Opera7 is released
seems it's finally out of beta. About version 7
Been looking through the new specs and have to say I'm a little disapointed in it's lack of HTML and CSS2 support.
They seem to be going for standards which is great but are leaving accessibility right out of it
this is interesting "If any script element doesn't execute, all subsequent noscript element are displayed." I wonder how many people will leave out noscript tags now
I haven't download 7 yet, might tomorrow but by the looks of it think I'll stick with NS4.7, umm opps I mean Mozilla
Anyone got the non beta version? any reviews?
Busy posted this at 10:17 — 28th January 2003.
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found an interesting link Getting the Most From Opera 7
nuk3 posted this at 10:19 — 28th January 2003.
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I've been using the beta version of Opera 7 for about two months now. Its actually quite a good broswer, but in the end I end up using internet explorer.
Megan posted this at 14:31 — 28th January 2003.
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I've got beta 2 right now at work. Some cool little ehnancements, and bug fixes etc. You can drag and drop any link now which can be a little annoying if you're not expecting it. As always, Opera's user interface features are far ahead of any other browser.
I don't understand why there's a problem with standards support -t here seems to be only a short list of exceptions from the specs
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Megan posted this at 14:50 — 28th January 2003.
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Now have 7 full version - seems the same as beta 2.
One new neat thing is a "links" panel on the hotlist, which just lists all the links on a page. Don't know how useful this will be, but it could be good for poorly desinged pages that don't make the links obvious enough.
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imaputz posted this at 16:38 — 28th January 2003.
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That links feature is in v6 (maybe v5 too). It was more hidden though, tucked within the view pull-down.
Working on getting v7 now.
mjames posted this at 21:55 — 29th January 2003.
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All I can say is I will NEVER pay for a browser when there are free, ad-free alternative available (Mozilla, IE).
Suzanne posted this at 21:58 — 29th January 2003.
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FWIW, many corporations pay for browsers as well, which is how Mozilla, Netscape, IE, et cetera stay "free". Corporations pay for tight customization and integrated menus.
Busy posted this at 03:20 — 30th January 2003.
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I'm with Marc, Mozilla is my default, if Opera did go ad-free I would switch but can't see it happening. Mind you, wasn't Netscape fee based in the begining?
Megan posted this at 14:35 — 30th January 2003.
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Also using free browsers to further other mega-corporation aims. I'd rather support the little guy, thank you (and you get what you pay for
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Of course, I have a whole long theory about why supporting alterna-browsers is good for the web, but I think I"ve talked about that before.
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c-double posted this at 03:50 — 13th February 2003.
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I've got Opera 7, but I'm not real impressed with it. I'm using Mozilla 1.3a right now.
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