imbedded videos are bugging my browing experience. when reading the NYTIMES or slate, scroll over a imbedded video and it starts playing with sound. I did not ask for that and it annoys me. I'm reading the news, If I wanted video, I'd own a TV( don't).

Other browsers, I'm told have a setup to disable these videos. Is there such a feature in Opera?

If not, get one.

I've been an Opera user for many years. Always liked it. But I'm getting frustrated. My most visited websites are breaking, I've filed bug reports and NOTHING is happening. gradually moving onto competing browsers. Which are clumsy, uncustomizable and slow. What is going on? And I don't find any reports of similar problems on the forums.