No" tabs" function since 10.53 Upgrade -- not a preferences or shortcut issue... What to do?

No" tabs" function since 10.53 Upgrade -- not a preferences or shortcut issue... What to do?

I let Opera automatically upgrade from 10.52 to 10.53 last night.

It lost the tabs function in the process.

In Tools/Preferences/Advanced/Tabs I have "Reuse current tab" UNchecked. I have checked "Open new tab next to active", "Show thumbnails when hovering tabs", and "Enable thumbnails in tabs". None of those work.

In Tools/Preferences/Advanced/Shortcuts/Middle-Click Options I have "Open in New Tab" checked. But it doesn't.

What happens when I am on a webpage and select a link to open in a new tab is that the current page clears and reverts to the "Speed Dial - Opera" page. I lose my current page and do not get my new page, and do not get a new tab nor a new window.

Very weird and frustrating.

I'm running Windows XP Home SP 3.

Tried using System Restore to roll back to my previous version, but unfortunately, Opera uninstalled it so that is not an option.

Anyone else experiencing this? Any ideas what might fix it for me?

Thanks,
ken

I am using 10.53 and tabs still work.

This is why I don't use the auto updater, I stick to using the classic installer manually.

I think my next step is to fully uninstall, download the latest version of Opera, and see if a clean install will work for me.

Well... An uninstall and reinstall didn't do the trick.

And.... It wasn't a full uninstall. Because it retained my favorites and my plug-ins. Am wondering if perhaps this problem is the result of a conflict in 10.53 with one of the plug-ins?

Here's the list I get when I View/Developer's Tools/Plugins. If there's an Opera wiz who recognizes a great candidate for a conflict here, please let me know and I'll look into what it takes to disable it.

This list:

Windows Media Player Plug-in Dynamic Link Libraryvideo/x-ms-asf asf,asx
application/asx
video/x-ms-asf-plugin
application/x-mplayer2
video/x-ms-wm wm
audio/x-ms-wma wma
audio/x-ms-wax wax
video/x-ms-wvx wvx
video/x-ms-wmv wmv,wmx
C:\Program Files\Opera\program\plugins\npdsplay.dll

Microsoft Office 2003application/x-msoffice
C:\Program Files\Opera\program\plugins\NPOFFICE.DLL

Shockwave Flashapplication/futuresplash spl
application/x-shockwave-flash swf
C:\Program Files\Opera\program\plugins\NPSWF32.dll

Microsoft® DRMapplication/x-drm nip
C:\Program Files\Opera\program\plugins\npwmsdrm.dll

Java Deployment Toolkit 6.0.180.7application/java-deployment-toolkit
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugins\npdeploytk.dll

Adobe Acrobatapplication/pdf pdf
application/vnd.adobe.xdp+xml xdp
application/vnd.adobe.xfd+xml xfd
application/vnd.adobe.pdfxml pdfxml
application/vnd.adobe.x-mars mars
application/vnd.fdf fdf
application/vnd.adobe.xfdf xfdf
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugins\nppdf32.dll

PDF-XChange Viewerapplication/pdf pdf
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugins\npPDFXCviewNPPlugin.dll

RealPlayer(tm) G2 LiveConnect-Enabled Plug-In (32-bit) audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin rpm
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugins\nppl3260.dll

RealJukebox NS Pluginnone none
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugins\nprjplug.dll

RealPlayer Version Pluginapplication/vnd.rn-realplayer-javascript rpj
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugins\nprpjplug.dll

Java Deployment Toolkit 6.0.160.1application/npruntime-scriptable-plugin;DeploymentToolkit
C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\new_plugin\npdeploytk.dll

Java(TM) Platform SE 6 U18application/x-java-applet
application/x-java-bean
application/x-java-vm
application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.1
application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.1
application/x-java-applet;version=1.1
application/x-java-bean;version=1.1
application/x-java-applet;version=1.2
application/x-java-bean;version=1.2
application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.3
application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.3
application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.2
application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.2
application/x-java-applet;version=1.3
application/x-java-bean;version=1.3
application/x-java-applet;version=1.2.2
application/x-java-bean;version=1.2.2
application/x-java-applet;version=1.2.1
application/x-java-bean;version=1.2.1
application/x-java-applet;version=1.3.1
application/x-java-bean;version=1.3.1
application/x-java-applet;version=1.4
application/x-java-bean;version=1.4
application/x-java-applet;version=1.4.1
application/x-java-bean;version=1.4.1
application/x-java-applet;version=1.4.2
application/x-java-bean;version=1.4.2
application/x-java-applet;version=1.5
application/x-java-bean;version=1.5
application/x-java-applet;version=1.6
application/x-java-bean;version=1.6
application/x-java-applet;jpi-version=1.6.0_18
application/x-java-bean;jpi-version=1.6.0_18
application/x-java-vm-npruntime
C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\new_plugin\npjp2.dll

