Making a sidebar
By chaals. Friday, 4. August 2006, 14:03:54
Someone here thought it was impressive that the webteam made a news sidebar for another browser. It is, but that is because some systems are pretty complex and it takes some impressive work to do something useful. So I thought I would finally get off my backside and make a panel (that's what we call them, because they can be at the top or bottom if you like, as well as the sides) for Opera.
It isn't very hard. The following code will do it
<a href="http://www.assembly.org/2006/sidebar" rel="sidebar">Here it is!</a>
And Here it is!. Click on that link in Opera, and OK the panel. It will appear in your sidebars (f4 to show/hide them, if you've never heard of them before. It will be called "ASM'06" and have the assembly favicon, of course).
(It's just a web page. No additional rights to any possible security risks)
There is one noticeable difference. Once you click on the link in Opera and confirm that you want it, it is installed. No need to restart. (Well, for the technical minded you'll be pleased by the lack of compatibility issues across major versions, but that's really getting into the detail).
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is from
<select name="country1">
</select>. As well as English he speaks
<input type="checkbox" name="lang1" value="fr" /> French,
<input type="checkbox" name="lang1" value="de" /> German,
<input type="checkbox" name="lang1" value="in" /> Hindi,
<input type="checkbox" name="lang1" value="is" /> Icelandic,
<input type="checkbox" name="lang1" value="it" /> Italian,
<input type="checkbox" name="lang1" value="no" /> Norwegian,
<input type="checkbox" name="lang1" value="es" /> Spanish
(<input type="checkbox" name="lang1" value="trouble" />enough to
get into trouble), <input type="checkbox" name="lang1" value="se" /> Swedish
(<input type="checkbox" name="lang1" value="badly" />badly). His position
at Opera is Chief Standards Officer, and his university degree was in
<input type="text" name="study1" />. He is sometimes better known as
<select name="nick1">
</select>.
<select name="name2">
</select>
is from
<select name="country2">
</select>. As well as English she speaks
<input type="checkbox" name="lang2" value="fr" /> French,
<input type="checkbox" name="lang2" value="de" /> German,
<input type="checkbox" name="lang2" value="in" /> Hindi,
<input type="checkbox" name="lang2" value="is" /> Icelandic,
<input type="checkbox" name="lang2" value="it" /> Italian,
<input type="checkbox" name="lang2" value="no" /> Norwegian,
<input type="checkbox" name="lang1" value="es" />Spanish
(<input type="checkbox" name="lang2" value="trouble" /> enough to
get into trouble), <input type="checkbox" name="lang2" value="se" /> Swedish
(<input type="checkbox" name="lang2" value="badly" />badly).
She is a developer on Opera for mobile phones, working on the the symbian
browser. She is sometimes better known as
<select name="nick2">
</select>, and has recently been trying out her new
<select name="plays2">
</select>.
<select name="name7">
</select>
is from
<select name="country7">
</select>. As well as English he speaks
<input type="checkbox" name="lang7" value="fr" /> French,
<input type="checkbox" name="lang7" value="de" /> German,
<input type="checkbox" name="lang1" value="in" /> Hindi,
<input type="checkbox" name="lang7" value="is" /> Icelandic,
<input type="checkbox" name="lang7" value="it" /> Italian,
<input type="checkbox" name="lang7" value="no" /> Norwegian,
<input type="checkbox" name="lang7" value="es" /> Spanish
(<input type="checkbox" name="lang7" value="trouble" />enough to
get into trouble), <input type="checkbox" name="lang7" value="se" /> Swedish
(<input type="checkbox" name="lang7" value="badly" />badly).
He is a developer on Web Applications specialising in Widgets. He is
sometimes better known as
<select name="nick7">
</select>
, and recently developed the
<select name="dev7">
</select>
.
<select name="name3">
</select>
is from
<select name="Country3">
</select>. As well as English he speaks
<input type="checkbox" name="lang3" value="fr" /> French,
<input type="checkbox" name="lang3" value="de" /> German,
<input type="checkbox" name="lang3" value="in" /> Hindi,
<input type="checkbox" name="lang3" value="is" /> Icelandic,
<input type="checkbox" name="lang3" value="it" /> Italian,
<input type="checkbox" name="lang3" value="no" /> Norwegian,
<input type="checkbox" name="lang3" value="es" />Spanish
(<input type="checkbox" name="lang3" value="trouble" />enough to
get into trouble), <input type="checkbox" name="lang3" value="se" /> Swedish
(<input type="checkbox" name="lang3" value="badly" />badly).
He works in the Quality Assurance and Services
department, where he somehow managed to be the person who organised Opera's
presence at the Assembly'06. He is sometimes better known as
<select name="nick3">
</select>. His preferred music style is
<select name="music3">
</select>.
<select name="name4">
</select>
is from
<select name="country4">
</select>. As well as English he speaks
<input type="checkbox" name="lang4" value="fr" /> French,
<input type="checkbox" name="lang4" value="de" /> German,
<input type="checkbox" name="lang4" value="in" /> Hindi,
<input type="checkbox" name="lang4" value="is" /> Icelandic,
<input type="checkbox" name="lang4" value="it" /> Italian,
<input type="checkbox" name="lang4" value="no" /> Norwegian,
<input type="checkbox" name="lang4" value="es" />Spanish
(<input type="checkbox" name="lang4" value="trouble" /> enough to
get into trouble), <input type="checkbox" name="lang4" value="se" /> Swedish
(<input type="checkbox" name="lang4" value="badly" /> badly).
He works as a developer on the Opera mini browser. He is one of the main
organisers of <input type="text" />. He is sometimes better known as
<select name="nick4">
</select>.
<select>
</select>
is from
<select name="country6">
</select>. As well as English he speaks
<input type="checkbox" name="lang6" value="fr" /> French,
<input type="checkbox" name="lang6" value="de" /> German,
<input type="checkbox" name="lang6" value="in" /> Hindi,
<input type="checkbox" name="lang6" value="is" /> Icelandic,
<input type="checkbox" name="lang6" value="it" /> Italian,
<input type="checkbox" name="lang6" value="no" /> Norwegian,
<input type="checkbox" name="lang6" value="es" />Spanish
(<input type="checkbox" name="lang6" value="trouble" /> enough to
get into trouble), <input type="checkbox" name="lang6" value="se" /> Swedish
(<input type="checkbox" name="lang6" value="badly" />badly).
He works in Opera's Web applications team and came
<input type="text" name="compoResult6" /> in the demo competition at Assembly2005. He is
sometimes better known as
<select name="nick6">
</select>.
<select name="name5">
</select>
is from
<select name="country5">
</select>. As well as English he speaks
<input type="checkbox" name="lang5" value="fr" /> French,
<input type="checkbox" name="lang5" value="de" /> German,
<input type="checkbox" name="lang5" value="in" /> Hindi,
<input type="checkbox" name="lang5" value="is" /> Icelandic,
<input type="checkbox" name="lang5" value="it" /> Italian,
<input type="checkbox" name="lang5" value="no" /> Norwegian,
<input type="checkbox" name="lang5" value="es" />Spanish
(<input type="checkbox" name="lang5" value="trouble" />enough to
get into trouble), <input type="checkbox" name="lang5" value="se" /> Swedish
(<input type="checkbox" name="lang5" value="badly" />badly).
He works in Opera's Web applications team, and in the standards group where
he participates in
<select name="W3Cwork5">
</select>. He is sometimes better known as
<select name="nick5">
</select>.
WIDGETIZE