Finally Opera released their next generation browser Opera 10. I'm using Opera 10 since I don't know when in 2008. So more than a year, since the first snapshot came out. And I just have to tell you that it is really great. So Just click the link and grab it to test it! If you shouldn't like it, no problem, use it as a secondary browser or uninstall it. But I don't think this will happen
It's always amazing to see how many people visit my blog. It's also interesting how they find my blog. While it's been my visit at Opera's and the article on the community page, which helped me to get more than 3.500 page views within the last 10 days, it's normally my photos and the Google-services through which my visitors make their way to my.opera.com/thobi
I often have a look at the counter at hitslink.com (whose service is included for free with every my.opera-blog!). Today I recognized, that the number of unique visitors hit the mark of 6.500 the last and the page views climbed up to more than 21.000. So I thought it's time to write something! I think that's really amazing and I have to repeat what I usually tend to say: I don't know why all these people are coming here, but I appreciate the visit of every single one of those 6.519
Thanks a lot!
Edit: ah, just found my blog entry from 6th of sep 2008 about the 100k visitors. not a year later it's already 150k (but having so many different numbers, i'm a bit confused now ) nothing against tamil's numbers, but hey, he's got the more informative blog than i do; especially for opera fans
Today I've been visiting Opera's Headquarter in Oslo. It's been really fun to meet the people over there (including Kompis). Thanks to Alexandra & EspenAO again for inviting me over! Choose Opera: A community member stopping by!
Eight years ago, Mouse Gestures was introduced as a way to speed up your interaction with the browser, and focus on what's important: Content. In 2005, Voice Navigation was introduced, and more recently we've worked with Nintendo to create a browser that takes full advantage of the "Wiimote" and later, the touchscreen in the DSi.
Looking ahead, we recognize the future importance of touch interfaces, but we believe that there is another input device that is already present in most new computers and it's ready to enable a whole new way of user-interaction: The Webcam.
Today we introduce Face Gestures, a revolutionary technology designed to make interacting with Opera easier on computers with cameras. Face Gestures lets you perform frequent browsing operations with natural and easy to make face gestures. By using an internal technology dubbed Face Observation Opera Language, we are able to recognize pre-determined facial expressions and match them to commands on the Opera browser.
Browse documents on a server via your mobile phone just in time. Look at a PDF-document with 466 pages just as it would be saved on your mobile phone instead of transfered via GPRS/UMTS. Just grab the data you really need from the server which makes everything looking really smooth.
It's way too cool: We've got 2 million users in OUR community now!
Opera is celebrating and there's also a message from Jon (Opera's CEO):
So let us continue to spread the word, make use of the FREE space we (and everybody else!) get(s) here and create, share, talk ... do whatever you want to do!
Are you disappointed of browsing the "web" with your mobile phone and with the preinstalled version of a so called "browser"? Well, if this applies to you, you should try Opera Mini! It's for free and shows you the web easily and in a way your PC/Mac does. So enjoy the web on nearly every mobile phone available with the latest Opera Mini 4.2 and see the video below to get a first impression
My Opera gets a new fresh face and today is the day!
Originally posted by EspenAO:
Your favorite community site will be taken down for a huge upgrade tomorrow 2008-11-18 from 08:00 a.m. UTC. Downtime is estimated to be at least for 4 hours. Both My Opera and Dev Opera will be inaccessible during maintenance.
I've been allowed to pretest the new version of My Opera as beta and let me say it's really great and you'll at least like it! Some screenshots are already posted by our popular Tamil and one of the new banners is decking my blog for a while now. But soon you can see the live-version. Just a couple of hours from now on *waiting*
Update: After the procedure needed more time than predicted (nearly 11 hours ) the My Opera team had some major problems with the new My Opera. But it seems to work fine now New My Opera missing some new features@My Opera News
It's time to recognize the true stars of the My Opera community again! As we rapidly approach 2 million members and end another great Opera year we give you the opportunity to nominate your My Opera favorites.
The community is called to vote. Now also the people outside the US have the chance to choose one out of the many they prefer, they want to be honoured, they want to put spotlight on etc.
I already did nominate a couple of people, blogs and photos and now it's YOUR turn. So click the link and raise your voice There's no doubt about me willing to win one of those titles. So if you want, feel free to put my name onto the list
If you need some suggestions just Read more... to see my candidates for best photo, best photographer or best blog design and many more!
Going a lot deeper into the subject, providing you with many more practical examples, a detailed guide to the skin.ini file, an element reference, and some tips and tricks for creating more effective skins!