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What a Year!
As the new year comes sneaking in, we would like to use this day to summarize how wild this year has been. Thanks to your support, we've had amazing success in our product launches and an unprecedented growth. Let's look back at some of the things that…
Interview with Jon at Techie Buzz
As the year is coming to an end, Pallab De of Techie Buzz wraps it up featuring an interview with Opera's co-founder; Jon S. von Tetzchner.
What a day
A little more than a year ago, we launched Opera 10.10. We were stunned to see an average of 1,7 million downloads per day the first week. In fact in our own words: "this download rate shatters previous Opera records."
Join us on Facebook!
Back in October we crossed 100,000 fans on Facebook. Now with ten days to go in 2010 we are rapidly closing in on 200,000!
Are you ready for Opera 11
It's release day (yeay!) and we're excited to share with you the most powerful Opera browser to date. Opera 11 combines elegant design, smart updates to some of our most popular features and new ways to customize Opera to your preferences.
Opera 11 is shippin' tomorrow
Ahoy, get your download hat on, tis' time t' upgrade your old Opera web browser t' 11 as we're polishin' and fine tunin' through the eve. Tomorrow we set sail and fire the last desktop product release o' the year, so we hope ye all be checkin' back here to…
Opera 11 media coverage
Opera 11 is out and we can't wait to see the reactions it receives. We will do our best to list all media coverage in this post, so don't forget to refresh!
Create an extension in 30 minutes
With both the holidays - and perhaps the more exciting Opera 11 launch just around the corner - we were super stoked to see Net Tuts write an article on how to create your very first Opera extension in 30 minutes!
From all of us to all of you!
It's not a gift you can open today, but we promise that you will be able to open it before the 24th!
Yo Dawg
When we were preparing the Opera 11 beta release earlier this year we kept going back and forth between doig a Spinal Tap reference or a more "Yo Dawg" kind of style. Our initial attempts ended up somewhere in the middle (and was therefore later rejected).…
Regarding WebSocket
Opera resident spec wizard Anne van Kesteren announced that due to the discovered security issues with WebSocket protocol handshake, Opera will ship Opera 11 with WebSockets disabled. Fear not though this potential security issue does not affect Flash or Java…
Expanding the potential of Opera Link
Recently, the Opera Link team launched the Beta of an open API for accessing the data stored in Opera Link. This is a major step for the Opera Link service, as it enables anyone to communicate with it, using widely-adopted formats and standards.
Opera Mobile voted best of 2010 on Ovi
Nokia's Ovi store elected Opera Mobile the best application of 2010. Opera Mini is also on the list with an amazing fifth place! The full list is available on the Ovi store.
Opera goes to eleven
Opera 11 beta is now available for download from www.opera.com/browser/next/. The beta is loaded with new features. Some are new, while others are improvements to existing Opera features like tabs and mouse gestures.
Opera 11 beta gets some Wired love
Webmonkey is Wired's resource site for web site developers including how-to guides, code libraries, server technologies and authoring resources. We were stoked this morning when we woke up to great praise of the Opera 11 beta we released yesterday:
YouTube fixed!
The YouTube issue was solved last night. Now all you need to do is pop over and take a look at your favorite video!
Opera 11 beta media coverage
Alright, here we go again. Another release, another batch of media coverage! If you come across an interesting article which is not covered here - please let us know as a comment below and we'll update this list.
Winner of the Android Wallpaper Competition
The Great Big Android Wallpaper Competition got over 300 submissions. This has been one of the toughest competitions ever. With so many good contributions we had a hard time narrowing it down. Take time to go through the amazing albums and see for yourself!
Maps for Opera Mini
deCarta just released an interesting product for Opera Mini users. Their new map service is optimized for Opera Mini users, and allows users to not only get access to maps, but they also have a pretty cool location based service that allows you to find…
The NTNU HTML5 Challenge
On Oct 20 Opera held a workshop at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, on the latest features of HTML5 and CSS3. During the workshop, Opera challenged the students to create the best HTML5-based application.
Handy Opera 11 extensions
The nice people over at Download Squad posted a sweet article about their favorite Opera extensions. From NoAds to StumbleUpon all your favorite extensions are there!
Say hi to the new Opera Portal!
The new version of Opera Portal is out, and it packs a punch! The new design combines HTML5 and CSS3 with improved performance through a new faster back-end.
Opera Mobile goes Android!
As promised at the Up North Web conference, we present Opera Mobile for Android, the most requested application of the year! If you thought Opera Mini was sweet on your Android, it's time to go mobile--Opera Mobile!
The Great Big Android Wallpaper Post
So far close to 200 people have submitted their contributions to the Great Big Android Wallpaper Competition. Most even managed to send in one in each of the three resolutions! We wanted to take this moment to mention that the deadline will be Thursday Nov…
Opera Middle East
Are you one of the millions of Opera users in the Middle East or Arabic region? Then we suggest you take a look at the brand new Opera Middle East blog. Amir ElMeligy is one of the new interns we found through the The Community Project!
Opera Mobile for Android November 9th
The Opera Mobile next page got a small update today. We are happy to announce that Opera Mobile 10.1 for Android will be available for download November 9th!
Opera Talks: Future of extensions
With Opera 11 beta around the corner Opera Talks decided to see what information we could get out of Extensions Manager Arnstein Teigene here at Opera. Little did we know that he would pretty much share anything but the launch date!
The Great Big Android Wallpaper Contest
For the upcoming release of Opera Mobile for Android we want kick it off with a wallpaper contest. We are basically looking for the most badass Opera wallpaper for Android phones. If you are crowned winner, then you can walk away with the brand new Samsung…
Betanews tests Opera 11 alpha!
The last time Betanews gave Opera a review Opera 10.70 came out on top. This time it seems it's beaten by the brand new Opera 11 alpha!
20 million people move to Iceland
If Iceland could count their virtual visitors after the opening of the Opera Mini data center, it would be one of the biggest tourist hotspots on the planet. With the flick of a switch, more than 20 million Opera Mini users in Europe, Africa and Asia will…
Guess the next Opera 11 beta feature
Opera 11 alpha featured extensions, however this is just one of the exciting Opera 11 features. Your challenge is to guess the next big Opera 11 feature. Get it right and you might be the lucky winner of some sweet Opera SWAG!
