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Download Opera browser with:
"The extension upgrade requires additional permissions. Go to the extensions manager to accept the upgrade."
Any way that I can permanently get rid of this popup without having "Go to extensions", I've been getting this basically every week for more months than I can remember (and I'm fine with giving all of my extensions whatever permissions they need).
If not, I will make it a feature request to add "Allow" & "Reject" buttons as well as well as a "Dont ask again" tickbox to the popup.
Issue seems to be gone now
"This site can't be reached" with yandex.com & Opera GX - works fine with MS Edge
Thoughts? Workarounds? Enabling the little VPN thing at the left of the search bar doesn't make any difference.
I live in Sweden in case it makes any difference.
This is a must! Window management is 100% easier when you get a dedicated icon to commonly visited websites
Actually I just figured it out, it turns out to have been caused by a chrome extension I had installed "XTranslate".
Case solved
@leocg Hi and thanks 
The only other browser I have installed is Microsoft Edge, which do not suffer from this
@leocg Its best shown in the video. Every time I press the ctrl key, any text I have selected in a browser webpage is deselected.
Make it very difficult to copy text as I have to use the right click menu
bump, am I really the only one experiencing this?
Im on Win11 using Opera GX
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22000.493]
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C:\Users\olliv>systeminfo
Host Name: ENTERPRISE
OS Name: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro
OS Version: 10.0.22000 N/A Build 22000
OS Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation
OS Configuration: Standalone Workstation
OS Build Type: Multiprocessor Free
Registered Owner: olliver.aira@gmail.com
Registered Organization:
Product ID: 00330-80000-42875-AA310
Original Install Date: 12/15/2021, 4:19:14 AM
System Boot Time: 3/12/2022, 3:27:02 PM
System Manufacturer: ASUS
System Model: System Product Name
System Type: x64-based PC
Processor(s): 1 Processor(s) Installed.
[01]: Intel64 Family 6 Model 151 Stepping 2 GenuineIntel ~3187 Mhz
BIOS Version: American Megatrends Inc. 0407, 9/13/2021
Windows Directory: C:\Windows
System Directory: C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device: \Device\HarddiskVolume1
System Locale: en-us;English (United States)
Input Locale: sv;Swedish
Time Zone: (UTC+01:00) Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna
Total Physical Memory: 32,509 MB
Available Physical Memory: 9,102 MB
Virtual Memory: Max Size: 114,574 MB
Virtual Memory: Available: 38,192 MB
Virtual Memory: In Use: 76,382 MB
Page File Location(s): C:\pagefile.sys
Domain: WORKGROUP
Logon Server: \\ENTERPRISE
Hotfix(s): 4 Hotfix(s) Installed.
[01]: KB5012121
[02]: KB5011493
[03]: KB5009641
[04]: KB5011650
Network Card(s): 2 NIC(s) Installed.
[01]: Realtek Gaming 2.5GbE Family Controller
Connection Name: Ethernet
DHCP Enabled: Yes
DHCP Server:
IP address(es)
[01]:
[02]:
[02]: Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network)
Connection Name: Bluetooth Network Connection
Status: Media disconnected
Hyper-V Requirements: A hypervisor has been detected. Features required for Hyper-V will not be displayed.
C:\Users\olliv>
To demonstrate: https://youtu.be/1ho9HUU4MtU
Its making it somewhat challenging to copy text from the browser. Wondering if anyone have any clues on what might be the culprit here, Im on Windows 11.
Interestingly, it doesnt happen on google.com
This is the video I was having issues with btw: https://www.artstation.com/learning/courses/mY0/key-concepts-for-art-directors/chapters/3NW4/chapter-2-the-role-of-the-art-director Try hitting Win+Shift+S on your keyboard and you will see what I mean (if on Windows). Compare with say Microsoft Edge
Hi, I have been watching some courses on artstation recently, taking annotations and screenshots for personal use to help myself remember.
I noticed that Opera (GX at least, havent tried the "regular" opera) makes the videos on artstation black when taking a screenshot (using shareX or Win Shift S).
Is there some setting somewhere that I can toggle to disable this behavior? Works perfectly fine with other browsers
How do I visit sites that doesnt use encryption? Most other browsers give you a little button that lets you visit the site anyway (and Im not planning to exchange any sensitive info)
https://bithacker.dev/fetch-weather-openweathermap-api-javascript
@leocg yep
Dont forget to hit that open as window tickbox, its what does the magic
@leocg I appreciate the effort but, it still doesn't solve the issue of that it would open up multiple Discord instances.
I guess another issue since Im using Opera GX is that Discord could get put to sleep by GX control (I use quite agressive ram limiting). If it does get put to sleep, I would no longer receive notifications (right?).
So I guess everything Ive said could be summerized to:
Create desktop shortcuts that opens up an existing instance of the website if there is one.
And that gives the website its own window.
If its actually a "messenger" from the side bar or just a way of making shortcuts behave this way I really dont think I care about 
@leocg Ah yes of course. But then if you have say a desktop shortcut and click it, it will open up a new tab rather than bring up your already-open messanger tab.
Some applications (such as Discord in particular) will stop sending desktop toasters (push notifications) to you when you have multiple instances or the web based client open, which means that you will only hear the notification sound, but not see the actual message without viewing it through the website. Another issue is what I mentioned in my og post, in Discord at least you would have to navigate back to your conversation if you open up a new window or tab like that.
Chrome solves this with a little tickbox "Open as window" when creating shortcuts like so:
When you click the shortcut, it makes sure theres never more than one instance running. And since it opens up in a separate Window you can feel sure that every time you press that little button, you will get the right website up as there can never be any other websites docked to the same window.
Microsoft Edge does the exact same thing, except that they've labeled the feature as installing websites as apps - although again, they do the same thing.
@leocg Oh, I havent quite been able to figure out how if thats the case
Theres an issue with the current way of using the messengers in the side bar, if you use multiple windows then you will get multiple instances of the messenger, so if you chat with a specific person, open a new window and try opening the side bar in that new window, you will no longer have that chat open, but you will need to navigate back to it.
Therefore I think it would be more ideal if you had the option to always make the messengers open up in a separate window to prevent multiple instances like so.
This feature request is for Opera GX