QuickTime Plug-in 7.6.6audio/x-wav wav,bwf
audio/wav wav,bwf
video/quicktime mov,qt,mqv
application/sdp sdp
application/x-sdp sdp
application/x-rtsp rtsp,rts
video/flc flc,fli,cel
C:\Program Files\QuickTime\Plugins\npqtplugin.dll

QuickTime Plug-in 7.6.6audio/midi midi,mid,smf,kar
audio/mid mid,midi,smf,kar
audio/basic au,snd,ulw
audio/x-aiff aiff,aif,aifc,cdda
audio/aiff aiff,aif,aifc,cdda
audio/x-midi mid,midi,smf,kar
audio/vnd.qcelp qcp
C:\Program Files\QuickTime\Plugins\npqtplugin2.dll

QuickTime Plug-in 7.6.6audio/x-gsm gsm
audio/AMR AMR
audio/aac aac,adts
audio/x-aac aac,adts
audio/x-caf caf
audio/ac3 ac3
audio/x-ac3 ac3
video/x-mpeg mpeg,mpg,m1s,m1v,m1a,m75,m15,mp2,mpm,mpv,mpa
C:\Program Files\QuickTime\Plugins\npqtplugin3.dll

QuickTime Plug-in 7.6.6audio/mpeg mp3,mp2,mpga,mpeg,mpg,m1s,m1a,mpm,mpa,m2a
video/mpeg mpg,mpeg,m1s,m1v,m1a,m75,m15,mp2,mpm,mpv,mpa
video/3gpp 3gp,3gpp
audio/x-mpeg mpeg,mpg,m1s,m1a,mp2,mpm,mpa,m2a
C:\Program Files\QuickTime\Plugins\npqtplugin4.dll

QuickTime Plug-in 7.6.6video/mp4 mp4,mpg4
audio/3gpp 3gp,3gpp
video/3gpp2 3g2,3gp2
audio/3gpp2 3g2,3gp2
video/sd-video sdv
application/x-mpeg amc
audio/mp4 mp4
audio/x-m4a m4a
audio/x-m4p m4p
audio/x-m4b m4b
C:\Program Files\QuickTime\Plugins\npqtplugin5.dll

QuickTime Plug-in 7.6.6image/png png
image/x-png png
image/x-pict pict,pic,pct
video/x-m4v m4v
image/x-macpaint pntg,pnt,mac
image/pict pict,pic,pct
image/x-quicktime qtif,qti
image/x-sgi sgi,rgb
image/x-targa targa,tga
C:\Program Files\QuickTime\Plugins\npqtplugin6.dll

QuickTime Plug-in 7.6.6image/jp2 jp2
image/jpeg2000 jp2
image/jpeg2000-image jp2
image/x-jpeg2000-image jp2
C:\Program Files\QuickTime\Plugins\npqtplugin7.dll

Silverlight Plug-Inapplication/x-silverlight scr
application/x-silverlight-2
c:\Program Files\Microsoft Silverlight\3.0.50106.0\npctrl.dll

Windows Live® Photo Galleryapplication/x-wlpg3-detect wlpg
application/x-wlpg-detect wlpg
C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Photo Gallery\NPWLPG.dll

Windows Presentation Foundationapplication/x-ms-xbap xbap
application/xml xml,xaml
C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5\Windows Presentation Foundation\NPWPF.dll

RealPlayer(tm) HTML5VideoShim Plug-In (32-bit) application/x-rp-html5videoshim-plugin rh5
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Real\RealPlayer\BrowserRecordPlugin\MozillaPlugins\nprphtml5videoshim.dll

Google Updateapplication/x-vnd.google.oneclickctrl.8
C:\Program Files\Google\Update\1.2.183.23\npGoogleOneClick8.dll

Thanks,
ken

SOLVED:

I needed to enable View/Toolbars/Tab bar.

And then needed to get rid of the enable thumbnails function. Otherwise, my tabs were eating up a third of the vertical area on my screen.

They certainly appear different than they did yesterday, and different from how they have appeared for the four or five years I've been using Opera. But at least they're back now. Which is good. Because I couldn't use Opera without them.

Best,
ken

P.S. Did we have "Tab bar" as an option under toolbars in earlier versions of Opera? And, if so, I wonder why it was turned off in the automatic upgrade?

Now I've even got them looking the same as before. In the new version of Opera, whenever I have more than six tabs open (on my 10.1 inch netbook screen), they begin truncating, becoming narrower. That allows many more tabs to fit on the screen. And apparently, I had about 20 open and so they were very, very narrow little guys. After I closed all but six, I regained the tab appearance I am accustomed to.

So, all is well now in OperaLand.