Nokia Ovi Store in India and Indonesia
Are you currently in India or Indonesia? Then we would love if you could help us out with a simple task. We've been told that some users are having trouble finding Opera Mini or Opera Mobile in the Nokia Ovi Store in India and Indoneisa. If you want to help…
Compress data, Save money
In the latest State of The Mobile Web Report (PDF) issued today, you can read that Opera Mini saves consumers worldwide more than 2.2 billion USD each month on their mobile data bills. How? Opera Mini uses a unique compression technology, which reduces the…
Opera Mini 5.1 beta for Symbian
If you are one of the million of Symbian users out there, we have some fantastic news for you: Opera Mini 5.1 beta for Symbian is now available for download (point your mobile browser to http://m.opera.com). The beta features a brand new native version of…
100,000 Facebook fans
Last week, we crossed a major milestone on Facebook when we reached 100,000 fans on our official fan page! Compared to the growth of My Opera, this is nothing, but we're talking about a 500% growth in fans since the beginning of this year!
Which of these is not a web browser?
This was a question asked in the Indian version of "Who wants to be a Millionaire" last night. The contestant was not sure if Chrome or Facebook was not a web browser, so she did an audience poll. 85% of the audience stated that Facebook is not a web browser.…
Opera 11 alpha benchmarking results
We ran a Peacekeeper benchmarking test using Opera 11 alpha, and the result is pretty nice. We used the following setup:
The Registers's view on our alpha releases
Just had to share this excellent piece of journalism we read in the insiders look on Opera 11 by The Register:
Introducing Opera Extensions
Extensions are one of the exciting new features in the Opera 11 alpha. Not only is it a new feature, it's also one of the most requested features from our community. Let's take a look at how they work.
Ask Opera anything on Reddit
Right now we're doing an Ask Me Anything activity on Reddit. We have gathered up a bunch of our engineers and marketers to answer anything you want to know about Opera. Whether you're a Redditor or not, we recommend you check it out.
Browsers are awesome
This is funny (especially for us being in the web browser industry and all), the popular browser site Favbrowser has just released a video which is a rehash of the "We Love the World" ad by Discovery Channel. Here are both videos for your enjoyment.
Opera Mini Serbian and Russian TV ads
Opera partners with several large Network Operators worldwide. Sometimes they launch major TV campaigns featuring Opera! These two are the Russian TELE2 ad promoting an unlimited dataplan and Telenor in Serbia promoting their mobile Internet platform KLIK!
Opera Mobile Running On An Android Phone
Robin Wauters from TechCrunch sat down for an exclusive talk with Phillip Grønvold about the upcoming Opera Mobile for Android. In the video you can see how it looks and feels with the new pinch to zoom support. He also explains the difference between Opera…
Introducing the Opera Link API
Opera Link has been around for some years now, but so far it has been available only in Opera products. That has finally changed! With the Opera Link API now available, you can now develop your own applications that can both read and write Opera Link data.
Opera Mobile for Android coming soon
We are happy to confirm that Opera will release a beta version of Opera Mobile for Android phones within the next month. This was announced today at Up North Web. So far we are confirming at least one of the new features in Opera Mobile for Android will be…
Opera 11 will have Extensions
Good news, everybody! Today, at Up North Web, Opera Extensions was confirmed to be a feature of Opera 11.
Watch out - Up North Web tomorrow
Tomorrow is Up North Web, Opera's global press day. You can tune in to our live webcast (starting tomorrow) for a sneak peek of the future of the Web. Here are the talks and time slots (CEST) you can watch:
Betanews: Opera reclaims performance lead
Take a look at this performance test from Net1News posted on Betanews. According to the test Opera blows the competition away in more than just speed tests. No other browsers are even close to the performance level of the latest Opera 10.70 snapshots.
Calling all Mac users: Wakoopa & Opera
Wakoopa is a social networking site for software. You install a client that tracks your desktop application and optionally Web application usage. From this data, it aggregates usage statistics, suggest other users who like the same software as you, and even…
Mobile Internet lifestyle survey
A couple of months ago, we ran a survey of Opera Mini users to learn about their internet/mobile lifestyle choices. Now that the survey is done, we're looking for more in-depth responses to a few of the questions we asked, such as found in the comments here:…
Download new version of Opera
Opera 10.63 is out. This release contains security and stability updates for all platforms. As the release is a security and bug fix update, you should not expect new features or major changes.
Why it's important to comment for Opera
If you've been reading Choose Opera for a while you know we love to see Opera fans comment on news stories on both external blogs and news sites. Not only does this give us a warm and cuddly feeling inside, but except from sharing your favorite browser this…
Flash on Opera Mobile?
Yesterday Opera released news about Opera Mobile and Adobe Flash. Opera joined something called the Open Screen Project. The Open Screen project is a cooperation between a lot of companies working together to bring Adobe Flash to cross-platform devices.
HTML5 as a game platform
Dominic Szablewski wanted to prove that HTML5 could be used as a fully functional game platform. With JavaScript, Canvas, the new audio tag and a bit of time on his hand he created this pretty cool proof of concept game called Biolab Disaster.
Opera Tips & Tricks: Opera on USB
Heading of to school or work you might want to bring your favorite browser with you. This Opera Tips & Tricks shows you how to run your version of Opera without installing it on another computer! To learn how, simply read on and drop by Opera@USB.
WAP and dotmobi were destined to fail
Our co-founder Jon S. von Tetzchner was on the cover of the CTIA Wireless Week Show Daily magazine. In the article Jon explains his vision of One Web and why technologies like WAP and dotmobi were destined to fail. Most people want to have the same access to…
Yes, but can your browser do THIS?
Not necessarily so much the browser as the operating system! Looks like IE has encountered a problem. It might have something to do with Solitaire.
Six Months with Opera
Adel Noureddine, a PhD student in Computer Science, has been using Opera as his primary browser for six months. Using Ubuntu at work and a Windows netbook at home, he wanted a fast browser for his netbook and a coherent browsing experience on both operating…
Dilbert and the web browser
Dilbert is a funny comic by the brilliant Scott Adams. On their official website you can read the daily comic strips. We did a search for "browser" (since we're in the web browsing industry and all). Here are the (funny) results:
Opera Tips & Tricks: Mouse Gestures
Mouse Gestures is one of the coolest features in Opera. Spend a few minutes getting used to them, and your life is changed forever. Sometimes we forget that it's an exclusive feature for Opera users. Lucky for us practicalecommerce.com wrote an article…
Opera Dragonfly Preview
Developers rejoice! The next generation of Opera Dragonfly is out in an experimental release through Opera Labs. This experimental version is a work in progress version, but if you want to give it a spin it's easy.
