so an option to turn it into a proper settings option along with an option to search in it would be appreciated.
Lastly whenever the zoom is at the normal 100 % the zoom option in the address bar disappears, this is annoying when the plus minus keys dont work in that particular site, so there should be an option to pin the zoom button to never disappear even when the zoom is at 100%.

[oryx23116]

oryx23116 Banned last edited by

I downloaded this browser some months ago, and I think it's time I bust out the megaphone and start harping, because if I don't, I'll end up just losing my patience and going back to another browser.

First, let's start by noting that the functionality of the browser is fine. It works. But beyond "it works", it really does get on my nerves. I'll try to itemize the issues I've been having. Maybe I'm just being picky, or maybe I'm onto something. Who knows.

The app integration is very bad. Twitter, Instagram, TikTok -- they all work worse than the typical browser controls, which are already miles behind the actual mobile apps. Taking something that already kinda doesn't work great and making a more brokener version seems like a curious step.

The password manager gets confused way more often than I ever remembered my past browsers when trying to auto-fill sign in fields. It's a wild ride, for sure, clicking on what seems to be a pre-filled log-in only to be told that it's the wrong password because the password manager input the wrong credentials! How does that even happen!

This one is getting under my skin, but if you pause a YouTube video and then switch to another tab, switching back can cause the whole page to refresh, forcing the video to restart from the beginning.

Websites that would never log me out automatically on past browsers, now need to be logged back in regularly. I double checked with my Firefox browser to see if those sites just started implementing a policy of logging out users between sessions, and nope - it's an Opera issue.

This one is annoying me the most, and it's the GX Corner specifically. See, you can customize what is displayed on that page. You get sections that advertise games, list upcoming titles, and show off sales and such, as well as specialty sections that show video content or some other intrusive thing, and then lastly is the news feed. Well, I set the page to show nothing but the upcoming list and the news feed... except that every few days, Opera updates itself, rotates the list of sections, and auto-enables new sections -- forcing me to go into the settings every few days and uncheck them so they don't show up. This is intrusive and wastes my time and bandwidth. Having a list of upcoming game titles is not worth the endless invasive advertising campaigns.

The gaming news feed has entirely vanished. Now, the only remaining reason to stick with Opera appears to have been removed.

The entire GX Corner doesn't even work on iOS. You just get a blank page. I am not sure if this is a bug or a feature.

As you can imagine, I'm starting to wonder whether these problems are going to be addressed, or whether I'm better off returning to the eternal hunt for a decent browser.

[herring4958]

herring4958 Banned last edited by

Have had this browser since early 2022 and I was really happy with it. Used to be able to have up to 300 tabs (mostly youtube videos and pdfs, too) and there would be literally no problem. Now I can't even open 50 without it hogging up a lot of RAM or having very annoying CPU peaks that lag everything else and make the computer audible (something that never, ever happened)
It's even worse because it crashed as I was typing up this post and had to start from 0. Now I can't even open the whatsapp side tab without it telling me it has "run out of memory"
Don't really want to go back to chrome, I love being able to have the tab folder thingies on the side bar (idk what they are called in english, but you know what I mean), but it's working like shit.