@tastyboi

One of the first things I do before I even post in a forum, is to either customize the default avatars, and/or upload my own, even when I got my first PC, (or any PC for that matter) I spent the entire day customizing everything, as I always detest the default settings of any program, so looking at this forum, I don't expect there to be nothing in the way of personal customization...

So the main reason I first started using Opera (Around 2002 I believe) was that Opera shared my own total contempt for the default settings, so like everything else that is computer programs, it's been marred by the overwhelming blandness of the off-white realm of the office manager/cubicle commoners! :^) JK

I would keep Vivaldi in mind as a possible viable main browser to, or even along with "Neo-Chromium" as they're much more dedicated to the enthusiast, and Original and long supporters of Opera. I still use it in the hopes that someone, -any-one finally comes up with way to change the horrid skin color!

I personally still use "Opera" along with every other browser, (save for Safari/IE, and only 10% of Chrome) so I would just give up any personal customization here,(Else it would've been enabled already) and suffer through the off-white blandness of forums/Programs safe for the office...

'Cause Casuals, gonna Casual...

@leocg Thanks for the reply, yeah, I read info when opera had autoplay in the settings, but that was a few years back… I can at least I can turn off the sound via the browser, so there's that!

But as far as extensions are concerned, there are no browser extensions that will work, I have been scouring the chrome/opera store, and haven't found anything that would work.

So it looks like it's Vivaldi/Firefox for IG then, until someone develops an extension that works…

Nothing works, as every plugin that I use is ineffective, and even the *opera-specific setting/content info is at least 3 years out of date and worthless…

*Unless, I can get the updated info, which is the point of this post…

And no, the HTML5 no autoplay plugin does not work!

The only effective way I found to block IG's infuriating autoplay is to not use the Opera browser at all!

Thanks in advance for any info that you can provide!

Edit: I went to : opera://settings/content/siteDetails?site=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2F and there is no listing item for video.

Though there IS a disable sound option, so it looks like Opera is a crappy browser for IG and the only way to stop IG's infuriating video autoplay is to stop using Opera altogether…

As I have no problem with IG's autoplay, with Vivaldi/Brave/FireFox, though I prefer Opera over those other browsers…

Edit2: Whelp, it looks like this browser allows for video autoplay as I went here ⇒ opera://flags/#autoplay-policy and could not find anything related to disabling video at all, so it does indeed look like Opera is the worst browser for IG after all!

Opera will most certainly retain it's ultra bland skin as it's part of the metro style that has infested software and websites all around the Internet, and will stay until trendy Caliphoney mac douche bags go for another universal graphical look, we had the colorful shiny glass look as the standard, now we have the ugly bland metro look, hopefully in a couple of years this will change, but make no mistake, the bland look is by design and is here to stay.

WOW, They even nerfed/hid the edit function since I last visited 3-4 moths ago!

...Oh wait, yeah I was right, it was hidden in the general white-blandness of the site's "color" palate!

Christ, I wish people would just accept the fact that Opera (As well as this forum) is an anti-user customization company, they are specifically targeting the tablet/Office managers/PC oblivious crowd...

I still have an Opera Post-nerfed browser that I mainly use for my saved MHT off-line files and legacy sites, and I only use the neutered Opera Anti-browser for hist-sites like this one, as the bland whiteness of the forums perfectly match the bland whiteness of the browser and facelessness of win 10..(Of which I'm waiting 'till a new skin is available before I upgrade)

The problem with the disable option from a shortcut is that this option only works when using the shortcut. If you open Opera from an email web link or link form another program (such as Keypass)then update will be active.

Which is precisely the reason why I am so opposed to auto-updating schemes that can't be turned off by a user from within a program itself. There may be a hundred legitimate reasons why a user wants/needs to block updating, but there are dozens of ways around his blocking unless it's done within the program itself, by design. Probably the most assured method of blocking Blink Opera currently is to change the updater file extension to .xxx or something similar... but even that has some risks attached (a repair re-install, for example).

Yeah, well it seems all custom functions are getting phased out/changed without our input, even opera's very own help page has inaccurate information....That, and the DRM built into this browser hereby marks my departure, and deletion of this program...

I will, however still remain here to see if this browser is made in the future for the actual user base rather than for administrators/office managers, as I don't use this browser to surf the Internet at work..

So goodbye Neo-Chromium, hello Vivaldi as my actual Opera!

If it is still in production wouldn't it be more practical if they would release the changes when it's complete, rather in it's uncompleted form in the current update?

I'm guessing you mean more choices for the images rather than more images than men have.

I would love to see that as well...However, take note of the muted look of this forum, further, take note that --EDITED-- even sigs aren't a supported function here, nor is the forum listed as a menu item on the main page, so I would not think that customization or these forums for that matter could be of a secondary priority for this site.

Fortunately, I do not work here, so my answer is simply an unconfirmed observation, however, I can also see that these forums/browser are extremely well formatted for an office environment in which administrators and office managers could find very convenient. So my guess would be not at this time, or that it's simply not a priority as of yet.

EDITED to add..

Ah, so that's where its hiding, it is hard to see due to it's near blending in the background..

@tastyboi

One of the first things I do before I even post in a forum, is to either customize the default avatars, and/or upload my own, even when I got my first PC, (or any PC for that matter) I spent the entire day customizing everything, as I always detest the default settings of any program, so looking at this forum, I don't expect there to be nothing in the way of personal customization...

So the main reason I first started using Opera (Around 2002 I believe) was that Opera shared my own total contempt for the default settings, so like everything else that is computer programs, it's been marred by the overwhelming blandness of the off-white realm of the office manager/cubicle commoners! :^) JK

I would keep Vivaldi in mind as a possible viable main browser to, or even along with "Neo-Chromium" as they're much more dedicated to the enthusiast, and Original and long supporters of Opera. I still use it in the hopes that someone, -any-one finally comes up with way to change the horrid skin color!

I personally still use "Opera" along with every other browser, (save for Safari/IE, and only 10% of Chrome) so I would just give up any personal customization here,(Else it would've been enabled already) and suffer through the off-white blandness of forums/Programs safe for the office...

'Cause Casuals, gonna Casual...