the my opera meltdown is going swimmingly

Posted on December 10, 2013 | 16 Comments

As Opera continues to treat its fans like dirt, the My Opera meltdown seems way ahead of schedule. I have been trying to get a backup of a blog for four days now. No go.

An Opera logo dartboard might be in order at this point, but I don’t want to see the red “O” in my house anymore.

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16 responses to “the my opera meltdown is going swimmingly”

Furie | December 10, 2013 at 7:56 am | Reply

How are they treating their fans like dirt? I haven’t been keeping up with the latest.
- slackwrdave | December 10, 2013 at 9:09 pm | Reply
  
  I’m just trying to whip up some operahate. lol.
  - Furie | December 11, 2013 at 7:24 am | Reply
    
    *gasp* YOU’RE the firestarter!
  - Furie | December 11, 2013 at 7:24 am | Reply
    
    Twisted firestarter.
    - slackwrdave | December 11, 2013 at 2:33 pm | Reply
      
      That’s a badge of honor, though I will probably get arrested now by the department of pre-crime.
      - Furie | December 12, 2013 at 11:57 am |
        
        Yeah, I had that problem as a teenager. Always having to wash the sheets before… Hold on, I think I need my glasses to read that again.
      - slackwrdave | December 12, 2013 at 1:39 pm |
        
        It’s amazing how easily things came out back then. Now it’s like trying to crank a 1960’s Chrysler on a cold day.
  - Furie | December 11, 2013 at 7:25 am | Reply
    
    Diddle-iddle-iddle-iddle ay ay ay…
naomisilverart | December 29, 2013 at 11:37 am | Reply

Dave, I was just looking through my blog (trippy exerpience!). Is there an easy way to download the whole thing and then just keep what you want?
- slackwrdave | December 29, 2013 at 11:50 am | Reply
  
  Naomi!
  
  You can pack up your blog at myopera into a zip file. I don’t know about selectively keeping parts of it. I looked for an “.xml” file from myopera which I used to import over to here. The myopera export tool works off and on now. Sometimes it makes the file for me, sometimes it fails. Things are already into high neglect over there.
  
  Anyway, some links:
  
  http://my.opera.com/community/help/community/#exportfiles
  http://my.opera.com/community/help/community/#exportblog
  http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2013/10/31/import-my-opera-blog/
  - naomisilverart | December 29, 2013 at 11:52 am | Reply
    
    Thanks, Dave. Will have to see if I can figure it out. Seems lots of us have migrated over here. 🙂
- slackwrdave | December 29, 2013 at 11:59 am | Reply
  
  Yeah, I think WordPress will be suitable for many from myopera.
  
  Some are also going to Vivaldi.net
  https://vivaldi.net/
  
  I think Vivaldi might be underpowered for your needs at this time, though it’s nice and will serve many well. WordPress seems like it will be perfect for the galleries of your art. WordPress also has some permanence already. Vivaldi is untested.
  - naomisilverart | December 29, 2013 at 12:16 pm | Reply
    
    Yeah, I think either Richard (Musickna) mentioned Vivaldi. I’m good here, but thanks.
Harry...the Man! | December 31, 2013 at 7:49 am | Reply

I checked back on MyOpera today. A few of my friends are still making blog posts. Man, they should follow us over here!
Felix | February 12, 2014 at 2:43 pm | Reply

I just made a new blog myself, but you’ll need to log in to My Opera one last time to see the announcement. Not coming over to WordPress.com, sorry. Guess I should, but meh. It’s just not what I want right now.
- slackwrdave | February 13, 2014 at 12:56 am | Reply
  
  I’ll look for you, Felix. 🙂