the end of my opera

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

There's always sites like Opera Wiki

[Deleted User]

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Originally posted by blackbird71:

But then again, how much obligation does the maker of a free browser have to fund the storage costs for documentation of previous free versions?

Come on blackbird71, by all respect I have for you, this is a ridiculous argument to say the least.
Funding 500Kb of data??? What efforts or costs might it take for Opera ASA???
Let me give you the exact answer: $0.00
As for obligations, indeed they have none, except generating profit...

Anyway I've saved the setting-pages because I saw it coming.
You can download them from here

[frenzie]

frenzie last edited by

Originally posted by blackbird71:

but then again, how much obligation does the maker of a free browser have to fund the storage costs for documentation of previous free versions?

Previous?

Originally posted by Krake:

this is a ridiculous argument to say the least.

+1

It's probably more effort to delete it than to keep it.

[patapoof]

patapoof last edited by

sorry for my rant but not sorry for my point not couched as politely as I would have desired ...but I feel sorry the help forums are not preserved ...there are many cloud locations that are very inexpensive for opera to use to park their stuff...

[quhno]

quhno last edited by

Originally posted by blackbird71:

A lot of "official" site data on old Opera versions has already gone to that bit-bucket in the sky, as can be attested by anyone who's looked lately following the website "redesign". (EG: try checking out the Opera Settings File Explained database at http://www.opera.com/support/usingopera/operaini/ ).

There is always a good chance that archive.org (waybackmachine) has spidered it:
http://web.archive.org/web/20130302151555/http://www.opera.com/support/usingopera/operaini/

[sh3yk]

sh3yk last edited by

Hi,

I have a suggeration for MyOpera Mail team. How the mail service will be shutdown in next day because you don't have enough resources for maintain the MyOpera community, it could be very useful and will show if Opera team are programming and think about her users if you release the source code of MyOpera mail server with a OpenSource license and a simple guide that let users have her personally version of my opera Mail in her computer/server.

What you say about that?

[blackbird71]

blackbird71 last edited by

Originally posted by Krake:

Originally posted by blackbird71:

But then again, how much obligation does the maker of a free browser have to fund the storage costs for documentation of previous free versions?

Come on blackbird71, by all respect I have for you, this is a ridiculous argument to say the least.
Funding 500Kb of data??? What efforts or costs might it take for Opera ASA???
Let me give you the exact answer: $0.00
As for obligations, indeed they have none, except generating profit...

Anyway I've saved the setting-pages because I saw it coming.
You can download them from here

It really wasn't an "argument" so much as a very unsuccessful attempt at sarcasm. Smilies would have probably helped, but for some reason, they don't insert properly for me in these forums most of the time any more... usually I have to hand-craft the symbols for the ones I know, and those will render.

Anyhow, thanks for the setting-pages file. It's a key one that I wasn't able to grab before it suddenly evaporated.

[cdysthe]

cdysthe last edited by

Vivaldi.net https://vivaldi.net is coming together nicely. Lots of people over there now making it their new home. I'm sure you will see familiar faces there and maybe make some new friends in the process!

[frenzie]

frenzie last edited by

Originally posted by blackbird71:

Anyhow, thanks for the setting-pages file. It's a key one that I wasn't able to grab before it suddenly evaporated.

I *think* most should all be saved on the Archive.org web archive. I have to say I wasn't expecting them to evaporate while the Presto version was still current on Linux.

[blackbird71]

blackbird71 last edited by

Originally posted by Frenzie:

Originally posted by blackbird71:

Anyhow, thanks for the setting-pages file. It's a key one that I wasn't able to grab before it suddenly evaporated.

I *think* most should all be saved on the Archive.org web archive. I have to say I wasn't expecting them to evaporate while the Presto version was still current on Linux.

I believe you're correct... the settings page is definitely there, as are the linked pages on it (and thanks to QuHno for suggesting it). But it's just sad that a web archive is the only safety net for something like this, though I'm certainly glad it exists. Opera never gave any warning I ever saw that they were dropping the data from their own sites; some of the pages even worked fine from browser bookmarks after the redesign of the site began and page links to them evaporated, only to suddenly have them completely disappear without any warning or links later on. I kept thinking Opera would certainly keep a record on its own servers with links from its new site pages, as an Opera archive. It's a sorry testimony for even low-cost support of a browser version (12.16) Opera still offers as a download and workaround for users who want it instead of Blink Opera. I wonder how many Old Opera users with settings questions will ever think to try an independent archive site or view this thread...