cheers, that works.. how simple thank you

what's happened to opera, I've used it for years and used to be great. i'm using windows 8.1 and its so slow now my mates tortoise can carry messages to websites before I can get a page to load.
I've used a different browser to get to this help as it was taking soo long.
when you go on pages that use flash, instead of opening automatically, you have to hit play button.
can someone help or do I give up.