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Is anyone running Opera 10.5 on OS 10.3.9?
I know it's not supported, but is anyone running Opera 10.5 on OS 10.3.9? If so, any issues?Thanks in advance,
Mike Bradley
21. May 2010, 09:28:56 (edited)
Opera 10.5x won't run on Panther. It doesn't even get started: The Console says "/Opera.app/Contents/MacOS/Opera undefined reference to _LSOpenApplication expected to be defined in ApplicationServices"
The spec at Apple's Launch Services Reference says "Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later"… (see here)
The spec at Apple's Launch Services Reference says "Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later"… (see here)
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"Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility." - James Thurber
(Mac Mini - Maverics) Opera Developer (current), etc. : ~heart:
One more: No one listens to me as much as I do. And even I have my limits…
"Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility." - James Thurber
(Mac Mini - Maverics) Opera Developer (current), etc. : ~heart:
One more: No one listens to me as much as I do. And even I have my limits…
Against my better judgement, I've just taken Opera's advice that 'All users should upgrade to version 10.53 . . .'
It downloaded and automatically installed, just as the advice page told me it would.
Of course, as I'm on 10.3.9, it doesn't work and I've had to use Firefox on a Windows XP machine to download v 10.10 which works well on my Mac.
I'm still bothered by Opera telling me I'm running an outdated version and should upgrade to 10.53. If it knows I'm running v 10.10 then it also knows my OS version is 10.3.9.
We're a decreasing minority guys - and not worth bothering with.
It downloaded and automatically installed, just as the advice page told me it would.
Of course, as I'm on 10.3.9, it doesn't work and I've had to use Firefox on a Windows XP machine to download v 10.10 which works well on my Mac.
I'm still bothered by Opera telling me I'm running an outdated version and should upgrade to 10.53. If it knows I'm running v 10.10 then it also knows my OS version is 10.3.9.
We're a decreasing minority guys - and not worth bothering with.
Mac OS 10.3 ‘Panther’ was dropped because it became hard to maintain and as that OS version was only used by a very small minority of our users, it was dropped. Modernizing our code was another argument for dropping the older version.
Your Macs may run a newer version of OS X, or it may be worth considering an upgrade.
Your Macs may run a newer version of OS X, or it may be worth considering an upgrade.
It should be added (for those die-hard Panther users), IE, FF, and Safari (!) gave up on 10.3 long ago… Most others, as well.
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"Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility." - James Thurber
(Mac Mini - Maverics) Opera Developer (current), etc. : ~heart:
One more: No one listens to me as much as I do. And even I have my limits…
"Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility." - James Thurber
(Mac Mini - Maverics) Opera Developer (current), etc. : ~heart:
One more: No one listens to me as much as I do. And even I have my limits…
@daniel
I take your point: nothing lasts forever.
However, the main complaints in this and other threads really concerns the Opera team's lack of communication. Yes, we were told that Opera 10.2 wouldn't work under OS 10.39, but this information has been hard to come by since. You're encouraged to upgrade to v10.53 with no hint of the limitation on the link button. The link takes you to a download page where downloading (and automatic installation) begins immediately. Cancel quickly to read the page you find no system requirements and Download is highlighted in the secondary menu. Also nothing under Overview or Features, but click on Download again and you get taken to a different Download page that does have System requirements under a tertiary menu.
Now, you know as well as we do that the Javascript on any webpage can interrogate the machine to find the OS using the same calls that identify the version of Opera that it is running in. This is how the prompt to upgrade is triggered. But what's the point in starting an automatic upgrade download and install when the installation will destroy a working version of a browser, possibly cutting off the owner's only web access - it's completely unnecessary and easily avoidable.
Even having read and understood the earlier warning, if that warning is not repeated with the release of later versions it is easy to assume that problems with Opera and older edition of the OS have been overcome and the newest version will work on all generations of the operating system.
As a software developer I'm aware that it's easy to forget that the knowledge and competence (and add any other adjectives that occur to you) of your end users is not as great as your own. In the music publishing business they have the 'old grey whistle test' and we have to use something similar or our reputations suffer.
The current threads suggest that the Opera developers are falling down in a number of areas. This is a shame: Opera is my favourite browser and I'll stick with version 10.10 on OS 10.3.9 because it works well for me.
Just stop hassling me to upgrade 'cos I can't.
I take your point: nothing lasts forever.
However, the main complaints in this and other threads really concerns the Opera team's lack of communication. Yes, we were told that Opera 10.2 wouldn't work under OS 10.39, but this information has been hard to come by since. You're encouraged to upgrade to v10.53 with no hint of the limitation on the link button. The link takes you to a download page where downloading (and automatic installation) begins immediately. Cancel quickly to read the page you find no system requirements and Download is highlighted in the secondary menu. Also nothing under Overview or Features, but click on Download again and you get taken to a different Download page that does have System requirements under a tertiary menu.
Now, you know as well as we do that the Javascript on any webpage can interrogate the machine to find the OS using the same calls that identify the version of Opera that it is running in. This is how the prompt to upgrade is triggered. But what's the point in starting an automatic upgrade download and install when the installation will destroy a working version of a browser, possibly cutting off the owner's only web access - it's completely unnecessary and easily avoidable.
Even having read and understood the earlier warning, if that warning is not repeated with the release of later versions it is easy to assume that problems with Opera and older edition of the OS have been overcome and the newest version will work on all generations of the operating system.
As a software developer I'm aware that it's easy to forget that the knowledge and competence (and add any other adjectives that occur to you) of your end users is not as great as your own. In the music publishing business they have the 'old grey whistle test' and we have to use something similar or our reputations suffer.
The current threads suggest that the Opera developers are falling down in a number of areas. This is a shame: Opera is my favourite browser and I'll stick with version 10.10 on OS 10.3.9 because it works well for me.
Just stop hassling me to upgrade 'cos I can't.