Well, I'd be happy to swap issues with you, because I DO have the "delay loading of background tabs" selected, but they all load, which is NOT what I want at all, as it slows down opening & closing Opera, and runs up my RAM & CPU Usage big time! Maybe the key is to select the opposite of what we want in the preferences, maybe if I not select it, the background tabs won't open, and vice versa. But it is quite odd that we are both experiencing Opera not doing what we've selected, really odd...

@leocg Do you honestly think this kind of response is rational, or even respectful of those posting here? When carmakers do a recall, because a flaw in one system may cause fatal occurrences, it is Never about "all" or "most" of the cars being deathtraps, so denying bugs exist in Opera because it doesn't show itself in your computer, or the developers, is like being one of the blind men and the elephant. It doesn't affect me, so it must not be affecting everyone... You don't think it's at all reasonable to believe that if all other browsers work normally, but Opera, in a good number of cases, & you know only a tiny percentage of people take the time and effort to post in this forum (which is not known as a very realistic pathway to foment positive changes, but only to vent, or find workarounds. You can count on thousands of others simply throwing up their hands and moving off Opera, back to a more reliable browser. To make extrapolations based on the number of those complaining here is quite unscientific...

Don't like it popping up with every page of search results I go to, especially when the items it's showing me are NOT the one I'm searching for!

@leocg I see it once I reduce or enlarge the page, so I don't know why they don't just have it there all the time? What's the point of it, if you still have use the View menu first? It makes no sense this way, plus, when I click on the icon, the window that opens disappears in about a second or two, usually before I can even click on up or down! Plus, even with the icon, it still involves an extra step no other browser requires. I'm so used to having a zoom in or out icon in the toolbar, that having to first open another menu is just wasted added actions...

But thanks for letting me know about the little icon..

I get this same notice when trying to play videos on some of the major network sites ABC, CBS, etc. which work fine with other browsers, so why can't Opera play them?

@NewWorldMan Yeah, I see that, but it's a race of reflexes to get to the numbers to try and make the zoom more or less!!

@leocg That doesn't work! I can't log in to the site, nor can I change my password in Opera's saved passwords, which is ridiculous! Why can't we manually change it? When I put in the right one on the site, Opera keeps reverting it to the one it has saved, which is not the correct one! And while it shows the site, there's also an Opera window saying the site can't be accessed! Or at least it's half an Opera window, as it's cut in half!

Opera is lately driving me crazy with how many websites it just won't work with, sometimes it's the VPN feature that prevents it from functioning, but others, it's Opera itself, especially video streaming sites, like HULU, and some major network stations. Why is it so incompatible with so many sites???

@leocg So, ignore my issue completely because one sentence was capitalized? Good grief...

Every time I open Opera, I must sit and wait five or ten minutes, as it slowly opens all previously open tabs, in every window. This not only takes forever, but uses up nearly eleven Gigs of RAM!! This is so absurd a way of doing things, that I cannot believe the developers continue this ridiculous protocol! Why don't they fix this, as it definitely is a huge drawback to my using Opera, despite liking many other aspects of the browser?

@leocg You've obviously missed my point. Yes, I know all about those options. However, not all browsers choose to open every tab, but for the top one in each window, upon relaunching, thus saving many Gigs of RAM, and allowing the user to decide if and when to open any of those tabs. So my question is why doesn't Opera go this time & energy-saving route, instead of the pointless one of having to open every single one?

@burnout426 Nothing has worked, and I tried to delete the Opera bookmarks folder, and can't find a single folder labeled as Opera, anywhere on my computer! This is crazy. Each time I try to import, whether from the Safari bookmarks HTML file, or importing Firefox's, Opera immediately freezes, runs out all my RAM, and has to be force quit.... Never had these kinds of issues with any browser, ever...

@stevenjcee
Just updated to the newest Opera Verson 91.something, and yet again, the bookmarks won't import my Safari ones! Soon as I select the file and click to import them, this damn thing freezes up, and immediately, all 16 GBs of my RAM are gone! I try to upload a screenshot of this, and it reports an error! Does Anything work right with this browser? I know it used to, years ago, what happened?

I have two Workspace headings under my "Window" menu, and would like to get rid of this useless & confusing feature. Each time I click on one of the Workspaces, different window titles are shown, so I don't know which ones are where, as they keep shifting. Who thought of this?
Anyway, I'd like to just have all open windows show up on the menu under Window, is that possible?
I'm using the most updated version of Opera, on a Macbook Pro with OS 10.13.6.

@burnout426 Thanks, but I'm afraid it likely won't work. I've also tried importing Firefox bookmarks, and when I hit the import button, it doesn't even function, only a half circular arrow, and it freezes, immediately. Then I have to force quit it, before it runs out all my memory & CPU, and freezes my entire computer!

For some reason, on both my laptop & iMac, for the past few years, Opera just doesn't want to work! With each new update, I try it again, & most times it just freezes up within two minutes, has to be force quit, and that's it, just won't work. This time it at least works, but wont import bookmarks, or sync... Can't figure out why, as both my computers are using completely different OS version, yet Opera won't work right, period... I'll just have to give up on it..

@burnout426 Tried it again, had it import the selected HTML document of my Safari Bookmarks, and it Immediately stopped responding, and ran out all my RAM & CPU!!!! This is ridiculous, I want to use Opera but it's 100% Dysfunctional! Can't import bookmarks, can't sync, and it constantly must be force quit!!

@stevenjcee Nobody has a solution? What's the point of posting any questions, if there are no responses?

I would love to just get rid of them, since they haven't worked properly ever. Some tabs show up in both, while other tabs don't show up in either, and I have to open the Task Manager to find them! Instead of saving time, it costs me much frustration, time, & confusion! I just have the default pair, and would love to delete them both. Is there any way to do so?

@stevenjcee Now, I've since tried importing them again, from Firefox, and each time, Opera stalls out. The first time, my Mac OS forced a restart, the next time, I manually forced quit Opera. What's going on, can it actually import bookmarks, or no?

I recently did a whole reset with Opera, and it's now working as it should. However, when I did the Import Bookmarks from Firefox, I can only find a handful, when I have hundreds in my Firefox. Why? And where did it take what few showed from?
Also, even though I did nothing to import them from Safari, I do have a folder "From Safari", that is chock full of bookmarks. However, they appear to be incomplete, and are missing many of the newer ones. Again, I wonder where these came from, as I didn't import them, and they obviously aren't my current, up-to-date ones.

How do I import my current bookmarks from Firefox or Safari. And when I do, will importing them create lots of duplicates, as well? Thanks for any help...

@stevenjcee Well, I uninstalled Opera, then tried to do a fresh install, and for some reason, it opened with my information still contained, and still froze up within a minute! WTH?