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Opera event in Guangzhou, China
2 days before the Kongzhong-Opera 2.0 final launch, some Opera China team members held another free beer event for Chinese users in Guangzhou, China.
To Russia with Opera
At Opera, we do things a little differently than other companies. We go swimming, we celebrate holidays, and we even drink a little bit.
Opera Mini 4: CNET Review
Check out this Opera Mini 4 review by CNET (opens in a new tab). What do you think?
Opera at BarCamp San Diego 2
This past weekend, I attended BarCamp San Diego 2. Like the previous BarCamp here in San Diego, Opera was a sponsor. Check out my full BarCamp report on Opera Otaku.
Opera Mini 4 — In The News
I thought we could use this post to share any news coverage we stumble upon about today's all important release of Opera Mini 4.
Welcome to Choose Opera!
This group is for you to get together, brainstorm, plan, and complete projects to promote the Opera browser. Participation in this group is completely voluntary. If you're a fan who has been waiting for the chance to let the world know about Opera, well...…
Our Video Revolution
Have you seen the new videos we released when we announced Opera Link? There are two of them, "Opera Link" and "Opera Link - Convergence".
More Opera Mini Users Needed
Thanks everyone for the comments to the last thread. Very useful indeed. I'm also in need of quotes from an Opera Mini fan in the U.S., Brazil and Western Europe. If you fit the description, drop me a private message.
Wanted: Russian Opera Mini user
If you are a Russian Opera Mini user, have tried the new beta of Opera Mini 4, and would like to tell the world how awesome it is (and hopefully you feel that way), just drop me a private message. We are planning a big event in Moscow next week and would like…
Nao took her Monkey to the Tokyo office, Ya Ya Ya!!
Our most powerful young female Japanese blogger on My Opera Nao visited our Tokyo office in the last Friday. At that time, we had a Video Chat between Oslo and Tokyo when our community manager Espen, main designer Fred, and the Monkey as well known on her…
Have you visited the Opera Shop lately?
Although we try to give out as much stuff as we can at conferences and as contest prizes, we also have Opera merchandise for sale at the Opera Shop.
Partying with Jon (Opera's CEO) in China
Earlier this week, Opera's CEO Jon S. von Tetzchner gave a speech at the China Internet Conference, and was interviewed by numerous Chinese news organizations.
Project F5: Reloading Opera info on the Web
That said, there are other website issues we could use your help with. In particular, there are a lot of sites out there that have old, outdated, or simply incorrect information about Opera. For example, some sites still claim that Opera contains built-in…
Opera at DigitalLife in New York City
From Thursday through Sunday (Sept. 27-30), Opera will be at DigitalLife, a huge consumer electronics and entertainment event in New York City.
Choose Opera moderator update
Those of you who have been part of Choose Opera for some time probably know Vyoma Kapur (MissPlaced on My Opera). Vyoma, who was quite instrumental in helping us to start Choose Opera, left Opera a few weeks ago and is now pursuing other things in her home…
How would you customize Opera for grandma?
We all know that Opera is highly customizable (right out-of-the-box, without having to download a ton of plug-ins). For fun, some Opera users like to share how they've customized their browser. Generally, however, it's power users who show off their…
Opera tutorial video
When Opera 9.5 alpha was released last week, many of you probably saw the excellent video review posted by Ryan of CyberNet News.
500 members!
Over the weekend, My Opera reached the 1,000,000 member milestone, which is awesome, but here at Choose Opera, we reached a milestone of our own: 500 members!
Some thoughts on browser speed
being fast isn't everything, but it's definitely important. You already know that Opera's goal is to bring the Internet to all kinds of devices, which means that we have to work on technology that generally has less processor power than the most advanced…
Opera talks SXSW
We need your help once again; SXSW is approaching. Don't know what SXSW is? It's an incredible feast of sight, sound and software (in Opera's case) held in Austin, TX.
Opera wallpapers in the wild!
Being a new member of the Opera Cummunity, I've made a vector improvisation on the theme of the upcoming releases of Opera Kestrel 9.5 and Opera Mini.
Opera Mini: The choice of the BlackBerry Generation?
