There was a project on collecting usage statistics, but I don't know what the current status is, or how the data was used. I doubt the features you mention will

There was a project on collecting usage statistics, but I don't know what the current status is, or how the data was used. I doubt the features you mention will disappear anytime soon, that would probably be seen as a little too drastic. Opera probably still wants to push the browser as a platform, especially on devices (http://www.opera.com/business/devices/ http://www.opera.com/business/devices/), and widgets and Unite are important for this.