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28. September 2011, 13:45:23

Why isn't Opera included in Gmail's Supported browsers page?

https://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?ctx=%67mail&answer=107906
I never experienced any problems when accessing Gmail from Opera.

28. September 2011, 14:20:18

Luxor

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Incompetence on Googles part.
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29. September 2011, 11:24:24

Originally posted by Luxor:

Incompetence on Googles part.


Yes, it's Google's fault. But also look for the Full Supported browsers list which says-

Untested browsers (we don't test them, but believe they will work with all of Gmail's features):

Opera 9.5+ (download: Windows Mac Linux)

So Google does not test new features introduced in Gmail with Opera.
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29. September 2011, 18:16:28

I'm starting to think that Opera is under a "embargo",Google tries everything to make people use Chrome.

6. November 2011, 05:59:43

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Originally posted by operaterrestrial:

I'm starting to think that Opera is under a "embargo",Google tries everything to make people use Chrome.


Could be but i think it has to do with market share, as Opera has under 5% market share.

6. November 2011, 09:25:58

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I'd love to believe that theory operaterrestial, but Google have been screwing with Opera for longer than Chrome has existed.

Market share shouldn't enter into it for a company like Google as they'll have far more than enough resources that supporting Opera should be trivial; and the Open the Web team at Opera would I'm sure be more than willing to give them plenty of starters on where their Opera support is going wrong: Lesson One, it's not 1997, stop browser sniffing.
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