Last call: Star in the new My Opera movie
We've received many excellent pictures for our upcoming My Opera video, but we want to see more! This is the last call to get your face in the most anticipated movie of the year (?). If we could get at least 100 pictures by tomorrow we would be very happy.
Open the Web talks
The Opera Developer Relations team are traveling once again around the world - talking about the future of the web.
HTML5: The Facts And The Myths
Opera Web Evangelist Bruce Lawson and his friend Remy Sharp are not like the rest of us. They did however write a rather extensive article for Smashing Magazine together, killing of a few myths surrounding HTML5.
Looking for marketing managers
Opera’s browser for PC, Mac and Linux has reached a record of more than 50 million monthly unique users. Opera Mini has become the world’s most popular mobile browser, with 60 million monthly unique users.
Star in the new My Opera movie!
We are making the very first My Opera video and we want you to star in it! Since My Opera is all about community, we want to the pictures of you in the movie and edit them into a collage! We need a lot of pictures to make this happen, and we hope you can be a…
What browser do you use?
Lifehacker is running a vote to determine what browser you use. Last year, Opera was barely present in the polls. Perhaps this year it's Opera's turn to rock the votes?
Opera Twitter Kit winners
To celebrate the release of our Opera Twitter Kits we decided to give away some Opera swag. Take a look at how our winners make use of the new kit. If you for some reason haven't updated yet, it's about time you do!
Techgage Browser Showdown
Over at Techgage they just did a browser test featuring the top five browsers. Both final versions and development snapshots like Opera 10.70 and the IE9 beta where tested. The review included the new Mozilla Kraken and Futuremark Peacekeeper tests for…
Opera Twitter Kits
Many of you are avid users of Twitter, the popular social networking service that lets you tell the world what you are doing in 140 characters or less. Whether you’ve been actively using Twitter for ages or you’re just starting out, you probably want to…
Meet Opera in Johannesburg!
Opera Software’s esteemed co-founder Jon von Tetzchner will be in Johannesburg, South Africa, later this month for the Mobile Web in Africa conference. As well as captivating audiences at the conference, talking all things Opera with journalists and meeting…
Russian Opera Mini ad
A Russian telecom provider is currently promoting Opera Mini on TV for unlimited mobile Internet. The ad is pretty funny, so check it out and let us know what you think:
Tell us why you use Opera Turbo!
It has been one year since the launch of the Opera Turbo. This unique compression technology has reached 6.6 million unique users every month.
Opera in Amsterdam - demoing cool stuff
A crew of employees from Opera are at IBC, The International Broadcasting Convention, an annual trade show for everything TV. IBC is Europe's largest professional broadcast show and is held at the RAI Exhibition and Convention Centre in Amsterdam, the…
Opera Tips & Tricks: Keyboard swap for Opera Mini
This round of Opera Tips and Tricks is brought to you from IBC. IBC is a huge conference showcasing the latest in content delivery. It's mostly a place for companies to meet, showcase their latest technology and have long meetings. It is open for everyone…
Create an Opera banner for Germany and Vietnam
The Opera Germany and Vietnamese group are doing an Opera banner contest and they're inviting you to participate (if you speak German or Vietnamese)!
Download new version of Opera
Good news, everyone! Today we released a security and stability update of Opera. If you're an exisiting Opera user, simply do a check for update and you should get the latest version. You can also visit the download page and grab it manually from there.
Opera Mini 5.1 for Windows Mobile
Breathe new life into your old Windows Mobile device with the brand new Opera Mini 5.1! Windows Mobile 2003 SE, 5.x and 6.x handsets will now have the same fantastic browser experience as millions of Opera Mini users out there.
How to make Google Instant work in Opera
Google Instant is a new search enhancement that shows results as you type. Unfortunately, this feature requires Chrome v5/6, Firefox v3, Safari v5 for Mac or Internet Explorer v8. So, if you've been hearing a lot about this and run Opera (like most of us…
Try a new Opera widget!
Widgets are first class stand-alone applications that run on your desktop. We love widgets, so here are 25 of our favorites. This list is not based on number of downloads or ratings. Feel free to share your favorite widgets as a comment below or write a blog…
Opera Tips & Tricks: Web Panels
In this round of Opera Tips and Tricks we'll show you how to add custom social media panels!
Spicy Web Browsing results
A few weeks back we told you about a competition run by Opera India. The goal was to get some Indian flavored Opera Mini pictures. It seems they found what they where looking for, so go take a look!
Try Twiget - the new Twitter widget
Tell the world what you are up to using Twiget, our new and improved Twitter widget. Get quick and easy access to your Twitter account, post updates and read what your friends are doing.
Opera Tips & Tricks: Content Blocking
We came across this topic on Reddit explaining the new Flashblock feature in Chrome. As usual this isn't anything new for Opera users, as content blocking was introduced with Opera 9 in 2006.
How does your Opera look like?
In the Opera forums, there's a thread dating back to Saturday, 18. September 2004, where community member Snire asked: How does your Opera look?
The Opera Evolution
This is a really cool fan video by Encrio showing how Opera has evolved as a browser. We've been making Web browser for more than 15 years and you can only wonder how modern browsers would look like if Opera had never existed. Do you think the features would…
An Opera skin with some old school buttons
Now here's a skin for those of you with a passion for real buttons and want something else than the glossy look and feel of today's web applications. If you were a Windows 3.11 user, this skin is definitely for you!
Back to school with the Opera Campus Crew
Heading back to school or university after a long summer break, and want to get more out of your semester than just classes? If you are a student or educator who is passionate about Opera and web standards, you can become a volunteer member of the Opera…
Ever met any of your online friends in real life?
We conducted an anonymous survey of Opera Mini users to find out more about browsing trends. It turned out to be what we feel is one of the most robust surveys ever conducted into mobile Web usage. More than 300,000 people answered the survey, and we present…
Facebook @mentions fix
The Opera sitepatch team just released a new update to browser.js, and guess what? Facebook @mentions is included in the list of issues patched!
Opera and Telenor to co-operate
In 1994, Opera started out as a research project in Telenor, the largest telecommunications company in Norway. The founders of Opera, Jon S. von Tetzchner and Geir Ivarsøy, worked in Telenor back then. A year later, Jon and Geir left Telenor and founded…
Opera and the .net magazine awards
We're jolly pleased that .net magazine (or Practical Web Design outside the UK) has nominated an Opera product and two Opera Developer Relations team members in their annual awards, all nominated by the magazine's readers.
