Instructions: Click and drag on the interactive timeline below to browse Opera’s history. For faster scrolling, click and drag in the year area. For more precise scrolling, click and drag in the month area. Don’t miss the Opera version history either.
2009 2008 Nov 25 Opera Mini 4.2 released Nov 11 Opera opens office in Taipei, Taiwan Nov 11 20 million users of Opera Mini worldwide Oct 25 Opera releases MAMA results Oct 8 Opera 9.6 for Indian and Indonesian markets Sep 18 T-Mobile Widgets released Sep 10 Opera Devices SDK 9.6 released Sep 9 Opera partners with NVIDIA Aug 18 Opera launches the Opera Education program Jul 28 Opera Joins the Open IPTV Forum Jul 17 Opera Mobile 9.5 beta is released Jul 15 Opera signs deal with Swisscom Jul 8 Opera launches Web Standards Curriculum Jul 3 Opera adds Ask.com search Jun 12 Opera releases 9.5 for desktop Jun 6 Opera partners with Haute Secure (now TRUSTe) Jun 2 Opera celebrates 500 employees May 21 Opera Widgets SDK beta is released May 20 Opera releases first State of the Mobile Web report May 6 Opera releases Dragonfly Web tools Feb 27 Google becomes default search in Opera Mobile and Opera Mini Jan 30 Opera expands into Canada and Mexico Jan 24 Opera delivers the Web on world's first mobile WiMax gaming device Jan 5 Opera opens office in Prague, Czech Republic 2007 Jun 19 Opera Mini 4 beta released Jun 5 Opera partners with Onet in Poland Apr 12 The full version of the Wii Internet Channel powered by Opera released Mar 28 Opera introduces Speed Dial Mar 22 Baobab uses Opera in the Fight Against HIV in Malawi Mar 8 Heavily improved My Opera Community site released Mar 6 Opera users create 1001 widgets Jan 8 Opera Names Yahoo! Exclusive Global Partner for Mobile Search 2006 Dec 22 Opera for Wii available Nov 28 Opera signs deal with Sony Electronics Inc. Nov 20 Telefónica Moviles selects Opera Mini Nov 11 Opera opens office in Wrocław, Poland Oct 6 Nintendo DS Browser launches across Europe Sep 13 SoonR and Opera deliver the first worldwide ajax solution for mobile users and carriers Sep 5 Opera 9 for Devices is made available Aug 23 Opera powers the Sony Mylo Personal communicator Aug 8 One billion Web pages were viewed with Opera Mini Jul 24 The Opera browser for Nintendo DS goes on sale in Japan Jun 20 Opera ships Opera 9 for Windows, Mac and Linux Apr 25 Opera opens office in Beijing, China Mar 14 debitel offers Opera's full mobile product portfolio. Mar 8 T-Mobile includes Opera Mini on high-volume feature phones. Feb 20 Opera Software announces worldwide release of Opera Mini. Feb 15 Opera Software opens a development office in India. Jan 24 Nintendo includes Opera Browser on new Nintendo DS system. 2005 2004 Nov 23 Opera introduces Extensible Rendering Architecture (ERA) technology. Sep 20 Opera Mobile reaches one million downloads from the corporate Web site. Sep 9 Opera introduces TV Rendering (TVR) for user-friendly web browsing on TVs. Aug 31 Opera begins developing its smartphone browser for Microsoft Windows Mobile. Mar 11 Opera listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. 2003 Aug 5 Record-high desktop browser downloads reported: 10 million for 2003. 2002 Oct 15 Opera invents SSR for user-friendly mobile web browsing. Sep 4 First Opera-powered Asian PDA. 2001 Oct 9 Canal+ Technologies include Opera in its set-top boxes. Oct 4 Opera 5 for Windows desktop reaches a record five million downloads. May 29 Symbian Ltd. signs agreement to incorporate the Opera browser on Smartphones. 1998 Jan 1 Opera's vision of the emerging Internet device market materializes in a project to port Opera to a multitude of platforms. 1997 Jan 1 The first Opera, Opera 2.1 for Windows released 1995 Jan 1 Opera Software ASA is founded in Oslo, Norway 1994 Jan 1 Jon S. von Tetzchner and Geir Ivarsøy develop a Web browser while working for the Norwegian telecom incumbent Telenor