This week we go metal with another amazing member from Slovenia!

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30 Jul 2010 2:30pm GMT

Opera joins the exclusive one billion served per day club. According to Opera Software statistics, Opera Mini users viewed more than one billion pages on July 25, 2010. Every second, Opera Mini servers compressed more than 11,500 pages before sending that content to phones around the world.

29 Jul 2010 9:00am GMT

Mobile web use is exploding in Africa, according to Opera's State of the Mobile Web Report, published today. Triple-digit growth rates are routine in the region where page views in the top 12 countries in Africa increased by 182% year-over-year, unique users increased by 124%, and the amount of data transferred increased by 160%.

28 Jul 2010 9:00am GMT

After a few delays we are finally ready to announce the interns found through The Community Project. In total we had 166 candidates from all over the world applying for the positions. Out of all those, four candidates came out on top after the initial screening, community input and final interviews.

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Brazil

Paulo Arruzzo got massive support from the community will take over after Patrick for Opera Brasil. We look forward to more awesome ideas from him in the future!

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Egypt

Amir ElMeligy will be an amazing addition to the marketing team since he speaks both English and Arabic. His task is enormous as he will among other things start from scratch with a brand new Arabic opera blog!

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Wildcard

Pei-Yuan Hsu had one of the most exciting and original applications with this video. He even came to Norway to study just because of Opera. With that dedication, we look forward to more creative solutions from Pei-Yuan in the future!

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Mexico

Zoe Brillante will in no doubt be a fantastic addition to the marketing department here in Oslo. Her overall impression gives us confidence that she will be the perfect candidate!

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Congratulations to the four of you, we look forward to meeting you in Oslo! :hat:

26 Jul 2010 1:49pm GMT

Meet one of our new members from France. With a page full of customization tips for both Opera, Opera Link and My Opera.

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23 Jul 2010 10:33am GMT

Time for some awesome news! My Opera reached more than 5 million registered members last week. When we passed 4 million we figured out that that we enough members man 3,3 Death Stars. This time we want your help, how would you illustrate 5 million members?

Add your answer as a comment in this post. The deadline for the competition is July 27. The best suggestion will win a framed signed t-shirt by the entire My Opera team!

To get you started, here are some facts about 5 000 000 people:

• More than the population of Norway, home of Opera!
• Enough to crew 11 682 USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) Starships from Star Trek. :spock:
• Attendants enough to overcrowd the next 66 Roskilde festivals! :headbang:
• 25 252 times the amount of Tour de France riders.

Thank you everyone for supporting Opera and My Opera over the years. :love:

19 Jul 2010 2:45pm GMT

Say hi to a German gamer with a passion for photography and design.

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16 Jul 2010 11:55am GMT

Nokia smartphone owners rejoice! Opera today released the first beta of Opera Mobile 10.1 for Symbian Series 60 phones. Opera Mobile 10.1 beta features accelerated speed and geolocation capabilities. Download the beta directly to your mobile phone from m.opera.com/next.

15 Jul 2010 9:00am GMT

Opera spreads the love to Android mobile phone users. Opera Mini 5.1 is now available for phones built on the Android platform, offering better browsing performance and improved user experience.

14 Jul 2010 9:00am GMT

The Bounce it like it's hot competition is over, and here are the winners!

Shortly after the competition started, several users found a way to abuse their score. As a result winners are not only selected based on score, but also through creativity and dedication.

The Tactician award goes to GrKimi for exploiting his Pentium 3 CPU and trapping the ball in a corner. :doh:

The Hacker award goes to Uriel for explaining the cheat. :ninja:

The Marathon award goes to Syed for trying all night without cheats. :yes:

Congratulations to all our winners!

12 Jul 2010 11:26am GMT

Opera 10.60, the fastest browser on Earth, hits the Czech market in the Seznam.cz colors. The first Opera browser designed especially for the number one Czech portal comes for machines running Windows. Download it from http://software.seznam.cz/.

12 Jul 2010 10:00am GMT

Here's a true Opera fan from India. He is an active blogger who writes about Opera on his website, pallab.net.

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09 Jul 2010 11:25am GMT

Opera Mini, the world's most popular mobile phone browser with over 61 million users worldwide, delivers the best Internet experience possible on more than 3000 mobile phones.

