Friday, 30. October 2009, 13:13:49
Since joining My Opera back in March he has been active both on Choose Opera and other Opera blogs. With more than 1200 forum posts, it's almost impossible not to notice his dedication for Opera and Web Standards!
He is also one of the most active members on the official Opera Facebook page, sometimes answering before we've had a time to look at the feedback! 
When not roaming through My Opera or Facebook he tries to learn more about computers to one day become a programmer for Opera Software. 
Thanks for the awesome support Daniel! Keep up the good work! 
Friday, 30. October 2009, 09:59:25
First of all, well done to the community for answering the call for Halloween speed dial backgrounds with such short notice! After only a few days, there more entrants than I expected, and the end decision was a hard one. There were some truly sinister takes on the theme, and some wonderful artwork, but Jon's favorite of all was Cole Henley's 'Phantom of the Opera II'.
Cole's great use of public domain artwork, colour and textures, along with the subtle use of the new Opera logo, made it a sure winner. Well done to Cole, and indeed to all the entrants. Please keep making those Speed Dial backgrounds and sharing them with the community!
Also kudos ki-to for making the great "IBIS Inspire" skin we based this custom Opera build on! Keep 'em coming!
Other cool Speed Dial entries:
How to install if you are already using Opera:
If you already have Opera, you need to backup 3 files and rename them in order to get the Halloween experience:
- Open menu "Help" » "About Opera".
- Find the path to the catalog with user data ("Path" » "Preferences") and copy the address
- Close Opera
- Open the catalog with user data found above (for Windows: "Start" » "Run" » paste the address you copied before)
- Remove or rename the following files:
- bookmarks.adr
- speeddial.ini
- operaprefs.ini
- Install the customized version (without removing the previous one)
If you are not an Opera user, simply download and follow the instructions. 
Wednesday, 28. October 2009, 09:11:20
Last Friday we updated the Opera corporate logo. Our main goal is to present a consistent brand.
This is part of an ongoing design-profile update process. You may still occasionally see the old logo a few place, so if you come across the old Opera logo, it would be great if you let the Web masters know there's a new Opera logo and ask them kindly to follow our guidelines. 
Thanks!
Friday, 23. October 2009, 13:04:18
It's about time to introduce a long time Opera user who's in need of some new stickers (as you can see from the picture to the right), and yes... We will give you some new stickers!
He has been a My Opera member since May 2006 and has been active in the Opera community via the forums. 
Thanks for the support over the years Martin, and here's too many more!
Friday, 23. October 2009, 06:29:22
Opera Unite is in beta, and the first week of testing has been very promising. We are finally ready to invite developers to submit new Web applications. To celebrate, we will pick a deserving application each week that deserves fame, glory, honor and the developer will get a gift certificate equal the value of a Nintendo Wii or a brand new mobile phone!
Get started
To submit an Opera Unite application of your creation, simply sign in to your My Opera account and upload your work. Check out these links and recourses for more information:
You must be a member of My Opera to participate; membership is free and there is never a charge when using My Opera services.
There is no further action required to inform Opera. If you are lucky enough to be spotlighted, we will contact you 48 hours prior to announcing the weekly pick.
Weekly prizes galore
Prizes will be awarded each week to the developer with the best application. The winner will be determined by a team of Opera employees. Up for grabs are gift certificates to online retailers equal the value of a Nintendo Wii or a brand new mobile phone!
Weekly deadline
Every Friday.
Results
Every Monday we'll announce the best Opera Unite application of the week.
Criteria
Our panel of judges will determine the winner based on the following criteria:
- Ease of use
- Clearly defined purpose
- Standards compliant
- Good looking
You submission should not include any of the following criteria:
- Bugs
- Waste of resources
- Ugly code
- Code or content that violates any third parties rights or law
Disclaimer
Opera disclaim all liabilities and responsibilities regarding the Opera Unite applications. The participant agrees to bear all liabilities and responsibilities with regard to the Opera Unite applications submitted. The authors retain copyright of submitted applications, but the applications must either have a BSD-compatible license or be placed in the public domain.
All judges' decisions remain final.
Thursday, 22. October 2009, 12:47:32
Ghosts, Goblins, Vampires, Zombies, Freaks, Geeks...unite! Halloween is right around the corner. 
Since Halloween is all about dressing up as your favorite creature, or something more adult, we wanted to see how you dress your Speed Dial.
This week, submit your spookiest, scariest, sexiest, slimiest Speed Dial backgrounds to us for a chance to win a unique prize.
Your Speed Dial background will be judged by none other than Jon Hicks, the man behind the non-scary, super sleek new Opera 10 skin. Of the five finalists, Jon will select one artist to have their masterpiece installed as the new speed dial background in a special Halloween edition of Opera 10 (note from our lawyers; please make sure you have the appropriate licenses to any artwork you use).
If you want your artwork to be approved then the size has to be at least 1600 x 1200 pixels and saved as JPG or PNG (no bitmap... please!).
So get ready, because as of right now Hicks' Halloween Challenge is on! You must submit your entry as a comment in this post by Midnight, Tuesday the 27th. Ghoul luck!
