Demonstro

it should be more like 0 I think but not like O

More like 0 is "zero".
More like O is "Opera".

It should be more like how in the logo above I guess.

Well, please don't take it personally. I love your logo, but it ressambles an Opera University coat a.k.a "Opera-U". Something to have glued to your football jacket in senior year.

I really like your idea, and maybe you should try a dynamic outer colour, varying it to fit the background but to appear to be the same. On a light background it takes away from it.

The idea of taking the whole thing as an Icon is good too. Somehow I don't thin Jon will go for it though.

Personally I think in much of the world the name is whats holding the browser back. When many people think of the word Opera they think of a frufru uncool high art which is very uncool and boring.

Could you imagine if it was called something like "Dominator" or "Werewolf" or some other dramatic name.

I think this is a great design! I like the shade of red and the bold borders!

I wouldn't change a thing.

My only suggestion/request is to test out that logo ^^ in a sphere shape more like Firefox and Flock logos. I'm just curious as to what it would look like. Obviously the bending/curvature shouldn't be too strong so the logo is still recognizable, but I think with your apparent skills you could design a pretty good looking "World Wide" kind of logo.

Who knows, but I really like the design! Hope to see some more ideas or alterations!

Originally posted by WolvenSpectre:

Somehow I don't thin Jon will go for it though.

I have to agree. I don't think Jon or Opera really wants to part with the "classic" Opera logo.

Sadly, the aesthetics in Opera are my biggest complaint. The browser is typically solid and performs well, but it's just not that appealing to look at and many aspects of the user interface are far from polished.

Hopefully Peregrine will bring some much needed polishing to Opera and better looking logo.

That's a very attractive logo and looks well-balanced to my eye. I love the simplicity. Hope you don't mind but I used it to demonstrate an animated logo in a QR code:

http://my.opera.com/tagawa/blog/2008/10/17/qr-codes-with-an-extra-dimension

@kyleabaker
Slightly off-topic but I'd be interested to hear which bits of the UI you think need polishing most. From the sound of it, you mean from a design perspective rather than usability?

@tagawa
I've been meaning to do a write up or something...a blog post outlining the major things that I think need to change, but when I do I'll send you a link. I have plenty of ideas about making Opera more user friendly from a design perspective as well as usability. It's just very unpolished and I hear this from numorous people that I try to convert to Opera. The number one complaint is that it "feels" like too much of a change and too difficult to find things when they are used to programs being arranged and looking a certain way...which I completely understand. I'll pm you the link or post it here so others interested can read it as well.

@Demonstro
Still waiting for some more awesome Opera artwork!

@kyleabaker
Thanks, I'll look out for that. I've just converted my parents so it can't be that bad!