As we announced last week, the latest beta of Opera Mini 4 features numerous optimizations for BlackBerry users.
Alpha Release of Opera 9.5
Welcome to the Opera Browser 9.5 alpha release - codenamed Kestrel.
Have browser, will travel
At Opera, we really enjoy meeting our users, and we make it a point to attend as many events as we can. In September alone, we'll be at 5 events in 5 countries.
Opera Mini 4 beta 2 is out in full force
Opera Mini 4 beta 2 is here. Read about the changes (since beta 1) on Opera Watch and the official Opera Mini blog.
Your feedback on Opera marketing
Earlier today, Daniel posted an article about Opera's marketing efforts. The article was in response to Haavard's post from last week and the resulting comments from Opera users.
The winner of photo contest "Opera Everywhere!"
We've received some great and truly creative photos, which has made deciding a winner a tough job. Our committee of seven here at Opera has come to a conclusion.
Poll: Opera buttons and banners
I'd like to start doing polls (semi-regularly) here on Choose Opera. I just posted our first poll question: What type of Opera buttons/banners would you put on your website or blog?
A quick thank you note
I love my job. I get to interact with Opera fans (and employees) around the world, and I get to support a company that is doing truly important work.
Opera Everywhere - Japanese local photo contest
Hello Choose Opera Members, I am a moderator of Choose Opera Japanese branch. Now we are having a local photo contest the theme is "Opera Everywhere".
Even more Choose Opera banners!
Do you like the new Choose Opera banners? Are you from Japan or Russia? If both of your answers were positive, check-out new, translated Choose Opera banners for local distribution!
Opera group at Wakoopa
Are you a Wakoopa user? If not, head over wakoopa.com as you are missing a lot, especially if you are a fan of Last.fm and similar community sites. If you are, I have just founded an Opera group so let's all join our forces and get the first place in most…
Opera Lover Survival Kit 2.0!
Seifip, a dedicated Opera fan, widget developer, and graphics maestro recently released version 2.0 of his Opera Lover Survival Kit!
Choose Opera banners
OK. You love Opera, you'r a Choose Opera member, you'r sitting on our forums all the day and red is your favorite color... But, have you ever got an idea of transmitting your love to others??
Looking for college and university students (in any country)
Here at Opera, we really want to reach out to college and university students all over the world, but we need your help.
A great time for Opera Mini
As more people are getting excited about browsing the Web on handheld devices, it's a perfect time to let everyone know that they can get a great browsing experience using Opera Mini, totally for free, and on a huge range of phones right now (including…
3 days left.... Encourage Wii owners to install Opera
As Lawrence mentioned yesterday, Nintendo is giving away the Wii Opera-powered browser for free, but that’s until this Saturday (June 30th). Make sure to encourage everyone you know who owns a Wii to download and install the Opera browser (through the Wii…
Poll: Blackberry browser or Opera Mini?
ZDNet is running a poll asking to name the better browser between the Blackberry browser and Opera Mini. If you’re a Blackberry user, make sure to cast your vote.
Opera at the Mobile Monday NY conference
Lasts night I attended the Mobile Monday conference in New York. After the panel discussions we had about an hour of social networking time served with some food and drinks.
Wii Awareness Wiik is underway
The Nintendo Wii's Internet Channel, powered by Opera, is currently free for anyone who owns a Wii, and will remain free for those who have already downloaded it.
Taking a byte of the Fox.
Each week across the North of the United Kingdom there's the largest computer markets in Europe. The markets cover eight (if I can count) cities across the north and thousands upon thousands of attendees... attend.
Helping people to understand Opera's vision
Have you ever talked to someone about Opera and the fact that it runs on the Wii and on mobile phones, and gotten a response like this...
Opera CTO keynote at Reboot
As you probably remember, Opera was at the Reboot event in Copenhagen a few weeks ago. See Vyoma's report here: http://my.opera.com/chooseopera/blog/show.dml/1064817
Opera Mini 4 beta is here!
See the updated Opera Mini site for details regarding the new release: http://www.operamini.com/beta/
A fancy new Opera wallpaper
Here at Choose Opera, we encourage group activities and events, but we also want to recognize individual contributions to the cause.
