This is very interesting, looks like Opera is working on turning their web browser into both server and client and allowing browsers to both send and receive requests all at once. Thus, allowing us to interact instantly with other users accross the web in new and interesting ways.
Security risks aside, this sounds VERY interesting...
http://www.opera.com/press/releases/2009/06/16/
opera has always been ahead of the timesit was the pioneer of tabbed browsing if i'm not wrong.
its just in a way "sad" tt its market share is extremely low compared to ie and ff.
Nearly every browser feature was at one point an innovation by opera. They basically invented the browser as we know it today. This includes:
* tabbed interface
* mouse gestures
* integrated search
* pop-up blocking
* and browser security/clear private data
I too am amazed that they don't share a greater market share. I think a lot of it just comes down to IE having a greater inherent advantage, and FF having much better marketing (and google)
oh and I forgot full zoom!
I think of all of Opera's innovations, motion capture is the one feature I couldn't live without. It's the one feature that keeps me locked into using Opera as my primary brpwser; and when I have to use IE or FF everything feels so cumbersom and obtrusive to accomplish without it.
Well, I can't live without the integrated feed reader and if not for using google apps, I probably will use Opera mail to access my domains' emails.
I think the zoom feature is something a lot of browsers didnt have or still trying to emulate hard.
Opera was the first browser to enable user to zoom in (images + text together) when all the other browsers only allow text zoom in.
In fact till date, from what I know, ie7 is still relatively cranky with the zoom.
I think, good marketing is what opera lacks. Not its arsenal of tools and innovations.
You mean OPERA the browser?......
translation: Page could not be opened ...
The page you just wanted to open, can not be displayed in browsers (surf programs) as Safari and Opera. In another browser page can be opened. Alternatively, you can download for free, the browser Mozilla Firefox.
Some companies hire the wrong people (KPN is one of the biggest phone companies in Europe!)
Taking $10% from R&D and spending it on Marketing would definately help, but only marginally. Word of mouth is a flash in a pan, and shouldn't be this heavilly relied upon. Especially when more popular browsers can just steal your "unpattended" ideas and block youout of the marketplace.
Hermie, I think your point is a bigger issue. As long as major companies continue to build IE-only sites IE will dominate the market. I don't know of any FF-only sites, nor Opera-only sites. Well, i am building one; but since my program has an intended global distribution of ... ONE Person... I hardly doubt that will help Opera's numbers.
But, I think the biggest reason why people will be eventually using this new technology on IE and not Opera is because the average user fears change. Those that don't fear change loathe it because people (outside of poeple like us) don't like to unnecessarily new technologies when the technologies they already have is sufficient.
Unfortunately, most users don't know of the benefits of Opera, nor do they have the technical know-how or browsing habbits to even understand them. I'm always still suprieed when someone asks me what that "Opera thing" I am using is, and when I tell them it's a web browser they respond, "What's a web browser". THen when I tell them IE is a web browser and they respond, "Opera is an internet?". Aaaaaarghhh...
I can actually open the KPN website in my OPERA BROWSER =DOriginally posted by Hermie
You mean OPERA the browser?......
translation: Page could not be opened ...
The page you just wanted to open, can not be displayed in browsers (surf programs) as Safari and Opera. In another browser page can be opened. Alternatively, you can download for free, the browser Mozilla Firefox.
Some companies hire the wrong people (KPN is one of the biggest phone companies in Europe!)
Do you need a screenshot? =p
Try Opera 10 Beta, with Opera Unite.
Technically a good website is one tt displays properly or without much glitches/issues in all browsers. Its the web developer/designer's responsibility.
May have to try Opera with school. They do not like Safari at all. Of course, I'm not a Safari fan. They suggest Firefox, which I have been using. But, I was using Opera on my old Windows machine, just because it was better than IE.
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