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by mratsim 2348 days ago
Wow, I did use Opera for years and also on mobile when in Africa with limited data plans.

Time flies, I still remember Opera 10 years ago, they probably had the best tech April Fool's I ever stumbled upon with their "Face gestures"[1].

When you had a team that could create that behind your product, you knew that the team cared and was driven by passion and excellent craftmanship.

[1]: https://dev.opera.com/blog/introducing-opera-face-gestures/

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> Time flies, I still remember Opera 10 years ago, they probably had the best tech April Fool's I ever stumbled upon with their "Face gestures"[1].

> When you had a team that could create that behind your product, you knew that the team cared and was driven by passion and excellent craftmanship.

Even better: the Opera speed test:

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdirsXNaibo

which was the Opera developer's reaction to the Google Chrome Speed Test:

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oarMXGq3gI