@rudrick
Thank you, I'm well aware of that.
It was exactly what I was bringing (quite unnecessarily!) to Edwin's attention, just in case he wasn't aware.

@ravaner
36.0.2130.80 to be exact, you can download it here.
Use the setup file.

The forum still uses Markdown, but has buttons for formatting so that you don't have to read the Markdown guide first. Anything that can't be done in markdown (for example, underlining) won't work in the new forum.

That's good news!
Having to manually type code into your posts to get quite normal and common formatting options has always seemed to be a nonsense to me.
Very odd that Markdown can't do underlining, I would have thought that was a pretty basic formatting option.

I just updated to Java 8 on Opera 12.17.
I don't know which Opera version the OP was talking about, but I can confirm that it doesn't work on 12.17!
I'm still on Windows XP, and Java 8 still works fine in Internet Explorer 8 believe it of not, so why not in Opera 12?!
;_;

@burnout426
NTL used to be one of the two main cable companies in the United Kingdom (the other being Telewest).
They merged and were rebranded as Virgin Media quite a few years ago, but there must be many people still using their legacy e-mail addresses.

The new forum looks good!
It's great to finally have some quick and easy formatting buttons when you compose a post.
The list of available emoticons is IMO unnecessarily huge though.

Since I signed into the forum, I'm getting email(s) for everyone's posts. Is there a way to stop that?

Hover the mouse cursor on your avatar at the top right, and select "Profile" from the dropdown.
Then select "Edit preferences".
You should be able to change your e-mail notification settings there.
I only seem to get notifications from threads that I've "starred".

@nandishchothani
Did you ever ask Opera to save your password?
If so even though it may not now be offering it, you might be able to recover it.
Look here, the utilities are free.
The one for Chrome should work with current Opera versions, don't use the one that says it's for Opera as that is for the old Presto versions.
Good luck!

@amatczak Thanks, good to know it's being considered!

Go to your Opera profile folder (you can see where that is by looking at "About Opera" in the menu.
In that folder should be a file called "Bookmarks" (no extension) and a file called "Bookmarks.bak".
If "Bookmarks.bak" is a lot bigger than "Bookmarks", it probably still contains your lost bookmarks.
Copy "Bookmarks.bak" to the desktop, rename it "Bookmarks" (lose the extension) and copy it back to the profile folder, over-writing the existing file.
Good luck!
I've no idea why sync would lose your bookmarks BTW, but keep the version of the "Bookmarks" file that you have on the desktop somewhere as a backup in case it happens again!

@burnout426 Actually I just tried sync.opera.com in Opera 36 and this time I was greeted by -
"Your browser is not supported. Please update your browser to newest version."
That's the end of that then!

@burnout426 Thanks again, yes of course, in fact the last time I tried I could still access the data online with Opera 36! It seems to be just the automatic sync mechanism which no longer works between the browser and the server. As you say, it could be any one or more of now unsupported security protocols which are failing. Never mind, it had a good run!

@burnout426 Thank you so much!
@rfurmanski hasn't responded to my chat request, but you've confirmed what I suspected was the case anyway, I just wanted it to hear it from someone at Opera, and that's what you've done for me and I'm very grateful for that.
I do have the updates you mentioned on XP already, which enables the use of TLSv1.2 in Internet Explorer and other programs which use it to display things, like the Eudora e-mail client.
It doesn't run to TLSv1.3 though, so that may be the sticking point.
It's not really a problem as I don't now use Opera as my default browser, it was just nice that Opera Sync was keeping a cloud backup of things like its bookmarks and logins. Not the end of the world if it's not going to work any more though!
Thanks again, Cheers, Dave.

@burnout426 Thanks, I had forgotten about that being fixed by someone specific! I have opened a chat to ask him. Cheers, Dave.

Still no answer from Opera about this?
How can I send them a request directly?

Just tried again and it's still not working.
I'm still getting e-mails saying I've logged in, but no indication on the browser.

We have noticed a new sign-in to your Opera account (davehawley). 

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Browser: Opera 36.0.2130

OS: Windows XP

IP: 151.225.233.75

I can't see anything in the documentation to say that there is any minimum version of Opera that's needed to be able to sync.

Could someone from Opera clarify this please?
Thanks, Dave.

@leocg OK thanks, I did wonder if they might have now blocked Opera 36 from the sync servers as it's now considered too old, but it's odd that I'm still getting e-mails saying that I've logged in!
However this has happened before, and it's always eventually come good, so I was hoping this was another temporary problem. I can't see any reason why Opera 36 should not still sync even though it's not supported in any other way. The only reason I can think of why it wouldn't is if it doesn't support security protocols that are newly required on the servers.
It would be good if someone from Opera could come here and confirm what the issue actually is.

Opera 36 on my old XP machine seems to keep dropping its connection to Opera sync.
If I then try to sync, all that happens is I get a white box with a progress circle going round and round forever. I then get an e-mail saying I've logged in!
However there is no indication on the browser that I'm logged in and sync is happening.
Anyone any idea why that is?
Thanks, Dave,

My copy of Opera 36 on my old Windows XP machine will no longer log in, either to synchronise, or to post on these forums.
I'm just getting a permanent progress icon, or I get Re-captchas that don't work, or "Please try again. Alternatively, reset your password or create an Opera account."
Have I now been blocked?

@konstant213
The "no click to activate" is actually a patch rather than an extension, and may well not be needed now anyway.
You're welcome to have copies of the other two, YouTube Center and AdBlock.
How would you like me to get them to you?
Cheers, Dave.