Imitation - the sincerest form of flattery?
By Espen André Øverdahl. Wednesday, 25. February 2009, 17:29:03
Being the "little guy" clearly has its pros and cons. Opera does not write publicly about other browsers interpreting its innovations, but when competitors present themselves as the original creators of some browser features (omg!), well... You know, something's not right, ye?
Anyway, this has been the cause of controversy in blogs and forums lately, and we're not interested in starting a flame war or whine about it (because whining sucks), but it's good to see that you continue to support Opera rightfully for its creativity and passion for evolving the Web. 
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AOTEAROAnz # 25. February 2009, 18:35
Chas4 # 25. February 2009, 18:44
AOTEAROAnz # 25. February 2009, 18:51
Chas4 # 25. February 2009, 19:09
I wonder if the other browsers will respect their elders?
lilmoder # 25. February 2009, 19:55
Speed-Dial (used by Chrome, Safari), Search Box in the side of address bar (used by like every new browser and file manager), tabs above the address bar (Chrome, Safari), bookmark-star-thingie (abanoed by Opera
Correct me if I am wrong.
Yess, I love to flame/troll! :]
thetomster # 25. February 2009, 20:19
clutchdude # 27. February 2009, 07:39
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Skip247 # 5. March 2009, 11:03
wellofsouls # 10. March 2009, 02:32
Originally posted by lilmoder:
Again, I think this particular one is not really the case, since Chrome and Safari's "thumbnails of most visited pages" is functionally completely different from Opera's "thumbnails of your favorite sites", just as "a list of visited pages"(aka. History) is different from "a list of your favorite sites"(aka. Bookmarks)
Maybe you can say they are ripping off the visual design of Speed Dial, but not the underlying functionality.
lucideer # 11. March 2009, 11:31
Originally posted by wellofsouls:
Yes but if you read further down in lilmoder's comment you'll see he notes that even the underlying functionality was taken.