STICKY POST
Tuesday, 2. October 2007, 13:08:00
disclaimer
I used to be an employee of Opera Software ASA, but any opinions expressed here are my own, and do not necessarily reflect those of my previous or current employer.
Wednesday, 9. July 2008, 10:49:50
browsers, opera
Apparently
Opera 9.51 happened while I was
away on honeymoon last week. A friend of mine
claims 9.50 is extremly crash-prone (and 9.51 just slightly less so), but I haven’t seen these problems myself, all my 9.50/9.51 installations have been very stable.
Also included in the 9.51 version is an updated language file, which means that the embarrasing incorrect string that crept in to my Swedish translation for the hot-click menu is now gone, while there still is an untranslated one in the Save Session dialogue. Hopefully that can be corrected for the next minor release.
Wednesday, 9. July 2008, 10:44:48
security, dns
Apparently, a “
fundamental issue in the DNS protocol” was discovered earlier this year, and yesterday everyone and their dog
released updates to DNS server software to work around this issue. There are no details yet as to what this “fundamental issue” is, although I have
seen some claims that this is not a new discovery, but rather something that
was discovered already
as far back as in 2003.
We will see who is right when the details get released. No matter what, it seems that it is probably a good idea to update your DNS server software if you happen to be running one. Debian
claims they are unable to fix BIND version 8, so if you are using that for something mission-critical, you should probably upgrade.
Monday, 30. June 2008, 11:57:46
wedding
Tuesday, 24. June 2008, 12:32:44
uiq, sony ericsson, symbian
Ny Teknik writes that Sony Ericcson is to let 200 people go from their Uiq development facility in Ronneby, Sweden, after
Nokia has announced that it is taking over Symbian and open sourcing it. This is interesting for
Opera since it has been on Symbian for a long time, and the Uiq version has been integrated and sold with the handsets, unlike the Nokia Symbian Series 60 version which has mostly
been a separate download and sold as shareware.
I used to
like Uiq a lot back in the P800 days. I first saw a demo of it at Symbian in London back in 2000, and decided that it was exactly what I wanted, and the P800 did not disappoint. I now have a Sony Ericsson P990, but unfortunately the UI has been dumbed and slowed down significantly, and is nowhere near as nice as it was on the P800. The P990 wins on features, though.
I am considering a
Sony Ericsson Xperia as my next mobile. It looks very sleek, I got to see a demo copy of it at the Elektrofil show in Oslo last weekend, but unfortunately it runs Windows CE. But if Uiq is cutting down on their staff, maybe that means that there will be no Uiq version as good as it was in the old P800, so this is the way to go forward?
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