08 Jul 2010 8:00am GMT

Every second week we release small My Opera updates, but once in a while we make something bigger. At the end of this summer we will release a big My Opera update, and we want to share a preview of the new site with you.

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Design

The first thing you will notice with the new My Opera is the new look. It has a black menu with a red border, and some new graphics as you can see in this small preview.

We wanted a fresh look that was more similar to opera.com than the current My Opera, with the goal to strengthen the Opera brand and provide a consistent user experience across our sites.

The design is also made to have a similar look and feel for both mobiles and desktop computers.

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Secure log in and sign up

The log in and sign up pages are now moved to separate secure https pages. This is the first of several steps to improve the security on My Opera. A few more pages will be served over https in the next step.

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Navigation

The main menu has been simplified and has only 3 links to the main sections. Each menu link has a dropdown so you can reach the sub sections fast:

• Your name (For example "Mike Johnson")
  This section contains all your things. Your latest news, your blog, your photos, friends and bookmarks.

• Explore
  All community related things. Community news, latest blogs, photos, members and groups.

• Opera
  All Opera related things. The Choose Opera blog, Opera Link, forums, skins and wallpapers.

There are also icons in the menu for settings, messages, comments and friend requests.

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Home

The Home page has been redesigned and simplified. The latest activities feed is now more compact and each element take up less space.

In the side column you can see your photo, quick links to useful things such as uploading photos, your groups, and more.

The big news on the home page is that we have replaced the status field with a quick blog function*.

You can see a small preview of the quickblog function here. It allows you to easily post in your blog. You can also choose to write posts without a blog title, which can be useful for fast and simple mobile blogging.

If you want to see all the blog tools you can click the "show blog tools" button.

*The status field is still available in the sidebar, if you are connected to Facebook/Twitter.

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Mobile friendly

On the current My Opera we have two sets of style sheets, one for the mobile version and one for the desktop version. This is no longer needed for the new site because it will only be one version. It's just one version that automatically adapt itself to fit your screensize in the best way using CSS media queries.

One example to illustrate this is to look at the menu. If you have a small screen the menu will adapt itself to look like this. The dropdowns will fold out below each link, even in Opera Mini.

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Blogs

The new My Opera menu is displayed at the top of all pages.

If you are surfing with a mobile you will see a big difference in the blogs, as they will now look the same as they do for desktop. This means that you can now customize the blog design even for mobiles.

The default blog theme is replaced and it's now an updated version of the Opera theme. Some blog themes have been updated, and some of them are discontinued to leave space for new ones.

We have simplified the blog navigation to work better for mobiles and give the page a lighter feeling. The menu links are now:

• Blog
• Photos
• Links
• Friends
• About

Favorites and Archive can be reached from the sidebar, and Opera Unite is now available as its own section in the top Opera menu.

The quick blog function is available directly on the first page of the blog, for fast and efficient blogging.

If you write a post without a title, the post date will serve as a link to the actual post, and if you share your posts on Facebook/Twitter we will auto generate a title based on the first part of your post.

It will no longer say "No comments" on the posts where you have not yet recieved any comments. We only show the comment link when there is comments, or for logged in users who wants to write something.

In addition to this we have made a number of bug fixes,and made sure that embedding of Youtube HD videos fits better into the main area of the page.

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Photos

Several new things are available on the photo pages. First of all you will see that the albums are now listed in two columns instead of one, and the album descriptions are placed inside each album.

We got a new function that shows the latest image comments in the sidebar. This replaces the old album list and makes the page more up to date with the latest activity in focus.

The photo uploader has also been completely redesigned and simplified a lot, to make it easier for you to upload your photos.

One big news for groups is that the name and picture of each album creator is displayed at the top of each album. This makes it more personal and easier to see who has uploaded photos, specially in big groups such as 365.

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Latest community blogs & photos

The pages showing the latest blogs & photos from all members have been redesigned.

We have added two new pages to help you find the good stuff. One page for showing the most subscribed bloggers and one for the most subscribed photographers. Who do you think is at the top of the list with most active subscribers?

The pages for "most visited" and "top rated" photos are now merged into just one section called "popular".

