My Opera was the
virtual community for
Opera web browser users. It belonged to
Opera Software ASA
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. In addition to being a support site for the Opera browser, My Opera worked like a
social networking site
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. It offered services such as blogs, photo albums, the free email service My Opera Mail and more. My Opera was closed down on March 3, 2014.
History
The My Opera Community was launched in August 2001
as a simple support site for the browser, and the website had its first upgrade a month later on September 11. On December 15, 2003, the website underwent an upgrade that allowed users to access more features.
In September 2005, the My Opera Community added major improvements. During this upgrade, users were given access to photo albums, improved blogs (formerly journals), the ability to create custom groups, and 300MB
of free storage space. Improvements to blogging included the introduction of "mobile blogging" or blogging from a
mobile phone through
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.
On March 8, 2007, Opera released a new version of the site.
The new hardware for the 2006 upgrade was put to use for a
beta test website on October 26, 2006. This website was intended to remain up even after the final install of the new hardware on the regular website. There are extensive plans for various subdomains on the My Opera site.
On April 7, 2011, Opera released a free
email service for all existing and new-joining My Opera users called My Opera Mail and powered by Opera's
FastMail.FM email platform.
On October 31, 2013, the administrators of My Opera announced that the site would be closed down in March 2014.
The reasons given included the increased labor required to maintain the My Opera site and the growing popularity of alternative social media sites that provide a better service than the Opera team was able or willing to provide.
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Services
A My Opera account was required to use the services. Every My Opera user got 2 GB of space for file storage.
* ''Blogs'': in September 2005, personal "Journal" service was changed to a blog service. Blogs were customised according to user's individual requirements. Blogs could also be updated with a mobile phone. A list of new blog posts, new comments and popular blogs was available.
* ''Feature groups'': it was a way for meeting and socializing with people who shared similar interests.Outlook.com
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. Accounts included 1 GB of storage, but this was separate from the My Opera 2 GB storage. It was compatible with POP
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* Pop!, a UK pop group
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Albums
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and IMAP email retrieval protocols as well as XMPP instant messaging.
* ''News Portal'': a site with customizable news feeds. It included the Google search engine.
* ''Photos'': a section where users could publish and share their photos with other members.
Current Opera services available
There are several Opera subdomain
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sites that use an Opera account. These include:
* ''Opera forums'': users of Opera can find help to solve problems related to the browser here. Previously, Opera forums belonged to the My Opera site. In March 2014, the Opera forums were moved to the official Opera web browser site.
* ''Dev.Opera'': a site for developers to write articles and share tips and tricks.
* '' Opera Link'': to administrate the synchronized bookmarks, notes and Speed Dial links for Opera browsers on different devices.
* ''Opera Add-ons'': the domain which contains the extension
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and theme catalogs.
Vivaldi.net
Vivaldi.net is an alternative community site opened on 18 December 2013 by Jon von Tetzchner, founder and former CEO of Opera Software. Jon von Tetzchner posted a personal welcome message where he explained his plan to provide a new community for My Opera's members.
References
External links
Official website of Opera forums
* Archive a
the Internet Archive
(more information a
archiveteam.org
Opera link
Opera add-ons
Dev.Opera
Vivaldi.net
{{OperaBrowser
Blog hosting services
Defunct websites
Internet forums
Internet properties established in 2001
Opera Software
Internet properties disestablished in 2014