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    • iconx7
      iconx7 last edited by

      They don't know how to duplicate it? Load a Youtube video into a new window and click pause.. now minimize it as if you intend to watch it later. It will keep popping up no matter how many times you minimize the window. Sometimes takes a few minutes, sometimes an hour or longer but every time I return to my desk that window is front and center. It's like playing whack a mole.

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      • sparky132
        sparky132 @JasonGr last edited by

        @jasongr Same here. Version 100.0.4815.47. When a background tab refreshes itself Opera is bringing that tab to the foreground. Please fix.

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        • ilisiaraul
          ilisiaraul last edited by

          Please find a fix

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          • Northsider
            Northsider last edited by

            This doesn't look like it's a bug necessarily but a horrible design decision. Either way, it needs to be fixed because it makes the browser unusable to people who like to open links in the background. For instance, if I read a Wikipedia article, I often open links in the background so I can read them next when I finish reading what I have open now. That does not work now because as long as a new page is loading, I am not allowed to read the original one.

            It is a disaster that the user is not allowed to control what page they want to be on. Imagine a streaming service was interrupting you watching a movie by switching over to some TV show every few minutes.

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            • Daftshadow
              Daftshadow last edited by

              There have been Opera updates since and still this is not fixed!! Omg is so annoying. Think I'm going to switch to another browser temporary.

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              • elljay23
                elljay23 last edited by

                I agree this is a complete pain in the @$%! 🙂

                CPU utilisation also seems to run high if I've got windows open with meta refresh tags. I can make CPU go back down if I close / hold "ESC" on the auto refreshing tabs to stop their refresh cycle.

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                • taffercharles
                  taffercharles @Northsider last edited by

                  @northsider Yeah I got a feeling it isn't so much a glitch but opera just wants this to slide under the radar. Probably some mid supervisor got congratulated and patted in the back for this %#&# idea of his.

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                  • leocg
                    leocg Moderator Volunteer @taffercharles last edited by

                    @taffercharles It's a bug.

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                    • elljay23
                      elljay23 @leocg last edited by

                      @leocg Thanks for confirming! 🙂

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                      • elljay23
                        elljay23 @elljay23 last edited by

                        Happy to say the latest release has fixed this issue!

                        The very tacky animated "O" is still there on startup, but this one's fixed... 😛 😂

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                        • Barrypraise73
                          Barrypraise73 @elljay23 last edited by

                          @elljay23 Thanks for all

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                          • deurotelle
                            deurotelle last edited by leocg

                            I tried for a week to fix this ; updated, went on a rabbithole search into obscure settings...Nope. i finally fixed it- I made Brave my default browser.

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                            • A Former User
                              A Former User @deurotelle last edited by

                              @deurotelle

                              That post is like calling your ex to tell her you are over her.

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                              • elljay23
                                elljay23 @Guest last edited by

                                @vegelund Yup, "cancel culture" at its best! Maybe once Brave has a problem they'll work their way around all the other browsers until they all have problems and eventually come back to Opera! 🤦🏻♂ 😁

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                                • franta99
                                  franta99 last edited by

                                  Please fix, it is annoying 😞

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                                  • Northsider
                                    Northsider @franta99 last edited by

                                    @franta99 It is fixed. Go to your main menu and, check Update & Recovery or the equivalent in your language and check for updates. It is a bit buggy, so you may have to restart once manually, go back to Update & Recovery, and then restart again from a button that appears.

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                                    • Northsider
                                      Northsider @deurotelle last edited by

                                      @deurotelle Thank you for the recommendation. I just downloaded it and will soon give it a go.

                                      Opera has lost a lot of credibility now by force updating something this big apparently without proper testing and dogfooding. Did anyone use this browser at all before release? And the sheer arrogance of decisions like taking away the home button (bothers me continuously) and introducing that horrible sound effect. I am glad I wasn't wearing my headset just now because I could hear it loud even though the headset lies on the desk.

                                      If you have a monopoly on certain things like Microsoft, then messing with your users by changing everything for no reason and making them lose productivity by making them figure out how to do things they already learned to do several times is okay. But browsers aren't the same.

                                      But great to hear they fixed that problem that should have never shipped unless it only affected a small segment of the users.

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                                      • deurotelle
                                        deurotelle @Guest last edited by

                                        @vegelund Except I didn't bother to call her.....

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                                        • A Former User
                                          A Former User @deurotelle last edited by

                                          @deurotelle

                                          Now you are hanging around her place. We thought you moved on.

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                                          • deurotelle
                                            deurotelle @Northsider last edited by

                                            @northsider After a couple of days, I like Brave as well as I used to like Opera- one issue is clearing cache is more than one menu, but I figured it out- you have to hit the three-dashes on the far left and go down to 'more tools' or remember it's control+shift+delete to open it.

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