Comments on Carrer Blog: Opera 10.50 for one week - Summary

The search bar could be removed. But a good featur...

2010-03-29T15:13:09.177+02:00

The search bar could be removed. But a good feature of it, you can change your search engines - instantly.

How many they paid to you? still thing that opera ...

2010-03-25T16:44:58.017+01:00

How many they paid to you?
still thing that opera 10.5x - [censored]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_S0tFUZvxI

@ Anonymous: I think one week period is perfect fo...

2010-03-23T15:15:13.722+01:00

@ Anonymous: I think one week period is perfect for web browser testing. Because you are starting to change your habits. It is your habits that prevent you for using anything else beside your preferred browser.

About UI my idea is start with simple than upgrade. But this is just me. There are people to start with complex UI and than personalize.

It's nice to see that there are still people who g...

2010-03-22T20:07:12.277+01:00

It's nice to see that there are still people who gives a whole week for a new browser... :)

Although I can see the time was insufficient. First a common mistake. plugin is like Flash, Java Silverlight and so on, what you're talking about are extensions. Opera do have problems with plugins thought.

I don't exactly get your opinion on the UI, i think it is simple (simple than before), and fully customizable. I see, you like Chrome UI. The funny is, that the layout you created can be done in Opera (I'm not sure about the "all options" part). As you were told earlier, the search bar can be removed (only Chrome does that by default).

So, as an "Opera-extension" you can use custom buttons, here are some to start with: http://homepage.hispeed.ch/ttt-o/button/h-bu-browser-adv.html. Of course, you can create your own ones as well.

Anyway, I think that ie7/8 UI is much more confusing than Opera...

"Also I think can be handy to add some tools for Mobile development and testing directly from the web browser."

I don't know whether you found it or not, but how about actually debug a phone on your PC? Just check out Opera Mobile and the remote debugging. Here is some info: http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/remote-debugging-with-opera-dragonfly/ and a video as well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZt-k93qLbg

"So for normal browsing I will probably use Opera ...

2010-03-19T10:48:52.495+01:00

"So for normal browsing I will probably use Opera and for work Firefox."

Thats I do. I like more Firebug than Dragonfly, buy maybe is because I start developing with Firebug. Im give a try to Dragonfly, I have hope that DF will be better than FB soon.

Not only is Opera confusing because it has a separ...

2010-03-18T17:28:41.653+01:00

Not only is Opera confusing because it has a separate search field just like other browsers, but the blogger also suggests adding more buttons to Opera to make it less confusing?

:D

Wait, so Opera is confusing because it has a searc...

2010-03-18T17:26:46.896+01:00

Wait, so Opera is confusing because it has a search field just like just about all the other browsers (except Chrome)?

That's a pretty... deep... analysis there.

So Opera's UI is confusing because we have a searc...

2010-03-18T16:29:55.531+01:00

So Opera's UI is confusing because we have a search field instead of two buttons ?
erm... #fail.

Know what, Opera does not want to be an IE/Chrome clone. Opera can be better, much better.

Here is how I do the following stuff with Opera. ...

2010-03-18T13:12:17.052+01:00

Here is how I do the following stuff with Opera.

Twitter: http://widgets.opera.com/widget/7206/
Color: Not sure what this is:
The Grid: http://gridder.andreehansson.se/ (Bookmarklet)
Measurements: The same as above
Spelling: Built in Opera
Cookies all Social Network: Unknown to me :)

@Stve: I find out so many "hidden" things in Opera...

2010-03-17T14:12:02.880+01:00

@Stve: I find out so many "hidden" things in Opera and Dragonfly in this week and I still don't know anything about Opera ;). My point was Opera should start with simple configuration because 70% of normal users don't know how to change the default(home) page, they don't know what cookie is or javascript . They just like to use the browser.

Regards Composer Opera should hold a competition ...

2010-03-17T03:40:32.962+01:00

Regards Composer
Opera should hold a competition
for the best Composer setups & let people download them from my Opera the skins section they have a section on the page called setups allready but it's only got 5 or 6 skins from about 2004 in it no idea why they still have them.

Vladimir // 3/15/2010 @Stve: I didn't know about ...

