This release is a big one. We've focused on performance, stability and adding new functionalities. This is to make My Opera an even better surfing experience on PC/Mac and mobile phones. As you may notice, the community section (this section has been given a new look and feel. We're very happy with the end result and feel this is a step in the right direction forward.

When you log in for the first time you'll see a different page than what you're used to. This is your new personal (and very private) home page on My Opera. Here you'll have easy access to news and cool activities happening in the community. We suggest you spend a bit of time to get used to it.

We would personally like to thank dantesoft, Tamil, thobi, rose-marie, sgunhouse, remcolanting, coxy, BAMAToNE, WillYum and Ramunas for beta testing and providing feedback along the way.

New and improved My Opera features

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  New fresh My Opera look

  We've tried to keep My Opera fresh, clean and easy on the eye and we really hope you like it. This look in particular has been worked alongside with new www.opera.com. We want to have a more unified browsing experience when visiting our new Web sites. You can also highlight and influence more what others see on My Opera by using the "spotlight" function when you're logged and surf around on your friends blogs.

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  Now available in 5 languages

  You can now have most parts of My Opera's user interface translated into Norwegian, Chinese, Italian and Spanish. You can change language using the drop down menu available at the bottom of this page. More languages such as Vietnamese, Japanese, etc. will follow soon.

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  1 GB of free storage space

  We've upped the ante! Another reason to celebrate. We wanted to give everyone more free storage space because, well... We want to see more of your stuff! More photos, more blog posts, more good stuff!

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  Friends activity feed on home page

  View a live and direct list based upon your friend's latest activities in the community. This list is generated based on mutual agreement between you and your friend (you both have to each other added as a friend). This is an exciting new feature and we will continue development in the future and add many extra functionalities to it. This is a first version we hope you'll appreciate.

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  Now you can help moderate too

  On all forums posts and album pictures you can now report it as offensive and/or violating our terms of service or guidelines. The report feature is your way to further help us make sure My Opera's spam free and that we don't have any nasty pictures. All reports will be investigated by a My Opera moderator.

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  New blog themes

  New My Opera users will now have a slick blog theme which fits perfectly with the official My Opera look. You can also try it out if you want from "My page", "Account" and "Design". There's also a new theme called “In the Shadows”. We recommend you check them out....

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  Mobile optimized site

  There has been a lot of mobile optimizations for this release! For example, we now use smaller pictures for faster loading while surfing the site on mobile. You can even see how My Opera would like on a mobile be clicking "view mobile site" at the bottom of this page.

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  Slideshow for photo albums

  A cool slideshow has been added for all photo albums. Simple click the "view slideshow" button in albums overview for a full screen slide show of your photos (note: not yet available for mobile phones).

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  Redesigned messages interface

  Friendlier interface for viewing messages. You can now also see your friends avatars. More improvements will follow later.

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  Massive code improvements

  We've rewritten a huge percentage of the entire code on My Opera! This is a huge step in order to deliver more, better and faster features for you in the future. It will greatly allow us to grow the community even more.

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  Easy access to Opera Link

  The new Opera Link drop down menu allows you to quicker and easier access your synchronised content. It also allows you to merge duplicate bookmarks — read more about Opera Link.

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  Member of the weeks

  Want to know who member of the week was? Well... Now you can! Check out the new motw archive.

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  HTML tweaks

  While adding new features and improving old ones, we had to tweak the HTML code a bit. Please check your CSS if you have any. Small changes have been made to "friends", "latest visitors" and "latest comments". Some more changes has also been made to the photo albums section and the top menu is now placed inside the #wrap3 div (on most designs). Feel free to ask any questions about this.

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  Bug fixes

  A lot of bug fixes are included in this release. How many? We lost count... It's that many! Thanks to all who reported bugs in the forums and participated in the private beta testing.

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  And...!

  A whole lot more stuff you'll discover while surfing the site! For example; check out the editor’s picks photo albums...