Opera history, what would you change?

April 28, 2009 · by Jon S. von Tetzchner

If you get the chance to change anything in the Opera history, what would you change?

This is a tough one. Sometimes you do not have a choice. Personally I would have liked to provide Opera for free even earlier. We couldn't. However, we are seeing very significant growth in Opera users on desktop now, with 67% last year and 55% in 2007. We have also learned our lesson, which is why Opera Mini is provided for free. Enjoy!

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dapxinTuesday, April 28, 2009 1:48:27 PM
Haha. well putted Glad you made it through...
FavTuesday, April 28, 2009 1:50:23 PM
What about Opera Mobile?
thobiTuesday, April 28, 2009 3:49:13 PM
Originally posted by Jon:

This is a tough one.

well, thanks for that

Originally posted by Jon:

Sometimes you do not have a choice. Personally I would have liked to provide Opera for free even earlier.

that's what i thought. thanks for sharing. thanks for 'our' OPERA! and congrats again!
abachaMonday, May 4, 2009 6:32:19 PM
Being a greedy jew doesn't help anyone. I'm glad the Opera team has learned that lesson. Rock on.
msematmanThursday, May 7, 2009 1:49:14 PM
I would've never bought it because I really liked the: "Buy Opera today, and make this banner go away!" It was really pretty. I'm sad there are no more adds. They weren't intrusive, but the press used this as excuse to hack at opera and promote firefox.