A big list of things that make Opera useful
Daniel recently posted a couple of questions on Opera Watch, and the answers have been pouring in.
Maximizing the impact of Mini - Facebook, MySpace, and beyond
Maximizing the impact of Mini - Facebook, MySpace, and beyond
Welcome to the Summer of Opera
If you haven't heard from some of us lately, it's because big things are happening at Opera right now.
Travel Widget Contest - Winner announced
Check out the winners of our first themed Widget contest. We received a nice batch of widgets geared towards travelers.
Opera event in Poland
Lately, we've been doing events all over the world. Most recently, we held an Opera Backstage in Poland.
Facebook Contest - Great Success!
The "Facebook on Speed Dial" contest has wrapped up, and 15 people are now the proud owners of Opera t-shirts, stickers, and Lord knows what else Lawrence stuffed into the packages!
Opera Mini beta contest
You can win a brand new Opera Mini tshirt, never-before-released until now.
A quick reboot summary...
Opera was the main sponsor at a conference in Copenhagen last weekend. Here's a quick roundup!
Hugely successful user event in Japan
"Event" is almost too mundane to describe the coolness of our user meetup in Tokyo.
Opera @ reboot
I'm blogging from a really cool conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. It's called reboot 9.0, and has been happening every year for 9 years. There are over 500 people this year from across the globe.
Widget contest submission deadline is Monday!
The early-bird deadline has passed, but the main contest is still on.
Vote for Opera on CNET
Opera is a finalist in CNET's Webware 100's Browsers category. Voting is now open, so we turn to our powerful community for support. If you want to help Opera win this award vote now!
Opera photo contest on Flickr
As some of you know, Opera has opened its own official Flickr account. We've been having so much fun on Flickr, that we decided to launch a contest for Opera fans who use the popular photo-sharing site.
Opera on MySpace promotion
If you're on MySpace and haven't become a friend of Opera yet, here's another reason to do so!
New widget contest
Do you know any travel fanatics, web developers, or (ideally) people who are both? We just launched a new widget competition, and we're looking for the best new widgets out there that will be useful to travellers.
Facebook on Speed Dial contest - Sponsored by Opera
Hey everyone! I'd like to crosspost an announcement I just made at my "Opera Web Browser" Facebook group.
Opera Mini Dimension beta: Sign up now and tell your friends!
Opera Mini Dimension beta: Sign up now and tell your friends!
Chooseopera.com now points here
As some of you may remember, chooseopera.com used to be the site maintained by our Opera Ambassadors program.
Mugshots Opera group started
Hi everyone I just joined to the Choose Opera, so one of my first announcements is the recent creation of an Opera Group in Mugshot.
Bring the online offline!
Finally Choose Opera has been launched; it's what a lot of us at Opera have been looking forward to for quite a while
Opera Facebook group very close to 400 members!
Hi everyone! My name is Charlie Reinehr, and I've been lurking on the forums for a few years now. I was lucky enough to be appointed a moderator for this fine group, so I'm going to make the best of it!
What has worked for you in the past?
To give us some ideas and inspiration about what we can do, let's start off by sharing what we've done in the past. What are some of the ways we've gotten people to try and use Opera?
Our first moderators!
We want this Choose Opera blog to be full of great content, and right now, only moderators can post new blog entries. As such, we'll be coming up with a way to reward moderator privileges to our most productive members.
Opera fan video (featuring Opera Mobile 8.65)
Have your own Opera-related videos? If you're a member, feel free to post them here (or ask us to post them for you), and we might also feature them on our official MySpace profile: http://www.myspace.com/chooseopera
What we're here for.
My name is Vyoma (pronounced Vioma ) and together with Lawrence I started this group for several reasons. As Lawrence already mentioned, this is an avenue for you to DO things instead of just discussing on forums.
Our purpose (part 2 of 2)
One common topic of discussion on the Take Action forum is what Opera's marketing strategy is, and what we (as a company) are doing to reach various audiences.
Our purpose (part 1 of 2)
Hi! My name is Lawrence Eng, and I go by Lawmune on MyOpera. I do market research and outreach for Opera Software, and some of you may know me from the MyOpera forums or my blog.