forum, blog and photo section where members could post. Members: it was a section where users of My Opera could see logged in members, as well as, a list of members by country. My Opera Mail: a free email account, similar to Gmail, Yahoo! Mail or Outlook.com. Accounts included 1 GB of storage, but this was separate from the My Opera 2 GB storage. It was compatible with POP and IMAP email retrieval protocols as well as XMPP instant messaging. News Portal: a site with customizable news feeds. It included the Google search engine. Photos: a section where users could publish and share their photos with other members. Current Opera services available There are several Opera subdomain sites that use an Opera account. These include: Opera forums: users of Opera can find help to solve problems related to the browser here. Previously, Opera forums belonged to the My Opera site. In March 2014, the Opera forums were moved to the official Opera web browser site. Dev.Opera: a site for developers to write articles and share tips and tricks. Opera Link: to administrate the synchronized bookmarks, notes and Speed Dial links for Opera browsers on different devices. Opera Add-ons: the domain which contains the extension and theme catalogs. Vivaldi.net Vivaldi.net is an alternative community site opened on 18 December 2013 by Jon von Tetzchner, founder and former CEO of Opera Software. Jon von Tetzchner posted a personal welcome message where he explained his plan to provide a new community for My Opera's members. Vivaldi.net offers its members features and services such as blogs, e-mail service, photo albums and forums. Vivaldi.net is not related to Opera Software; it eventually become the virtual community of the eponymous Vivaldi web browser. A Vivaldi.net account is required for using the synchronization features of the browser. References External links Official website of Opera forums Archive at the Internet Archive (more information at archiveteam.org) Opera link Opera add-ons Dev.Opera Vivaldi.net Blog hosting services Defunct websites Internet forums Internet properties established in 2001 Opera Software Internet properties disestablished in 2014