Posts made by Nuiin

AI Prompts not working for me on Linux at all any more, nor ever worked well when I tested the browser.

@ricardob: Maybe there are too many different kinds of Opera browser and too few developers to keep up with the all these days.

Aria is almost as good as ChatGDT and certainly better than ChatSonic which has never worked properly for me. Probably out of the three I would choose and use Aria, which always works and for me is quicker than the others.

The option to use "Use bigger tiles" in settings for the speed dial would be good rather than having to squint at tiny tiles on smaller laptop screens.

Still can't turn the VPN on and off with the badge in the address bar. You have to enable it in settings (badge appears) and if you turn the VPN off using the badge menu the badge vanishes, the VPN remains on, and you have to go to settings to turn the VPN off and turn it on again. Inconvenient and annoying considering the free VPN is one of Opera's unique selling points.

@robkw Thanks! Good suggestions. I really love Opera and have used it for years but as more and more features get added more and more glitches seem to be appearing which don't get fixed which is irritating and not what I've come to expect from Opera developers. I only usually use stable releases but more and more "stable" today seems more like what was "developer" yesterday. Hopefully things will improve. If you need a free VPN to use with another browser check out Proton VPN; it's free, fast and has a really polished Windows client. Cheers.

@robkw Same here on the Linux version of Opera. You have to turn the VPN on in Settings to make the badge appear and after disabling the VPN using the badge the badge vanishes, the VPN remains connected, and to get the badge back in the address bar you have to turn the VPN off in settings and turn it on again. It was the same in Opera One when I checked that browser out. Surely this must be an easy fix. Opera users are going to be disappointed if they can't turn the VPN on and off without having to go to Settings. I also find the AI novelty annoying and useless to me as a serious grown-up Opera aficionado; I see no real point in AI built in to a browser when you have to create accounts and log in to third-party systems from inside Opera Opera to play about with them. Come on, guys. Letting bugs like this remain unfixed for ages is bad for Opera's reputation. On Linux the window geometry still isn't being saved with Opera always opening the same size in the middle of the screen; if you close it maximised it doesn't open maximised. Things like this make me start to consider Vivaldi as a viable alternative.

I much prefer the traditional Opera to the proposed new "improved" one which I think is ugly. I've tried the AI and had difficulties not least actually being able to log on to the services. Frankly I don't see the point of AI in a browser as basic as it is currently: if I want information I like to search for it manually myself rather than have clipped versions of it served up by an not-to-smart neural net or algorithm: I much prefer managing my tabs manually as well and wonder how many longstanding Opera users feel the same way. Only time will tell by maybe the time has come for me to move to Vivaldi. I would be sorry to do this because, for a very long time, Opera has always been The browser for me.

@amp40 Tried the solution and it works on Opera in Linux. That was a weird one that I don't think I would ever have found a fix for myself. Thanks man. I was seriously considering ditching Opera for Vivaldi.

While I realise the AI feature brings novelty to Opera, to be honest I have no use for it at all as is and find it annoying. In the latest version of Linux version of Opera the button on Speed Dial tiles (top-right corner) doesn't display a context menu enabling users to delete or edit them and the browser still doesn't save its window geometry meaning that when you close and reopen the browser its size and position doesn't persist. To be honest I'm thinking about switching to Vivaldi.

@amp40 Never seen this particular problem with this context menu before. Something gone wrong with some Javascript which pop-up the Bookmark context menu when the right-top circular "button" get clicked by the look of it, which really shouldn't be hard to fix if you are familiar with scripts. I'm getting the problem on a Linux box and am wondering if the fault is OS related. Time will tell I suppose.

Until this gets fixed you can edit the Speed Dial tiles using the related bookmarks. Not ideal but a work around until the next update.

Best browser apart from some video limitations.

Lovely with dark theme. Much better than plain or ornamented black but not too busy to be distracting.

@alexs: Same on Linux Mint. Always seems to happen with every major release.

Opera 90.0.4480.48 on Linux Mint isn't saving its window geometry when closed again. If you maximise Opera and close it the browser always opens the same size, centred, much smaller than full screen. As far as I know you can no longer use a command line switch to maximise the browser any more. It's not a big thing but as I always use Opera maximised it would be nice for the browser to open in that state autonomously rather than me having to do it manually every time.

@kiziuk: See the solution from alexs to my identical query above.

@alexs: Thank you! All is well again. Much appreciated the advice.

Opera 85.0.4341.28 on Linux is not saving its window geometry when closing. The application always starts the same size centred on screen so if you close the browser maximized, for example, it doesn't open maximized next time Opera is started. Not a deal breaker but a lot of users enjoy Opera opening with the same window geometry when it was last closed.

The best browser by far for everybody, novice to expert.