ODIN blog 2011
Hello Opera 11.60!
Hurray for our Yuletide release of the last Opera 11 of 2011. Opera 11.60 is available from today with a swathe of festive features.
OperaDriver, Test Web Pages Without Efforts
About one year ago, Andreas Tolf Tolfsen announced OperaWatir, a library for driving the Opera browser. To use the library, you needed to brush up a few scripts in Ruby and start testing. Your first thought is
What’s new in Opera development snapshots: 28 November 2011 edition
A new snapshot of Opera 12 has been released. You can get details on where to download that Opera Next snapshot at the Desktop Team blog. So, lets see what is new.
A new Dev.Opera
Yesterday, we released a major update to Dev.Opera. The most obvious change is of course the visual refresh, but we've also rewritten the whole back-end from scratch, so as to make it more flexible and robust.
'The Developer Briefcase' and other neat Opera extensions for developers
Opera Dragonfly is THE developer tool to use in Opera, but in addition to its built-in feature set there are quite a few browser extensions that can make debugging and development even easier.
Opera 11.60 Beta is out!
We introduce support for HTML5 custom protocol and content handlers with this beta. What this means is you can now tell Opera to open the compose page from Gmail or FastMail instead of your default mail application that comes with your operating system. Of…
Opera Mobile Emulator updated to version 11.5
I'm happy to announce that we have updated the Opera Mobile Emulator to version 11.5, to match the most recent version of Opera Mobile available on Android, S60 and MeeGo devices.
DOM Event constructors in Opera 11.60
As mentioned in Divya's post about what's new in Opera 11.60, Opera now supports the DOM Event constructor syntax. It offers a simpler way to create synthetic and custom DOM events.
Custom Protocol and Content Handlers in Opera 11.60
The Opera 11.60 alpha snapshot introduces support for HTML5 custom scheme and content handlers.
What’s new in Opera development snapshots: 4 November 2011 edition
Most of the updates that will feature in Opera 12 are in a new intermediate version Opera 11.60, whose snapshot has just been released.
Opera Tech Break: HTML5 with Bruce and Zi Bin
Our very own Bruce Lawson and Zi Bin Cheah give a light-hearted, yet accurate overview of HTML5 and what it means for consumers and developers in the latest installment of Opera Tech Break. Enjoy!
Handys und Tablets – Webentwicklung jenseits des Desktops / WebTech Mainz, 12 October 2011
Auch dieses Jahr verschlug es mich nach Mainz für die WebTech 2011. Das Orga-Team hielt mich schön auf Trab, und spannte mich gleich ein um bei der offiziellen Konferenz-Eröffnung, einer spontan arrangierten Diskussion zum Thema JavaScript, und natürlich als…
The once and future web – Keynote presentation at Front Row Conference, Kraków, Poland 20 October 2011
Although I'm usually more comfortable diving into a specific subject and hiding behind slides of HTML and JavaScript code, I had the pleasure of changing gears a bit, taking a step back and turning a philosophical, introspective eye on the recent state of web…
HTML5 Multimedia - Bruce's Frontrow, Krakow, Poland presentation
Fate (and RyanAir) took me once again to the super country of Poland, where I was honoured to keynote day 2 of the inaugural Frontrow Conference.
What’s new in Opera's snapshots: 7 October 2011
Today ushers in another interesting developer snapshot release of Opera desktop! As per usual, if you are using Opera Next you should already have this update — if not, download the snapshot separately.
jsFoo Bangalore - My slides and thoughts
So I was there at jsFoo in Bangalore last weekend, which I think was India's first exclusively JS based conference. The event was great, with a turnout which was greater than expected. We had talked on the some advanced JS tricks, stuff on the internal…
Over the Air 2011 slides - Web Anywhere: Mobile Optimisation With HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript
I spoke at Over The Air last year and - gasp! - was invited back.
What’s new in Opera development snapshots: 28 September 2011 edition
The biggest news for this snapshot is that your users will no longer see an XML screen of death and instead it will be rendered to the error console.
No more "XML parsing failed" errors
Through our Open The Web effort, Opera's Developer Relations team contacts websites that don't work as expected when viewed in Opera, and we suggest changes to their source code that fix the problem.
Presentation: HTML5 and Accessibility sitting in a tree
Bruce went to down to London to present at the Accessibility London unconference. His theme was that, contrary to the belief of some accessibility consultants, HTML5 doesn't hate accessibility (or disabled people), but that it attempts to build accessibility…
Opera TV Emulator released
Want to start developing for web-enabled TVs, but worried that you'll need a roomful of big devices to test and debug your web applications? Fear not: with today's release of the Opera TV Emulator (formerly known as the Opera for Devices Content Development…
The Fun Of Being Together - Developer Relations Team Meetup in Oslo
This is a story of places. Beijing (China), Birmingham (UK), Brooklyn (USA) , Chandigarh (India), Los Angeles (USA), Manchester (UK), Montreal (Canada), Oslo (Norway), Saint Petersburg (Russia), San Mateo (USA), Seattle (USA), Tokyo (Japan). For each of these…
SXSW 2012 - 10 proposals
The PanelPicker for SXSW 2012 is open. Next Friday is the deadline to choose the panels you would like to see. Here are the proposals from Opera employees:
ASP.NET sites - Served With The Wrong Mime-Type
You remember the article I had written about Starbucks solving an error on their server. They were serving HTML with the wrong mime-type to Opera only because of user agent sniffing. They fixed it. They are definitely not the only ones. Other Web sites have…
What’s new in Opera development snapshots: 27 July 2011 edition
The biggest news for this snapshot is the first practical implementation of the Microdata API in a browser.
