By Espen André Øverdahl.
Tuesday, 24. February 2009, 20:42:34
technology, browser, discussion
An article by Dustin Wilson looks at how features implemented in Opera has been implemented in other browsers over the years — claiming to be first:
It’s interesting for me to see over the period of the past few years where browsers which have more users are ripping off features that Opera invented, sometimes over a decade ago. It’s not that they shouldn’t. They should because it makes their browsers more useful. My browser of choice is Opera. I don’t roll any bones about it. I don’t have a superiority complex about my browser of choice; it’s just better than everything else.
What's your take on it? Do you follow or care who's first, or is it more a matter of proper implementation?
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By Espen André Øverdahl.
Tuesday, 4. November 2008, 21:03:19
opera mini, apple, discussion
Remember last week's article in the New York Times "Bits" blog? It stirred up discussion all over the tubes and the retelling of the story has created "an odd snowball of misunderstanding".
The author, Saul Hansell, had asked Jon S. von Tetzchner (Opera’s CEO) about the iPhone, after he mentioned how the Opera Mini browser was popular on other smartphones. It came out after that Opera had started developing an iPhone version, but didn’t pursue it because Apple doesn’t allow products on the iPhone that compete with its own software — in this case, the Safari browser. Well, the article stated that, figuring it would tell iPhone owners what they really wanted to know: They are not going to be able to use Opera Mini.
This caused many interesting conclusions and discussions.
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