installed opera gx (portable) just to see what its like nowadays since i haven’t tried opera or opera gx since moving to firefox in like 2017 or 18, and i am thoroughly confused on some things. first off, why does it have sound effects and background music lmao? i need to know what insane person has those left on because having my browser make swooshing, clicking and futuristic sounds when i hover over something, click, or type on my keyboard is a one way ticket to a headache. the homepage has so much random stuff on it, only other browser with more stuff on its new tab page is ms edge lol - they’ve added like a billion random flash games you can play when the chrome dino game is still the most entertaining tbh. the most bonkers thing was its “mods” store - which is basically a place to install themes that change the appearance of the browser and other things like the sounds and the look of certain websites, its like a more fancy version of a bog-standard theme on the chrome or firefox stores. anyway, when i tried to browse it on gx it would take forever to load images and wouldn’t let me install mods, any troubleshooting i tried failed - this is a fresh install btw. i decided to use my default (firefox) to open the same page and it loads instantly with no issues it was also the same story for brave which i use a secondary browser. so in conclusion i am still confident my decision to leave opera behind was a pretty good one on my part from what it seems lmao
I had an old pc with a really slow processor and 4 gb RAM and I figured, it's a gaming browser, so it will work faster.
It is the slowest browsing experience ever. I just use edge, its so fast on old PCs. I would've done Vivaldi, but it would still be too slow for me.
Opera Mini on Android LITERALLY occasionally takes you to another tab FOR AN AD.
And when I say occasionally, I mean every 3 minutes
get the regular “opera with ai” one. it doesn't do that. Also it's probably the best mobile browser. the ai isn't the smartest tho.
that's insane what
Fr bro why does it play the game over sound when I close a tab