My Opera
Mr. saucepn, c'mon down!
By Brian J.brianj. Friday, July 14, 2006 9:36:34 AM
So what now, you might ask? For our next monthly prize we'll be giving away a super-slick, brand spankin' new Macbook Pro.
If you've been thinking about creating a widget, no time has been better than now. Not only is each widget submitted this month eligible for the weekly prizes from our friends at ThinkGeek and this month's Macbook Pro, but you'll also have a chance at winning a fist full of bills in our Widget World Cup. To further sweeten the pot, we'll be sending a small token of thanks from our Oslo office for the widget creator that submits the 500th widget to widgets.opera.com.
Congrats to Johnnysaucepn - our reigning widget ninja
Now, go forth and conquer!
You must be 
RamūnasRamunas # Friday, July 14, 2006 9:44:10 AM
Fatimahzenya # Friday, July 14, 2006 10:14:29 AM
johnnysaucepn # Friday, July 14, 2006 10:27:08 AM
Johnny Saucep'n is a very, very happy man.
For the record - I updated it last night, but I couldn't post a comment in the thread. v1.1 prettifies the font, and fixes the workaround that involved loading the Flash from an external site, so it should work faster and give a better indication of loading time. The downside is that it's now Flash 8 only. I'll think about separate versions if this is an issue.
A question - "next monthly prize"? Does this mean the competition is running for another 3-4 weeks? And is the MacBook only for that month's winner, or is it still an overall prize, available for any widget that's been entered at any time?
Gautam Chandnagautamchandna # Friday, July 14, 2006 12:10:43 PM
Yup, the competition is going on for the next 3 weeks. If you remember the schedule correctly, this is how it has been so far:
Week 1 : Benjamin Joffe - Colours of the Rainbow
Week 2 : Benjamin Joffe - Bounce
Week 3 : Benjamin Joffe - Circular Tetris
Week 4 : Johnnysaucepn - Viking Reminder
Month 1 : Benjamin Joffe - Colours of the Rainbow
Week 5 : Holger Will - Berlin Clock
Week 6 : Holger Will - Sokoban
Week 7 : Benjamin Joffe - Functions 3d
Week 8 : Johnysaucepn - hearthePeople
Month 2 : Johnysaucepn - hearthePeople
Week 9 : Fei_l0ng - Opcast
Week 10 : [Next Tuesday]
Week 11 : -----
Week 12 : -----
The Grand Prize : [8th August]
The Grand prize will be given to the best widget considering all the submissions during this competition, every widget from day 1 has a chance to win this one
Best Damn Tech Show, Period.bestdamntech # Friday, July 14, 2006 12:17:46 PM
Opera Browser - So Fast, It Sings.
johnnysaucepn # Friday, July 14, 2006 12:24:38 PM
Funnily enough, I sat down to listen to the episode mentioning the widget last night while I was tweaking the new version. Using the old version. If you know what I mean.
Romanfeil0ng # Friday, July 14, 2006 12:27:59 PM
you deserve it
ps: On linux I have Flash Version:7,0,63,0 (the latest available) and that causes some problems. Separate versions might be a solution (but a lot of work and depending on OS ). Maybe someone could just kick Adobe's/Macromedia's a**
RamūnasRamunas # Friday, July 14, 2006 12:44:41 PM
qicaispace # Friday, July 14, 2006 2:01:35 PM
Benjamin Joffe # Friday, July 14, 2006 5:39:31 PM
Let me know if the prize ever actually arrives, I'm still waiting for mine!
Markolsensnews # Friday, July 14, 2006 11:12:00 PM
matzi # Tuesday, July 18, 2006 2:45:19 PM