Links by Friday 026 - Stop Using Opera
I have been learning more about business and selling through a Copywriting course. I’ve joined a few communities where I’m learning from the Pros. I feel like everyone needs to know how to sell.
I hope you enjoy this week’s issue.
Stop Using Opera
The most significant shift for Opera came in 2016, when the Opera browser, brand, and related products were sold to a group of companies in China for $600 million. The remains of the original Opera Software rebranded to Otello Corporation in 2017, which is now just a holding company for some advertising companies.
It went downhill from that sale. Alternative Browsers suggested are Firefox and Vivaldi. Bruce Lawson recently announced he was joining Vivaldi. I might have to ditch Brave and give it a try.

Stop using Opera Browser and Opera GX
Opera Browser and Opera GX are bloated web browsers, and the company behind them has tried to cover up its controversies.
Why We Rejected Your Portfolio
The focus is on UX portfolios but the lessons are broad and can be applied to many other disciplines.

Only 30 seconds to reject your portfolio? | Matej Latin
Common mistakes designers should avoid to make the first cut in UX hiring I didn’t make that number up. I was probably too generous, it’s even lower. Some s ...
Visual Design Rules You Can Safely Follow Every Time
Simple Rules like,
never use pure black or pure white.
saturate your neutrals
Lower letter spacing and line height with larger text. Raise them with smaller text
and more. This is one to bookmark.
https://anthonyhobday.com/sideprojects/saferules/Thing You Wish You Didn’t Need to Know About S3
If you use S3, you need to read this.

Things you wish you didn't need to know about S3
S3 is weirder than you think. Make sure you know all the quirks before they turn into vulnerabilities in your AWS infrastructure.
Why I’m Over GraphQL
I read this as, there are problems for which GraphQL is not a solution, not as, don’t use GraphQL.
https://bessey.dev/blog/2024/05/24/why-im-over-graphql/That's it, see you next time.