My father with an antiquated computer says Opera takes ages to load. Since I have a fast computer (24 core with NVME), and have way less stuff on the start page, I've always enjoyed it only taking a second or two to load. But it's getting much slower recently. Is there a way to speed it up? Is it trying to access images to display on the start page thumbnails? Can I disable something to make it quick again? The start page opens instantly if I open a new tab, but it's the initial Opera start that's slow. If I close Opera then open it immediately, it's still slow, so nothing to do with disk access (I have an NVME anyway).

If you do a google search in the address bar, then click one of the links, then press back, Opera goes all the way back to the speed dial instead of the search results.

This seems to happen randomly, although one which always works is: do a search for Peter Hucker. Click the IMDB entry. Now click back.

I'm watching the new Operas on a secondary computer, hoping it gets reverted to the decent old interface, and forcing version 99 to stay on my main computer.

I don't want rounded corners on everything like a Mac, I use a real computer, not a kid's toy. My monitor is LCD, it has square corners. Rounded corners make me think I'm on an 80s CRT TV.

I don't want to have to hover over a tab and then find where the hidden X is.

Is there a way to turn off the new interface changes so I can enjoy any bug fixes etc I'm missing out on?

What is this nonsense you've flung on me without my permission? It's gone all mac like or phone like or something. It doesn't look like a proper browser anymore. There isn't even an X on each tab until I hover over it, and everything's got round corners, what incase I hurt my finger on it? I think I'll choose another browser, goodbye.

@paulrevere

Fixed!

I went into "C:\Users\peter\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable" and emptied all the folders marked cache etc, using treesize to find large folders and folders with many files. Starts up in a tenth of the time now. So just the usual bloat programs don't take care of themselves.

There's no point in these grumbles. Grumble anywhere and your post gets put in here by a moderator without your permission, and they don't even tell you they've done it. It's the cupboard at the end of the hall nobody looks in. The designers have already made their silly design, they won't back down, they worked hard on messing it up. Until one gets fired, Opera is going to be rubbish. Time to leave.

Suddenly this evening, Opera now crashes on every other start. In the task manager I find Opera using one whole CPU core, with no disk access, and no change in the amount of memory in use. I also see "opera crash reporter" running, but nothing is displayed on the screen. If I kill Opera and start it again it works. Then crashes the following time. Is it trying to do an update or something?

EDIT: I've discovered it's actually crashing on EXIT. Hence:

1. Successfull start.
2. Close Opera, I can't see it's still running but crashed.
3. Open Opera, nothing happens.
4. Kill in task manager.
5. Start normally.
6. Goto 2.

EDIT: Version number is 74.0.3911.203
I closed Opera, downloaded it, thinking I might get a newer one that was stuck upgrading, and installed it. No help.
Strangely, when I run Opera, I see "Opera Internet Browser (24)" in the task manager, expanding this, I see the crash reporter running (before it's crashed!) and 23 instances of Opera. Is that normal?

And now Opera 99, which I forced to stop updating to 101, is showing the menu in bright red to annoy me about an update it insists on. This is as bad as Windows Updates.

@burnout426 Thanks!

@cangyuyao said in General Opera One Appearance Feedback Topic:

What's going on with the gaps and spacing all over the interface? Generally a laptop only has a display between 13 to 17 inches. Can we make good use of it?

There's no staff in here to listen. We're talking to a brick wall.

@leocg But what about this chrome enabler? Should we be removing it? Why are there two if they're both built in?

@mixchild I installed a Chrome extension enabler (an extension itself I think) a long time ago, is the problem we now have two of them? Should I uninstall mine? Will I make a bigger mess?

@leocg Latest, on autoupdate. From help, about:

Opera One(version: 111.0.5168.61)
Opera is up to date
Update stream:Stable
System:Windows 11 64-bit
Chromium version:125.0.6422.143

I get the message "Your extension was disabled because it is corrupted." every time I start Opera. I've tried everything but it won't go away, it's the Ruffle extension and I'm fine not using it anymore. I tried:

Repair. Restart Opera. Problem still exists.
Remove. Restart Opera. Problem still exists.
Reinstall. Restart Opera. Problem still exists.
Remove after the reinstall. Restart Opera. Problem still exists.

How do I stop this? Can I delete something manually? The extension will not go away. It's a Chrome extension running under the Chrome extension emulator.

@leocg Whoosh!

@leocg https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/conditions/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-ocd/overview/

@leocg It's not just the Opera account, it's any account with anyone. There's a bug in the browser making webpages think it's a new machine just because the browser got upgraded.

@leocg And here's another bug. After posting this, I'm warned I've had a new machine signing into Opera. No I haven't. It's the same machine with a newer version of Opera. Must I go through this with everything I log into every time Opera upgrades? And giving me the location down to the town is stupid, that's where my ISP is!!

It's amazing the lengths everyone is going to to make everything round, like we'd prick our fingers on the corners or something. I believe it was originally one of Apple's stupid inventions. In Windows, if you try to grab the round corner of any program which isn't maximised, you have to grab it where the square corner would be! A round corner on a car perhaps, for aero dynamics and fuel efficiency, but on a screen? For goodness sake! Even worse when the corners of a phone are rounded so you don't actually get to see the full photo....

20 minutes ago, it was working, now I click a link in an email (to go to a Reddit discussion) and Opera won't load it. It just sits waiting. I tried several other places I use and none worked. But Edge is fine. What could have happened? I closed and reopened Opera to no avail.