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I've noticed that @sgunhouse who's one moderator of this forum, hasn't been logged into the forum since September '25.
As he's also an active member in Vivaldi's forum but also missing since exactly the same time, I'd like to ask if he's suffering from any kind of illness that prevents him to come here or is there any other reason for his absence? Does anybody know?
There's still the bug, I guess, that in the enhanced address bar five out of eight shown favorites sites are Opera specific ones:
I don't think that all these sites shouldn't show any way. Like in Brave or in Vivaldi these favorite websites should really be those sites that I actively visit with Opera not those that are specific to the browser itself.
@rob131313 Habe heute mal auf meinem Tablet mit Opera ebay.de aufgerufen. Sah jetzt für meine Begriffe nicht anders aus als ich es erwartet hätte. Aber da ich die Seite nicht nutze, weiß ich auch nicht, ob es anders aussieht.
Aber ich hätte noch ein paar Ideen:
Du könntest die Seiten mal ohne Adblocker oder Tracking-Schutz aufrufen (wenn du beides überhaupt aktiviert hast). Darstellungsprobleme tauchen häufiger bei aggressivem Blocken von Werbung auf (z.B. im Brave-Browser oder auch bei Firefox). Du könntest auch mal wahlweise nur den Adblocker oder auch den Tracking-Schutz ausschalten. Hast du eventuell in den Einstellungen von Opera Cookies von Drittanbietern aktiviert?
(Es gibt in Opera in den Einstellungen sogar die Möglichkeit, den Schutz vor Werbung auf aggressiv zu stellen, aber das muss man selbst einstellen...)
Denkbar ist auch, dass die Seiten erkennen, dass es sich um Opera handelt und ihn als nicht kompatiblen oder aktuellen Browser akzeptieren. Ich bin mir nicht ganz sicher, aber ich glaube, Opera hängt bei der Chromium-Version möglicherweise etwas hinter Chrome oder Edge hinterher.
Manchmal hilft es auch, die Browserdaten zu löschen. Dies geht über die Einstellungen. Dort kannst du auswählen, welche Teile du löschen willst (Verlauf, Cookies). Auch da könnte sich etwas eingeschlichen haben. Im Zweifelsfall hilft auch eine Neuinstallation.
Eine letzte Möglichkeit könnte darin liegen, dass du vielleicht Seiten wie Ebay über einen Affiliate Link aufrufst. Da muss man bei Opera immer aufpassen. Sie schlagen in der Adressleiste schon mal ganz oben Webadressen vor. Aber dann wird man zu dieser Adresse über eine Zwischenseite geleitet, die für Opera Werbeeinnahmen generiert. Auch das führt manchmal zu Problemen.
Kann sein, dass du diese Schritte alle schon durchgeführt hast. Dann fällt mir leider im Moment auch nicht mehr ein.
@leocg I found the issue, I had forgotten to activate "Pinboards" in the settings.
@leocg Rightly so, but I didn't find it in the Mac version, whereas I could see it on Windows directly. I'll have a closer look at my MacBook then.
Has the Pinboard-Feature been abandoned in this new release? I can't find it anymore in the settings.
@Operafan2026 Are you on the latest version? If so you shouldn‘t need to upgrade to the all new Opera AI. It comes automatically and without these hiccups that happened with the older one, that you described.
If you are on the latest version, try to delete cache or make a new install as it sounds like there‘s something broken. But be sure to check your actual version and if you missed the latest updates.
And you should all the proposed lists in the settings on additionally, except for the foreign language lists, If you don't live there.
@kupoglu If you're ever going to make a new install of Opera on Windows you can also disable a lot of these options during the process of installation. This holds true of Windows and Android alike. Just click on "options".
@NSrider I understand, although I have to get to a webpage to experience the same, yet.
In your case, if you're still satisfied with your Opera experience generally, why not use it as primary and default browser and Chrome for those cases, where Opera isn't accepted?
Firefox still seems to be a decent browser these days, but people say that it runs into more and more incompatabilities because of the Chromium monopoly. So it wouldn't probably give you the expected results, you should rather run Firefox as a somehow political statement upholding their own rendering engine Gecko as they do.
@Opera-QA-Team Will this lead to the Chromium version in Opera stable being closer to the most recent Chromium in Chrome and Edge?
@leocg I agree, but I guess they don't hide it that much, probably and are more open about it. But that's a guess only.
@leocg I'm not quite sure of course. But I think, Firefox hasn't any such things. Chrome neither.
There are affiliate links in Vivaldi, but they are very open about it. You can turn them off as in Opera, but they are marked under the categroy "Direct Match".
Brave had some, but they got in serious trouble about it.
Leaving Edge, as they are the most suspicious of anything like that.
My concern isn't Opera having them generally. But that should be made transparent, as this was introduced without any announcement.
I've run over this article on notebookcheck.com (in German) recently:
https://www.notebookcheck.com/Wenn-die-Adresszeile-zum-Affiliate-Link-wird-Opera-leitet-aktiv-Adresseingaben-um.1189846.0.html
And I think it's generally true: Opera isn't very transparent about ads and affiliate links in their browser. The article makes reference to the privacy statement but also shows that it's very general in some ways.
I've seen this behavior in mobile (Android) and desktop alike that you're sometimes referred to some promotional sites before being referred to the website you put into the address bar.
You can disable this behavior in the enhanced address bar on desktop, on Android I think you have to disable any suggestions. But it was there by default and even if I disabled all other promotional settings, it's there. So if you're unlike me you don't recognize and even disable things in the browser, you don't really know what's going on there. Leading to such bad press as this one.
I've also had two new tiles on my speed dial from Amazon and Booking this morning although I turned out "show suggestions". So my personal preference simply is ignored and overruled.
I know that Opera has to make money for its hard work and I'm willing to support it. But it's also about trust. Can I trust my browser not to do some shady things in the background I don't know about and I wouldn't agree if I knew.
In the process of installing when I go for further options I'm already asked about such things like promotional campaigns. It should be made a standard part in installation not be hidden in the options menu in my opinion. But it at least is transparent in a way. But I don't want to be "surprised'" later on by such hidden things, I would like to be asked. And I think it would also be the better way for Opera as well.
Trust can be destroyed and it may never come back, so why not building trust among their users? In the end, it's them and not easy money that keeps Opera going, isn't it?
Wasn't Beta originally meant to assure quality of development? Isn't that necessary any longer? Otherwise I happily use the Early Bird features already.
Thank you all for your highly appreciated and valued feedbacks.