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).

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.

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.

@paulrevere

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.

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?

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.

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:

1. Successfull start.
2. Close Opera, I can't see it's still running but crashed.
3. Open Opera, nothing happens.
4. Kill in task manager.
5. Start normally.
6. 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?

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.

@burnout426 Thanks!

@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.

And it's still doing it. Is Opera getting bribed again?

@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.

@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.

@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).

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.

I'm now seeing ads on Ebay because Opera turns my extensions off when I use cashback. What's going on?

@canadagoose4everreturns said in General Opera One Appearance Feedback Topic:

@darthgtb An extension to revert would be awesome. I agree, however, that Opera is not going to go back from Opera One regardless of the discontent some feel about the new design.

They could always leave the code in for both versions, and have an opt-in setting to "use legacy interface".

@darthgtb Why would you believe "sensitive eyes" is an insult? I gave you a constructive way to deal with such a thing if you have it.

Your suggestion is to make it more like the old version, we're on the same wavelength and you can't even see it.

They may listen to us, but not about the interface and not in this thread.

@darthgtb Since Opera will never listen to us, this is just somewhere to let off steam and thoroughly pointless. Unless it goes back to the way 99 was, I stay on 99. If 99 gets too out of date to work on many sites, I choose another browser. I don't want my Windows machine to look like a Mac.

And I will not apologise for disagreeing on an interface.

@canadagoose4everreturns said in General Opera One Appearance Feedback Topic:

@hucker It's pretty obvious to everyone reading this threat that you have anger issues. Seriously, Man, you might want to think about why people feel that way instead of offering excuses and then turning your last response (as you did) into a rather nasty ethnic slur.

I'm not angry with anyone but the Opera designers, I was simply having a discussion about the interface. Not sure why you two are so sensitive. Anyone disagreeing with you, you assume they're angry?

And since Canadians are the same caucasian race as me, it's not an ethnic slur. Again with your sensitivity.