My OperaOpera Talks: A New Dev.Opera
By Anna RohlederAnnaMetro. Wednesday, November 30, 2011 3:40:43 PM
Last week, an all-new Dev.Opera debuted on opera.com, with lots of goodies for developers and others interested in the latest Opera technology. To find out more about what went into the change, we sat down for a chat with head of Developer Relations Andreas Bovens.
Andreas shows off Dev.Opera on a Motorola XoomAndreas, what was the main purpose behind relaunching Dev.Opera?
Apart from creating a central repository of relevant information and articles for developers who want to know more about Web standards, including the latest developments like HTML 5 and CSS3, or Opera technology like extensions, it's also a place where they can try out new technologies Opera is pioneering, like the camera API or the Opera reader. The other big improvement is that the new Dev.Opera works across all devices – the design adapts automatically to different screen sizes.
Dev.Opera in landscape mode - and a tiny bit of screen glare.Can you give us some highlights of the new design?
We cut down the number of categories to five: Web, TV, Add-Ons, Mobile and Labs. These are now at the top of the page with a header bar and proper navigation that allows for a structured collection of articles, along with a featured selection of the latest relevant content. These are all better ways to discover content, including good stuff from before that was hard to find. We also added the ability to comment directly on articles instead of creating forum threads.
Esteban Manchado Velázquez, project manager on the redesign, attempts to divert our attention from his unusual keyboard.What's next for Dev.Opera?
Looking ahead, we are planning to have more articles on WebGL, which will ship in Opera 12. This will continue the previous series of articles we had on building applications in WebGL. Then over the course of December and into the first quarter of 2012, we are going to be adding more developer resources to Dev.Opera, primarily documentation and tools for developers that were under opera.com/developer previously.
Ushering in a new era of peace and constructive dialogue through Web standards.
Tamil # Wednesday, November 30, 2011 3:48:05 PM
Originally posted by AnnaMetro:
http://files.myopera.com/Tamil/Smilies/BigGrin.gif -Erik HauboldAltarius # Wednesday, November 30, 2011 4:25:04 PM
buttons start disappearing when surfing pages past number 3, returning to page 3 makes them visible again
(tried on the mobile-section with latest tunny snapshot in linux)
Robertrobert2610 # Wednesday, November 30, 2011 5:12:42 PM
Esteban Manchado Velázquezzoso # Wednesday, November 30, 2011 6:27:01 PM
Robert: I haven't used it myself, can't say :-S
BTW, the "unusual keyboard" refers to the fact that I use the Colemak keymap (instead of QWERTY) :-) http://colemak.com It's the best keymap ever!
Erik HauboldAltarius # Wednesday, November 30, 2011 8:08:50 PM
Originally posted by zoso:
maybe an indicator (arrow or something like that) would be nice, so users won't think, the buttons got lost. also the same number of buttons on each side of the current one would make it a bit easier to understand (well... my opinion
but as i already said: impressive work guys
ibrahim bahIBRATIGIME # Wednesday, November 30, 2011 9:56:55 PM
kleary # Thursday, December 1, 2011 1:33:11 AM
LLleonardolaporte # Thursday, December 1, 2011 4:55:11 AM
I loved the new design ...
It's wonderful, a great job!
I liked everything
Vladas Palubinskasvienuolis # Thursday, December 1, 2011 1:50:49 PM
Uncle MickMickeyjoe-Irl # Thursday, December 1, 2011 8:16:11 PM
Poor guy probably has trouble with RSI, that's why I use the same one.
Charles SchlossChas4 # Friday, December 2, 2011 4:37:22 AM
Also the new dev design looks great
Julianjjsl6 # Wednesday, December 21, 2011 4:53:24 AM
Great new design!