So has this problem been resolved to anyone's satisfaction yet? I'm sorry, but it's just been going on for way too long. Tonight I took Opera out of my dock and made Firefox my default browser (and am currently posting from FF). I'll return to Opera if this problem can be resolved but it's just slowing my computer down constantly and I can't work that way.

Hi guys, I'm having a problem that I can't seem to solve on my own.

Whenever I come across an mp3 or other audio file, whether it's embedded in a page or whether I go directly to the .mp3 file in my browser, Opera will not allow it to play. I click on the "play button" and it immediately turns back to "pause." I have uninstalled and reinstalled Flash and checked that it's enabled in the Plugins window. These files will play in other browsers. I have this problem on my work computer (OSX Mountain Lion) and on my home computer (OSX Mavericks). I have only noticed this problem recently and am not sure how long ago it happened.

Do you have any insight for me? I love Opera but this is a very annoying problem. If it persists I may be forced to switch to another browser although I don't want to.

Google appears to be mostly back to normal on Opera 20 now. I still don't see the camera icon on Google image search that allows you to search by an image's URL. Hopefully google is continuing to work out the bugs.

Well>> They have just updated Opera to version 21, but didn't fix this problem!

Google is blocking Opera, if you choose Chrome user agent, you get the new interface of Google.

Is this a bug or an intentional/malicious feature? Google displays the current version in Opera 12, and gmail and other google sites work fine for me in Opera 20. If Google was blocking Opera on purpose, wouldn't these be affected too?

rafaelluik: Thanks for the suggestion! Unfortunately, I still have the same issues after following your instructions... I am thinking about switching search engines altogether until this is fixed

I am having the same problem, and the user agent switcher isn't a good solution for me. When I have the agent switcher enabled, gmail will not load and other sites are slow or display in an outdated format. Is there any way to automatically enable the user agent switcher for google only, and have it disable itself for all other sites? I am not tech-savvy in the least and am having a hard time figuring this out. Thanks... this issue really blows.