ODIN blog 2008 – 2013
The Opera Developer Network's blog on My Opera: web standards, developer tools, articles and events for web developers.
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A first peek at Opera 15 for Computers
Hurrah! Hot on the heels of the release of Opera 14 for Android (based on Chromium 26), here's a first peek at our all new Opera for Computers. It's called Opera Next 15 and it's based on Chromium 28 — which means that it comes with Blink on board — but as…
Opera 14 for Android is out!
Yay, and — dare I say it — w00t! Opera 14 for Android is released!
Opera's WebKit patches
About five weeks ago, we announced that Opera's products would transition to using WebKit. We said "Opera will contribute to the WebKit and Chromium projects. Our work on web standards to advance the web continues."
Opera 14 beta for Android is out
Yes, that's right: 14. We think that the engine switch from Presto to WebKit that we announced a few weeks ago is such a big step that we decided to skip the 13 number altogether, and go straight to 14! But there's more than just the engine to talk about:…
300 million users and move to WebKit
On the same day as announcing that Opera has 300 million users, we're also announcing that for all new products Opera will use WebKit as its rendering engine and V8 as its JavaScript engine. It's built using the open-source Chromium browser as one of its…
A simple survey of screen sizes
I got a bit frustrated the other day. I'd come across yet another site that was designed for at least a 1280-width screen, meaning it wouldn't fit on my trusty 1024-width laptop and I had to scroll horizontally. "Yada yada, first world problems", I hear you…
HTML5 canvas performance: Drawing circles
As it's nearly Christmas, I was playing with HTML5 canvas to draw baubles on a photo of a Christmas tree. Wondering what was the best way to do it, I came across this answer on Stack Overflow about drawing circles with just radial gradients.
A few tips on TV web development
Over the past few days I've been lucky enough to give a couple of talks on web development for TV. It seems there's growing interest and enthusiasm in this area, which I'm pleased to see, because although it can be frustrating, web on TV also offers…
Graceful User Agent Sniffing
A common sad story in the world of user agent sniffing. This time it is with Alto, a mail service from AOL. Note that it is a widespread issue, not specific to AOL and altomail, which could easily be avoided. This post is not about altomail specifically.
The State of Vertical Range Inputs (as of Nov 2012)
Yesterday I found myself needing to write a silly demo to sketch out some code (to be used in a larger project). The idea was to dump a ton of <input type=range> elements on a page, alternate between horizontal and vertical orientations, and manipulate the…
