New York: Meet Dan
Thursday, 22. December 2005, 15:51:08
Dan Alexandru (aka dantesoft) of Romania is Opera's New York - New Year's competition winner! 
He had presented us with an interesting story of romance, of love and of course: Opera IRC. His story was just too good for us to pass up. We wouldn't do the story justice by telling it here - read on in Dan's blog to let him tell it properly.
Congratulations, Dan. We hope to be kept up on how this develops.
If you can't see the movie above, you will need to enable the Flash plug-in. You can also download the movie (13 MB) to view it offline.
FB xx # 22. December 2005, 16:03
Ramūnas # 22. December 2005, 16:08
Andrey Petrov # 22. December 2005, 16:10
But I dislike clip. It's pretty cheap looking...
Opera deserves more for Time Square!
Laurens Bosscher # 22. December 2005, 16:13
Oh and have a lovely Christmas and loads of luck!
Fjart # 22. December 2005, 17:09
Dan Alexandru # 22. December 2005, 17:16
I'll update my blog ASAP. My other passion comes first, you understand.
Daniel # 22. December 2005, 17:21
lokutus_prime # 22. December 2005, 17:23
Salutations,
lokutus
Daniel Goldman # 22. December 2005, 17:25
Ivan Minic # 22. December 2005, 18:36
I really am glad that people in Opera really made the right choice!
arkavat # 22. December 2005, 19:27
also congrats to all those also whose photo has appeared in the ad
( * the page is messed up in 800x600 or lower resolution, the flash area is a bit too big)
Eskil Sivertsen # 22. December 2005, 21:02
Words # 22. December 2005, 21:07
Marko Tursunovic # 22. December 2005, 21:54
janbar # 22. December 2005, 22:50
Greetings,
jabar.
VegA # 22. December 2005, 23:29
Have fun~
last hong kong
*-*)
WildEnte # 23. December 2005, 00:46
Salut, Jadee & Wildente
Fatimah # 23. December 2005, 01:52
Enjoy your trip
Eve
当当当 # 23. December 2005, 04:22
David Blangstrup # 23. December 2005, 07:23
VSL # 23. December 2005, 09:06
Sigup # 23. December 2005, 11:20
Morten # 23. December 2005, 13:06
Love at first byte, and now off to the Big Apple, for the real stuff. Great story. Congrats.
Enjoy NY, good luck, and happy New Year, to both of you.
// # 23. December 2005, 18:14
scipio # 23. December 2005, 21:16
dani # 26. December 2005, 18:40
jdoenet # 27. December 2005, 05:47
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coolnut # 30. December 2005, 23:19
WildEnte # 1. January 2006, 11:04
João Eiras # 3. January 2006, 05:45
Eskil Sivertsen # 3. January 2006, 11:28
Dan and Mira did unfortunately not manage to get their visas in time to go to NYC for new year's so we're sending them on a romantic holiday to another destination. The details are being finalized now. Stay tuned to follow Dan and Mira's adventures in the days to come! We will announce it on the front page of my.opera.com and you can also follow Dan's blog.
Rob # 12. January 2006, 09:14
As much as it was a fun publicity stunt to put an ad on an electronic billboard in Times Square, Opera users and affectionadios thought it was great, but it did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to get a message out to capture more users in the US market. Unless there were a few computer users who happened to be paying attention at the time, which is probably NO! Times Square is noisy and loud at any time, and New Years Eve, even during the day, is even more so.
Those of us here in the US who know about Opera know it from friends, overseas travel and the IT and trade magazines. The ONLY way to get a BIG bump in usage would be to make a deal with a computer manufacterer to put Opera on their machines.
I have only good wishes for the lucky couple, and hope for good luck for Opera here in the US.
qicai02 # 15. June 2006, 14:17