@burnout426 --thanks for the quick response. sure would have been nice if they would have at least given us the option to arrange by date. maybe later.

first of all thank you for changing this back to the way it was. are there actually any controls for selecting sorting options or is it just that new bookmarks now go to the top of the page? i haven't been able to find any new controls or options in settings. thanks

leocg---thanks, you're probably right.

actually, i just discovered, as some have mentioned here, that opera 36 can use the chrome pdf viewer and it is available to use via the 'developer tools'section. when i finally got around to checking this, i found that the chrome pdf viewer was disabled, apparently by default since i had not viewed these tools before. i enabled the viewer and magically i can now view pdf files in the opera 36 browser. it doesn't appear to be as feature rich as my main viewer 'pdf-xchange viewer'(great free viewer by the way), but it works fine and is much better than having to switch to another browser or download the file just to look at it. go to menu, more tools, select 'show developer menu'...then go back to menu, developer, and then 'plug ins'. scroll down the page to 'chrome pdf viewer' and click enable. what i can't figure out is why opera didn't have this ENABLED by default!!! it sure would have made things a lot easier, at least for me.

does anyone know if opera intends on fixing this problem of not being able to view pdfs in the browser via other software or plugins? this kind of a big deal for many users.

I'm having the same problem with opera 36 not opening pdf files (blank page)--always worked before--forced to use opera 12.17 or IE explorer 11--both work fine with pdfs
another problem just showed up this evening with making a purchase on costco.com--at check out i could not access country or state menus in filling out address information and previously saved address and payment information was not available or viewable--again, all this worked fine on opera 12.17 and IE 11
as a long time satisfied user of opera this is really disappointing--this new version is a mess for even normal usage

using win 7 pro 64 bit with I7 processor and 16gb ram