Posts made by bitrat

@superkoshej613
I have found a solution to my problem:
In the Opera installation directory there is in the folder
"Profile" => "Data" a file called "History".

Make a copy of the file "History" (backup) and open
the original file "History" with an editor.
Delete everything in this file and save it, so that you now have an empty file.

Now just start Opera and test it.

For me the browsing history is now normal fast again.
I mean it is even faster than before.

I wonder that the file "History" contains entries and surfing traces, although you have deleted the history (everything) (?)

Dear Dev's, why is this?

@superkoshej613
I have found a solution to my problem:
In the Opera installation directory there is in the folder
"Profile" => "Data" a file called "History".

Make a copy of the file "History" (backup) and open
the original file "History" with an editor.
Delete everything in this file and save it, so that you now have an empty file.

Now just start Opera and test it.

For me the browsing history is now normal fast again.
I mean it is even faster than before.

I wonder that the file "History" contains entries and surfing traces, although you have deleted the history (everything) (?)

Dear Dev's, why is this?

@superkoshej613
Win10 64-Bit (Home)
Opera installed in "Portable Mode"

Since version 103.0.4928.16 (32bit), deleting the browsing history takes several minutes, even if you have only visited one page and the entire history was previously deleted.
I did not have these problems with version 102.0.4880.78 (32-bit) or any version before.

Developers please fix this, thx.

The problem is also in 99.0.4788.13 32/64bit present.

Win10 64 Bit ; )

@howaboutjace
Depending on whether you installed Opera normally or chose the portable installation:
Search in the installation folder (portable)
or in the AppData folder (user directory): \profile\data\themes

In this folder you will find all wallpapers you downloaded from Opera or your own
wallpapers you installed in Opera.

With version 98.0.4759.6 the wallpaper is no longer centered on a 5:4 display (1280x1024); the image is shifted to the right.

This is true for almost all older wallpapers you can download from the Opera repository, but it also happens with custom
wallpapers; all of them are shifted to the right, so it is aligned to the left edge of the image.

Only a few of the new wallpapers, like the red cable "twist" seem to be centered...(?)

Do you have this effect with 16:9 / 16:10 displays?

@basemodeldaytona

Start Opera and place your cursor on the address-search-bar and press Ctrl+Enter.
(do not type anything in the addressbar)

This solves the problem for me, now everything works fine
(also the search function works again)

I can confirm;
search and input work in an already opened tab.

And with Ctrl+Enter you can call an address or open a working tab ; )

Ctrl+Enter solves the problem with manually entered URL addresses (instead of Enter)

Unfortunately the search does not work with Ctrl+Enter. Let's hope that Opera finds a solution quickly.

Corrupted version: 72.0.3815.207

@cozza
@burnout426

I have just installed the latest beta version.
In Opera DEV-BETA 50.0.2762.4 64-Bit the Bug is fixed.
Let's hope that it stays that way in the stable version.

Special thanks to the Opera DEV-TEAM,
and thanks to all interested in the forum.

BitRat

@Cozza
Yes, I sent the bug to the Dev-Team.

@leocg / @Cozza
There are many situations in which you need to share a PC for Internet access, for example, if the network administrator does not allow freelancers to access the corporate network, or in a large family, or in a shared flat with only one PC. So there are so many such situations ... We can discuss that for an infinite amount of time, but that will not fix the bug.

Why do the cookies and offline entries remain visible after deletion? I am not sure if this is just an error of the GUI, or if the data can still be found in a cache or a database, which can be read by a website !?

A good browser also has to be fault-tolerant ...

Thanks for your contributions.

Thanks blackbird71 and burnout426, we are on the same track.
Let's see what the Opera Dev-Team does.

@burnout426
Maybe just a bug of the UI, maybe a real problem !?

Anyone can check the bug itself:
Clean your Browser History and close Opera. Now restart Opera and visit some websites, such as a major online retailer, a well-known daily newspaper, and the page of a computer magazine (or something else)

Now clear the browsing history (maximum privacy settings); now look at the settings under "Cookie Management", here you can see all the cookies and offline data you left while surfing,
=> press "delete everything" and "finish" and all entries will be deleted;
Close the window of the "Cookie Management" and open it again immediately => and all entries are back ... and that is not acceptable.

The only way to delete the entries is to close the browser => that is completely unnecessary and makes no sense.

@Cozza,
It's not about the settings in the browser, they're all set correctly for me, it's not about what cookies or offline data is needed.
I'm concerned with security, protecting our privacy.

I have selected the option "Delete local data when closing the browser", as well as the option "Since installation" under "Clean Browser History"

BUT:

If you do not close the browser, then all entries of the "Offline Data" and "Cookies" are retained. The data appears to be deleted, but not the entries. Everyone can then see which websites you have visited.

This is a problem when several people are working on a computer. If you forget to close the browser, the next one can see your browsing history (the entries), and that's a "no go"!

In order to preserve the privacy, it is sometimes necessary to delete the browsing history, otherwise your cookies and other data will be read out from other websites and you will be profiled by yourself. Most cookies are used to spy on you, not to make your life easier.

It is also not very convenient to close the browser every time to get rid of the garbage.

@blackbird: You have understood me. In Opera 47 that was not a problem, because you have not seen these entries, in any version before Opera 48.
It may be that the entries are left over, but we could not see them ... (internal database)

I hope the Opera developer team corrects the problem with the visible entries. All data must be deleted if you use "Clean Browser History" (depending on the settings!) If I select everything, then everything must be deleted; not only the data, but also the entries.

Why else do you use "Clean Browser History"?

I'm really concerned about this privacy problem:

Up to Opera 47 all data were deleted, when the option "clean browser history" was pressed/used, now with Opera 48 cookies and local-datas were deleted, but the entries/names of the visited sites are still present,
even when select the option "from install/start"
and so everyone can see which site you have visited, and this is totally against privacy. The only way to delete all datas is to close the browser (after pressing clean-browser-history) and this makes no sense at all, this has nothing to do with privacy-protection and is not practical and also not acceptable!

Most opera users don't know the problem!

To the opera developers:
please respect the privacy of your users and remove this major privacy problem. When we pressing "clean-browser-history" then no data should been left, no cookies, no local-data, and no entries elsewhere in the browser, no visible entries should been left.

THX.

BitRat

@smakre123
i confirm the problem, and it is a major privacy problem!

Up to opera 47 all cookies and websitedatas (local-data) were deleted, with version 48 it is not possible to delete all data in a open session, and this a big privacy problem. It no matter what cookies/local-data can do for you, some are very helpful, but most of them just a hacking tool to destroy your privacy and makes you 100% transparent.

Opera was always well known for their privacy-protection, but now with version 48 every one can see wich sites you have visited, even when you delete you browser-data/cookie/local-data, and this makes absolutely no sense at all.

The only way to delete all datas is to close opera and restart, and this is not
user-friendly and even not practical.

Most opera users dont know that the deleted datas were not deleted, as befor in the older opera-versions.

Open letter to all opera developers:
please respect the privacy of your users and remove this major privacy problem!

BitRat