# Opera browser users/mavens, some help? Images on some sites not showing up **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 24, 2023, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opera-browser-users-mavens-some-help-images-on-some-sites-not-showing-up/984525 "2023-05-24T15:45:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opera-browser-users-mavens-some-help-images-on-some-sites-not-showing-up/984525/1 "2023-05-24T15:45:26Z")
Starting yesterday, on a few sites such as [NPR.org](http://NPR.org), homepage image previews suddenly stopped showing up. Instead of the image I get a big white minus sign in a blue circle. When I click on the story I can read the story, but there is no image there either, just the minus sign. If the image is a link to a video, the video seems to work (although it’s possible this varies by site). Any ideas about what’s going on here ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opera-browser-users-mavens-some-help-images-on-some-sites-not-showing-up/984525/2 "2023-05-24T16:41:22Z")
Does the page look ok in another browser? Opera has integrated ad blocking which can cause some funky behavior. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opera-browser-users-mavens-some-help-images-on-some-sites-not-showing-up/984525/3 "2023-05-24T17:17:14Z")
FWIW, I’m using Opera on an Android phone, and I see no problem with the images on [npr.org](http://npr.org). ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opera-browser-users-mavens-some-help-images-on-some-sites-not-showing-up/984525/4 "2023-05-24T20:40:23Z")
Yes, forgot to mention, I tried it in Firefox and it is fine. That’s why I assumed it was the browser. I’ve been using Opera for around a year I think, and this just changed yesterday. I’ve been considering re-installing the program (which I hate doing because it took me a while to get the settings the way I like it). ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opera-browser-users-mavens-some-help-images-on-some-sites-not-showing-up/984525/5 "2023-05-25T03:50:59Z")
I went ahead and re-installed, and there was a version upgrade available. It picked up all my old settings from the previous version. The problem still exists exactly the same as before the upgrade. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opera-browser-users-mavens-some-help-images-on-some-sites-not-showing-up/984525/6 "2023-05-25T04:02:56Z")
> [@jnglmassiv](#): > > Opera has integrated ad blocking which can cause some funky behavior. The ad-blocking feature is not working properly either. But even when I turn it off, the other stuff happens. I happened to be looking at foxnews dot com (hey, someone here on SDMB linked to it) and I noticed the same minus signs on that site too, but as I scrolled down the page I noticed the images would come up if I gave the screen a couple of seconds instead of immediately scrolling past. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opera-browser-users-mavens-some-help-images-on-some-sites-not-showing-up/984525/7 "2023-05-25T06:55:15Z")
I’m using Opera now but not seeing the errors you’re seeing. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2023, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opera-browser-users-mavens-some-help-images-on-some-sites-not-showing-up/984525/8 "2023-05-30T20:39:01Z")
I still don’t know what was wrong, but I had to uninstall and then re-install Opera to fix it. A real pain in the ass, but it’s working now. I was using Firefox for a few days while I figured out what to do, and I’m glad I was able to go back to Opera. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2023, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opera-browser-users-mavens-some-help-images-on-some-sites-not-showing-up/984525/9 "2023-11-26T16:39:30Z")
I’m using Dropbox (with Microsoft Edge browser) and I too only see outlines with filenames when I open a folder. If I click on one, the image appears (and additionally shows all the images in that folder in a sequence of tiny images along the bottom of the screen which I can scroll through.) Any idea how to get my large view images back?!