The Registers's view on our alpha releases

October 22, 2010 · by Espen André Øverdahl

Just had to share this excellent piece of journalism we read in the insiders look on Opera 11 by The Register:

Trying an Opera alpha in recent times has felt a bit like cutting the brakes of a car to make the drive more interesting.

Hah, at least it goes faster then! Our alphas do make "driving" a lot more interesting and should only be used by "experienced drivers" (sorry for the paraphrasing bomb).

Readers' comments 21

Left under the original article, as archived.

mistressEVILFriday, October 22, 2010 3:51:05 PM
Pallab DeFriday, October 22, 2010 3:53:37 PM
Glad to see Opera receiving rave reviews from the press. I remember the days when pretty much all the reviews (Washington post was a repeat offender) from the press used to be horribly biased and uninformed.
Pallab DeFriday, October 22, 2010 3:54:03 PM
Btw, you said the Guardian and linked to the register.
Charles SchlossFriday, October 22, 2010 3:55:20 PM

"You get a lot more functionality with Opera than Chrome, of course, it's like Brazil playing the Faroe Islands at football"
Espen André ØverdahlFriday, October 22, 2010 3:55:35 PM
Originally posted by Indyan:

Btw, you said the Guardian and linked to the register.
Fixed.
TamilFriday, October 22, 2010 3:56:01 PM
RobbieFriday, October 22, 2010 4:00:22 PM
Also your link goes to page 3 out of 3 of the review. Makes me feel like I'm reading the review in a Memento style.
Uncle MickFriday, October 22, 2010 4:31:34 PM
Originally posted by The Register:

Opera releases are always worth a look. It's the testing ground for new features - and a preview of what Mozilla's Firefox and Chrome will implement in about three years' time.

http://files.myopera.com/Tamil/Smilies/BigGrin.gif -
Superrrrrdurt!Friday, October 22, 2010 5:15:16 PM
Originally posted by Mickeyjoe_irl:

Originally posted by The Register:

Opera releases are always worth a look. It's the testing ground for new features - and a preview of what Mozilla's Firefox and Chrome will implement in about three years' time.

Hahaha, epic! Will read the full story later on!
dirkFriday, October 22, 2010 6:03:20 PM
good review ... as good as the alpha release
GusSaturday, October 23, 2010 12:20:47 AM
You forgot: "Don't try this at home".
Or should it rather be "Do try this at home"?
d4rkn1ghtSaturday, October 23, 2010 8:54:48 AM
LuntaSaturday, October 23, 2010 10:18:46 AM
you deserve it Tamil. Congrats
Artur „Jurgi” JurgawkaSaturday, October 23, 2010 10:49:55 PM
Completely (sorry) offtopic:

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/kaun-banega-crorepati_thumb1.jpg -

http://files.myopera.com/Tamil/Smilies/Oo.gif -
Cutting SpoonSunday, October 24, 2010 1:48:30 AM
Gravitational lensing...? Hehe.
Uncle MickSunday, October 24, 2010 7:43:31 PM
Originally posted by Jurgi:

Completely (sorry) offtopic:

But entirely appropriate
NicoMonday, October 25, 2010 2:00:51 PM
I always use the latest Snapshots and Alphas of Opera, so I'm used to that . One the one hand, some things do not work properly (like some Windows 7 features in Opera 11 Alpha), which used to work before, but you get some cool new stuff on the other hand, which make it totally worth to "live on the edge" Can't wait for the next Snapshot of Opera 11 btw
DaringineerWednesday, October 27, 2010 1:43:23 AM
Originally posted by chooseopera:

Originally posted by The Register:
Trying an Opera alpha in recent times has felt a bit like cutting the brakes of a car to make the drive more interesting.

That accurately describes the 10.5x pre-alphas (and later, alphas)
AdrianPMWednesday, October 27, 2010 4:34:12 PM
The Reg articles are normally a fun thing to read. And articles like this one are even better.http://files.myopera.com/Tamil/Smilies/BigGrin2.gif -

To telling the truth, I read this the other day, but I didn't this you guys at Choose Opera could note it so fast.
Cutting SpoonSaturday, October 30, 2010 3:22:19 PM
Ever get the feeling someone's talking, but you can't actually hear anything...? At least the press response to 11 has been very positive thus far.
DaringineerSaturday, October 30, 2010 3:30:19 PM
@shivoham talwar: Thanks for the trolling, we needed that... not.