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Nordic Black Theatre

party Enjoyed the opening performance last night of a show at the Nordic Black Theatre─they have a theatre in a boat by the fjord. The performance was about an hour and tickets were NKr 80. It is something worth seeing, I'd say.

JSlint

JSlint seems handy as a User Javascript. I found reference to it near the bottom of this Google/TiddlyWikiDev group page.

Glove Bug

bigeyes I found a possible my.opera oversight/bug. As you should see from the
uploaded copy I saw and saved in my browser─unlike other output pages─the form-select-option mark-up is not disabled in the editpost page.

editposts.htm

When a mental note just won't do…

cheers Good food, company and service were my evening at Juristen on Tuesday 24th January.

RSS / Sidebar / SVG / DeJavascript

jester I haven't yet bothered to find out how or if my own blog is exportable as an RSS feed. I did get the W3 RSS news feed in my sidebar though.

party While the Opera sidebar remains to show me its best that can only be a good thing. Things I like include the character codes panel, CSS and Javascript panels. Opera is weaning me from Javascript rapidly, today mostly due to the elegant page navigation functionality borne by the simple <Shift>+arrow key combination. Lovely!

wizard A slight doubt remains concerning SVG without Javascript, but I'm guessing a subtle Operatic tendency will allow time and testing to bear a happier outcome. For the first time in a what seems like ages, I'm optimistic about the current state of play for web browsing.

scared Perhaps my.opera needs a less subtle ABSENCE OF JAVASCRIPT advocacy forum or blog to combine a list of all the reasons Opera negates most of the common reasons Javascript is used.

Them Reasons (for the politically hypersensitive)

wait This is a semi-private post that I eventually may try to bring to the attention of Opera personnel as a proposed adjustment to their web contentZ. I am interested working part-time for Opera Software with web design, among other things, like marketing.

worried Part-time? Well, I enjoy teaching English and would rather not give it up completely. It is a pleasantly social activity─meeting plenty of people, helping them feel good─working with a demonstrable and immediate effect on their ability in a non-native language.

bigeyes Secondly (and the selling point?), I believe that several heads are better than one, and so several overlapping part-time positions might add a useful dynamic to certain roles. This would introduce various kinds and levels of flexibility and enhance arguably critical word-of-mouth, word-of-blog and other positive "food-chain stakeholder" forms of marketing.

wizard Open Source software developers report the idea "many eyeballs on the code helps its improvement". I suppose the proof is in the pudding, Linus. Applying the idea to web-based documentation and multimedia, several part-time designers of webpages ought to be as good as (if not better than) one or two full-timers.

bigeyes Reference: Coding Under Pressure, though it refers to coding for games it is surely just as relevant to Opera staff. bigeyes

sing High (and poor) quality web design and interface accessibility do make me feel opinionated. Even slight issues concerning website readability can get me started. However, typing at this time of night I am unlikely pick up all of my own oversights, so this entry will definitely be subject to revision. This entire blog ought to be subject to more consistency checks by me.

right Opera's enthusiasts contribute to the company's success. In return they get the browser they prefer to use on the desktop.

bigeyes Source: http://www.opera.com/company/jobs/10reasons/.

"Join us in shaping the future of the Web
Top ten reasons to work at Opera:

"Your work matters because you will help millions of people all over the world enjoy and use the Internet in an easy and efficient way on many platforms and devices. Make a difference!

"Democratize the Internet4. We believe information and technology go hand in hand and that global teamwork is the cornerstone of living in the information age. We adhere to open standards (W3C) to support developing common protocols that promote the evolution and interoperability of the Web.

"Work with the best. Join an international, diverse, and close-knit team of some of the best, brightest, and inspiring people in the Web technology industry.

"Meet the world. With 265 people of 32 different nationalities working at Opera, you will make friends from all corners of the globe, which is amazing as it is now determined that the globe is indeed round1.

"Be happy. We believe having fun at work is important to thrive and foster innovation. That is why we go to great lengths to cultivate a friendly, fun loving, informal, and happy work environment. Our "Friday Night at the Opera" with drinks and snacks to finish off the week with colleagues is very popular, so are our parties and get-togethers throughout the year.

"Be content2. We have warm lunches and overtime3 food in our cosy canteen (and of course a subsidized health club membership...), fresh fruit and juices, tea, hot chocolate, and a fully stacked coffee bar. In the summer you can enjoy the view of Oslo while casually dining on our rooftop balcony.

