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Published: 28.11.2006 by
Øyvind Østlund
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And
here it is. The browser that has probably revolutionized the web the most this decade has reached version 3. With lots of new features, and soon even
more users , this might soon really kick off.
I have been
using it for a long time already, and it has become invaluable to me (only wish I managed to make it work with my Norwegian subscription too). And could say lots of nice things about it. But it is better to head over to
Opera.com and try it for your self. There is plenty of tutorials there, and even a
emulator of it if you don`t want to use your cell phones credit to test it out.
As a last note, I tested it on my web page too now, and it works, well, not too bad.
I should probably do something with it, but it won`t be high on my priority list, witch seems to be the trend for the Opera browser. Sorry about that.
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Published: 20.06.2006 by
Øyvind Østlund
oyvind(at)noteme(dot)com
So the rumors was true, Opera 9 was released today after two beta have been out for a while. I can imagine it has been a few days of headbanging, nervosity, and maybe some used up
Opera Stress balls lately. But now they can breath out after successfully adding support for Bit-Torrent, Widgets, and a lot of other features it is easy to get dependent on.
If you haven`t tested it before, I suggest you
do it now when it is finally stable enough for a release. We are talking about probably the smallest, fastest browser out there that still have enough features to make it feel like you want. And don`t forget that this time it passes the
Acid 2 test too. Something for example Firefox won`t do with their next release 2.0, and IE won`t even get close yet.
So once again congratulations to the team, you can rest a bit now.
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Published: 25.04.2006 by
Øyvind Østlund
oyvind(at)noteme(dot)com
I read earlier today that
Internet Explorer is a dead albatross . But I am not so sure about that. First of all. Microsoft don`t tend to lose battles like this. Second of all, they have been a bit on their heels before, but managed to hit back. Just think about the Netscape era.
And I am affraid it will be like that this time too. Too many are not willing to put in enough effort to understand that there are alternatives. I have several friends and Ex Girl Friends that think Internet Explorer is the same as the internet, and don`t understand that it is just a tool to help you get online.
But there is still people who is hoping that Firefox will overtake IE in
relative short time . But we can`t forget that IE is soon out in a new version. And this time they are better prepared. Well it is maybe a few more lines of code they need to beat other popular browsers both in compability and usability, but they are getting close.
But one of the things Firefox for example have been really good at lately is to build up a user group. And especially by letting their fans build extensions and themes for the popular browser. But this time IE will try to do the same. They just released the new
add-On page for IE 7. By first climps it looks very promissing. But we just have to see if the IE fans will be just as creative as the Firefox fans are when it comes writing up small usefull add-ons.
When I am first on about browsers. I can also congratulate Opera with finaly comming out with a
public beta of Opera. Their first Opera version that will pass the
Acid 2 test.
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Published: 13.03.2006 by
Øyvind Østlund
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The
Acid2 test was written to help browser vendors ensure proper support for web standards in their browsers. By checking if your browser renders the smilie face the right way, you can see easily if your web browser passes the
HTML 4,
CSS 1,
PNG, and
Data-URL tests set up. The smilie looks simple, but there is a lot fo quirks behind the simple design, and is more of a wish list for a browser to support at the moment.
Safari was the first browser that passed the test, and it took a while before someone came after, but also
Konqueror and
iCab passed it and a photo finish decided that it was iCab that came second.
But now one of the really big browsers have made it too. Unlike the smaller browser vendors, they have had other things like security to think about, something that might have slowed them down a bit. But now
Opera can be proud to say that their newest build
passes the acid 2 test. It is only the weekly build right now, but indeed it has passed. So now we will have to wait for the rest. IE 7 is also comming out this year, without beeing able to pass the test, and God knows when IE will do so, if at all ever.
