Opera CPU hog

The problem I have with Firefox is the sandbox issue, if you have too many tabs open it's a memory drain. I don't know Safari but played a bit with Chrome.

One reason I like Opera is the bookmark sync, it works really well for me.
 
I've been an Opera devotee for years -- not ready to switch just yet. And your problem definitely doesn't sound like it's generic. A quick check reveals my Opera to be taking only 2% of the CPU's cycles, and 9 MB of RAM. So definitely not a system hog!

What I DO find however is that it takes a while to launch on my rather 'mature' system. And it has the odd idiosyncracy -- like not allowing me to browse this forum, for which I have to switch to IE because Opera keeps returning me to the home page whenever I click on a MyBroadband link. Ah well, let's just call it a lovable quirk....
 
After a google I found some posts where people say I must disable sound in web pages. It helped a bit but I'm still getting 99% CPU usage now and then.
 
Veroland said:
I'm on 9.61 and it happens on my notebook and pc
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It depends on the tab. I'm using Firefox and there are times where it'll use up 100% cpu resources till I close the offending tab. Doesn't matter whether you have 20 or 2 tabs open.

I messed up tab is the problem.
 
Veroland said:
Is it just me or does Opera 9 tend to use all my CPU at times? Especially when trying to log into gmail?
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Opera has never been a resouce hog for me - and i have used it for years now.

And i always have 15-30 open tabs.
 
I check my gmail way too many times throughout the day, evening, morning - and dont have the hog problem
 
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