My Opera"Go to next mind" - Opera knows, what I want to do next
Tuesday, August 25, 2009 9:54:14 PM
When I discovered the Internet, I was totally impressed: Such an enormous world of information, which offered the fantastic possibility of finding things you never would search for!
Okay, and the potential of finding answers to what was originally planned.
The problem was the user guidance of the popular browsers.
Imagine the comparison of two different sources. When I wanted to open a website parallel to an existing, I had to open the menu, click on an entry and the website opened in a new window.
To save a note, I had to click on the start menu -> programms -> text-editor and to use copy-paste.
As a result of these circumstances, I often lost the ambition before the question was answered satisfactorily.
It seems like an eternity, before a friend recommend a new browser. No, not a browser.
“A feeling”, he said. And I went to opera.com and installed the Opera browser.
Well, since that hint, browsing through the internet has been an exprerience.
A little bit like having an invasion of butterflies in my stomach … if you get my drift!
From that moment I have just kept the reason for my search in mind – and not the way to reach it. The Opera browser just does what is needed.
Opera invented the tabbed browsing, so I can open a tab near by the existing one instead of a new window. If I find an interesting paragraph, I will mark it and use the context menu to save it as a “notice” directly in the browser.
And there are the mouse gestures. I use my mouse like a wand and I can go back or forward in the history of visited pages. It is like magic. And who never wanted to become a magician in his or her life?!
Only one feature is missing! Browsing the internet is such a fun, that I not only follow my request but also get a new idea, what to look up next. But unfortunately it is a vague idea, which is faster gone than born. So I need a feature to remind me via telepathy.
There is the fast forward button which will detect the most likely “next page” link.
And I heard about an Opera Labs project to navigate with face gestures.
If that is possible, a “go to next mind” feature will not be far away …
Okay, and the potential of finding answers to what was originally planned.
The problem was the user guidance of the popular browsers.
Imagine the comparison of two different sources. When I wanted to open a website parallel to an existing, I had to open the menu, click on an entry and the website opened in a new window.
To save a note, I had to click on the start menu -> programms -> text-editor and to use copy-paste.
As a result of these circumstances, I often lost the ambition before the question was answered satisfactorily.
It seems like an eternity, before a friend recommend a new browser. No, not a browser.
“A feeling”, he said. And I went to opera.com and installed the Opera browser.
Well, since that hint, browsing through the internet has been an exprerience.
A little bit like having an invasion of butterflies in my stomach … if you get my drift!
From that moment I have just kept the reason for my search in mind – and not the way to reach it. The Opera browser just does what is needed.
Opera invented the tabbed browsing, so I can open a tab near by the existing one instead of a new window. If I find an interesting paragraph, I will mark it and use the context menu to save it as a “notice” directly in the browser.
And there are the mouse gestures. I use my mouse like a wand and I can go back or forward in the history of visited pages. It is like magic. And who never wanted to become a magician in his or her life?!
Only one feature is missing! Browsing the internet is such a fun, that I not only follow my request but also get a new idea, what to look up next. But unfortunately it is a vague idea, which is faster gone than born. So I need a feature to remind me via telepathy.
There is the fast forward button which will detect the most likely “next page” link.
And I heard about an Opera Labs project to navigate with face gestures.
If that is possible, a “go to next mind” feature will not be far away …
Gyrobo # Thursday, August 27, 2009 1:53:33 AM
When I first saw Opera's "face gestures" post, I thought of how a technology like that would help quadriplegics. It's a shame it's not real.
Greg Smithgregsmithsays # Thursday, August 27, 2009 8:25:18 AM
That's why I make a purposeful effort to FIND new spheres to explore... I feel sometimes people get into a rut, even on the internet - clicking through the same old favorites
what do you think ?
praveen kumar sharmaprkumarsharma # Thursday, August 27, 2009 1:27:26 PM
i am favouring you and if you like my article please do me a favour also.
it's here and thanking you in advance
http://my.opera.com/prkumarsharma/blog/2009/08/25/innovation-in-technology-the-operatic-dance-of-web
miniliini # Friday, August 28, 2009 5:16:40 AM
Do read my blog post and feel free to add it to your favorites :
http://my.opera.com/miniliini/blog/2009/08/26/a-brief-history-of-my-life-b-o-u-3
Thank you & best of luck!
Changing WomanChanging_woman # Saturday, August 29, 2009 3:39:21 PM
do check back my work too
http://my.opera.com/Changing_woman/blog/2009/08/25/technology-and-innovation
Winterwinterdawn # Monday, August 31, 2009 4:45:18 AM
please also help support me at http://my.opera.com/winterdawn/blog/2009/08/19/an-open-book
thanks a lot!!!