opera is my primary browser on my linux machines in both work and home. on windows at work, i use chrome for google apps and a mixture of opera and firefox for everything else (i avoid internet explorer completely).
i've actively encouraged the users on my network (cheshire-based secondary school with 1600 pupils, 200 staff) to use opera since 2001 and support it alongside internet explorer, firefox, and safari. if next15 is going to be our only option, then i will have no hesitation in removing it from my work's network because (1) i need the system configurability of the old opera, (2) our users won't appreciate a dumbed down and restricted version of chrome, which is all next looks like at the moment, and (3) it will be one less app for me to support. i will just revert to using firefox at home.
you have made the most convenient browser for me. thanks. i'll miss it.
i will use opera 12 forever.
maybe this adaptation of yours to a world of apps instead of sophisticated software was inevitable for the survival of your company, but to me there is no use for such a piece of crippled presentation window for a few all-too-mighty internet portals. there are dozens out there who do the same job but there is no true replacement for the matured and experienced software that opera had developed over the years.
wish you luck
a diverse browser turns into a shadow of its former self. a very sad day...
furthermore, i believe that operam xv should be abolished.
stop choking, start working!!!
i loved you, but you can't just take away every feature that makes opera special like that...