I've also had to reset my own account password recently and I've had to fix my sign in here.

I've been using New Tab Start page Pro https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/new-tab-start-page-pro/?display=en
and it fixed my issues with setting the home page after an Opera update broke the old extension I used to use for this.

I've found it very annoying when Ipera automatically updated and the update would break something on the browser.I'd rather have more control of how it's updated or even if I update.I was even given the option to upgrade to Windows 10 and decided to stay away from it and stick with Windows 7 where I have a choice about updates.I disabled updates in Firefox and update it by installing a new version over the old one so I can roll back if the new version is bugging and gltiching out.

I've found the automatic update to be such a pain that I also want to be able to easily opt out of that nonsense and just update manually which is a lot easier than having it update autmatically and having to try to roll back if the new version is full of bugs and glitches.

You need extensions to export the bookmarks from Opera and more extensions for so many other things Opera used to have internally like site permission settings which I use uBlock and uMatrix to fix that issue and V7 bookmarks allow you to export the blookmarks from Opera.I felt like you just a short time before adding a bunch of extensions to fix the issues I was having because Opera is the best browser for working with Blogspot blogs when you're trying to edit a blog.
I found Firefox almost unusable for the blog and have no other choice besides Opera if I want to keep working with my blog.Opera is unusable without some of the extensions I listed and two are critical to using Opera for better safety by giving you back the control over site permissions.I found a few extensions that gave the option to export the blookmarks which is what you need to add to Opera if you have a Blogspot blog.

I just discovered uBlock and uMatirx which claim to be for more advanced users are great impovements over letting Opera control site permissions and I've found them a lot more user-friendly than any other site permission extensions with greater control over site permissions.It means you can set strict permissions for searches and relax them greatly for visits to you known sites.

I'm just asking for ot to be made easier to disable or enable automatic updates and it could be included in optional extensions for those who want to disable the updates and can't figure out how to do it the other way or can't find what they need to find to stop the updating.

I do make updates by installing a new version on Firefox and it allows me to roll back if the new version is still bugged and most of us know how to update manually and would rather not have automatic updates forced on us when we're not ready to update and might be in the middle of something else.
I turned automatic updates off for Firefox because installing a new version is like updating though it's a lot safer and still leaves the older version there in case you have to roll back temporarily until bugs in an updated version are fixed.I'd rather see options to update manually or automatically and see new updates released to develpoers to test before being released to the general users after a few got released with major bugs and glitches like the bookmarks in the menu not working and other issues.

I just want us to have the choice because other have started glitching out in other ways and I started out suggesting having ways to fix loading issues on windows for logging in and on getting ways to customize site permissions which is a problem for more than just myself.Others have started complaining about sites getting blocked and log in windows not loading correctly.I found no extensions or ways of controlling the site permissions other that a basic permission menu and it's not even being honored and it's too basic.

This sounds like something got glitched out in recent Opera updates because they get released untested to the casual user and being able to chose how to update by setting to allow automatic updates or to manually check for and install updates is available in Firefox and I disabled the automatic updates and download a full installer of the next version when it's time to update and that works best for any browser.