My father with an antiquated computer says Opera takes ages to load. Since I have a fast computer (24 core with NVME), and have way less stuff on the start page, I've always enjoyed it only taking a second or two to load. But it's getting much slower recently. Is there a way to speed it up? Is it trying to access images to display on the start page thumbnails? Can I disable something to make it quick again? The start page opens instantly if I open a new tab, but it's the initial Opera start that's slow. If I close Opera then open it immediately, it's still slow, so nothing to do with disk access (I have an NVME anyway).
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Opera slow to loadOpera for Windows
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Back button skips a pageOpera for Windows
If you do a google search in the address bar, then click one of the links, then press back, Opera goes all the way back to the speed dial instead of the search results.
This seems to happen randomly, although one which always works is: do a search for Peter Hucker. Click the IMDB entry. Now click back.
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RE: General Opera Feedback TopicOpera for computers
What is this nonsense you've flung on me without my permission? It's gone all mac like or phone like or something. It doesn't look like a proper browser anymore. There isn't even an X on each tab until I hover over it, and everything's got round corners, what incase I hurt my finger on it? I think I'll choose another browser, goodbye.
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RE: Opera slow to loadOpera for Windows
Fixed!
I went into "C:\Users\peter\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable" and emptied all the folders marked cache etc, using treesize to find large folders and folders with many files. Starts up in a tenth of the time now. So just the usual bloat programs don't take care of themselves.
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RE: General Opera One Appearance Feedback TopicAppearance
I'm watching the new Operas on a secondary computer, hoping it gets reverted to the decent old interface, and forcing version 99 to stay on my main computer.
I don't want rounded corners on everything like a Mac, I use a real computer, not a kid's toy. My monitor is LCD, it has square corners. Rounded corners make me think I'm on an 80s CRT TV.
I don't want to have to hover over a tab and then find where the hidden X is.
Is there a way to turn off the new interface changes so I can enjoy any bug fixes etc I'm missing out on?
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RE: General Opera One Appearance Feedback TopicAppearance
There's no point in these grumbles. Grumble anywhere and your post gets put in here by a moderator without your permission, and they don't even tell you they've done it. It's the cupboard at the end of the hall nobody looks in. The designers have already made their silly design, they won't back down, they worked hard on messing it up. Until one gets fired, Opera is going to be rubbish. Time to leave.
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RE: The Opera for Windows is Crashing TopicOpera for Windows
Suddenly this evening, Opera now crashes on every other start. In the task manager I find Opera using one whole CPU core, with no disk access, and no change in the amount of memory in use. I also see "opera crash reporter" running, but nothing is displayed on the screen. If I kill Opera and start it again it works. Then crashes the following time. Is it trying to do an update or something?
EDIT: I've discovered it's actually crashing on EXIT. Hence:
- Successfull start.
- Close Opera, I can't see it's still running but crashed.
- Open Opera, nothing happens.
- Kill in task manager.
- Start normally.
- Goto 2.
EDIT: Version number is 74.0.3911.203
I closed Opera, downloaded it, thinking I might get a newer one that was stuck upgrading, and installed it. No help.
Strangely, when I run Opera, I see "Opera Internet Browser (24)" in the task manager, expanding this, I see the crash reporter running (before it's crashed!) and 23 instances of Opera. Is that normal? -
RE: General Opera One Appearance Feedback TopicAppearance
And now Opera 99, which I forced to stop updating to 101, is showing the menu in bright red to annoy me about an update it insists on. This is as bad as Windows Updates.
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RE: [Opera Mail]Reduce number of newsgroup articles downloaded when subscribing?Opera for Windows
@burnout426 Thanks!
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RE: General Opera One Appearance Feedback TopicAppearance
@cangyuyao said in General Opera One Appearance Feedback Topic:
What's going on with the gaps and spacing all over the interface? Generally a laptop only has a display between 13 to 17 inches. Can we make good use of it?
There's no staff in here to listen. We're talking to a brick wall.
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RE: Opera CashbackOpera add-ons
@katarzynamos said in Opera Cashback:
@icebluelugia When visiting any partner shop, you can use the Settings icon in the top right-hand corner of the pop-up window to change the frequency or pause the cashback pop-ups. The cashback reward is part of the commission we receive from affiliates for activities promoting the shop. In order to receive it, the affiliate link provided by us must be activated prior to purchase by clicking the Activate cashback button in the pop-up window or by selecting Start shopping in the merchant's offer on our website.
When shopping on a partner site, other extensions may interfere with the correct operation of our affiliate links and lead to a lack of reward. To minimise the risk of such a situation, other extensions are automatically deactivated.
I see no reason it can't automatically activate. Why do I have to click it every single time?!
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RE: Opera CashbackOpera add-ons
@katarzynamos said in Opera Cashback:
@icebluelugia Currently, to receive cashback you must remember to activate our service before each purchase - it's not much, and cashback rewards can make your shopping experience significantly more enjoyable! Please contact customer service if you have any problems with the operation of our extension.
That should not be necessary, just leave it on all the time. People forget!
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Keep tabs same size when closingSuggestions and feature requests
I've noticed with the new tab design, when I close tabs, the next one along is larger, which means the X to close it is not where my mouse cursor is. For example, search for something on Ebay, click a result, this opens another tab (I believe it's called on the same island?) Now close the tab on the left, followed by the one on the right, the Xs don't line up.
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RE: Opera CashbackOpera add-ons
Why don't we leave cashback on permanently? Why do I have to remember to activate it every single time I use it? Whatever it is clicking that button does, just have it happen by itself. It must be possible.
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RE: Opera disabling extensions when cashback enabled!Opera for Windows
@kane12 Yes, as soon as I turn on cashback, the extensions go off. So I get annoying Ebay ads all over the place. Not sure what you mean by "for all kinds of payment" - there's only one cashback option:
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RE: Opera disabling extensions when cashback enabled!Opera for Windows
And it's still doing it. Is Opera getting bribed again?
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RE: Opera Disables Cashback, and when enabled extensions don't workOpera for Windows
@zaapa1 Same problem here, I have to put up with adverts all over Ebay when I use cashback, this is not tolerable.
Also I would like it to stay enabled. It seems a rather cobbled together mess. Half the stuff I buy I forget to turn it on.
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RE: Speed dial shrunkOpera for Windows
@andrew84 Excellent, I set the max columns as high as it would go, then zoomed until it filled the screen. Now only wasting a fifth of the monitor instead of two thirds.
I couldn't find the setting because it's under "start page", whereas when you're in it, it refers to itself as "speed dial". Inconsistency really annoys me.
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RE: Speed dial shrunkOpera for Windows
@andrew84 That's a start, thanks. I didn't think of zooming because I incorrectly assumed the site I visited from speed dial would also be zoomed.
How do you add more columns? I searched in settings and found nothing for speed dial.
It doesn't fill the whole screen though, I still get a big blank area at the top (I don't have a Google search field like you as I simply use the address field for searching).
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Speed dial shrunkOpera for Windows
What is the purpose of wasting two thirds of my screen space? This used to fill the screen. When I added more to test, they still didn't fill the screen, it started scrolling! Surely this isn't by design? Why would anyone decide to make something smaller than the space available? Are you using kids from primary school to design Opera now? I've got a 40" monitor and it annoys me, I dread to think how absurd it looks on a small laptop.