[stylin19a]

been using it for a long time. It’s owned by the original Opera guys...which I used even longer until they went chromium and sold to the Chinese.

I has the look and feel of old Opera...it also is a chromium based browser

What I don’t like is, when you close the last tab it shuts down rather go to a speed dial page or home page.
(They may have fixed that, I don’t know)
I am using some extension or app that takes it back to the speed dial page.

I started using Opera again as a backup browser - seems really fast.

[CatOwner]

What I don’t like is, when you close the last tab it shuts down rather go to a speed dial page or home page.

Given how I have Firefox set up, it does the same thing, so not a show-stopper for me.

I do like the interface with Opera. I just think some activity is happening in the background with that browser, regardless of "disabling" assistant processes.

[TomGuy]

What I don’t like is, when you close the last tab it shuts down rather go to a speed dial page or home page.

Vivaldi allows you to select keeping the window (browser) open when the last tab is closed. It is under Settings >> Tabs >> Tab Handling.

[stylin19a]

>>What I don’t like is, when you close the last tab it shuts down rather go to a speed dial page or home page.
(They may have fixed that, I don’t know)<<

They did fix it to what looks like an option: "keep window open when last tab is closed"

I haven't played with all the options...
good luck