S/what/which. Could I also add that a forum needs an edit option to cut down on excessive replies? And that 2021 will be greater than 2020. HNY

@henrikerlandsson S/tips/what of the 3 options is best for me?

@leocg High RAM usage for inactive tabs is an issue for any web browser, since you often have to have it open while using other RAM-demanding applications - Desktop doesn't throw out unfocused apps like Mobile does. And desktop is where you do your power browsing, Mobile is a chore. Desktop takes 2 seconds.

The problem on Desktop is that whenever something needs to be quickly looked up, we have this monolithic browser loading up. It's in the way - and it hogs GBs of RAM. We could keep it open, and it hogs GBs of RAM. This is not the solution. Loading a 100KB web page shouldn't eat 1/2 or 1/4 of working RAM cos we press Ctrl+T to search something.

I guess I'm looking for GX, some plugin to limit browser RAM usage, or some way of opening a single webpage without opening the browser with all its tabs that I need to keep available for later, and I can't create a tab group bookmark every day of the week.

Tips?

@leocg It's causing the issue of using more RAM than other browsers, true - I'm a senior webdev and that's why I have multiple browsers installed and can compare.

I'm looking for a way to limit RAM usage by Opera. Currently it sits at 0.18GB per tab with 19 tabs inactive and this tab #20. Which is a little high. Currently for Firefox, this average is 0.11 for 4 tabs and for Chrome, currently 0.08 for 10 tabs. Ideally, open but inactive tabs should take an absolute minimum of RAM and force a reload if updated. Can I set latest Opera to work this way?

GX is in Beta. It seems to set a maximum usage, true. With this average, this will force inactive tabs to be truly inactive. Do you recommend it over latest Opera?

With roughly the same number of tabs open, Opera puts RAM consumption at 3.5GB, over 1GB for Chrome and 0.5GB for Firefox.

I close as many tabs as I can before closing Opera, but some tabs remain as pages to revisit in a day or two, such as simple product pages with no video.

Things like an imminent purchase is typical - but: Opera really sticks out like a sore thumb for memory usage. (I once got it on my phone to cut down on mobile data usage, so where's the love for the desktop?)

I can do the Save Bookmarks To Group on the New Tab, but it will be a chore as I'm an active web user. I would prefer to not have a chore for this browser.

Is there a way to limit Opera RAM usage, e.g. set non active tabs to reload, and thereby consume zero KB? Otherwise I'll have to stop using it as default, and I've loved Opera since the start.

@leocg I wrote all that, and you didn't read any of it? You are talking to a web developer. Get with it. Or get someone who can answer for you. This must work. If some built in extension makes Youtube not work, you must fix it. AdBlock is not the cause, I tested this for you. Others might not test at all and just conclude, "oops, Youtube doesn't work. nice knowing you Opera" >> uninstall. Get it?

It may be Google throwing their weight around since it never arose in Chrome, but Mozilla had it in Firefox and they fixed it. The error looks like this:

And it causes a 5 second delay while displaying this error for every video you open from a search, a link, or, well, clicking. Clicking stuff on the web to display them should work in a browser.

This IS a minor inconvenience - for someone who's a webdev and knows to wait it out. Please no "support" type answers, just a "we're aware and we're fixing it" would be good. A browser must work with Youtube. I would very much like to continue using the Opera browser also for Youtube. Upgraded to 70.0 but has been the same for weeks.

I have obviously used Youtube's own worthless support tool to let them know their website isn't working and accusing them of either muscling out competing Chromium browsers or not competent enough to make their site work on the major browsers.

Since Opera 24(?) ages ago, Opera used the normal file associations of the OS.

Now, even though the file extension (normal .readme file in text format), I have to download it, go to Downloads, and double-click it to open in it Opera.

Do file assocations work in the latest Opera? Is there some setting that prevents the normal opening of say, .txt links in the browser?