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Opera + Prague = Success

Friday, February 1, 2008 2:45:28 PM

On behalf of Jon and the Opera team in Prague, thank you for everyone who came! We thoroughly enjoyed meeting all of you. We also enjoyed the Czech beer, but that's another story...

The Mozilla guys who showed up seemed to have a very good time (at least according to their blog). They also tried on some new t-shirts:


Omg... Jon surrounded by Firefox dudes.	Ah... That's better.

For more pictures, check out Jiri Eischmann's photo album. If anyone else has more picture, then please share 'em as well.

Furthermore, if any of you would consider Opera as an employer check out what we can offer in our brand new Prague office.

Comments

Tamil # Friday, February 1, 2008 2:48:51 PM

Can anyone translate the following post from Czech to English? TIA.

http://met.blog.root.cz/0802/opera-party-v-praze

ELIJAH B.CHAOSDRAGON88 # Friday, February 1, 2008 2:52:21 PM

Have a good stay!

yeeliberto # Friday, February 1, 2008 2:56:34 PM

Opera power.

Espen André ØverdahlEspenAO # Friday, February 1, 2008 2:59:36 PM

Originally posted by Tamil:

Can anyone translate the following post from Czech to English? TIA.

Jax translated the conclusion of the post based on his semi-flaky Czec to English:

"Though the Czech branch already is functioning and has its employees (that drank with us on the event), there are still vacant positions. So I'll say - work in a pretty building on Charles' Square and for Opera to boot. It is worth a try, isn't it [link to our jobs page]? The question is if they also take Firefox fans 8-)"

Jiri EischmannSesivany # Friday, February 1, 2008 3:33:02 PM

very short translation:
These guys are from CZilla (Czech Mozilla). They write it was a good action and they were surprised that there were so many people. Because when they arranged Firefox meeting in Prague there were far less people despite Firefox has much more users in the Czech republice (my note: Opera has 5% and Firefox 30%). So Opera has propably more loyal fans than Firefox. They write that Mr. Opera (Jon) had to face Firefox evangelists (them) but it was them who changed the colours (see photos). In the end, they write there are still some job positions in Prague Opera office and they will consider it

Øyvind ØstlundNoteMe # Friday, February 1, 2008 3:55:18 PM

Did a lot of people find the "hidden" link?

- ØØ -

Espen André ØverdahlEspenAO # Friday, February 1, 2008 4:05:36 PM

Originally posted by NoteMe:

Did a lot of people find the "hidden" link?

Hm... I think some did.

Jonny Axelssonjax # Friday, February 1, 2008 4:45:23 PM

There are also polov's photos (of Opera český fame).

Soumitrasoumitram4u # Friday, February 1, 2008 5:06:41 PM

Vaclav Slovacekwessan # Friday, February 1, 2008 6:51:28 PM

It was a great time with Opera guys! Thanks them for a good party. They could open like another 10 more offices here.

Jonny Axelssonjax # Friday, February 1, 2008 7:30:57 PM

That was my proposal as well. We should open our Prague office more often.

Vaclav Slovacekwessan # Friday, February 1, 2008 7:48:57 PM

Hi, jax:

Like, every month

... anyway better once than never

Christopher DaSilvadannii # Friday, February 1, 2008 8:58:59 PM

Hidden link?

Klemen BanKlemen # Friday, February 1, 2008 9:55:39 PM

When are you opening an office in Slovenia? It would be great working for Opera.

Trof # Friday, February 1, 2008 10:17:58 PM

Yes, it was just great! And definitely worth the six-hour trip

And here are Case's bilingual report and photos.

Christopher DaSilvadannii # Friday, February 1, 2008 10:23:01 PM

What is Opera?

GeekK # Friday, February 1, 2008 11:10:06 PM

Great, new office in Czech Republic.

Hope all employees will have a good time working there, and help Opera to be even more successful!

Daned4n3 # Saturday, February 2, 2008 5:20:06 AM

Originally posted by Klemen:

When are you opening an office in Slovenia? It would be great working for Opera.

I second the question

Mizz MartínezMizzMartinez # Saturday, February 2, 2008 11:01:02 AM

Czech Republic!

I wish I could have been there...

Madiseestlane # Saturday, February 2, 2008 11:04:05 AM

Nice comparing pictures

So this is the way how Jon tries to get more Opera users.

BTW, any chance that there would be an Opera office in Estonia too in future?

