Thank you, Zalex108 - I am not sure about use of VPN, the orange circle has been up there at all times.

I just tried something new and SO FAR it seems to work: I un-checked Opera Turbo and now URLs pop up normally.

What's a real puzzle for me is why Facebook and Nextdoor connected normally when other addresses just kept laboring... and not coming up.

Round orange upper left? Sure. I don't see a change in the display within Opera, only the Internet Access icon in the status line.

I have Windows 7/64 machine and a 12 Mbps DSL from AT&T - nothing sensational but adequate even for a journalist (aka Enemy of the People) on the computer pretty much 24/7.

The problem: after a long time of using Opera and Chrome simultaneously and well, I clicked on a Network selection inadvertently (I don't know what it was, cannot recreate it) and the Internet Access logo changed, but service didn't.

At the same time, Opera went haywire: there are a few Speed Dial items that work as before (Facebook, Nextdoor), but others just keep stalling and so do addresses entered on top, except Google.com.

Yes, I updated Opera, then deleted and reinstalled it - same problem.

I now use Chrome for most work, but regret Opera going crazy and wish I knew what to do. Suggestions would be appreciated here or to JanosG [at] Gmail.com. Mahalo.

Dashlane works fine with other browsers, but I don't know how to "activate" it with Opera. Suggestions? janosg [at] gmail.com

A week ago, I started using Opera and the experience was blissful - less than half the memory used by Chrome, and really fast.

Then I got up this morning and tried to go to one of the sites I used before... nothing, just the "time" or "time out" clock circling madly. I then tried every other sites and had the same result: nada.

Went back to Chrome, all is well. I wonder if there is anything on the Opera site itself I could use to solve the mystery of the Dead Browser...:((( Messages OK to janosg [at] gmail.com. Thanks in advance, Janos