New logo for Opera Software

October 26, 2009 · by Haavard

The Opera icon was updated for Opera 10, and now the company logo has received a facelift as well:

Head over to the press resources page for various other formats and colour combinations.

I'm sure that some people will hate it, but I guess you can't please everyone

Readers' comments 31

Left under the original article, as archived.

AuxMonday, October 26, 2009 3:51:15 PM
Hey! I like it!
FransMonday, October 26, 2009 3:53:16 PM
The "OPERA" looks a tad squished to me. I'm definitely liking the greater detail and finesse overall.
Sami SerolaMonday, October 26, 2009 4:10:07 PM
And some people will it. I think it's better than previous one.
TreeGoMonday, October 26, 2009 4:26:41 PM
Hmmm ... looks the same to me.
CharlieMonday, October 26, 2009 4:41:15 PM
http://files.myopera.com/Tamil/Smilies/ThumbsUp.gif -
Steven GIbbsMonday, October 26, 2009 4:49:40 PM
Looks very similar to me.

I like it though
Brian HuismanMonday, October 26, 2009 5:31:17 PM
Big improvement!
Diego Schild SmithsMonday, October 26, 2009 5:53:39 PM
I like it.
It's better than previous one.
TeoMonday, October 26, 2009 5:55:44 PM
I like the new icon and the logo. Cheers!
Rafael LuikMonday, October 26, 2009 8:08:29 PM
¬¬
-nothing more to declare.
HaavardMonday, October 26, 2009 9:17:14 PM
rafaelluik: I have seen the kind of comments you have been posting lately, but this is definitely not the place to be trolling. I won't accept such behaviour in my blog.
random414Monday, October 26, 2009 9:22:05 PM
Awesome!
Mağruf ÇolakoğluMonday, October 26, 2009 10:27:16 PM
I think it is very nice.
aFamousMonday, October 26, 2009 10:28:31 PM
New New Newness!
Really very nice.
Mağruf ÇolakoğluMonday, October 26, 2009 10:49:20 PM
Yeni SetiawanTuesday, October 27, 2009 12:37:13 AM
Cool, but the shape of OPERA letters seem odd to me.
Kai OckendorfTuesday, October 27, 2009 5:55:23 AM
nice ! Times are changing & the icon changes 2....well done!! Opera forever
TrofTuesday, October 27, 2009 11:16:07 AM
Neat
Charles SchlossTuesday, October 27, 2009 12:36:33 PM
http://files.myopera.com/Tamil/Smilies/ThumbsUp.gif -
AuxTuesday, October 27, 2009 1:04:53 PM
Oh, the only thing I dislike is capitalized OPERA. It looks like it is SCREAMING! It makes me nervous...
d4rkn1ghtTuesday, October 27, 2009 10:30:23 PM
The portal still have the old logo at the bottom.

Also, the Opera Web Mail site need a major change from the old logo to new.
Charles SchlossTuesday, October 27, 2009 11:44:33 PM
d4rkn1ght they are updating the icons on the pages one at a time
d4rkn1ghtWednesday, October 28, 2009 9:08:33 PM
I see! ty
FataLWednesday, October 28, 2009 10:39:17 PM
Previous company logo was better and has "its own face". This one is, sorry to say, crap.
Now Opera will definetely become Oprah department.
PurdiThursday, October 29, 2009 7:53:07 AM
Originally posted by FataL:

This one is, sorry to say, crap.

Nonsense. You are just being bigoted and biased because you are allergic to change and improvement.

Using the word "crap" alone shows your irrational, hyperbolic approach to this.
TurinThursday, October 29, 2009 10:20:11 PM
As a whole I like the new 'O' logo, but Opera's logo looks even more like overstock.com's logo now, to me at least. I do not care for the all lowercase form of the word software since as a proper noun, it should be written 'Software' instead of 'software.'
PurdiFriday, October 30, 2009 9:41:22 AM
Originally posted by Turin:

Opera's logo looks even more like overstock.com's logo now

Except overstock is italic, much thinner, and without details/gradients... Actually, it looks nothing like Overstock's logo.
AuxFriday, October 30, 2009 3:04:12 PM
I don't understand people disliking new logo. It is easily recognizable, it does not differ greatly from previous version, it does not look like oprah/whatever people compare to and it is a high quality product created by a designer with brains. It IS a GREAT logo (even though I personally dislike uppecase) from every point.

If you compare it with previous version then you should notice THREE main differences:

1. Opera software font changed. I don't like capitalized E in new font, but this is the only weak point in new font - old one was worse comparing to new one.
2. Red O is changed. It has more weight now and looks more stable. Old one was like taken from Times New Roman and TNR is a very ugly font. New one is GREAT!
3. Shadow is reworked. Old one was very accented and placed under stupid angle. Actually that was really ugly. Old one would be much better without poor shadow. So now it is removed! Hurray to the designer(s)!

And new logo looks great in every situation - icon, web, print, coloured, monochrome, etc. It is very good from a designer's view (even though I'm not a designer actually, but I know a lot on the matter).
TurinFriday, October 30, 2009 9:42:57 PM
Aux, I completely agree with you about the shadow. The old logo's shadow was not very good. The removal of the shadow is my favourite change in the logo.
AdrianPMSaturday, October 31, 2009 2:46:12 AM
I like this new logo. When compared to the previous one, it looks more solid, more like with "attitude" and makes me think of Opera as a fully working and contemporary company, instead of an old, maybe dieing one (well, the latter could sound a bit too much, but I think you'll get it).
JaredSaturday, April 10, 2010 5:43:44 AM
What was, the old, logo ??