Jonny Axelssonjax # Saturday, February 2, 2008 1:43:44 PM

Hey, Klemen and d4n3! What about long-term commute? Austria would all that separates us... And Czech is not so different from Slovenian, even uses the same transcription. Estonia would be further away both in distance and language.

Saeeda.khan # Saturday, February 2, 2008 5:31:47 PM

Very nice

Ondřej Kroupasealskej # Saturday, February 2, 2008 7:43:47 PM

It was great party. Thx for it I wish success whole Opera Team.

Daned4n3 # Sunday, February 3, 2008 1:10:24 AM

@jax: i'm still pursuing my graduate degree in CS here in Slovenia, but i'll think about it when i'm done

samuelleumas # Sunday, February 3, 2008 2:53:33 AM

what about the american hquarters that i was hearing about

Daniel Sitnikdanielcs # Sunday, February 3, 2008 6:04:40 AM

Opera +

Christopher DaSilvadannii # Sunday, February 3, 2008 6:30:02 AM

What is Czech Republic?

esmera # Sunday, February 3, 2008 7:37:34 AM

Congrats! Congrats!

Májawosa # Sunday, February 3, 2008 12:30:41 PM

danni: http://www.czech.cz/en/

Vaclav Slovacekwessan # Sunday, February 3, 2008 12:51:31 PM

@dannii: try google or wikipedia

ninjawx # Sunday, February 3, 2008 4:38:05 PM

cool not bad browser but down't worrk proply with 100 mb memory to bad

Øyvind ØstlundNoteMe # Sunday, February 3, 2008 6:07:24 PM

Danii:
Hidden link?

There was a link on the MyOpera page saying something along "not everything is visible". And when you clicked the link you came to a page that looked like a flyer for this event. Then if you looked at the source, or pressed Ctrl+A you saw a hidden link to a page with an invitation.

- ØØ -

Christopher DaSilvadannii # Sunday, February 3, 2008 7:29:30 PM

What is Wikipedia?

Christopher DaSilvadannii # Sunday, February 3, 2008 7:29:56 PM

(Thanks for the link, By the way

)

Xugeer # Monday, February 4, 2008 12:48:29 AM

lol

Christopher DaSilvadannii # Monday, February 4, 2008 2:11:16 AM

OH! Thanks a lot NoteMe!

Jonny Axelssonjax # Monday, February 4, 2008 7:15:41 AM

Ctrl+A (select all text) may have done the trick, though me I used regular A (next anchor), though Spatial Navigation (Shift and arrow keys) would have worked as well or better. If you use keyboard navigation you don't have to see the link, neither do you have to home in the cursor to some tiny or awkwardly located link, Spatial Navigation will do the job for you.

Opera definitely works properly on 100 MB. I have used it on 4 MB, but then the compromises are too big (you will among other things find out why cache is such a great thing).

Øyvind ØstlundNoteMe # Monday, February 4, 2008 3:03:19 PM

I agree that spatial navigation is sweet, but in this case you would have lost the rest of the hidden message. You would just see the hidden link. I can't remember the exact markup on the "flyer", but something like this should resemble it quite well. As you see, you will find the link well, but not the hidden message. Doing Ctrl+a would show it to you straight away.

- ØØ -

.edDotEd # Monday, February 4, 2008 3:16:03 PM

Philadelphia office pls.

Jonny Axelssonjax # Monday, February 4, 2008 7:43:14 PM

I agree that spatial navigation is sweet, but in this case you would have lost the rest of the hidden message. You would just see the hidden link.

True, and that was exactly what happened. I got to the linked page within seconds of the first one, only later I discovered that there was some text involved. The file is still around (another use for Opera cache, incidentally). Admittedly I only saw the word "invited" flashing by, but by the time you had read the hidden text I would have been busy sending the email to toro. In principle anyway, I was already pre-invited.

Øyvind ØstlundNoteMe # Monday, February 4, 2008 7:56:53 PM

I would have had to buy flight tickets and talk to my team manager, and it would be 2009 before I could send Mr Odland a message

I'll better wait for an office to open in Oslo, ohhh wait....

- ØØ -

plplfuego # Wednesday, February 6, 2008 3:19:04 AM

Now there is a new sort of Opera in Prague...and much better the Don Giovanni to boot! Wish I had seen this was going to happen earlier, I would love to have gone!

Vitame vas, Opera!

pL

Jonny Axelssonjax # Wednesday, February 6, 2008 6:04:11 AM

It is by far not the same thing but you could have a look at Prague Opera Web Appreciation Society.

Yes, there were plenty of operas in Prague even before we arrived, but I think we should be the only Opera in Charles' Square.