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How does your Opera look like?

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In the Opera forums, there's a thread dating back to Saturday, 18. September 2004, where community member Snire asked: How does your Opera look?

The responses so far have filled up more than 33 forum pages and the thread is still very much alive today! So, share your setup and show off your customized version of Opera. :yes:

Opera UI by Sn3ipen

The latest Opera UI shared by Sn3ipen.

The Opera Evolution

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This is a really cool fan video by Encrio showing how Opera has evolved as a browser. We've been making Web browser for more than 15 years and you can only wonder how modern browsers would look like if Opera had never existed. Do you think the features would be the same? :)

We love videos featuring Opera, so if you have any favorites out there please let us know as a comment. :yes:

So sit back, grab some popcorn and enjoy:

An Opera skin with some old school buttons

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Now here's a skin for those of you with a passion for real buttons and want something else than the glossy look and feel of today's web applications. If you were a Windows 3.11 user, this skin is definitely for you! :up:

"Multitorg Opera" by Cyro is an Opera skin adapted from "Opera 1.0" by Disco Stu. We're thankful for all the hard work done by both skin authors, and we hope you like starting off the week with a new browser skin. :yes:

By the way, does anyone of you know what Multitorg Opera was? ;)

Back to school with the Opera Campus Crew

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Heading back to school or university after a long summer break, and want to get more out of your semester than just classes? If you are a student or educator who is passionate about Opera and web standards, you can become a volunteer member of the Opera Campus Crew! Join Opera Software's student street team of more than 700 Opera representatives at 400 schools and universities in 40 countries around the world!

As a member of the Opera Campus Crew you can organize events about Opera and the Web (whether a contest, presentation, demo or 'dorm invasion'), approach computer labs and internet cafes about installing Opera, lobby your school or university to adopt web standards, interview people about their experience with web browsers, and work with campus media. The kick-off of the new semester is a great time to join the team!

Joining the Campus Crew is an opportunity to gain new skills, learn more about Opera and the Web, receive gifts and a reference letter from Opera Software for your efforts, and interact with new people from all over your campus, country and the world.

Read more information and apply today to become a member! Once you are accepted we will send you a 'Get Started Guide' and introduce you to existing members at your campus. We look forward to welcoming you to the team! :knight:

Ever met any of your online friends in real life?

State of the Mobile Web

We conducted an anonymous survey of Opera Mini users to find out more about browsing trends. It turned out to be what we feel is one of the most robust surveys ever conducted into mobile Web usage. More than 300,000 people answered the survey, and we present some of the findings in this month's state of the mobile report.

One of the questions asked were “Do you have online friends you’ve never met in real life?”. In general, “yes” responses for this question were relatively common, indicating that mobile Internet users tend toward having online friends they have not met in person.

Have you met any of your online friends in real life? I've been fortunate enough to meet a few Opera users over the years, and every meet up have been great! Tell us a bit your experience as a comment below.

Facebook @mentions fix

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Facebook

The Opera sitepatch team just released a new update to browser.js, and guess what? Facebook @mentions is included in the list of issues patched!

PATCH-264 Enable @mentions on Facebook. Not going to mention anything about it other than that it will be removed as soon as they fix it.

This is not a final solution to the problem, it's a small hack to make sure that all Opera users are allowed to use @mentions until Facebook decides to implement a proper solution. Please follow these simple instructions to get it working.

Opera downloads browser.js automatically once a week, but if you want to get the latest update follow these steps:

  1. Go to the Browser JavaScript setting and change the value to 1.
  2. Click the "Save" button below the setting.
  3. Use Help > Check for updates in Opera's menu bar.

Opera may tell you no new Opera version is available, but it will still check for a new version of the browser.js file.

Please note that this is not the "final" solution to this issue, but it's a working solution!

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