Topic: OPERA 12.18 WAS RELEASED ?

[A41202813GMAIL]

OPERA Is A Family Of 2 Browsers With Incompatible Extensions:

A - Versions 15-, And,

B - Versions 15+.

I Use ( B ), A Browser That Is A CHROME Clone.

It Seems The First Member Of The Family Got A New Version ( 12.18 ).

Cheers.

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[Samker]

Thanks for the heads up, however I left this browser long time ago. :-/

[devnullius]

Thanks for the heads up, however I left this browser long time ago. :-/

I use it for video related tasks, cause Chrome has to do all the hard work and has no time for my frivolous habits.

BUT the upgrade seems to introduce lots of little bugs... hulu advertisements having their own mind about volume control (can't even mute!), Ad Muncher & hulu, also not a nice combination with Opera (pausing video instead of starting ad), ... little stuff like that. And yes, everything becomes Chrome clone one way or another. Even Edge is going to use Chrome extension technology. Sad part is... Google also started a silent war on everything it considers 'bad behaviour' (regarding your OS: installing helper programs, even offering them gets you a google download ban; websites with fake download buttons... Bye bye. Java? Silverlight? Flash? Bye bye). The end result: not one browser that you can use for everything you want. Some sites don't work any longer, others work in 1 browser but not the other. To my shock, in 2016 with Windows 10, I have to start Internet Explorer more and more... It's slowly becoming the all-round to go to browser, until the dust has settled and everybody updated their website tech (which they don't). I don't like that one bit.

;-( sad, I'm still contemplating to one day leave the internet behind for good... One day I tell ya'!

Devvie

[A41202813GMAIL]

OPERA15- Is Still Used, And Many Consider It The Best Browser Ever.

Bugs Are Expected Because The Previous Release Was Somewhat, 2 Years Ago ?

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That Is Why I Use 5 Browsers.

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GOOGLE Is Growing On My Nerves Too:

A - Unlike ( Some ) YANDEX Behavior, If An Extension Is Not In Their Store It Is Completely Blocked,

At Least, YANDEX Gives You A Warning, But Some Extensions Are Allowed To Install,

OPERA15+ Is The Most Liberal Of All - Almost All Extensions Are Compatible And Can Be Installed - And That Is Why It Is My Main And Also Favorite CHROME Clone Browser,

Any Browser That Does Not Give Power Users ( I Consider Myself One ) Options About Extensions Will Never Be My Main One,

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B - Unlike FF, CHROME Clones Have Started A War Against Sites With HTTPS Issues, Blocking Them Completely,

Warn Me About Safety Issues, But Give Me An Option To Carry On And Let Me Be Responsible For My Own Freaking Browsing.

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End Of Rant.

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[JeffreyCole]

Thanks for the heads up, however I left this browser long time ago. :-/

I use it for video related tasks, cause Chrome has to do all the hard work and has no time for my frivolous habits.

BUT the upgrade seems to introduce lots of little bugs... hulu advertisements having their own mind about volume control (can't even mute!), Ad Muncher & hulu, also not a nice combination with Opera (pausing video instead of starting ad), ... little stuff like that. And yes, everything becomes Chrome clone one way or another. Even Edge is going to use Chrome extension technology. Sad part is... Google also started a silent war on everything it considers 'bad behaviour' (regarding your OS: installing helper programs, even offering them gets you a google download ban; websites with fake download buttons... Bye bye. Java? Silverlight? Flash? Bye bye). The end result: not one browser that you can use for everything you want. Some sites don't work any longer, others work in 1 browser but not the other. To my shock, in 2016 with Windows 10, I have to start Internet Explorer more and more... It's slowly becoming the all-round to go to browser, until the dust has settled and everybody updated their website tech (which they don't). I don't like that one bit.

;-( sad, I'm still contemplating to one day leave the internet behind for good... One day I tell ya'!

Devvie

Grab the latest filter list update for Ad Muncher. the pause you mention is fixed and the ads are removed again.

[devnullius]

... I'm wondering which ad muncher you are using... It hardly ever was able to block ads. I even have a default filter to not bother on hulu any longer... You telling me I could have been watching hulu without ads? Grmbl.

But I checked; I have latest filters and still these problems ;p Though thanks for the confirmation!

Devvie

[devnullius]

That Is Why I Use 5 Browsers.

End Of Rant.

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tHEM cAPS aGAIN It pains me every time ;-( For real!

Anyways... I'll join your rant! Didn't notice the https problems, but it explains the problems a friend of mine was having with his university. I'll send their tech an email now...

Devvie

[JeffreyCole]

... I'm wondering which ad muncher you are using... It hardly ever was able to block ads. I even have a default filter to not bother on hulu any longer... You telling me I could have been watching hulu without ads? Grmbl.

But I checked; I have latest filters and still these problems ;p Though thanks for the confirmation!

Devvie

I double checked.

It's working flawlessly in opera 12.18 to remove the ads from hulu.

Statistics for Ad Muncher v4.94.34121/6906 (Free)
Adverts removed: 6,597,762
Bandwidth saved: 194,238 MB
Counter started: March 30, 2012

disable your custom list and your clear browser cache.

I'm the Ad Muncher dev who fixed it...

[devnullius]

... I'm wondering which ad muncher you are using... It hardly ever was able to block ads. I even have a default filter to not bother on hulu any longer... You telling me I could have been watching hulu without ads? Grmbl.

But I checked; I have latest filters and still these problems ;p Though thanks for the confirmation!

Devvie

I double checked.

It's working flawlessly in opera 12.18 to remove the ads from hulu.

Statistics for Ad Muncher v4.94.34121/6906 (Free)
Adverts removed: 6,597,762
Bandwidth saved: 194,238 MB
Counter started: March 30, 2012

disable your custom list and your clear browser cache.

I'm the Ad Muncher dev who fixed it...

Hello Jeffrey! Welcome and thank you for bothering to respond! Much appreciated. Shannow already told me that 'my shit not in order was'. I'll double check stuff, just to be sure and I'll let you guys know if it works afteral.

xx

Devvie


PS: for my own record: used custom filters for disabling ad-muncher on hulu:
.huluad.*.swf (Don't match against KW)
.hulu.com/published/*.mp4 (Don't match against KW)

[devnullius]

Oh, I'm using Opera beta 36.0! My bad 

Upgrading my 12.17 to 12.18 as we speak... Will test there too!