Comments on: Some thoughts about the free Opera http://www.robertnyman.com/2005/09/21/some-thoughts-about-the-free-opera/ Web development and Internet trends Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:31:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Robert Nyman http://www.robertnyman.com/2005/09/21/some-thoughts-about-the-free-opera/#comment-1065 Robert Nyman Thu, 22 Sep 2005 08:59:36 +0000 http://www.robertnyman.com/2005/09/21/some-thoughts-about-the-free-opera/#comment-1065 Steve, Ah, yes, I see what you mean in the CCCP blog. And don't worry, I also have the "me too"-feeling from time to time (and thanks for the compliment). :-) Steve,

Ah, yes, I see what you mean in the CCCP blog.
And don’t worry, I also have the “me too”-feeling from time to time (and thanks for the compliment). :-)

]]> By: Steve Williams http://www.robertnyman.com/2005/09/21/some-thoughts-about-the-free-opera/#comment-1063 Steve Williams Thu, 22 Sep 2005 08:48:28 +0000 http://www.robertnyman.com/2005/09/21/some-thoughts-about-the-free-opera/#comment-1063 On my *wonktel* box, zooming layouts in Opera makes scrolling jerky, perhaps it's just my setup? Thanks for checking! My main site is fine (AFAIK) it's my CCCP blog that suffers (I've changed my link to reflect). I had a play with a more graphical style with vertical centering and dynamic text replacement - Opera won't wrap the images and the layout flakes... It's my fault, I need to tweak the CSS to be more robust, it falls apart in *any* browser if text is scaled :( I will fix it once I decide a direction for where I want to take the blog - with all you guys doing such a fine job, I don't want to be another :me too: and purely corporate is so dull only SE's will read it :) On my *wonktel* box, zooming layouts in Opera makes scrolling jerky, perhaps it’s just my setup?

Thanks for checking! My main site is fine (AFAIK) it’s my CCCP blog that suffers (I’ve changed my link to reflect). I had a play with a more graphical style with vertical centering and dynamic text replacement - Opera won’t wrap the images and the layout flakes… It’s my fault, I need to tweak the CSS to be more robust, it falls apart in *any* browser if text is scaled :(

I will fix it once I decide a direction for where I want to take the blog - with all you guys doing such a fine job, I don’t want to be another :me too: and purely corporate is so dull only SE’s will read it :)

]]> By: Robert Nyman http://www.robertnyman.com/2005/09/21/some-thoughts-about-the-free-opera/#comment-1060 Robert Nyman Thu, 22 Sep 2005 07:14:34 +0000 http://www.robertnyman.com/2005/09/21/some-thoughts-about-the-free-opera/#comment-1060 Jens, Thanks for the tips (although I will probably never start using Opera, unless they do major changes to their interface). Steve, Yes, I also really do like their page zoom feature. When it comes to affecting the rendering speed, I really don't know if that's the case. I just glanced at your web site with Opera and it looked good to me. Or is it something I'm missing? Jens,

Thanks for the tips (although I will probably never start using Opera, unless they do major changes to their interface).

Steve,

Yes, I also really do like their page zoom feature.
When it comes to affecting the rendering speed, I really don’t know if that’s the case.

I just glanced at your web site with Opera and it looked good to me. Or is it something I’m missing?

]]> By: Steve Williams http://www.robertnyman.com/2005/09/21/some-thoughts-about-the-free-opera/#comment-1059 Steve Williams Wed, 21 Sep 2005 10:27:12 +0000 http://www.robertnyman.com/2005/09/21/some-thoughts-about-the-free-opera/#comment-1059 Now its ad free, I can see more people using it - I think their approach to page zoom is the best so far - it works on every page I've tried - but it severely impacts rendeing speed, don't know if it's just my machines? Purely for that feature I've been thinking of installing it on my mum's ibook, the ad free aspect will probably tip the balance... whether she'll ever use it over the excellent Safari is another story of course... :) Guess I also ought to fix my valid but fragile blog layout to work in Opera... Now its ad free, I can see more people using it - I think their approach to page zoom is the best so far - it works on every page I’ve tried - but it severely impacts rendeing speed, don’t know if it’s just my machines?

Purely for that feature I’ve been thinking of installing it on my mum’s ibook, the ad free aspect will probably tip the balance… whether she’ll ever use it over the excellent Safari is another story of course… :)

Guess I also ought to fix my valid but fragile blog layout to work in Opera…

]]> By: Jens http://www.robertnyman.com/2005/09/21/some-thoughts-about-the-free-opera/#comment-1058 Jens Wed, 21 Sep 2005 10:14:54 +0000 http://www.robertnyman.com/2005/09/21/some-thoughts-about-the-free-opera/#comment-1058 If you are a web developer you might check out some extensions, see the comments at my post. http://jedisthlm.com/2005/09/20/really-free-opera/ If you are a web developer you might check out some extensions, see the comments at my post.

http://jedisthlm.com/2005/09/20/really-free-opera/

]]> By: Robert Nyman http://www.robertnyman.com/2005/09/21/some-thoughts-about-the-free-opera/#comment-1057 Robert Nyman Wed, 21 Sep 2005 09:25:49 +0000 http://www.robertnyman.com/2005/09/21/some-thoughts-about-the-free-opera/#comment-1057 Jeroen, I think it was a necessary move to to ever have any impact on the desktop web browser market. I also read this: <a href="http://www.newsweb.no/index.asp?melding_ID=113673" rel="nofollow">OPERA DESKTOP GOES FREE</a> that should explain the revenue part. Jeroen,

I think it was a necessary move to to ever have any impact on the desktop web browser market.

I also read this: OPERA DESKTOP GOES FREE that should explain the revenue part.

]]> By: Jeroen Mulder http://www.robertnyman.com/2005/09/21/some-thoughts-about-the-free-opera/#comment-1056 Jeroen Mulder Wed, 21 Sep 2005 09:17:23 +0000 http://www.robertnyman.com/2005/09/21/some-thoughts-about-the-free-opera/#comment-1056 Definitely a great move by Opera Software. I just wonder how they can afford it. I suppose the premium support and other services and products are their core-business revenue-wise now? But yes. Very good move. :-) Definitely a great move by Opera Software. I just wonder how they can afford it. I suppose the premium support and other services and products are their core-business revenue-wise now?

But yes. Very good move. :-)

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