A Journal from Behind the Trenches 2009
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China vs. Opera Mini
I'm surprised no one has done their homework on this issue. A few days before this move, the CCTV (party TV of China...voice of the government) reported on the dangers of mobile pornography. This was similar to a report issued about search engines used to…
Wap Review: The Truth About Opera Mobile 10 Memory Usage
The bottom line is that the new generation of advanced mobile browsers require lots of memory
Bill Gates sums up Microsoft's abusive history
One thing we have got to change in our strategy - allowing Office documents to be rendered very well by other peoples browsers is one of the most destructive things we could do to the company.We have to stop putting any effort into this and make sure that…
What's up with Apple, patents, and the W3C?
The Widgets 1.0: Updates Specification had its First Public Working Draft published on 07 October 2008. This triggers a period of 150 days for exclusions, which ran until Friday, 6 March 2009. Apple excluded US Patent Nr. 5,764,992 on Thursday 5 March 2009.
BitStream's outlandish claims about Bolt browser speed
In comprehensive speed testing of a variety of Web pages from different websites, BOLT was routinely 25 to 50 percent faster than the next fastest mobile browser.
Apple's patent claim will not block the W3C Widgets specification
The Patent Advisory Group concluded that the inventive step claimed by US Patent Nr. 5,764,992 lies in the fact that the software program can update itself absolutely independent of functions performed by any resource external to the current software program.…
PPK: "There is no WebKit on Mobile"
Much as I hate to disagree with them, I feel honour-bound to point out that there is no “WebKit on Mobile.” There’s iPhone WebKit, Android WebKit, S60 WebKit (at least two versions each), Bolt, Iris, Ozone, and Palm Pre, and I don’t doubt that I’ve overlooked…
Jon S. von Tetzchner is one of GigaOM’s Top 15 Mobile Influencers
Below are GigaOM editors’ top 15 most influential people in the Mobile Internet; together they make up the inaugural Mobilize 15 Influencers, a list that is going to be published annually in tandem with our Mobilize conference. We have purposely listed them…
Apple's tight control of WebKit means a different open-source engine is needed?
it would be nice to see a truly open-source project--open in source, and open to outside involvement--standardize the mobile browsing experience, too
Futuremark loved Opera, but the love was not returned
"Currently, the test covers page rendering using everything from HTML 5.0 to CSS.""He states, "Some seem to be happy. The Norwegians (Opera) seem to hate us at the moment (FutureMark is Finnish). The guys at Microsoft have been silent so far."
Jon S. von Tetzchner is one of the "top 40 to watch in mobile"
Who really holds the reins in the mobile communications industry? This is a question with an endless answer, so intricate and complex are the webs which create the mobile services on which billions of people rely every day.
Net Applications retroactively changes stats, moves Opera to 2%
In the past, we reported only on our raw numbers. As of August 1st, we have implemented retroactive country-level weighting in our reports. This means that we adjust our reports proportionally based on how much traffic we record from a country vs. how many…
Is Apple's WebKit a patent minefield?
We are ready to suit up and go against anyone. However, we will not stand for having our IP ripped off and will use whatever weapons we have at our disposal.
A better benchmark: Benchmarking Browsers with Real Websites
The problem with browser benchmarks today is that they are extremely synthetic. A majority of them are Javascript only because its easier to test.
In 2007, Opera Unite powered RC cars
Woooo! Me and quai won this years Hackaton awards!With..this! Built it in two days with some secret opera stuff (sorry, cant tell!), javascript and some c-code. Assembled the whole car from a kit, and it's controllable in amusing ways ;D Moveable camera…
How Opera became a big company and started crushing dreams
Tonido is "a smart way to share, sync and access your files, photos, music, calendar from anywhere and form your own private social network without relying on public online services.We firmly believe that a handful of companies controlling everybody's data…
Opera takes control of the W3C!
Created in March 1998, the Advisory Board provides ongoing guidance to the Team on issues of strategy, management, legal matters, process, and conflict resolution. The Advisory Board also serves the Members by tracking issues raised between Advisory Committee…
Responding to Unite misconceptions
It appeared that Opera PR had successfully reached out to all of them, shoved a news release down their throats and waited to give them the go-ahead to regurgitate it on their blogs, using the same screenshots, same content, and differing only in the…
Opera Unite
Today, we unveiled Opera Unite,A new technology that shakes up the old client-server computing model of the Web.
