Please please please stop changing Opera in such a way everything thinks I have a new machine just because Opera got a new version. I've got Google alerting me to a new machine signing into my account, I've got banks not trusting my machine, please fix this basic flaw.
Posts made by hucker
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New version, new computer?!Opera for Windows
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RE: The recent survey could have better questions and possible answersOpera for Windows
@leocg said in The recent survey could have better questions and possible answers:
@hucker Right, didn't get it here. I usually don't get such surveys.
Probably random, or you turned off something to stop spam. I've only ever had this one I think, and I've been using Opera for about 24 years. Judging by the first question in it, it was intended to go to people who had just installed Opera. But as every single upgrade to Opera makes everything think it's a new browser (as in re-confirming everything on internet banking, Google login, etc.) that's probably why I got it. Opera needs to stop announcing itself as a different browser with each version, or are the detection routines on the aforementioned websites actually stupidly looking at the version number?
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RE: The recent survey could have better questions and possible answersOpera for Windows
@leocg It popped up top right when I opened Opera. It was run through Survey Sparrow, this is the address I see in my history: https://surveysparrow.com/thankyou/?company=Opera Norway AS&utm_source=survey&utm_medium=signup&utm_campaign=survey_signup which is the final address saying thankyou, Opera fails to record the history before that - another bug.
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The recent survey could have better questions and possible answersOpera for Windows
Firstly, it seemed to think I was new to Opera, the very first question seemed to think I'd just installed it. Yet it's been on this machine since I built it 3 years ago. None of the possible answers were therefore correct.
Secondly, one of the questions asked me what my default browser was, and the list didn't include Opera!! Opera GX was the closest option.
Thirdly, there were weird questions like "can you tell xxxx" where xxxx was something like "what is your default browser" or "why you chose opera". My answer to all these was yes. Perhaps a better grasp of English would be useful when writing questions. Perhaps "can you tell what is your default browser" was actually asking what my default browser was, instead of asking if I was able to know. For example "can you go to the toilet" does not mean you are asking someone to go, it's asking if they have a medical problem doing so.
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RE: Opera CashbackOpera add-ons
I take it you still haven't worked out how to make cashback stay on all the time? Sometimes I forget to turn it on. Sometimes the flashing icon is annoying if I'm not planning to buy and don't need it. Sometimes I try to type something into the search box in Ebay, only to find the cashback alert has stolen focus and my typing was wasted.
Please make this work properly without user intervention every single time I use a website!!!!
An idea - perhaps you can link cashback to the Opera account? I'm always logged into that, and it's showing at the right end of the URL field.
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RE: Close tab, missing XOpera for Windows
@maniaqc Just noticed another annoyance about this "feature" - if you try to select a tab, but click it on the right of it, an X appears while you're clicking and you've closed the tab by mistake! Why hide things?!? Imagine your car with buttons which appeared in the middle of the dashboard. The passenger touches a piece of dashboard and suddenly the engine is switched off!
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Close tab, missing XOpera for Windows
Do we have to hide the Xs to close tabs? They don't always appear when hovering. I detest having to tell my computer to do something twice. At least I can punish the kids.
Even when they do work, I have to perform four operations: hover, wait, find, click. It's as bad as that stupid hide the scrollbars thing in Microsoft Office.
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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.
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Opera disabling extensions when cashback enabled!Opera for Windows
I'm now seeing ads on Ebay because Opera turns my extensions off when I use cashback. What's going on?
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RE: General Opera One Appearance Feedback TopicAppearance
@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".
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RE: General Opera One Appearance Feedback TopicAppearance
@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.