@leocg said in Opera browser becomes available in Microsoft Store on Windows:

@eliotcougar It was not a political reason, it was removed because it turned into something useless.

Not Political Secure Preferences:
"vpn":{"blacklisted_locations":["cn","ru"],"last_established_location":"RU"}

Previously, I've been able to edit this file to reenable VPN, but Opera started to resist that as soon as that method became well-known...

The feature itself is great, and it allows us to keep a lot of tabs open for later use without closing them. However, there is an annoying side effect that is severe enough to make me disable that feature for now:
I usually have GMail, and several messengers open, such as Hangouts and Duo... When you don't activate their tabs for a while, they snooze, and you won't receive any message notifications, or incoming calls, from them... It breaks any web app that has to be active in the background during normal operation...
There has to be a configurable exception list for such pages... It can be preloaded with known messenger and email services... Ideally, there should be an option when you right-click a tab - "Never snooze tab", to quickly add it to the list...

Opera wallet pretends to be non-custodial, but it isn't... Just recently I saw a notification in the browser that due to sanctions against Russia the wallet will be disabled, and I have 24 hours to take my money from it... I saw the notification too late - the wallet already didn't work... My money is gone... Don't be fooled by the 12 words they give you to make it look like you control your keys - you don't... Just like that, Opera can disable any feature based on your location, like they previously did with Opera VPN... I have my 12 words recovery, but they are useless because there is nowhere to enter them...

@leocg said in Opera browser becomes available in Microsoft Store on Windows:

@eliotcougar It was not a political reason, it was removed because it turned into something useless.

Not Political Secure Preferences:
"vpn":{"blacklisted_locations":["cn","ru"],"last_established_location":"RU"}

Previously, I've been able to edit this file to reenable VPN, but Opera started to resist that as soon as that method became well-known...

@leocg Okay... Let's... Bring back Opera VPN that was removed for some stupid political reason...

@vomax007 Internet safety is not politics... Just be careful with software you run on your devices... We are losing a lot of people lately...

@vomax007 said in Opera browser becomes available in Microsoft Store on Windows:

I am already thinking of finally switching to a more functional Yandex Browser, although there, for a long time, there is a very necessary function for synchronizing extensions. It's a pity to switch to another browser after spending more than 11 years with your favorite Opera browser.

Well, I you really want to risk being arrested for the wrong attitude towards Putin and his junta, go ahead, install Yandex Browser…

Unfortunately, there is no built-in VPN in Opera anymore... It is a lie...

@leocg It is not blocked... Opera VPN still works fine if you install an older version of Opera... I think something broke it in one of the recent Beta updates... Maybe it's available in the Release?..

I noticed that VPN has disappered... I can't find the option to turn it on anywhere...
It was very useful since the Internet in Russia is so censored right now... Now I have to use a different service to circumvent the censorship...

@leocg I know I can disable it, and I did disable it... All I want to say is that the feature will be usable only if it doesn't interfere with tabs that have to be always active in the background, such as messengers and mail clients...
Something like opera://discards, but the browser should remember the auto-discard setting per domain name... Right now, if you close the tab, and open it again, auto-discard is enabled by default...

The feature itself is great, and it allows us to keep a lot of tabs open for later use without closing them. However, there is an annoying side effect that is severe enough to make me disable that feature for now:
I usually have GMail, and several messengers open, such as Hangouts and Duo... When you don't activate their tabs for a while, they snooze, and you won't receive any message notifications, or incoming calls, from them... It breaks any web app that has to be active in the background during normal operation...
There has to be a configurable exception list for such pages... It can be preloaded with known messenger and email services... Ideally, there should be an option when you right-click a tab - "Never snooze tab", to quickly add it to the list...