Opera Playground

In the year 2000, we got "Elektra" for Opera 4 to 6, three years later, we got "Presto" for Opera 7 to 8, another three years later in 2006, we got Opera 9, whose rendering engine was to be still Presto, but there seems to be a new name, at least inside OperaASA. That's "Core 2", from Davis's blog entry for Dimension.

Mini 4 has been upgraded to the Kestrel codepath of Core-2, the same engine found in The Internet Channel for Wii

Though Merlin, Kestrel or Peregrine are code for browser inside the company, core 2 is a code name for the rendering engine, the heart of browsers. I suppose after three years' workings, the retirement, or big refinements of Presto engine is fit for the needs of market. Thanks Presto. It's time for the next generations!

This is not the first mention of core 2, for the open public. I've heard of/seen its name few weeks ago at the conference, which I blogged earlier here.

We already have it, core 2, for comparatively long time though

[Edit on the 13th of March, 2009]
I think the expression in this post seems to be read as if I call "Elektra" as rendering engine. It is not. "Elektra" is code name for the whole Opera in those days.
This post was written before I joined Opera, but I amend it just for clarifications.

After writing last post here, I looked around the web with rendering mode=5 with my deskotp Opera 9.20 weekly. Then I now see it works/renders pages as media=tv.

How to check your browser's media type = media type test

As CSS2.1 describes, media tv is Intended for television-type devices (low resolution, color, limited-scrollability screens, sound available).

I think developers at Opera use this rendering mode to test Opera on STB or hopefully test Opera for Nintendo Wii. This is just my imagination with no source or grounds.

[Edit] If you use Opera as real MDI, the size of each window shown as in Cascade/Tile is about the size of VGA or SVGA, so media=tv's rendering fits well, I think.
[Edit] If you use Origami PC or some kind of PDA, this rendering fits better.