My Opera
Type of site | Opera Software ASA |
---|---|
URL | my.opera.com |
Commercial | No |
Registration | Yes |
Launched | August 2001 |
Current status | Defunct since 3 March 2014 |
My Opera was the
History
The My Opera Community was launched in August 2001[2] as a simple support site for the browser, and the website had its first upgrade a month later on September 11.[3] On December 15, 2003, the website underwent an upgrade that allowed users to access more features.[4]
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[2] of free storage space. Improvements to blogging included the introduction of "mobile blogging" or blogging from a mobile phone through MMS.[5]
On March 8, 2007, Opera released a new version of the site.[6]
The new hardware for the 2006 upgrade was put to use for a
On April 7, 2011, Opera released a free
On October 31, 2013, the administrators of My Opera announced that the site would be closed down in March 2014.[9] 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.[9]
Services
A My Opera account was required to use the services. Every My Opera user got 2 GB of space for file storage.[10]
- Blogs: in September 2005, personal "Journal" service was changed to a blog service. Blogs were customised according to user's individual requirements.[11] Blogs could also be updated with a mobile phone.[12] A list of new blog posts, new comments and popular blogs was available.[13]
- Feature groups: it was a way for meeting and socializing with people who shared similar interests.[14] Each group had its own forum, blog and photo section where members could post.[14]
- Members: it was a section where users of My Opera could see logged in members, as well as, a list of members by country.[15]
- My Opera Mail: a free XMPP instant messaging.
- News Portal: a site with customizable news feeds.[16] It included the Google search engine.[17]
- Photos: a section where users could publish and share their photos with other members.[18]
Current Opera services available
There are several Opera subdomain 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 extensionand theme catalogs.
Vivaldi.net
Vivaldi.net is an alternative community site opened on 18 December 2013 by
References
- ^ "T-Mobile deploys My Opera Community for web'n'walk". Europe Intelligence Wire. 2007-03-15. Retrieved 2008-09-23.
- ^ a b "My Opera Community, ey? What's the catch?". Archived from the original on 2008-03-03. Retrieved 2008-09-23.
- ^ "Opera in Your Community Opera revamps MyOpera community and enhances the Opera Composer". Archived from the original on 2008-08-29. Retrieved 2006-11-14.
- ^ Jaques, Robert (2003-12-17). "Curtain goes up on My Opera redesign". VNUNET.com. Retrieved 2008-09-23.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Millard, Elizabeth (2005-10-19). "Opera Enables Mobile Bloggin". eWeek. Retrieved 2008-09-23.
- ^ Oh Glorious Day!! – My Opera Community Main Page Blog
- ^ Introducing the Opera Community Beta Site
- ^ Welcome to My Opera Mail beta
- ^ a b "Important announcement about your My Opera account". Archived from the original on 2013-10-31. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
- ^ "New My Opera Community site launched". W3 Reports. 2007-08-03. Retrieved 2008-09-21.
- ^ "Help/FAQ » My Blog". My Opera. Archived from the original on 29 August 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
- ^ "Help/FAQ » Mobile blogging". My Opera. Archived from the original on 29 August 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
- ^ "Blogs". My Opera. Archived from the original on 16 February 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
- ^ a b "Featured groups". My Opera. Archived from the original on 16 February 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
- ^ "Members". My Opera. Archived from the original on 15 February 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
- ^ "How to get the most from News Portal". News Portal. Archived from the original on 12 July 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
- ^ "News Portal". News Portal. Archived from the original on 7 February 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
- ^ "Photos". My Opera. Archived from the original on 14 February 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
- ^ "A place for our closest friends". Vivaldi.net. 28 November 2013. Archived from the original on 10 March 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
External links
- Official website of Opera forums
- Archive at the Internet Archive (more information at archiveteam.org)
- Opera link
- Opera add-ons
- Dev.Opera
- Vivaldi.net