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    Why are so many websites suddenly failing on Opera 12?

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    • lando242
      lando242 last edited by

      Websites are upgrading their security and formatting to standards Opera 12 doesn't support. This is something you can't avoid when using a browser that hasn't been updated in 2 years.

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      • ianp5a
        ianp5a last edited by

        Sure but it seems that nothing much changed in the preceding 12 months. But then, over the last 2 weeks, tons of websites have all gone wonky. So I'm wondering if anything specific, in these last 2 weeks, was the cause.

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        • A Former User
          A Former User last edited by

          maybe change was on your comp (new software, changing preferences...deleting cookies/history etc) that affects surfing

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          • ianp5a
            ianp5a last edited by

            This problem is evident on both my Linux and Windows computers.

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            • A Former User
              A Former User last edited by

              I use Opera 12.17 all the time still as my main browser, and I've certainly not noticed a large number of sites suddenly giving problems.
              I fact there are very few sites even now where I have to use another browser (usually Opera Developer).
              Those where I do have to abandon 12.17 are mainly ones where form submission does not work.
              🙂

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              • donq
                donq last edited by

                Sometimes new jQuery version makes load of sites fail on O12 - usually these come slowly back after some jQuery patches. O12 is officially not supported by jQuery, but most of functionality does work so far.

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                • bbildman
                  bbildman last edited by

                  ianp5a, get used to it, Opera 12.17 (which I prefer to O29) is failing...and no fixes will make it right.

                  I have pretty much migrated to O29, and with some extensions and manipulation have managed to a great extent to make O29 as usable as O12.17 was.

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                  • A Former User
                    A Former User last edited by
                    1. Dave rules.

                    2. Opera 11 rules even more*:yes:*

                    Sure but it seems that nothing much changed in the preceding 12 months. But then...

                    It's possible.
                    YouTube upgraded UI rendering or something - it seems, Google+ implemented new features, Facebook started yacking at my old Firefox...

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                    • milkogambia1
                      milkogambia1 last edited by

                      http://www.virtualregatta.com/ is suddenly also not working anymore

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                      • A Former User
                        A Former User last edited by

                        http://www.virtualregatta.com/ is suddenly also not working anymore

                        Not working how? Seems fine to me

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