Get the weather in your Speed Dial
We all love the Speed Dial. There are lots of ways you can customize your Speed Dial. Let's add a weather report!
Opera.com welcomes Vietnamese speakers
With new languages constantly being added to the Opera portfolio, Vietnamese enjoys an elevated status as a Tier 1 language. The Tier 1 status ensures a commitment from Opera to make its browsers as well as website available to Vietnamese speakers.
Beach Speed Dial background
In the Opera 10.60 product video, there was a Speed Dial background many of you have requested for a long time. Well, the wait is finally over.
SXSW Panel Picker
As every year, SXSW has their panelpicker open for voting! We have a great chance of getting a speaking slot at SXSW this year - if you help upvote our submissions! This year we have lots of great content to share, and we hope you will help our panels get…
Are Opera Users the Most Valuable?
According to an article published yesterday on FavBrowser.com, Opera users may be more valuable than Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome or Safari users when it comes to advertisement.
Download new version of Opera
Good news, everybody! Today we released a new version of Opera (v. 10.61) for all platforms (PC/Mac and Linux). This a recommended upgrade for everyone as it includes security fixes and stability improvements.
Have WAP but want WEB? Introducing Opera Mini™ for mobile phones!
August 10, 2005. An important date for everyone into technology and mobile browsing! On this day - five years ago - Opera Mini was released for the first time as a product pilot limited to Norway.
Chat on MSN using Opera
This excellent tutorial is written by community member darklink88. This guide explains how you can use Opera's built-in chat (IRC) with MSN to stay in touch with your friends and family.
What does Opera mean to you?
If a friend asked you to describe why you use the Opera browser in one sentence, what would you answer?
CrazyEngineers talk with Håkon Wium Lie
Opera Chief Technology Officer, Håkon Wium Lie was interviewed by Crazy Engineers. The interview focused on Håkons story, from the birth of CSS to the implementation of the video tag in HTML5.
Zoom to make the Web easier on your eyes
Opera has long had an ability to magnify and resize webpages that was far and away better than anything else out there because Opera increases the size of all elements on the page, not just text, and reflows the content to fit perfectly on your screen. Read…
Tab grouping in Opera
In Haavard's blog you can learn how to group manage tabs. This is a useful feature if you have many tabs open of the same site, or if you want to clean up some work space from the tabs bar.
PCWorld claims Browser Wars enter a new round
Looks like PCWorld is trying to fire up the good 'ol Browser Wars discussion again. They claim that we are in a period of "browser equilibrium" because all the different Web browsers are really good, but they don't think this will last forever. At some point,…
Spicy Web Browsing contest
Do you use Opera Mini in India? Fonearena have teamed up with us in Opera to give you a fun contest. Take a picture of your phone running Opera Mini with a typical background of something from India. The 10 most creative entries wins an Opera t-thirt and the…
Opera Mini goes Aquatic
We all know Vodafone loves Opera, and they are not afraid to show it. In fact they wanted to do something special in beautiful Egypt this summer. Giving away Mini Coopers to lucky contest winners was not enough though, so they made an aquatic Mini to promote…
Opera Mini serves one billion pages a day
On July 25, 2010 Opera Mini joined the exclusive one billion pages served per day club. This means over 11,500 pages where compressed each second. The growth of Opera Mini according to the State of the Mobile Web reports shows an increase of over 160% since…
Guadec live with WebM
Guadec is the biggest Gnome conference in the world. A pure heaven for both GNOME fanatics and regular users. What makes it special this year except for the fantastic speakers, is that the entire Guadec conference is streamed live using WebM!
Mobile web use explodes in Africa
The State of the Mobile Web report is out, and this time we focus on how the World Cup affected mobile browsing. It might come as no surprise that browsing in South Africa grew, but the report also looks into Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt, Ghana, Sudan, Libya,…
Twippera for Opera
There are thousands of cool Widgets available for Opera. Twippera by higeorange is a Twitter Widget with support for several languages. Twippera also includes all the functionality you need from a Twitter client.
Opera Mobile 10.1 beta for Maemo!
A few months ago we introduced you to the Smooth Sailing Team, the team dedicated to bring Opera Mobile to Maemo. Today they released the next generation of Opera Mobile, with the installment of Opera Mobile 10.1 beta.
Web Browser Grand Prix 2, Linux Edition
The last review from Tom's Hardware generated a lot of interest. This time around they have tested both on Windows and Linux, and once again Opera comes out strong.
Testers wanted for S60
Opera Mobile 10.1 beta for Symbian S60 phones is out now. With new features such as accelerated speed and geolocation capabilities. The Opera Mobile 10.1 beta also contains the latest version of the powerful Presto rendering engine, Vega graphics library and…
Opera Mini 5.1 Final for Android!
Opera Mini is available on over 3000 devices with over 61 million users world wide. One of the most common Opera Mini requests we have received during the last few months has been a final version of Opera Mini for Android. Today the wait is over as Opera 5.1…
Opera Mini 5.1 media coverage
This list represents only a few of the awesome articles media decided to write for Opera Mini 5.1 for Android. While we add the last few, take a look at this video from the guys and girls over at Read Write Web featuring Opera Mini 5.1 against the competition…
Opera wins Tom's Hardware Review
The guys and girls over at Tom's Hardware are well known for their extensive reviews of anything tech related. This time they gathered the top 5 browsers for a proper showdown. In the name of science, they wanted to find the fastest browser on earth.
Opera Mini is now on 3000 phones and counting
Good news, everybody! Opera Mini, the world's most popular mobile phone browser with over 61 million users worldwide, delivers now the best Internet experience on more than 3000 mobile phones.
Opera Tips & Tricks: Remove text from the O Menu
Many Opera users want the old "O menu" back without the text ("Menu") at the end. It's one of the most popular request both on Twitter and Facebook.
Hitler Finds Out About Opera 10.60
The Hitler Internet Meme hits Opera with a bang! This hilarious version made by Supacon (not Opera) has everything you need to be entertained.
The World's Fastest Stable Browser
This is a headline we like to see! DailyTech puts Opera 10.60 to the test and they are impressed with the results.
CHIP.eu HTML5 <video> Competition
CHIP.eu wants to see who can create the coolest HTML5 video player. Opera Web Evangelist Patrick H. Lauke wrote a HTML5 Video introduction guide to help you.
Download new version of Opera
Today we released Opera 10.60 for all platforms. Opera is free and available from http://www.opera.com/browser/.
