Third article, Jon!
Wednesday, 2. May 2007, 01:31:14
I think I have to mention this third article in the series, the interview to Jon himself.
"Opera was for Geeks, from birth", by ASCII Japan, in two pages.
Here is a short summary of it. (The translation is mine, so beware it's not very accurate.)
What's the concept of Opera? - We focused on 'users'. We like to deliver the best browsing environments to any devices, on PC, on Mobile, 'For Users', that's Opera's concept.
To attain this goal, what's related to the company in northern Europe? - Our country is very small, first of all. We have to look for the globe accordingly, then have to localize and fit its demands. We are in the small country, so understand the 'differences of people'.
The software based on the web-standard will be increasing in the future, and native applications will be decreasing. Because the cost for that developments are very high. Then the browser's technology becomes important. The needs of accessing to the system in the company with mobile devices are increasing, he said.
Lastly, he said, years ago, around 1992, I began to think of the development of browser. At Telonor, the project was started in 1994, at that time, only a few web sites were on the net. In this sense, Opera was for Geeks, from birth.
"Opera was for Geeks, from birth", by ASCII Japan, in two pages.
Here is a short summary of it. (The translation is mine, so beware it's not very accurate.)
What's the concept of Opera? - We focused on 'users'. We like to deliver the best browsing environments to any devices, on PC, on Mobile, 'For Users', that's Opera's concept.
To attain this goal, what's related to the company in northern Europe? - Our country is very small, first of all. We have to look for the globe accordingly, then have to localize and fit its demands. We are in the small country, so understand the 'differences of people'.
The software based on the web-standard will be increasing in the future, and native applications will be decreasing. Because the cost for that developments are very high. Then the browser's technology becomes important. The needs of accessing to the system in the company with mobile devices are increasing, he said.
Lastly, he said, years ago, around 1992, I began to think of the development of browser. At Telonor, the project was started in 1994, at that time, only a few web sites were on the net. In this sense, Opera was for Geeks, from birth.