"Venture into the unknown. Innovation is the backbone of who we are and what we do. We strive to create new opportunities and solutions to be a leading light in the development of Web technologies.

"Live in Norway. Scandinavia is at the forefront of technological advancement, and living in Oslo, the beautiful capital of Norway, has attracted many of us to come to Opera. The clean air and picturesque landscape is a bonus we provide free of charge to all employees. Oh, and in Norway we have five weeks of paid vacation...

"Thrive at work. We know that responsibility fosters dedication, and don’t believe in micromanagement. We work in teams and rely on each other to get things done. Your responsibility and dedication mean you also have the freedom to manage your time and resources in your own way because we trust you and know you can do your job.

"Unleash your potential. Opera is an industry leader in the development of Web browser technology for the desktop and Internet devices markets, with a unique vision of what the Web can and should be. Every day new challenges arise that will put your problem-solving and creative skills on the test. Over and over again."



whistle 1: Corners can be rounded.

idea "With 265 people of 32 different nationalities working at Opera, you will make friends from all corners of the globe, which is amazing as it is now determined that the globe is indeed round" → "There are 265 people of 32 different nationalities working at Opera. You will make friends from all over the globe!"

coffee Two sentences are better than one of 34 words. Indeed, the idea of the world not being flat does not help put the point across anyway. right I hope nobody takes this criticism personally. Just me banging my drum. No meanness meant.

scared 2: 'Be content' might be a euphemism for 'be happy with what you'll get─it's all you'll be getting'. 'Luxurious attention to detail' is a bit long for a proposed replacement, so that can be re-examined later.

down 3: I was surprised to read about overtime food. Is overtime really a good selling point? Is it not actually hinting at an inability to reduce a working culture of deadline pressures, or even schedule mismanagement such that it cannot minimize overtime?

drunk It maybe unrealistic to pretend there is never a need for overtime, but that still does not really make overtime food a selling point. It might suggest poor scheduling management, however.

confused 4: Isn't the Internet in democratic countries already democratic? whistle Yes, it is, and despite Big IT's best efforts it is not in any way due to Opera Software. Democracy is a bruised and misused political term and as such may be less than effective to encourage adoption of web browser software, or to encourage new talent to apply to join the team.

devil As for the W3, it is arguable the organisation is more an oligarchy comprising those organisations with the technology and financial clout than something a democracy. So it might be better to market the standards conformity with emphasis on the idea of Opera being on the forefront of successful application of those standards.

knight A term like "shaping standards" might be more useful to get the most meaningful marketing message across.

no Z:The footnotes will be re-ordered later.

Is a pitcher worth than 1,000 words?

Not to make so much fuss about ambiguous decimal precision, but I do not mean 1·000… It has been a good morning, with one regular student and later a new one who seems pleased to be working with me. Still, I'd rather my colleague had not sprained their ankle, which is why I was needed. Started wondering about how well my.opera handles the International Phonetic Alphabet. The IPA is something I ask all students to learn right from the start. Regardless of their level, upon learning to read and pronounce words using the IPA spelling found in dictionary entries, their accuracy and hence their comprehension and fluency improves. People might overlook this, but this in turn overlooks its importance as a direct link between seeing and saying.

About Opera and the IPA─maybe it depends which fonts are installed. The following references may be of use:
· http://www.unicode.org/Public/4.1.0/charts/CodeCharts.pdf
· http://www.w3.org/People/mimasa/test/xhtml/entities/entities.html

Still wondering about Arepo.com, I do think it is about time though to switch that header with something arguably more pertinent.


Multiple Stylesheets

It just occurred to me that this blog may lack the ability to refer to more than one stylesheet such that it is possible to choose between them. That would be disappointing. I'll have to get around to testing the issue out.

zengarden-sample.css

amaya.css

<style rel="/rdm/homes/blog/zengarden-sample.css" />
<style rel="/rdm/homes/blog/amaya.css" />

Kommander

smile Started a Kommander (KDE GUI builder) blog at my.opera.com/kommander.

Hop: The Code

hop.js

("Somewhere")


<script language="javascript" type="text/js">
function hop(anchor) { document.location.href = '#'+anchor }
</script>



The XHTML content:
<form name="nav">
<select name="selec" onchange="hop(document.nav.selec.value)">



</select>
</form>


<form name="pays">
<select name="selec" onchange="hop(document.pays.selec.value)">



</select>
</form>




Somewhere



("Somewhere else")


Somewhere else



Reference: Europages code source

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