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Opera

Selected news from all Opera blogs are highlighted directly on the My Opera Home page and Opera page. This will make it easier for new visitors to find blogs such as the Desktop Team blog and the Opera Mini blog.

The pages for Opera skins, Speed Dial background, wallpapers and buttons have been reorganized and are now more closely linked to each other.

There's also a new page for Opera Unite.

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Forums

The first page of the forums have been redesigned to make it easier for new visitors to find the right place to post. More experienced forum users still have the option of visiting a page that lists all sub forums at once.

The forums mostly looks the same as previously, with the exception of the "forum thread" page where we redesigned the posts so that the avatar and name are displayed above the post content. This is made so that the forum can work better for mobiles.

The forum settings are now available on the general settings page.

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Account details & settings

The pages where you can edit your account details and settings have been redesigned and got new shiny icons. You can see a part of the account page in this small picture.

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Web standards

With the new My Opera we want to show some of the latest and greatest of Opera's standard support. For example, the menus are completely made with CSS 3, with box-shadows, transitions and more.

We are also switching one part of My Opera to a new framework. We will run the Catalyst framework and Template Toolkit on the community photos page. This page will be pure HTML 5, and this is the first small step toward converting all pages on My Opera to HTML 5.

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That's all for this time

Yes, that's all for this time. The new site will be launched after the summer. We will show you more when the launch get closer. Now have a good summer, and remember to upload your best summer photos to My Opera! :)

Best regards,
Fredrik Andersson
My Opera Lead Designer

07 Jul 2010 12:51pm GMT

The soccer World Cup is coming to an end and we thought it would be fun to exit it with a game!

Bounce is a widget where the goal of the game is to keep the ball in the air by clicking it repeatedly. We want to find out who's the best bouncer on My Opera. :yes:

• Sign up for a My Opera account (or log in), so you can comment in this article.
• When you think you got an awesomely staggering highscore, snap a screenshot of it and upload it to your My Opera blog or photo album.
• Post a link to your image high score as a comment in this post.
• Contest ends Friday July 9!

The best "football bouncers" will receive some sweet Opera swag. :up:

07 Jul 2010 9:40am GMT

Opera has ambitious plans for our online services, and we seek skillful developers as we grow the team!

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05 Jul 2010 12:50pm GMT

Here are the winners from our World Cup Speed Dial Competition. :up:

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02 Jul 2010 2:39pm GMT

How do you get 7 mosquito bites in one sitting? You eat a lot of bananas.

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02 Jul 2010 12:35pm GMT

Today you can experience being the first on the Web in features, speed and innovation. Opera Software releases the final version of the 10.60 browser with several new features, more user security and enhanced stability and is now up to 50 percent faster than the previous version.

01 Jul 2010 8:00am GMT

Today we have changed the forum structure. If you are a dedicated forum user you will notice that we have changed the order, location and name of some of the forums.

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29 Jun 2010 10:42am GMT

This is it! We've received a lot of submissions for the marketing internship positions we were looking for and it's time to open for community feedback. We will let it run for only this week - ending Friday July 2.

We want to start conducting interviews next week of potential candidates, and with your help, we hope to find the next Opera marketing star. :yes:

Browse through the blog posts and leave a comment on your favorite post. We wish everyone the best of luck. :up:

Candidates for the job:	Country to market Opera in:
deacastelli	Brazil
angelopolveroso	Brazil
dualiby	Brazil
sergiojota	Brazil
marcosnahr	Brazil
PauloArruzzo	Brazil
iwanttobeanoperaemployee	Brazil
caceres	Brazil
thiagoom	Brazil
marinaaluisio	Brazil
victorpencak	Brazil
marcospcorrea	Brazil
Elmeligy	Egypt
ELLOL	Egypt
Hesham25	Egypt
jujesloft	Mexico
cynthya23	Mexico
EnriqueTrejo	Mexico
mgverde	Mexico
Luisferster	Mexico
yeeliberto	Mexico
zoebrillante	Mexico
fabpontones	Mexico
mexicangirl	Mexico
ying9d	Wild Card
positiveION	Wild Card
Petunia45	Wild Card
LaviniaElise	Wild Card
anamuriel	Wild Card
EkaterinaDavydova	Wild Card
moskoM	Wild Card
outskirtbox	Wild Card
alabbey2	Wild Card
antomih	Wild Card
imlyc	Wild Card
tiantian-opera	Wild Card
willowk	Wild Card
smellyorc	Wild Card
marievitkovacr	Wild Card
kabir1108	Wild Card
PetkaD	Wild Card
ichungchen	Wild Card
inescsantiago	Wild Card
celinachan1	Wild Card
Ju-Ju	Wild Card
AlanVoucko	Wild Card
Sarajit06e	Wild Card
vanWes	Wild Card
Emmee	Wild Card
Riesling	Wild Card (Taiwan/International)
sandalian	Wild Card (Indonesia)
tarunsam26	Wild Card (India)
karanrockingworld	Wild Card (India)
iamsid	Wild Card (India)
muratbiskin	Wild Card (Turkey)
Onomebest	Wild Card (Nigeria)
lexiz08	Wild Card (Philippines)
thybe	Wild Card (International)
yerepenta019	Wild Card (Indonesia)
mateusz-jak	Wild Card (Poland)
iamcoconut	South Africa

