Introducing Opera 102
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stolis last edited by stolis
@rick2 said in Introducing Opera 102:
Disabling auto-update will only make people keep using old, vulnerable, outdated versions of the browser, which could be even worse than this.
There's nothing wrong using an "older" version if it works fine without creating problems on your browsing. Most of opera updates are about bug fixes or perhaps new features implementation which some people may not like or find them unnecessary. I've also seen many times, bugs been fixed to reappear. Let's not talk about how long it takes them to update chromium.
I'm using more than five browsers and besides opera, all have the decency to inform me about the existence of new versions or updates letting me decide moving or not on installing them.
This way I can check what's new, have all the time to backup my profile in case something goes wrong and been able to restore it much sooner instead of spending time to setup everything from the beginning.
That's why an option been able to disable auto-updates or at least let me decide what to do with them is essential. Something that opera refuses to offer to it's users and finally we all show the results of this kind of policy they insist on following for so long. Still trying to understand what's the logic behind it, denying something that obvious.
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sklunk last edited by
@hectormaciasa1979 said:
@gmiazga: I use Opera in three different computers, Laptop, Work and Home and it happened in all of them. The same exact problem.
Also I hope you take this opportunity to finally fix the old problem in your installer, I get the offline installer and many times it starts downloading I don't know WTF is it downloading and ends up in error after I force close it, than run again.
I've reported this for years, has happened since at least 2016 or 2015. Windows 10 and 11.
Another user with this same problem. As I said previously I am behind a firewall so have been using the offline installers since around 2006. Over the last couple of years I have experienced this same "hangup" with the installer. I usually cancel it through Task Manager then restart the install and all goes well so I've learned to just live with it ....
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ajs4opera last edited by ajs4opera
@stolis I couldn't agree more! Users should have the choice, which virtually every other program, let alone browser, offers.
I seem to have gotten lucky this morning, or at least Opera finally came through with suspension of the 102 update, since I have my tab islands as I left them last night, and the rolled-back version still operating. I hope it stays that way.
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sklunk last edited by
Any update on the progress? It's been 4 days since you posted that you were trying to recreate the issue with a "fake" profile.
@paul-durham may be onto something with the time it takes. I can't remember if I clicked on Opera again during the 102 install, but it's possible I did and maybe that made it treat me like a new account. Is there a definite group of people who waited the entire time for the install to finish automatically and ALL of them had the profile migration work correctly? -
sklunk last edited by sklunk
Well I just noticed a newer version 102.0.4880.29 on the ftp and offliner installer sites (timestamped 29-Aug-2023 13:41).
Who wants to be a guinea pig???
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spike666 last edited by@sklunk I did it, everything is fine. Restarted Opera twice and my computer (Mac) once just to see that it was all there. I wasn't too worried, despite what some people say, the old profile is there even with the older 102 update. I did save all the profile stuff fresh just in case.
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A Former User last edited by A Former User
@spike666 So did I just a moment before. There's no loss and no issue as it wasn't with the update to 102 before as well.
I really regret what happened to those that are rightly complaining as it seems. But there seem to be at least a silent minority or even majority that's fine. So am I.
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sklunk last edited by leocg
WooHoo - it seems to work!
I installed 102.0.4880.29 over top of 101.0.4853.58 without any problems. It moved all my data and everything works. You still get the silly "O" splash screen and noise, but you can disable that by deleting the "opera_gx_splash.exe" file (but you need to do this every time Opera updates).
Disclaimer -- As I have posted before, I am behind a firewall and use the offline installer. This is what worked for me. I have not tried Opera autoupdate so I don't know if that works or not.
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kmara last edited by
@paul-durham Yes, lesson learned here, I will also export with each new set of research. Thanks again Paul.
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letkin last edited by
Lost all my tabs and history, etc., in the update. How do I initiate the "rollback" noted in another post to try and get them back?
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Bitul83 last edited by
Devs finally fixed the annoying issue on version 102.0.4880.16, I installed version 102.0.4880.29 manually over the older version 101.0.4843.58. Thanks a lot for the fix
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xb70 last edited by
102....16 was bad, 102....29 was good, anyone on 102....33? I am reluctant to install it, without folks weighing in on it.
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winblood last edited by
Is it just me or after some time of use, Opera slows down to a crawl, have to restart it...
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xb70 last edited by xb70
Okay, I installed 102....33 on one computer--win 10-64, fully updated, FWIW. Seems fine. I examined every last setting, out of curiosity, and tweaked a few, basically locking the browser down. I did not test response time, however. But that computer is pretty old and slow, so it would only be relative to previous use. More later, after trying it on "the more important" Win 10-64 computer in the household. No sync issues.
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