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This is the first version of Opera in a few months where I can reliably make calls on Google Meet without it crashing the browser. I'm in a long-distance relationship, so being able to sustain a Google Meet call is necessary for a browser to be usable for me. Thank you so much for correcting that issue and making the browser as stable and reliable as I had known it to be.
@kshitizreturns complained, yes; solution, no. I'm using different browsers, and keeping an eye out for if/when these recent issues with Opera get resolved.
@AnChill said in Do amazing things with tabs in Opera browser – split, trace, and decorate:
@annoyed-at-updates: if you move tabs to an additional window just to create a split screen there's a chance of losing every open tab you had open. Power goes out, you close the "main" window without previously closing the temporary one, and now everything is gone. If there are tabs you haven't opened in a while they might not even show up in history for the last time you opened the browser. As for drag & separate - just release the tab above the address bar area, it's really not that hard to figure it out
Two thoughts:
1 - I didn't state it in this thread, but my main complaint with this new tab-splitting feature in Opera is that it's introduced a new instability into the browser that wasn't there before. Ever since Opera introduced this feature, now any attempt to move or manipulate a tab with a Google Meet call immediately crashes the browser.
2 - We just have different experiences. I'm not sure how to account for that, I just know that my experience isn't the same as yours in a couple ways that are relevant:
-Releasing the tab above the address bar, like you suggested, has only worked for me if I turn off the split tabs feature in Opera.
-I've never had a situation where I visited a site, and it didn't show up on my history unless I specific set up the browser not to include it in my history - and I've never had a site removed from my history simply by dragging a tab or splitting the screen, etc. In other words, if I've ever had my computer go out for whatever reason while using two windows on split screen, I've always been able to restore my session by identifying the sites I was on as separate entries in my history.
@besik33 I appreciate that suggestion! I personally stay away from mouse gestures, because they're too easy to trigger inadvertently when I don't want them - but they're a good option to have available to turn on or turn off, depending on how precise you are with your motions and/or how precise/reliable your pad is.
I find the browser now crashes any time I try to move a tab where I'm on a Google Meet call.
This is a recent issue, and based on versions that work better for me, I believe this is related to Opera's implementation of screen splitting - which is frustrating, because I can already implement that function with WINDOWS + arrow keys anyway, so the new feature on Opera doesn't add any new functionality. The new feature does, however, add new problems.
Older versions of the browser, which pre-date this new feature, are working fine. However, Opera is not allowing me to continue to use older versions, instead requiring me to auto-update to the new version immediately. I would be happy to use the older functional version if there were a way for me to get permission to do so.
If you want a split screen with multiple windows, all you have to do is hit Windows + (arrow key). Eg if you want one window on left and another window on right, Windows + L arrow for one window and Windows + R arrow for the other. That way is so much simpler than this new feature, and the new feature makes the browser unusable for when I want to drag & separate tabs.
I miskeyed a URL. Now, any time I want to go to that URL, Opera always & only suggests the miskeyed URL.
It used to be that I could click on the X next to a URL on the search bar to remove a suggestion.
But I guess the feature was working too well, because now it's not there anymore.
Y'all keep finding the weirdest things to eff around with instead of just leaving them alone.
As it is, the default split screen feature makes the new, updated Opera almost unusable until changing the flag to disable split screen. There's a number of situations where I just want to separate tabs into two separate windows - and split screen takes that option away from me.
The split screen option would be so much more practical, and far less disruptive, if you could split screen by right-click dragging - while typical tab moving/dragging etc would remain on left-click.
Of course, it doesn't even matter if it's left click/right click. What matters is, split screen needs to have some distinct trigger - a hot key? a key combination? etc. - something to distinguish from when I just want to drag a tab.
That way, I'm not forced to split screen when I don't want to use it, but I have the option available to me when I do want to use it.
Hi everyone,
Lately, I've noticed that when I close one window in Opera, all Opera windows close simultaneously. Not tabs, but windows.
What I'd like to be able to do is, say I have three windows open: I close one window, but I want to keep the other two open.
Is there a way I can do that?
My version is 107.0.5045.71. I have do not have any extensions installed/enabled, and I have tried uninstalling/reinstalling. Anecdotally, this issue seems more common when I'm on a video call (e.g. FB Messenger or Google Meet), but this isn't a 100% iron-clad rule.
@hinokami98 Did you ever find a solution? I've been experiencing the same problem for the last couple updates now.
I've attached a screen shot of what the instructions look like for recording a voice message on the Opera Sidebar version of Whatsapp.
The problem is, the instructions are faulty. The thing I need to click on to change the setting...does not exist.
How do I get this to work?
When I use the Facebook Messenger add-on for Opera, I'm not able to send voice clips because the Opera FB Messenger add-on doesn't have access to the microphone.
I haven't been able to find an option for where to give mic access to the Messenger add-on.
Yes, I can go to opera://settings/content/microphone to give mic access, but this always & only applies to the Facebook website itself. Opera's settings section doesn't do anything to the Messenger add-on, nor does the Messenger add-on trigger any sort of padlock logo for me to click on (like I would do for a website).
@leocg I've noticed a very sudden and dramatic decline in performance since Opera's latest update. Just today, my computer was at 100% CPU usage with most of that going to Opera, when I had one single tab open: my Gmail inbox.
This is an extreme example, but in general, since the latest update, I've noticed Opera generally takes up much more memory than before, and causes an overall lag on the system that goes away immediately as soon as I close Opera.
@leocg said in Google Hangouts calls stopped working on Opera, work on all other browsers:
@annoyed-at-updates Most probably because the issue has nothing to do with an update of Opera but with some change in Google Hangouts, that ended up breaking the workarounds done to make the page usable in Opera.
that makes complete sense, yeah. alright, so i'm still annoyed at updates being shoved down my throat, but i'm annoyed at Google's updates instead of Opera's! i now know what my true enemy is! 
@leocg said in Google Hangouts calls stopped working on Opera, work on all other browsers:
@annoyed-at-updates To get old versions, see www.opera.com/download.
To stop automatic updates, check the FAQ
hey, thanks for the pointers.
i tried a variety of older versions and now none of them are able to complete a Google Hangouts call.
i'm not having this issue with any other browser, and this is a core of my internet usage so i guess i have to jump ship. 
@piyin said in Google Hangouts calls stopped working on Opera, work on all other browsers:
@annoyed-at-updates It's also happening with Opera GX. It doesn't work in incognito either. An older version might work since it started failing after yesterday's update. Using Firefox for now
How do I access an older version of Opera?
And is there a way to stop Opera from automatically updating? This is blatantly unethical to jam updates down my throat, esp. with the outcome of loss of performance. This one particular function is so important that if I can't do it on Opera, there's no point in me using Opera at all.
As of this evening, when I try to make a call on Google Hangouts using Opera, I get this, no matter what device I use:
This only happens in Opera on multiple devices. Hangouts calling works just fine on Edge & Chrome, so this is an Opera-only issue, and it happens on Opera for all devices.
I have had Opera installed for months with no recent re-installs and no known updates. Everything was fine earlier today and nothing changed to my knowledge.