28 Jun 2010 2:36pm GMT

The voting has started for our World Cup Speed Dial Competition!

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28 Jun 2010 12:21pm GMT

Around the world, 8 p.m. to midnight are the day's prime mobile browsing hours, according to Opera's State of the Mobile Web Report. Regardless of differences in economy, culture or location, those four evening hours account for a disproportionate amount of mobile data consumption.

28 Jun 2010 9:00am GMT

The Opera Campus Crew is doing an amazing job spreading the word about Opera. This week's member of the week is an active crew member who has done an awesome job promoting Opera in Indonesia! :yes:

In the Campus Crew blog this week we read that she and other crew members have been spreading the word about Opera on a train! Very cool. :up:

Congratulations megawahyu, you are this week's member of the week! :cheers:

25 Jun 2010 10:59am GMT

This summer, European mobile users can travel more safely, knowing that mobile data charges will not cost them a fortune. Citing extreme examples such as a German mobile customer with a data bill exceeding 40,000 Euros, the EU has now placed safeguards to prevent similar incidents.

25 Jun 2010 10:00am GMT

With the transition to a new generation of servers, Opera Software expects to increase performance by one third, while slashing power consumption by more than 35 percent.

24 Jun 2010 9:00am GMT

Opera Software and the Russian federal mobile operator MegaFon signed an agreement under which MegaFon's special package "Unlimited Internet with Opera Mini" will be distributed to all Russian territories. It means that more than 53 million Russian mobile subscribers will have fast and cost-effective access to mobile web without traffic counting.

23 Jun 2010 9:00am GMT

In March, 2010, Opera released the fastest browser on Earth. Today, Opera does it again, releasing a new beta version of Opera 10.60, now more than 50% faster than its predecessor on selected JavaScript tests. In addition to unmatched speed, Opera 10.60 beta incorporates new web-standard features, such as Geolocation and WebM support for HTML5 video, as well as a polished and easy-to-use user interface. Opera 10.60 beta is available on all platforms at http://www.opera.com/next.

16 Jun 2010 9:00am GMT

If you are a football enthusiast on the move during the FIFA World Championships, fret not. You can follow the game while traveling and keep up to date on all the latest results, while taking it easy on your wallet. Whether it is sneaking peeks at the result table in your lunch hour or following the live action transcripts, the mobile-phone browser comes to the rescue.

10 Jun 2010 9:00am GMT

Now you can browse the Web seamlessly with Opera on e-readers. Acer, the world's second largest PC vendor, has selected Opera Devices SDK to bring the full Web browsing to its new LumiRead. With its intuitive user interface design and easy access to the wealth of e-book resources on the Internet, the Acer LumiRead uses Opera to deliver Web content directly to its 6-inch, E Ink screen.

01 Jun 2010 8:00am GMT

More than 2.6 million people used Opera Mini on their iPhones, in the two weeks following April's mid-month launch. This surge in new Opera Mini users reshaped both the top 10 countries and the top handsets for mobile Web usage, according to Opera's State of the Mobile Web Report, issued today. The United States jumped two spots in the top 10 country ranking, displacing South Africa and Nigeria. Globally, the iPhone immediately became the third-most-popular device for Opera Mini users worldwide.

28 May 2010 9:00am GMT