Green hummingbird wallpaper
Some of you have requested a wallpaper of the green hummingbird, so here it is (alternative version with text to the left). The resolution is 3000 x 2000 pixels, so you should be able to scale and crop as you like.
How close are you to other Opera users?
This is pretty cool; with the latest version of Opera you can enable and use a new feature called Geolocation. We've created a Live Map where you can try out this feature real-time. It's pretty cool to see Opera users from all over the world.
Opera 10.60 media coverage
What does the media think of Opera 10.60? Stay tuned in this blog post for links to reviews as they keep coming in. We encourage all Opera users to engage in discussions.
Lifehacker tests Opera 10.60 beta
Lifehacker ran a browser speed test with Opera 10.60 beta. Opera won both the DOM/CSS test and the startup test. Now that Opera 10.60 Final is just around the corner, we expect to see even better results next time!
Opera bikers
The Indonesian Campus Crew are now mobile (yes, literally). In the Campus Crew blog you can read how a group of hardcore Opera fans in Indonesia hit the road and went to Internet Cafe's to install Opera.
Nominate Opera for the Gettie Awards
Ever heard of "The Gettie"? It's an premier event designed to showcase the world's most successful and innovative mobile applications. It is an awards event to spotlight developers across all major platforms.
Server park in Iceland
Following the unveiling of a new Icelandic data center, with far less energy waste and more environmentally-friendly power, we now reduce power usage from our servers even further.
MegaFon and Opera strikes deal - free Internet for you
We have signed a deal with the Russian federal mobile operator, MegaFon (that name makes me think of Transformers). This is a pretty big deal (pun intended), because Opera Mini will be distributed to all Russian territories under a special "Unlimited Internet…
Preview of new forum design
We're showing a preview of the upcoming forum design in the community blog. If you're interested in those kind of things, and want to give us your feedback, pop on over and tell us what you think!
Opera 15 years as a company. Yes, there was cake!
15 years ago Opera Software ASA was founded. One year before, browser development started. Today we celebrated with talks and cake. Mmmm... Cake.
New version of Opera available
Opera 10.54 is out today. The release is a security update. For those of you on 10.60 beta, this fix is already included, so no further action is needed.
Opera Day in Orissa
The Opera Campus Crew is an amazing bunch that does awesome work promoting Opera. Take a look at what Debachudamani, and the rest of the crew at the Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT) in Orissa, India did!
Face Gestures? Really? Come on!
Opera's known for being innovative. We were never as innovative as on April 1, 2009, when we invented Face Gestures - a groundbreaking new technology where you can surf the web using nothing but a WebCam and face gestures to control your browser.
Bing in Opera
Following the release of Opera 10.60 beta, some of you might have noticed a changes in the Opera Speed Dial. We are excited to announce that we have entered into an agreement with the folks at Bing to to make their search the new speed dial search.
Download new beta of Opera for Windows, Mac and Linux
, Download and try Opera 10.60 beta which incorporates new web-standard features, such as Geolocation and WebM support for HTML5 video! Opera 10.60 beta is available on all platforms and ready to be downloaded from http://www.opera.com/browser/next/.
Hands-on with Opera 10.60 beta
In this article we will update you with hands on reviews and impressions about Opera 10.60 beta. Refresh this page/article to stay updated on the latest news about Opera!
Stay updated on the World Cup with Opera Mini
Madness was unleashed in South Africa on Friday when the the FIFA 2010 World Cup kicked off! While on the bus or stuck in traffic it can be hard to get the latest results, and this is where Opera Mini comes in and saves the day.
Web Development 2.0 with Bruce Almighty!
Attendees at the Polish SparkUp conference got to listen to Bruce Lawson talk about HTML5, CSS3 and mobile development. This presentation, and many others, are available through Slideshare.
Opera Mini 5 wins award - with dramatic music
Earlier this year, Opera Mini 5 won the "Quick Heal NDTV Tech Life Award - The Lifestyle and Gaget Awards 2010" - in the "Best Mobile App of the Year" category.
Work for Opera as a Web Opener
Opera’s Developer Relations team is looking for Web Openers who will help promote cross-browser coding practices, making the Web available to everyone on any device. Based on feedback from users, testers and engineers you will contact large as well as smaller…
What is your Opera Unite dream application?
If you could get any Opera Unite application made, what would it be? The Opera Unite team wants to hear about your dream application, so join the discussion on the Opera Unite Blog. We are sure something exciting will come out of this.
Can you spot the Opera icons?
Check out the "HyperWall" - a real-time visualization for the top 50,000 applications in the App store. Can you spot the Opera icons?
Is HTML5 turning into a buzzword?
An article published yesterday on PC Pro titled "Rivals slam Apple's HTML5 claims" you can read that: "Apple has raised the ire of rival web developers by creating an HTML5 showcase that can only be used in its own Safari browser". Further on, the article…
Build SVG, win cool stuff!
@media is one of many awesome conferences that highlight design and development on the web. This year they have a pretty nifty SVG competition going. The goal is to replace boring looking progress bars with an awesome and original SVG progress bar!
Little known Norwegian browser challenges the big boys
How many times have you seen or heard that title? Here at Opera we are often referred to as the "Little known Norwegian browser" which is challenging the "big boys" in the browser market. It's ok, but did you know that Opera is the most popular browser in…
Save money on data charges when roaming in South Africa
Are you visiting South Africa to experience the World Cup? It is sure to be an exciting experience -- hundreds of thousands of people will travel from all corners of the Earth to participate in the most-watched sporting event in in the world.
Greetings from Computex 2010
Opera is currently attending Computex in Taipei, Taiwan. Demos of Opera for Connected TVs in addition to a 3 times 6 meters booth with all of the latest demos. Rolf Assev, Chief Strategy Officer in Opera, was a keynote speaker with the topic "One Web". There…
We want you for the Opera Campus Crew!