What’s new in Opera development snapshots: 14 July 2011
Woo, we got some dramatic big updates this time! Let's see what's new.
Web Education moving forward - Opera WSC goes to the W3C!
I have been fighting to improve web education for a number of years now - many courses and resources around the world that profess to teach web design/development are woefully out of date, resulting in students completing courses without the real world skills…
Being Strict About HTTP Link Header
Opera users are reporting Web sites which seem to not work properly. That is good. There are two cases:
getUserMedia and Device Orientation adventures
Opera a while back had released an experimental android build, with support for getUserMedia and Device Orientation support. The stuff is really really cool, and is one of the major things which will help close the gap between the capabilities of native and…
Opera Mobile 11.1 – new features and additions
Today we had not one, but two product releases: Opera Mini 6.1 (for Android, Blackberry, J2ME and Symbian) and Opera Mobile 11.1 (for Android and Symbian). You can get them directly from m.opera.com.
Opera 11.50 released: Speed Dial extensions, improved standards support, and more
Today, we're releasing Opera 11.50, aka "Swordfish". It has a brand new featherweight look-and-feel, and juicy standards bits. Over the last couple of weeks, we've introduced this release's new features in different blog posts — here's a quick recap, with…
What’s new in Opera development snapshots: 21 June 2011
As usual, your Opera Next should already have this update (checking opera:about should give you "Presto/2.9.168 Version/11.50" under Browser Identification).
HTML5 multimedia accessibility at DevCSI Accessibility Hack Day
After an evening hacking, Scott Wilson put together a webVTT generator W3C Widget. Download it, double click to install (on a system with Opera Desktop or similar Widget manager and run-time installed). Point it at a video, then simply pause the video after a…
What’s new in Opera's development snapshots
We just released a new development snapshot, and it contains a mind-boggling array of new features and fixes.
DOM Scripting and the <time> element
We've created a fun demonstration (well, at least it was fun to Andreas and me last night at 1AM) of how to make use of the <time> element via DOM scripting. Behold our mighty date robot.
New developer features in Opera 11.50 beta
This morning, we've released Opera 11.50 beta through our Next channel, and it comes with a number of interesting developer bits. Let's have a look.
The Mobilism mobile browser panel
Yesterday afternoon, I had the pleasure to represent Opera in the mobile browser panel at the Mobilism conference in Amsterdam. The panel was moderated by Jeremy Keith and livestreamed and recorded on Ustream.
Leeds University talk (Patrick and Bruce)
The delightful Helen Kennedy, Senior Lecturer in New Media, Institute of Communications Studies at the University of Leeds invited Patrick and Bruce to harangue her students about Open Web Standards, HTML5, CSS and the like. Here are the slides and some…
Opera Dragonfly 1.0 takes its maiden flight
The Opera Dragonfly team is proud to announce that Opera Dragonfly 1.0 launched this morning. At the want of not repeating myself, you can find out all the details on the Opera Dragonfly blog.
Announcing Opera Next and Speed Dial extensions
This morning, we've released an alpha of Opera 11.50, which introduces Speed Dial extensions, and is the first build of what we call the Opera Next release cycle.
Optimize your site for the all new Speed Dial
With our Desktop team in full acceleration mode towards a final release of Opera 11.10, it's a good time to look at how you can make your site stand out in the revamped Speed Dial.
Improving Interoperability - the Story of a Bug
Open The Web is an initiative from Opera to encourage Web developers to use Web standards for ensuring interoperability across Web browsers (and Web clients as large). We publish articles. We participate in conferences. We contact Web sites owners that have…
Opera Developer Relations Team April events
The Developer Relations Team is on the road speaking at different events and venues this April, including our first in Bulgaria. Come meet us!
Developer Relations Team on the Road in March 2011
The Developer Relations Team is on the road speaking at different events and venues. Come to meet them.
Opera and Breaking Developer Conference Raffle
Our good friends organizing the Breaking Development Conference and Opera Software are happy to give you a chance to win a full pass to the event. Breaking Development will be held in Dallas, Texas 11-12 April, 2011, and consists of some of the best mobile…
Be lazy, stay creative, automate the web
The web helps us manage interactions and exchange messages. In many cases, these interactions happen from machine to machine. Sometimes we (humans) become the machine. If you have been working in a web agency, you know that. How many hours did you spend…
Autoplay, go away!
HTML5 has an autoplay attribute on the audio and video elements. Ostensibly, this is a problem for those who work in shared offices and who aren’t expecting sound to blare out when following a link, and would be a huge problem for people who rely on sound for…
An Opera of Creativity at NAConf!
On Wednesday 19th January 2011, we descended on Nottingham UK to attend the first New adventures in web design conference, the brainchild of Mr Simon Collison. It looked to be a really interesting conference, with some interesting sounding talks providing a…
The Zen of HTML5: London Web presentation
Last week, 120 Londoners were locked in a room and made to listen to me talk about HTML5, specifically its origins and design principles.
Google Chrome dropping H.264 – a vote of confidence for WebM and Open Web technologies
Google's decision to drop native support for H.264 video in Chrome clearly signals their confidence in the quality and viability of WebM/VP8 as a way to deliver video content online, and their focus on the continued development of open formats.