Opera finding new ways into your Mac

Readers' comments

Comments left by My Opera members under the original post: the first 32, as archived.

• Daniel Aleksandersen3. March 2011, 09:52

  There is also a press release regarding the age restriction.

• Pfelelep3. March 2011, 11:15

  cool.
  
  I laso note the "Opera first browser available in Apple's Mac App Store"
  
  It's kinda amazing for Apple, not to have allowed "concurrence" sooner.
  
  The age restriction is just.... speechless-ing

• Mark3. March 2011, 11:22

  Also, don't forget to vote for Opera in the About.com Browser Poll, Opera is currently ahead of Firefox, and a few thousand votes behind Chrome.
  
  http://browsers.about.com/gi/pages/poll.htm?linkback=http://browsers.about.com/od/allaboutwebbrowsers/ss/2011-readers-choice-awards-web-browsers-voting_2.htm&poll_id=7209738706&poll=4&submit1=Submit%20Vote
  
  Not bad for a browser without the marketing might of Google/Apple/Microsoft... Perhaps people are waking up that just because a product has bottomless reserves of cash poured into marketing it, does not necessarily make it the best product available...
  
  
  

• Rafael Luik3. March 2011, 11:40

  Originally posted by daniel:

  There is also a press release regarding the age restriction.

  
  
  

  Originally posted by clashcityrocker:

  Also, don't forget to vote for Opera in the About.com Browser Poll, Opera is currently ahead of Firefox, and a few thousand votes behind Chrome.
  
  http://browsers.about.com/gi/pages/poll.htm?linkback=http://browsers.about.com/od/allaboutwebbrowsers/ss/2011-readers-choice-awards-web-browsers-voting_2.htm&poll_id=7209738706&poll=4&submit1=Submit%20Vote

  

• Tamil3. March 2011, 11:41

  

• Federico3. March 2011, 11:42

  One detail though, I wasn't able to rate Opera, or post a comment until I deleted the .app, and re-downloaded from the store. you might want to post a small update to make the store recognize the "purchase" and allow rating.

• kapsi3. March 2011, 11:43

  "I'm very concerned," says Standal. "Seventeen is very young, and I am not sure if, at that age, people are ready to use such an application. It's very fast, you know, and it has a lot of features. I think the download requirement should be at least 18."
  
  Hahah oh wow! Seriously, why the restriction?

• youngjr3. March 2011, 11:47

  

• Pneumatig3. March 2011, 11:57

  Originally posted by kapsi:

  Hahah oh wow! Seriously, why the restriction?

  
  Cause its very fast
  Fast = Dangerous

• João Eiras3. March 2011, 11:58

  Originally posted by Daniel Aleksandersen:

  There is also a press release regarding the age restriction.

  
  Apple unofficially labeled Opera as a porn browser. And we all know how much Steve hates porn.

• radamanth3. March 2011, 12:06

  those who already installed opera please answer:
  - it works on ipad and does unite apps pages from home-pc works fine?

• EricJH3. March 2011, 12:13

  Originally posted by daniel:

  There is also a press release regarding the age restriction.

  

• artemeas3. March 2011, 12:14

  gimme new linux build without crapped speed-dial! (scrollbars on fullhd resolution)
  apple core sux

• EricJH3. March 2011, 12:20

  Originally posted by xErath:

  Apple unofficially labeled Opera as a porn browser. And we all know how much Steve hates porn.

  Opera, the fastest and safest pr0n browser in the world....

• Cristian3. March 2011, 12:22

  Congrats!. I like Opera so much, 'cause it's the best browser.

• Stanley3. March 2011, 12:29

  one question: will i get the final releases updates at the same time via opera.com and mac store? or is there some approval process for mac store?

• Dave3. March 2011, 12:33

  Originally posted by xErath:

  Apple unofficially labeled Opera as a porn browser. And we all know how much Steve hates porn.

  
  
  Good grief.
  That's like putting restrictions on screwdrivers and hammers because they might just be used to kill someone.
  
  Blame the tool....

• Haavard3. March 2011, 12:37

  Originally posted by radamanth:

  those who already installed opera please answer:
  - it works on ipad and does unite apps pages from home-pc works fine?

  It's for Mac OS. A PC browser.

• Vladimyr Ivanov3. March 2011, 12:45

  Originally posted by xErath:

  Originally posted by Daniel Aleksandersen:

  There is also a press release regarding the age restriction.

  Apple unofficially labeled Opera as a porn browser. And we all know how much Steve hates porn.

  Doubt in it. Rather young people do not have enough knowledge

• newscpq3. March 2011, 12:49

  well done guys! :applause:

• Uncle Mick3. March 2011, 13:18

  Is anyone else wondering if the App Store is going to become the only way to install software on Apple products?

• celiochido3. March 2011, 13:31

  good news for opera

• Patkos Csaba3. March 2011, 13:34

  Originally posted by Mickeyjoe_irl:

  Is anyone else wondering if the App Store is going to become the only way to install software on Apple products?

  
  I doubt it, because in the worst case you can install gcc and compile most of the OSS apps for MacOS, so I see no point in doing that. Thou, knowing Apple, nothing is impossible.

• Zalex ;-)3. March 2011, 13:47

  

• Adam Tiley3. March 2011, 14:09

  17 Is not very young...I'm 17 and I'd say I'm mature enough to use Opera.
  
  In fact, why is there even an age restriction? What are they restricting? I haven't noticed anything that a child shouldn't see...I'm confused. :L

• Ernie2k3. March 2011, 16:14

  Are there any restrictions within the app itself when downloading from the Mac App Store? I know many other application has an App Store version with less features that are not allowed in the App Store. Does Opera any such restrictions, any less features?

• raphweng133. March 2011, 16:20

  I think it should not be available in the App Store at all: Choice is bad. Standards are bad. Apple has the duty to ensure their people are using h.264 and are not confused by choice. ^^

• Kamalesh3. March 2011, 16:35

  Great to see! For 99% of typical users, one-click install & updating will be much easier.
  
  

  Originally posted by freerider:

  one question: will i get the final releases updates at the same time via opera.com and mac store? or is there some approval process for mac store?

  
  A follow-on to that question would be: Will auto-updates interoperate between the Opera mechanism and the App store updating system...or will Opera's be turned OFF if installed from the Mac App Store?

• Vijay3. March 2011, 17:01

  awesome! opera rocks

• Maciej Tarmas3. March 2011, 17:09

  Great news! I hope this will force Opera devs to focus more on the Mac version (hint: move tabs to the title bar a'la Chrome, Keychain integration).
  
  This would be a good place to start:
  http://log.dustinwilson.com/archives/2011/02/15/Operas_Interface_Part_2/
  
  

  Originally posted by kamalesh:

  Will auto-updates interoperate between the Opera mechanism and the App store updating system...or will Opera's be turned OFF if installed from the Mac App Store?

  
  
  It looks like they removed the update UI in this build and opera:config has autoupdates disabled, so we can expect Opera updates coming from the app store. Makes sense.

• d4rkn1ght3. March 2011, 17:31

  

• Rijk3. March 2011, 19:16

  Originally posted by Tarmas:

  It looks like they removed the update UI in this build and opera:config has autoupdates disabled, so we can expect Opera updates coming from the app store. Makes sense.

  IIANM, that was the only change that needed to be made to the functionality to get approval. Makes sense indeed, having two update mechanisms active at the same time is asking for trouble...