About the upcoming talk with Jon

April 28, 2009 · by EspenAO

Reminder to everyone: Jon's answering these questions today at 1:00 p.m. UTC! We will be doing MMS photos of the event and he'll write the answers as new posts right here on Choose Opera, so simply subscribe to the RSS feed or hit the "Subscribe" button (make sure your are logged in to your My Opera account).

Questions for Jon:

Will Opera ever make a page where users can upload and find UserJS files?
Will Opera desktop version get a new logo soon?
Will Opera ever support extensions like Firefox?
Will Opera Mini 5 revolutionary change mobile web experience?
What is the process for determining development direction - ie. prioritizing & selecting new features & improvements, etc. to include in Opera browser?
Will Opera Link functionality be expanded, and if so, when? E.g. synchronizing the wand (with extra password for security, and possibility to remotely remove the passwords from all linked applications), rss feeds, settings and more?
What happens to feedback submitted directly in Opera, through Help --> Report a site problem?
Why hasn't UserJS been afforded a level of investment (of time, etc.) in any way comparable to Widgets?
Is there any chance to see an improved Opera Notes with full BBCode/HTML compatibility?
Why hasn't Opera developed an API yet, considering its the best thing about Firefox, its one of the first things Google promised to do with Google Chrome and is already available for Maxthon and Internet Explorer?
We have suggested number of wishes in wish-list thread. Can you implement 3-7 popular wishes in each version of Opera?
What are you expecting from us (Opera fans)?
If you get the chance to change anything in the Opera history, what would you change?
Opera 10 is supposed to have at least on secret feature. Do you think Opera has something up its sleeves that will be a really big innovation in the browser market (in the not to distant future)?
Recently Opera unveiled Opera Turbo. Its awesome for folks with slow internet connections. But how does Opera expect to get back the cost of servers required to keep this service running? Is this a financially viable project?
Why is Opera so slow in fixing annoying issues that so many users have for years been continuously complaining about in the forums?
When will we get a new default Opera skin?

If there's anything I missed or anything else, please let me know.

Looking forward to it!

Readers' comments 11

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AOTEAROAnz28. April 2009, 11:44:04
haavard28. April 2009, 11:46:48
That's a lot of leading questions and yes/no questions! Doesn't exactly leave much room for interesting and detailed responses...
zyph28. April 2009, 11:56:59
Jon will find a way
lucideer28. April 2009, 12:20:37

Originally posted by haavard:

That's a lot of leading questions and yes/no questions! Doesn't exactly leave much room for interesting and detailed responses...

I'm sure he'll be open to discussing the topic of the questions... I hope.

e.g. for "Will Opera desktop version get a new logo soon?" his own opinions of the logo might be revealed
Format7128. April 2009, 12:21:03
Now, why would someone rather know about a new default skin then full silverlight support?
lilmoder28. April 2009, 12:39:41
Can't wait!
MrWhisper28. April 2009, 12:51:11
about 10 minutes left !
lucideer28. April 2009, 12:51:39
Originally posted by Format71:

Now, why would someone rather know about a new default skin then full silverlight support?

Maybe because silverlight isn't made by Opera, while a new skin would be (I assume.. Jon Hicks does work for Opera right - not just a temporary contract or anything)
Format7128. April 2009, 12:59:46
Of cource silverlight is not made by opera, but I'm sure they can do something to support it? It is a problem that more and more sites is inaccessable with opera, and it needs to be fixed.
Chas428. April 2009, 13:36:51
Nerak28. April 2009, 15:19:10
w00t!