Are you a student or educator who is passionate about bringing Opera and Web standards to your campus? Then become a volunteer member of the Opera Campus Crew, and join our team of more than 700 Opera representatives at 400 schools and universities in 40…
Opera 10.60 alpha
Opera 10.60 alpha contains the latest JavaScript engine from Opera. This updated version of Carakan gives you more than a 75% improvement in speed, beating both Opera 10.5x and a potato! This release also sync up Windows, Mac and Linux again, no more waiting…
2.6 million unique users of Opera Mini on the iPhone
In the latest edition of the State of the Mobile Web report you can read that there are now more than 2.6 million unique users of Opera Mini on the iPhone. As predicted in last month’s report, the Apple iPhone is the #3 device used by Opera Mini users…
World record speed test
At Opera, we have very passionate employees. When weekends are not spent fishing, we make video responses how you speed test your browser with Norwegian potatoes:
Apply for an Opera internship
We are looking for creative and structured marketing trainees with a passion for social media, Web technology and the mobile Internet. You will be responsible for building and growing our user base in either Brasil, Egypt, Mexico, South Africa or our "Wild…
Opera Mini 5 sure is slick
Openbook is a site which gathers information from Facebook and makes it publicly available. For us, it can be useful to search for what users are saying about Opera. Check out Jack Tyler, who thinks that Opera Mini 5 is slick. Good stuff!
Opera supports the WebM video format
You might have read up on (and experimented) with the new HTML5 element which allow you to include video inside an HTML page without the need for plugins (if not, read our introduction to HTML5 video), but there is a disagreement over which video codec to…
Choose Opera blog header contest winner
It has been a month since we launched the Choose Opera blog-header contest, and today we will finally reveal the winner! We know many of you have been anxiously waiting for this day. We are very happy with the winning result, and we hope you are too.
Feeling Maemo with Opera Mobile 10
We bring you Opera Mobile 10 for Meamo - originally made as a hobby project by the the Smooth Sailing Team, this release is a testament to their desire to bring Opera Mobile back to the Meamo platform.
Reminder: Design a Choose Opera blog header
This is merely a friendly reminder to all designers out there to design a new blog header for Choose Opera! The winner walks away with a brand new HTC Legend smartphone.
Icon Creator
There are many tasks in web development that are tedious and time consuming but absolutely essential to ensure that the product comes across as professional and looks finished. Icon creation is one of them. An application with a badly-designed icon will look…
Opera Design blog
Check out "Shades of Red", the new Opera design blog where the design team at Opera will give you news, previews, contests, tips and tricks and you will get their honest opinion on design both in- and outside of Opera.
FastMail.FM FAQ
Since Opera's aquistion of FastMail.FM last week, a lot of questions and comments about the future for the Australian mail service has been brewing in forums and blogs. In this post we will try try to answer some of the most frequently asked questions.
Opera Tips & Tricks: change action for file types
Here's a useful tip for you. If you want a specific file type (PDF for example) to open with a specific application in Opera, follow this tutorial:
Opera acquires FastMail.fm
Good news, everyone! Today Opera aquired FastMail.Fm - an Australian company which offers some of the most advanced Web-based e-mail platforms for consumers and small business customers and has been lauded for its approach to security, focus on innovation,…
Updated version of Opera Mini available for iPhone
The first update to Opera Mini on iPhone is now publicly available in the App Store. It is a minor update, and all users are recommended to update. The minor update includes several fixes to issues reported by our end users, such as a fix to the "freeze at…
Welcome to Opera
Opera's playground and work culture was featured in an article in Computerworld (English translation). Here are three selected pictures from the slideshow. Enjoy.
Everything Guy Kawasaki did not know about Opera
Today we had a visit at Opera HQ by Guy Kawasaki, a well known public speaker, author and responsible for marketing the Macintosh in 1984(!). Recently he has been involved in creating an RSS aggregator site called Alltop.
The impact of the iPhone preview
In just two weeks since its release, the iPhone is already the third-most popular handset for Opera Mini users worldwide, according to our State of the Mobile Web Report. The release of Opera Mini on the iPhone also portends changes to the top 10 list.…
A new Speed Dial background for your new Opera version
If you want to further pimp your new Opera version for Windows or Mac, then check out our new Speed Dial background. To use it, simply right click and choose "Use Image as Speed Dial Background".
Get ready for faster browsing on your Mac with a new version of Opera!
Today Mac users can experience the next level of browsing with Opera. This next generation version (10.52) of Opera has a lot to offer - users will see great Mac integration, private browsing, and unprecedented speed.
How to make Opera Mini 5 the default Android browser with Opera Bridge
On androinica there's a tutorial how to make Opera Mini the default browser on Android phones. To get it to work, you need to download OperaBridge - an app that will grant Opera Mini 5 the necessary intents to be your device’s first choice for loading links.
Get the Opera Mobile emulator on your Mac or PC
A bit more than a month after the release of Opera Mobile 10 for Windows Mobile and Symbian smartphones, we are happy to announce a special developer version of Opera Mobile 10 for Windows, Mac and Linux.
Design a new blog header for Choose Opera
We will soon do a major site overhaul on My Opera which include a new design and some functional changes. As part of this process we want to update the look and feel of Choose Opera. That's why we're announcing our very first blog header design contest!
What will the browser look like in five years?
In an article on the O'Reilly Radar today there's an interesting interview with Opera's Charles McCathieNevile on the future of Web browsers:
New beta of Opera for Mac
Good news Mac people - a new beta of Opera for Mac is now available for download and testing! Opera 10.50 for Windows reached final quality in March. We are progressing toward a final version of the Mac version soon, with a Linux version after that.
You think that is real text you are looking at?
In the most recent Opera Mini review by ars technica, Lachlan Hunt (Opera employee) wrote a comment with some answers how Opera Mini works. They help clarify a few questions we've seen following the release of Opera Mini in the App Store.
Are you the biggest Opera fan in India?
There's no doubt in our mind who's the true Opera star in India, but Chip Magazine India wants to find out who's the biggest Opera fan among their readers!
Can you spot the Opera icon?
If you have a look in the iTunes Store for Top 10 free applications, Opera Mini is currently dominating pretty much everything. We would personally like to thank everyone for downloading and giving us feedback for future versions!
Approved
Opera Mini was officially approved for the iPhone and iPod Touch on April 12, 2010, 20:56:00 UTC. Read all about it in our community announcement!
How to import your bookmarks to Opera
Many of you are probably new to Opera and its products and services. A great synchronization service Opera offers is called Opera Link. Opera Link synchronizes your bookmarks between multiple computers and even Opera Mini on your mobile phone.
Opera Mini Web page layouts on iProducts
If you are new to Opera Mini, you may be wondering why some Web pages look strangely off, such as this prime example:
Opera Mini 5 Settings
Disable this to prevent loading images. Images are however already compressed before loading on your phone, so for the best experience leave it on.
100 million Opera users
The Opera browsers are now used by more than 100 million people worldwide. After reaching the milestone in March, 50 million people browse the Web on their Windows, Mac and Linux computers in addition to 50 million people using Opera Mini on a wide variety of…
Opera Space edition
Opera launches special features developed under the Future Opera Operations in Lunar Surroundings program. Due to the classified nature of these innovations, access to the beta strictly controlled and limited.
