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Imitation - the sincerest form of flattery?

By Espen André Øverdahl. Wednesday, 25. February 2009, 17:29:03

internet, innovation, features, browser, web, opera, apple, explorer, original

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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Comments

AOTEAROAnz # 25. February 2009, 18:35

Go Dr! Go Dustin!

Chas4 # 25. February 2009, 18:44

Opera the wise old browser

AOTEAROAnz # 25. February 2009, 18:51

fearphage

Opera the wise old browser

Chas4 # 25. February 2009, 19:09

not where I got it or was it

I wonder if the other browsers will respect their elders?

lilmoder # 25. February 2009, 19:55

As I know, Opera created:
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

, used by Firefox, Safari), ?top sites idea? (now as speed-dial thingie since Chrome, used also in Safari, created from Opera Top10 button)...
Correct me if I am wrong.

Yess, I love to flame/troll! :]

thetomster # 25. February 2009, 20:19

... 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

clutchdude # 27. February 2009, 07:39

Wat i really like is m0use gesture!

clutchdude # 27. February 2009, 07:42

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

Skip247 # 5. March 2009, 11:03

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.

wellofsouls # 10. March 2009, 02:32

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.