Posts made by steeveboy

@opera-qa-team: Thanks for the reply. As an update to RNA-3261: Even with large files like NVIDIA drivers, the notification dot is missing despite the popup showing 'Download complete'. It seems very inconsistent. Waiting for a fix. Thanks again.

Hello Opera Team,

I am writing to provide feedback regarding the latest UI changes in Opera One (Version: 131.0.5877.24).

In previous versions, there was a very helpful small purple notification dot (a mini-circle) on the top-right of the download arrow icon whenever a download was completed. This allowed users to see at a glance that their file was ready without having to click the icon or wait for the pop-up.

In the current version, this indicator is gone. Currently, there is no visual feedback on the toolbar icon itself after a download finishes. This is a significant downgrade in terms of usability and "Quality of Life."

My request:
Please bring back the notification dot or provide a toggle in the settings to re-enable "Download Completion Indicators" on the toolbar icon. It was a subtle but essential part of the workflow.

Is this a known bug in the current build, or was this a deliberate design choice?

@theory65-0:

Me again

Hi! Based on your screenshot, if it's not a standard pinned tab, here are three likely causes and how to fix them:

1. "On Startup" Settings
   Google might be set as a static startup page in addition to your normal session.

Go to opera://settings/onStartup.

Check if "Open a specific page or set of pages" is selected and if Google is listed there.

If so, remove the entry or switch back to "Retain tabs from previous session".

2. Modified Shortcut Target
   Sometimes the URL is accidentally added to the Opera shortcut itself.

Right-click your Opera shortcut (on Desktop or Taskbar) and select Properties.

Look at the "Target" field. It should end with opera.exe". If there is a URL (like https://www.google.com) behind the quotes, delete it.

3. Corrupt Session Files
   If a session file is bugged, it might "freeze" tabs and force them to reopen every time.

Go to opera://about to find your Profile path.

Close Opera completely.

Navigate to that folder and delete the "Sessions" subfolder. (Note: This will clear all currently open tabs, but it usually fixes persistent "ghost" tabs).

Bonus tip: Since Opera 131 uses Tab Islands, check if that Google icon is actually the start of a collapsed "Island." Try right-clicking the icon and selecting "Separate from Island" or "Close Tab Island."

Hope this helps!

@theory65-0

Try a clean install. Otherwise try a previous Opera Version.

Never had such a behaviour.

If it happens again and again, just file a bug-report and send it to Opera. Maybe you can test it with another PC or Laptop, then at least you know it is your special configuration.

Hope a dev answers your post soon directly, I'm also interested in this one.

Could also be a corrupt installation of the OS, so that TEMP-files mess up in the background. But better let the devs speak for themselves...

@theory65-0

Maybe the first is just a pinned Google-Tab from a previous session? Try unpinning it, then close it. Try a restart. Then it should be gone.

Otherwise it seems like a bug, if it is not a pinned tab.

Thumbnails now get a small pix wide stripe at the bottom which is grey. Why? Looks off and annoying. Reverting to Opera stable 130.0.5847.92. Hope that gets fixed...

Fullscreen black crush / incorrect gamma in Opera 130 (Windows 11 HDR ON, NVIDIA RTX 40 series)
I noticed a regression in Opera 130:
YouTube windowed mode = correct black levels
YouTube fullscreen mode = heavy black crush (too dark)
This only happens when ANGLE uses D3D11 (default).
Workaround:

• Setting opera://flags → ANGLE graphics backend → D3D9 fixes the issue completely.
• OpenGL is not available in Opera 130.
  System:
• Windows 11
• HDR always ON
• NVIDIA RTX 4070 Ti Super
  Looks like a swapchain / HDR tone‑mapping issue in the D3D11 ANGLE path.
  Other Chromium browsers (Chrome/Edge) do not show this problem.
  Please check — fullscreen video should not change black levels.
  Thanks!

YouTube has a white flashing window when opening in a new tab. Really annoying. Reverting to Opera 128 stable until it's fixed.

