Old Opera V12 Has Become Unusable

Vic: "I just wish everybody would quit with the damn auto-play videos."

On the old XP desktop, I still run Opera 12 browser. I have toolbar buttons to quickly toggle javascript, plug-ins, and cookies on/off. As a rule, these are always off. Without those on, you don't get pop-ups or auto-play. On frequently-visited sites, I can set up preferences to have some or all of that stuff on regardless. Old Opera v12 has become unusable on some sites, though. Like XP and the box it's in, O12 is increasingly an anachronism.

Although I have tried various post-v12 Chrome-ized Opera browsers on my and milady's tablets and cells, I have not found a similarly easy way to toggle the activities or set individual site preferences, and I run with all the vulnerabilities open. So, yeah, hate the auto-run videos. Especially sidebar ads that shout at me.

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