Tweetup in San Francisco
Meet the godfather of CSS and Håkon Wium Lie and other Opera enthusiasts in San Francisco bay area. This "Tweetup" will be held at the SliderBarCafe in Palo Alto on April 1 from 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm..
Opera Mini is money
Opera Mini generates more than $1.2 billion per year for mobile operators around the world, according to Opera’s State of the Mobile Web Report. The United States leads the way, with Opera Mini generating more than $146 per user, per year.
Yet another Opera Mini for iPhone speed test
IntoMobile has put the Opera Mini iPhone web browser against the Safari iPhone browser in a page load speed test to see how much faster Opera Mini browser works when limited to slower data speeds. The results are astounding! Check it out:
When do you think Opera Mini will be available on the iPhone?
Great news, everybody! Opera Mini for iPhone was officially submitted to the Apple iPhone App store today. A select few first saw it at Mobile World Congress 2010 in February. Now, the “fast like a rocket” browser is taking its first big step towards giving…
Opera 10.51 released, making the fastest browser even faster
Opera 10.50 made major improvements in the speed of the browser, putting it right up there with the fastest performing browsers in the world and earning it the title of "The fastest browser on Earth". But Opera 10.50 is no longer the world's fastest browser.
The Choice Screen effect
Guess what folks, we've doubled the download numbers in Europe after the Choice Screen rolled out.
How to fix your Facebook log in problems
Since the release of Opera 10.50 there has been reports that logging in to Facebook does not work. It should work as normal in Opera 10.50, as long as you reset your Facebook cookies if you were upgrading from a previous Opera installation. To do so, follow…
Opera Logo made in CSS
It all started when David DeSandro, a graphic & web designer, has made a version of the Opera Logo using nothing but CSS. When we saw it, we thought cool - but why is he using gradients? That's not CSS3.
Opera Mini 5 and Opera Mobile 10
Get the best Internet experience on nearly any mobile phone, along with a unified look and feel and innovative favorite features, such as Speed Dial, password manager and tabbed browsing.
Opera on CollegeHumor
CollegeHumor pushed out a browser "comparison" last week. It's funny, but it does not really resemble our view on Opera. We want to know what "Mode of Transportation" Opera resembles for you?
Opera rocks Sputnik
Sputnik is a JavaScript 3 conformance test tool released by Google to test different browsers. In particular the ECMA-262 spec. In simpler terms it's about 5000 JavaScript tests producing a cool curling SVG with the best browser closest to the center. We…
Transparent Opera Chat
Opera has an integrated chat client. If you haven't tried it, go to "File > Mail and Chat Accounts". My Opera has a channel on OperaNet (irc.opera.com) called #myopera.
Opera Unite: The DIY Pogoplug?
Opera Unite was reviewed on last week's Tekzilla. See the clip embedded:
Opera Mini 5 beta on Android: Why?
In a recent blog post by ZDNet, they wonder: "[...] what incentives users might have to choose Opera Mini over the native Android browser (or over Safari on the iPhone, for that matter)."
Opera Mini 5 beta for Android
Opera Mini 5 beta for Android is finally here! Featuring all your favorite Opera features such as Speed Dial, tabbed browsing, compression, speed and a smooth design.
World Bank designs game to be compatible with Opera Mini
The World Bank Institute, the learning arm of the World Bank, has launched an online computer game called EVOKE, designed to get young people involved in finding solutions to urgent problems like hunger, poverty and education. The winners of the ten week game…
The Opera Brasil group wants your help
We want your aid in picking a new header for the Opera Brasil group blog! For a time now, Opera fans in Brasil has created some really cool blog headers, and we're ready to pick one to represent the new look and feel of the blog.
Experiment: Try Opera for one week
Vladimir Carrer, a Web designer and developer from Italy, is taking on a challenge to use Opera 10.50 as his primary browser for a week. He's a passionate Firefox user, but he has put himself up for a browser challenge:
The browser ballot from BBC Click
A few weeks ago we asked you to send BBC Click a video and let them know about your browser of choice. We're not sure how many of you sent in a video about Opera, but we're very happy with the one they picked, so thanks to whoever made it!
Opera Meet Up in Munich
We're continuing our press tour in Europe and if you are in Germany on Monday, March 8th, we'd love to meet you for a chat and a drink!
Meet Opera in Vienna
Want to know more about how Opera 10.50 came together? Join Opera's Roberto Mateu in Vienna for a exclusive chat about Opera 10.50!
Unite Media Player
Browse your own music and play it directly from the Unite Media Player. No sign-up, no third-party servers and no upload or downloads – just a whole lot of music for you to enjoy. The Unite Media Player connects with Opera Unite and gives you access to your…
Can you Digg it?
Digg is a site that helps people to discover and share content found on the web. Digg surfaces stuff based on votes by it's users. So, help us spread the Opera 10.50 love by Digging Opera 10.50!
Carakan's Speed Improvements
Carakan is Opera's new JavaScript engine. Many of today's Web applications depend heavily on JavaScript, and we're developing what will be the fastest ECMAscript engine on the market.
Download Opera 10.50 for Windows
Today we released Opera 10.50 for Windows, the fastest Web browser thus-far. Opera 10.50 is available completely free from http://www.opera.com/.
Full steam ahead!
Over the weekend, the Opera desktop team published 3 release candidates of Opera 10.50 for Windows! We'd like to thank everyone who helped testing and gave us valuable feedback.
The people have spoken and Opera is the winner
In January, the About.com Reader's Choice Awards for Web Browsers kicked off. Readers were asked to nominate their favorite browsers and browser-related software. Opera became a finalist in two categories, Best Major Desktop Browser and Best Mobile Browser.…
A question to everyone from Slovenia
Next week, Microsoft is planning to roll out the choice screen in Slovenia. Sadly, Slovenian is not an available language of Opera for Desktop.
Opera 10.50 beta for Mac
Opera for Mac has now reached Beta release quality. To download, just head over to the Next Browser page to grab your copy now!
Last day of voting
On February 25, voting for the 2010 About.com Reader's Choice Awards will close. As we come down to the wire, Opera is voted second as best major desktop browser, while Opera Mini and Opera Mobile are first and second voted as best mobile browser.
