I agree. It was MUCH SIMPLER when it was the old "MyOpera" version. I do NOT have anything against change.
These are the Question:
What if you are already a sophisticated user and have your own icons and avatars??
Why is it that Opera cannot put back some of the features that were present in the old accounts??
They were MUCH simpler and easier to use. In addition, it addresses Security Concerns about
Gravatar.com and Automattic hosted Web sites.