A Journal from Behind the Trenches 2007
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Acid2 fails the Acid2 test
It looks like an object element that's pointing to a non-existent page (http://www.webstandards.org/404/) should be falling through, but that page is now returning a response status of 200 (success) instead of 404.
Microsoft sabotaging CSS too?
I fully understand why it has been suggested that Microsoft may in fact be purely acting in a manner to slow down the group and the development of the CSS platform -- it seems easy to come to the conclusion that you change your arguments every other month to…
Statistics, Schmastistics! XiTi Monitor "forgets" about countries where Opera does well?
Opera arrives in 3rd, far behind Firefox, with a visit share of 3.5%.
Ars Technica: Mozilla, the bad guys, fighting Microsoft, the good guys?
Indeed Microsoft does not desire serious change to ES3, and we heard this inside TG1 in April. The words were (from my notes) more like this: "Microsoft does not think the web needs to change much". Except, of course, via Silverlight and WPF, which if not…
Steve Jobs: First time ever browser on a digital audio player?
Jobs said that it's the "first time ever" a browser has been built into a digital audio player.
Kestrel is apparently really, really fast
ConclusionsAcross the board, Opera Kestrel is already significantly faster than Opera Merlin, and generally out-performs all other browsers tested. Some results, like the full javascript raytracer show that under heavy loads, Opera Kestrel is much more stable…
Engadget to Palm: Add a better browser
Add a better browser - Blazer ain't cutting it anymore....Ajax support, tabs, the ability to toggle between WAP and regular versions of a page, and not having to reload every time you go back a page would be a good place to start....Just look at some of the…
CNET: Firefox Lite needed for low-end computers
Firefox, while initially a fairly lightweight Web browser, is now in its 2.0.0.5 incarnation and with a few extensions and a few open tabs, sometimes consumes upwards of a quarter of a gigabyte of RAM.(...)I would suggest that the Mozilla community produce a…
Forbes recommends Opera Mini
The cheapest and easiest way to make your phone smarter is to add a few key pieces of software. The Web browser is one of the most obvious places for improvement: most cheap phones include a bare-bones browser that barely works. You can easily improve that by…
Forbes on Must-Have Mobile Software, but no Opera Mini/Mobile
Mobile browsers are getting better, but can be a pain, especially if you aren't paying for an ultra speedy cellular data connection.
Try Opera with native Theora video support
At Opera, we have built an experimental version that has native support for Ogg Theora. For now, it is only available on Windows. NOTE! Do not choose to start Opera in the installation process. After installing, exit the installation process and start the the…
Survey: Opera users are most satisfied?
A survey carried out by NetApplications and SurveyWare found that Mozilla's Firefox is the considered the best browser software available. However, given its small user base, Opera seems to have the most satisfied customers."When the browser share is factored…
Opera for PS3 now available
we now have ppc-linux .6 packages: that means that they work (okay, should work) on your PS3! — if you installed Linux on it.
GameSpot: PlayStation 3 needs a better browser
Sony billed the PlayStation 3 as a gaming console that can do everything: "Music, Photos, Internet, Videos, and Movies." It's supposed to be the living-room media center. That might become a reality if Sony iterates more on its Internet and media…
Opera did not respond to security vulnerability?
Unfortunately neither Microsoft nor Opera were interested in the vulnerability. Opera did not react at all on our bug report and Microsoft just sent a nonsense mail to us, claiming that we had disclosed this already to the public and that they like getting…
Nintendo's News Channel developers on News Channel vs. Internet Channel
Suzuki: Around the same time, a different team was working on the development of the Internet Channel. So that brought up concerns of how it may be enough for the users to just use the Internet Channel to check their news...Kawamoto: On top of that, when I…