Mobile World Congress wrap up
We've uploaded a bunch of pictures from this year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Opera made a strong presence at the event this year. Not only did we showcase Opera Mini for the iPhone (and getting positive reviews on it), but Opera Mobile for Android…
BBC want your browser ballot views
"The battle over internet browsers will reach a climax in March, when Microsoft will start allowing European users of its Windows 7 operating system to choose a rival browser as default", BBC writes.
Video of Opera Mobile 10 for Android
Here's a video (courtesy of AndroidCentral) showing Opera Mobile 10 on the Android platform from the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona:
Will the desktop browser landscape change?
Single-browser development is bound to have its final nail in the coffin, says Bruce Lawson in an interesting article posted on the ZDNet UK blog earlier this month.
A visit from the Prime Minister of Norway
Today we had a visit from the Prime Minister of Norway, Jens Stoltenberg and his entourage! The occasion was the release of a collaborative portal related to work by the Norwegian government.
All aboard the Opera Mini Express
Stefan Constantinescu, a reporter from IntoMobile, couldn't help but smile when he walked off his 20 hour flight to Barcelona for this year's Mobile World Congress:
The Opera Widgets Code-to-win Challenge
The new Opera Widgets platform allows you to create widgets using regular Web technologies and to run them as standalone desktop applications on almost any operating system in the market. We are now giving away some really cool prizes to see what you can do…
Do you love your browser?
This weekend, many of you will openly express your love for that special someone in your life. Of course, here at Opera, that special someone for us is a Web browser.
Opera Dragonfly open for business
Since the inception of Opera Dragonfly, it was planned for it to become an open source project. It has always been released under an open source BSD licence, but the source repositories were on Opera servers.
The world's biggest mini browser
In just the past year, Opera Mini has seen unprecedented growth in every geographic location, with the number of users growing 150 percent from 20 million monthly unique users in January 2009 to 50 million monthly unique users in January 2010! These are not…
Opera.com in Indonesian – An interview with the volunteers
Today our Web site, Opera.com is available to our friends in Indonesia in their own language. For this, we can give much thanks to a few volunteers who have put their effort into making Opera more accessible to fellow Indonesians. What is it about Opera that…
Opera Mini for iPhone
While Opera Mini for iPhone is not publicly available, visitors without a press pass will not leave Opera's stand disappointed. Opera will unveil a host of other Opera-powered devices at its exhibit. Check out the following Opera technology, live from MWC:
18 ways to go back from where you came
Hold "Back" toolbar button to see a list of previous sites. Select the one you want from the list.
Raising eyebrows
Good news, everybody! A Lifehacker article posted yesterday is all over Opera 10.50's skinning capabilities. Reader t.click's desktop sports an amazing, totally transparent skin for the Opera browser that uses Aero Glass to render virtually the entire…
Opera Mini for Android
Yes, we are working on an Android version of Opera Mini. We can't confirm when we will launch it, but we will launch it (in the future.)
Let's win this thing - vote Opera!
During January, thousands of nominations were submitted by readers in a wide variety of categories including Best Major Desktop Browser and Best Mobile Browser for the first About.com Reader's Choice Awards.
Adopt an Opera skin
One of our long time members (and skinners) LarsKL, wants you to adopt his skins. This is your chance to be a part of Opera history as some of his skins date back to Opera 7!
Opera, the Movie Star
In case you haven't seen the excellent performance of Opera in a movie called XIII, here's the YouTube clip:
Great news from below the Equator
According to StatCounter, more and more people are starting to use Opera Mini in Brazil. In the past 6 months our market share has grown from around 12% to a whopping 26%!
Facebook is now the most-visited social network on the mobile Web
Facebook is now the most-visited social network on the mobile Web, according to Opera's State of the Mobile Web report. Unique users of Facebook grew more than 600% during 2009, helping the site surpass VKontakte, formerly the most popular social network…
We like you so much better when you're naked
Check out the "Opera Z1 Glass" skin by Z1-AV69. This new skin (for Opera 10.50 snapshots only) goes all out in terms of transparency effect in Opera 10.50:
Learn how to develop mobile widgets with one of the world's largest telecom operators
Opera is working closely with Vodafone to help drive the development of the mobile Web. One of the things we're working with Vodafone on is their mobile widgets. Are you a developer wondering how you can use your skills? Or are you a mobile developer looking…
Video streaming in Second Life
Over the weekend I came across a post explaining how you could use Opera Unite to stream videos directly in a game called "Second Life". It's great to see a tutorial about the subject and I recommend you check out the Stream Media application if you've never…
It works differently than the other browsers
Here's a cool Opera story by Computerworld review editor Barbara Krasnoff:
Mobile reception at the South Pole?
Norwegians' favorite travel destination, Antarctica, must have good mobile reception. It seems that some have been using Opera Mini in Antarctica. See the graph.
An Era of Choice Begins in March
It is a great time for PC users! After a considerable time, the European Commission and Microsoft have finally come to an agreement that will give Web surfers a proper choice of how they can experience the web. After March 17th 2010 European users of Windows…
How important is browser security to you?
Last Friday, January 15, the German and French governments recommended that all Internet Explorer users should switch to an alternative browser. We are pleased to see the word about Opera's track record for Web browser security is spreading; Opera downloads…
Opera Talks: J.D. Lien
Let's have a chat with a new Opera Employee J.D. Lien, the winner of the Online Writer Internship. Find out what he thinks about moving to Norway and his first impressions of Opera!
Vote for HTML5/Theora support at YouTube to promote open standards!
Help strike a knockout for open formats! YouTube is doing some "spring cleaning" and is looking for feedback on what to fix and improve on their service. It seems that "Support HTML5 open web video with open formats" is the most popular suggestion so far.
Opera Magazine now online
Check out select highlights from the latest Opera Magazine! Opera goes beyond browsing in its second annual magazine. Get inside the head of famed fantasy writer Neil Gaiman, solve all your Web woes with Dr. Web or read about what it takes to be Fatal1ty, the…
Best of 2009
Time to take a look at our favorite Opera Unite Applications and Opera Widgets from 2009!
Opera announces new CEO
The new year often brings with it a series of changes, some large and some small. I would like to share one change at Opera with you all. After 15 wonderful years leading Opera as its Chief Executive Officer, I have decided the time is right to move into a…
Download your favorite YouTube videos with Opera
Good news, everybody! You can now download your favorite YouTube videos with this simple User JavaScript made by Guille!
Opera fan sites
It has recently come to our attention that the Opera fan sites page is a bit outdated and we want your help to keep it fresh!