Opera Unite Terms of Service updated
For the avoidance of doubt, this clause does not apply to the files you share as an End-User of the Opera Unite, as such files are never uploaded to Opera’s site. Opera will not make a claim to own or use those files.
Mississippi takes Microsoft to task for anti-competitive practices
The lawsuit is the last and largest of those filed by 21 states in the wake of the 2000 federal decision that proclaimed Microsoft abused its monopoly power by bundling Internet Explorer and Windows.
Microsoft moves to offer less choice, not more
Rather than more choice, Microsoft seems to have chosen to provide less
Microsoft cancels hearing in EU antitrust case
We also submitted a response to the Commission at the end of April explaining why we believe that including Web browsing software in modern operating systems is lawful.
Opera has spent zero on advertising?
Opera Software’s SVP Rod Hamlin: "Over our history, we've spent zero [on advertising], so it's a huge shift."
IBM, Nokia, Sun and others join EU antitrust case against Microsoft
This case is about the future of the Web and maintaining an open and dynamic internet. Key business, e-commerce, public service and social networking applications are moving to the internet, which is rapidly becoming the backbone of economic life and social…
AdMob: iPhone makes up 50% of US mobile Web traffic on smartphones
AdMob's stats significantly favor the iPhone because of its vast ad inventory in iPhone apps -- ads that are not available on other phones -- and on iPhone-tailored Web sites, which won't work on some phones
Ford lets you take Opera for a ride in your car
The Opera Internet browser provided with your FWS system provides a superb platform for accessing and viewing websites. Opera works much like the Internet browser on your desktop computer, but it provides improved compatibility in a mobile setting like Ford…
Malware report from NSS Labs manipulates statistics?
The computations are done based on this "So if it is blocked early on, it will improve the score. If it continues to be missed, it will detract from the score." Sounds like a typical statistical trick to exaggerate differences found between browsers - those…
Yet Another JavaScript Benhcmark
With Peacekeeper, it’s simple to compare different browsers and see which one offers the best performance on your PC.
Wikipedia misconception: "Elektra" as a layout engine
The new Windows version, Opera 4.0 Elektra, is scheduled to be released at the end of this year.
Opera Fingertouch helps you hit the right link when browing from your phone
Fingertouch provides visual feedback when you hit a Web link, and assists you when you come across multiple links or other selectable elements in close proximity to one another.
CNET UK: Opera should give up on desktop browsers
its desktop browser continually fails to attract significant market share.
Google Joins Europe Case Against Microsoft
Accusing Microsoft of unfairly sidelining competitors, Google said on Tuesday that it would apply to join a European Union antitrust case against Microsoft over the company’s Web browser.
Mozilla joins Opera's antitrust complaint against Microsoft
I’ve been involved in building and shipping web browsers continuously since before Microsoft started developing IE, and the damage Microsoft has done to competition, innovation, and the pace of the web development itself is both glaring and ongoing. There are…
Microsoft dismisses artificial JavaScript benchmarks and the JavaScript performance race
In an interview earlier this week when the company launched IE8 RC1, senior product manager James Pratt criticized such tests. He described them as "microbenchmarks" that place an emphasis on scores as a "drag race" that Microsoft isn't about to enter."We…
Carakan and Vega
we have now taken on the challenge to once again develop the fastest ECMAScript engine on the market
Internet Explorer 8 first browser with full CSS 2.1 support?
Full CSS 2.1 complete support is cool but it must be said that "full CSS 2.1 support" does not mean anything yet. CSS 2.1 is not yet a W3C Recommendation and it does not have an approved full Test Suite yet. Microsoft has submitted a rough 7,000 CSS 2.1 tests…
Korea is Microsoft's favourite country
Korea is a quite unique market in that they have very advanced devices and one of the highest take up rates of broadband internet access in the world, yet Internet Explorer has a huge market share in Korea, so almost every site I've tested is designed and…
Microsoft/EU antitrust case: It's not just about bundling!
In addition, the Commission is concerned that the ubiquity of Internet Explorer creates artificial incentives for content providers and software developers to design websites or software primarily for Internet Explorer which ultimately risks undermining…
CNN: Europe Objects To Microsoft's Browser Bundling
European antitrust regulators have told Microsoft Corp. that the company's practice of including its Internet browser with its popular Windows operating system violates European competition law