Thanks to "tastodd" and "leocg" for the quick replies!

Now in the evening (maybe after a restart of Opera - i opened it, closed it and reopened) the new design for history is visible.

Looks damn f****** cool! Well done!

Just wanted to let you know... the corresponding flag is on default which is "enabled".

Thanks guys

I think I don't have the new redesigned history page, after updating to ver 122.0.5643.24. Could you please take a look at the screenshots and tell me if it's right? I don't see any new design compared to previous stable build of ver 122. Thanks in advance!

Dear Opera-Team, can you confirm that YouTube seems to have some kind of "overlay-display"-problem when clicking on the notification window on the right? A video must be playing or being paused (ideally something with lots of dark or grey areas). When you toggle the notification bell or click the video settings wheel, the video window flickers. Seems to be a mismatch with the video black levels. By clicking it seems to get to "16-235"-levels, than instantly reverts back to normal full levels "0-255". Everything while HDR is turned on in Windows 11 (24H2, up to date version). NVIDIA graphics card (RTX 4070 Ti Super) with up to date drivers. Color settings in NVCP are set to "accurate".

This behaviour only occurs with "Choose ANGLE graphics backend" set to Default respectively D3D11. D3D11on12 is kind of unstable and the whole screen becomes white and flickers from time to time. It's only fixed when choosing OpenGL oder D3D9. Then you can click the YouTube notification bell on the right (while any video in the main window area is paused) and nothing flickers, the video itself stays as it is and does not change black levels. I guess some kind of overlay problem.

Can you reproduce this and if so, do you have any clue why it is this strange?

Enclosed you find a small GIF illustrating this (it is amplified because of D3D11 angle flag - in real it's a small flickering of black levels, blacks become greyish and then instantly black again... after around 0.5 seconds)

Example of YouTube Overlay Problem

Dear Opera Team,

first of all many thanks for your consistent work in ironing out multiple bugs and glitches over the past few years. Very well appreciated!

From my point of view, there is only one "fault" left... it's a misspelling in German. Is the dev team aware of this and just in case, do you have an error code for this reported problem? Screenshot enclosed

It should be "Benutzerdefiniertes Bild festlegen" not "fesfilegen".

Thanks a lot

Dear Opera Team, why is the Google Favicon in the Speed Dial's Google Search Bar blurry?

Is there a way to get a hi-res favicon to be shown?

@daria19 Hi Daria, I am using the classic theme with dark mode.

The font color of Speed Dial thumbnails is now black, which is hardly readable. If you open a folder, containing multiple speed dials, the font color is white. So I guess something failed here. Hope to be fixed in next version. Downgrading to version 116.0.5366.51.

@burnout426: Ah I see, thanks for the explanation.

Why is the current stable release of Opera not listed on the FTP-Server under "https://get.opera.com/ftp/pub/opera/desktop/"?
There is only 114.0.5282.94, but 114.0.5282.102 is the current one.

Also wanted to mention 2 other things...

1.) If you create a group on the speed-dial-page and there are multiple pages in that group, you get a hover-magnifying-effect over the speed-dial-thumbnail (like outside of that group). But if you hover over the most right one in that group, it starts to break the layout and gets bigger for all thumbnails in it. It's kind of distracting.

2.) In German translation when editing a speed-dial-thumbnail, there is a misspelling for "Benutzerdefiniertes Bild festlegen". It's misspelled with "fesfilegen".

@tastodd said:

when hovering over the close button X it does not highlight in red

Same here. Reverting to 114.0.5282.86

@andrew84: Yes, I can confirm that. Usually you could just swipe far to the top right corner and click, so it closed. Now you have to hover exactly over the X button. Small inconvenience, but it would be great if it can fe fixed. Guess these buttons have rounded corners now, so few pixels are missing, therefore you don't hit when it is the pixel in the exact top right corner.

@burnout426 Thanks a lot!