My cursor keeps flashing back and forth between its default and loading state, flashing the loading icon about 8-12 times a second, even though pages are fully loaded and as far as I can tell, Opera isn't attempting to do anything else in the background. (This only happens while Opera is open so I'm certain it has something to do with it and not any other application in the background). It's persistent the entire time I'm using Opera and doesn't resolve itself until I close the browser.

In addition, Opera seems to be taking up way more memory in use immediately after launch now. Around 350mb with only one tab open (this forum post submission), and pages are loading far slower than they did prior to this issue.

I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling to no avail, please let me know if there are any more methods to attempt or if this is a known bug.

Now, after a Windows update, Opera isn't loading (to speed dial) at all. The window consists of a blank white screen and the same flickering cursor and spike in memory usage. Reinstalling had no change this time either.

I'm encountering a similar issue, see this post for more info:

https://forums.opera.com/post/124894

Some users suggest enabling/disabling hardware acceleration, if you can get past the blank screen anyways. Please update if you find a solution that works for you.

I'm almost certain I left HA enabled prior to the latest update.

Clearly if this is a bug, it's not exclusive to me either, given the other instances brought up in this thread.

For lack of any recent updates or accessible workarounds, I've gone over to Firefox for time being.

Is there any way to turn hardware acceleration on outside of the browser window? I currently can't launch Opera at all, or at least get past the resulting white screen when I try.

Attempted to check hardware acceleration, but after a complete clean uninstall and reinstall from an offline package, Opera won't even start.

A blank window is loaded before the process stalls at around ~30-50mb memory usage, along with the original flickering cursor problem.

Now, after a Windows update, Opera isn't loading (to speed dial) at all. The window consists of a blank white screen and the same flickering cursor and spike in memory usage. Reinstalling had no change this time either.

My cursor keeps flashing back and forth between its default and loading state, flashing the loading icon about 8-12 times a second, even though pages are fully loaded and as far as I can tell, Opera isn't attempting to do anything else in the background. (This only happens while Opera is open so I'm certain it has something to do with it and not any other application in the background). It's persistent the entire time I'm using Opera and doesn't resolve itself until I close the browser.

In addition, Opera seems to be taking up way more memory in use immediately after launch now. Around 350mb with only one tab open (this forum post submission), and pages are loading far slower than they did prior to this issue.

I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling to no avail, please let me know if there are any more methods to attempt or if this is a known bug.