On the topic of accessibility, you get my drift. When I interviewed four and a half years ago for the tech writer position, Chaals was one of the staff inspecting and testing me. My respect and admiration for him, especially regarding his work with web accessibility, was well established long before that.
However, regardless of Opera’s policy on accessibility, I always implemented it in my work. Chaals knew this. Ironically, even though assistive technologies found it impossible to work with Opera products, my work could be interpreted by them through other AT friendly browsers.
After three and a half years of living and working in Oslo, I ran out of money. My salary could not provide a normal way of life for myself and family. It began costing me money to continue as we were, and I decided to finally accept an offer back home here in the States. As an employee, I was not alone in that situation.
I loved working at Opera Software. The collegiality of the development staff is like none I have ever been involved with before. This was the ultimate environment for a tech writer to produce deliverables quickly, accurately, and efficiently. I had the creative opportunity and time to build new topics regarding Opera products and the Presto rendering engine. IMHO, it is some of the best work I have ever done.
On the topic of management I will never comment, regardless of the company I work with. That’s an etiquette I have always employed, and I will continue to do so.