Imitation - the sincerest form of flattery?

By Espen André ØverdahlEspenAO. Wednesday, February 25, 2009 5:29:03 PM

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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. up

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HenryAOTEAROAnz Wednesday, February 25, 2009 6:35:25 PM

Go Dr! Go Dustin! up

Charles SchlossChas4 Wednesday, February 25, 2009 6:44:02 PM

Opera the wise old browser norris

HenryAOTEAROAnz Wednesday, February 25, 2009 6:51:28 PM

fearphage up

Opera the wise old browser


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Charles SchlossChas4 Wednesday, February 25, 2009 7:09:27 PM

lol not where I got it or was it sherlock

I wonder if the other browsers will respect their elders?

dirkthetomster Wednesday, February 25, 2009 8:19:50 PM

bigsmile ... as far as it's up to me too have the choice which browser I use ... it'll always be the best one ... and there are some good ones ... maybe more or less imitating ... but there's only one that's the best of all out there ... and on all my devices ... opera ... simply the best ... and still getting better yes

Jayclutchdude Friday, February 27, 2009 7:39:27 AM

Wat i really like is m0use gesture! smile

Jayclutchdude Friday, February 27, 2009 7:42:00 AM

Haha! I'm watching pirates of silicon valley ryt n0w!

Skip EnnisSkip247 Thursday, March 5, 2009 11:03:00 AM

I really do prefer to use Opera every time I go online because 'it does exactly what it says on the tin'. It is fast and secure. Thank you very much indeed Opera.

bigsmile

wellofsouls Tuesday, March 10, 2009 2:32:06 AM

Originally posted by lilmoder:

Speed-Dial (used by Chrome, Safari)


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 Wednesday, March 11, 2009 11:31:23 AM

Originally posted by wellofsouls:

Maybe you can say they are ripping off the visual design of Speed Dial, but not the underlying functionality.


Yes but if you read further down in lilmoder's comment you'll see he notes that even the underlying functionality was taken.

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