My Opera

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My Opera
Type of site
 Social networking, email, help desk
Available in19 languages
Owner Opera Software ASA
Website my.opera.com
CommercialNo
RegistrationYes
LaunchedAugust 2001
Current statusDefunct since 3 March 2014

My Opera was the virtual community for Opera web browser users. It belonged to Opera Software ASA. In addition to being a support site for the Opera browser, My Opera worked like a social networking site. It offered services such as blogs, photo albums, the free email service My Opera Mail and more. [1] My Opera was closed down on March 3, 2014.

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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 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. [7]

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. [8]

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]

Current Opera services available

There are several Opera subdomain sites that use an Opera account. These include:

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. [19] Vivaldi.net offers its members features and services such as blogs, e-mail service, photo albums and forums. Vivaldi.net is not related to Opera Software.

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References

  1. ↑ "T-Mobile deploys My Opera Community for web'n'walk". Europe Intelligence Wire. 2007-03-15. Retrieved 2008-09-23.
  2. 1 2 "My Opera Community, ey? What's the catch?". Archived from the original on 2008-03-03. Retrieved 2008-09-23.
  3. ↑ Opera in Your Community Opera revamps MyOpera community and enhances the Opera Composer
  4. ↑ Jaques, Robert (2003-12-17). "Curtain goes up on My Opera redesign". VNUNET.com. Retrieved 2008-09-23.[ permanent dead link ]
  5. ↑ Millard, Elizabeth (2005-10-19). "Opera Enables Mobile Bloggin". eWeek. Retrieved 2008-09-23.
  6. ↑ Oh Glorious Day!! – My Opera Community Main Page Blog
  7. ↑ Introducing the Opera Community Beta Site
  8. ↑ Welcome to My Opera Mail beta
  9. 1 2 "Important announcement about your My Opera account". Archived from the original on 2013-10-31. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
  10. ↑ "New My Opera Community site launched". W3 Reports. 2007-08-03. Retrieved 2008-09-21.
  11. ↑ "Help/FAQ » My Blog". My Opera. Archived from the original on 29 August 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  12. ↑ "Help/FAQ » Mobile blogging". My Opera. Archived from the original on 29 August 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  13. ↑ "Blogs". My Opera. Archived from the original on 16 February 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  14. 1 2 "Featured groups". My Opera. Archived from the original on 16 February 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  15. ↑ "Members". My Opera. Archived from the original on 15 February 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  16. ↑ "How to get the most from News Portal". News Portal. Archived from the original on 12 July 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  17. ↑ "News Portal". News Portal. Archived from the original on 7 February 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  18. ↑ "Photos". My Opera. Archived from the original on 14 February 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  19. ↑ "A place for our closest friends". Vivaldi.net. 28 November 2013. Archived from the original on 10 March 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
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