[Solved]Disable mute button on Opera tabs?

[taffercharles]

taffercharles last edited by leocg

Anyone know how to disable that exclusively annoying mute button on tabs? I can't find any answer that works. I saw a discussion on 2016, but there's no way they haven't fixed this since, right? I mean, I can Not think of any single time I have used that feature (mostly by accident) and wasn't annoyed by it.
Same way, I can Not think of a time I have actually wanted or needed to use that feature. Most computers or Keyboards have a mute/play button. But I only use it by accident when I'm trying to switch tabs, and instead of switching tabs, I mute them and the only way to unmute them is by Precisely clicking on the same button

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @taffercharles last edited by

@taffercharles What button would be that? Would it be the new sound indicator icon?
If so, I guess you can't disable it.

[distressed-opera-user]

distressed-opera-user @taffercharles last edited by

@taffercharles

I was able to disable the mute button with a flag setting after it appeared with an update like 3 months ago. Can't seem to find that option now, has it been removed?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @distressed-opera-user last edited by

@distressed-opera-user Yes, flags are removed once they are enabled by default om stable channel.

[blodklat]

blodklat @leocg last edited by

@leocg Why do you remove this option for us to choose ourselves if we want that button there or not? What's the point of not letting us choose?

[sgunhouse]

sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer @blodklat last edited by

@blodklat Leo and I are volunteers, we neither remove nor add any features to Opera.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @blodklat last edited by

@blodklat As far as I know, the new static icon is just a replacement for the old, animated, one that was causing issues. You also couldn't disable the old one.

[distressed-opera-user]

distressed-opera-user @leocg last edited by

@leocg It is a straight downgrade for some people, especially those with many tabs open at once. I've also experienced no issues with the old icon, so it's especially annoying that it's gone.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @distressed-opera-user last edited by

@distressed-opera-user To help those who have difficulties in closing tabs and always need to have a lot of them opened, Opera introduced Workspaces, not to mention that there are windows too.

And, of course, the sound indicator messing up with the X button is probably a bug that they will probably fix at some point.

[taffercharles]

taffercharles @leocg last edited by

@leocg I wouldn't be so sure man, I saw a post about this exact same issue back on 2016... 2016!!

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @taffercharles last edited by

@taffercharles How, if the new icon is a month or two old?

[mackopu]

mackopu last edited by

Option to disable muting would be very useful. I mostly click the mute button by accident, and almost never use it intentionally.

[taffercharles]

taffercharles @mackopu last edited by

This is probably one of these things when someone who does nothing made for show, everyone gave him a bravo, lots of pats in the back, everyone congratulated him, and thee end product is just something annoying for every user.

[mackopu]

mackopu @taffercharles last edited by leocg

Well it certainly starting to look that way, and now it is too late to admit the mistake?

But please make it optional.

[mackopu]

mackopu last edited by

By the way, it seems impossible to unmute very condensed tab with this idiotic mute button/option.