2010-03-17T03:33:43.777+01:00

Vladimir // 3/15/2010
@Stve: I didn't know about Opera Composer, it definitely looks cool. Thank you for sharing. But my point of the redesign was to give simple version of Opera for the new users who start with Opera, because menu people are confused by Opera default "look" - Interface.
:
I know what you are trying to do it's a great idea but Opera thought of it about 10 years ago
Composer is not for making your own version for Personel use it's all about making a standard version that you configure for other people.
A trade Union made its own version & rolled it out to it's members
A game company made one for players of one of its games.
A Teacher could make one for his pupils preloaded with Bookmarks with folders aranged by subject or date & filled with useful links
you could make a simple interface for the kids & beef up the secuirity by disabling java sript ect.
You can still get it now at Opera site. It's been available for 10 years & the options sound great but you never hear of it.
By the way are you aware that Opera made Dragonfly open source last month.
Not into it myself last time i wrote code it was Basic about 30 years ago.

Can’t find the menu in Opera 10.5?

2010-03-16T16:00:33.406+01:00

Can’t find the menu in Opera 10.5?

@Anonymous: Ha ha now you are telling me :) I trie...

2010-03-15T20:28:15.789+01:00

@Anonymous: Ha ha now you are telling me :) I tried but I was on the Google Logo I don't know why it didn't work. Luckily I know Photoshop better than Opera :)

I'm confused. You wanna tell me that you couldnt r...

2010-03-15T20:10:35.097+01:00

I'm confused. You wanna tell me that you couldnt remove search bar from interface :):)
It's easy: click on it with right MB ->
castumize -> remove from toolbar :D
taa daaa no need for psd

ya opera cant compete because its not open

What I love about Opera? Almost everything, but mo...

2010-03-15T19:44:41.428+01:00

What I love about Opera? Almost everything, but mostly it UI. It is simply functional when it comes graphics and transparency. I'm on Win 7 so it is even more fun.

What I hate: Dragonfly and JS Console. Not because is it not functional and extremely useful, but just because it is a hosted application. I'm in a part of the World (West Africa) where the internet is not always available, or could be off a poor quality. And sadly, without the internet, there is not way I can use Dragonfly. Mostly I have to switch to IE8 in order to be able to use most features I need.

Secondly, the compared IE8 Developer Tools JS Console or the Firefox JS Console, Opera's sucks. It does not immediately point out the error to you and if when it does, the error message sometimes does not make immediate sense. You have to be extremely technical to understand. IE8 and Firefox on the other hand have super simple error messages that point to the exact line of the error, which makes them better to work with. (Personally, I haven't used Firefox much since IE8 came along)

So that is about it.

Anonymous: You are right only one part of northern...

2010-03-15T18:45:52.277+01:00

Anonymous: You are right only one part of northern Finland is Scandinavia.
I will quote Wikipedia: "The term relates to the Scandinavian Peninsula which is a geographic region consisting of Norway, Sweden and part of northern Finland." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavia

finland is not in scandinavia.

2010-03-15T17:19:55.005+01:00

finland is not in scandinavia.

@StCredZero: Upss! You are absolutely right, both ...

2010-03-15T15:59:40.491+01:00

@StCredZero: Upss! You are absolutely right, both it is! I shouldn't write posts in the 3 in the morning :) Thank you!

> They bought have Scandinavian origins, bought ha...

2010-03-15T15:53:50.029+01:00

> They bought have Scandinavian origins, bought have small market share, passionate community support, Linux have problem with drivers Opera with plugins

They both?

@Stve: I didn't know about Opera Composer, it defi...

2010-03-15T15:30:52.897+01:00

@Stve: I didn't know about Opera Composer, it definitely looks cool. Thank you for sharing. But my point of the redesign was to give simple version of Opera for the new users who start with Opera, because menu people are confused by Opera default "look" - Interface.

You are trying to invent the wheel Oslo, Norway - ...

2010-03-15T14:37:09.545+01:00

You are trying to invent the wheel
Oslo, Norway - June 27, 2001
Funcom today unleashed its popular game Anarchy with its own browser created on the Opera Composer from Opera Software. The Opera Composer, also released today at PCExpo in NY, lets users create their own browser and download it for free from the Internet.

http://composer.opera.com/composer6/
"Opera Composer is a free, online tool that lets you create your own customized versions of the Opera browser for distribution.

Opera Composer allows you to choose your own Speed Dial, bookmarks, toolbars, skin and many other features before using the Opera Web browser."

What I love about opera, is that is very customiza...

2010-03-15T11:38:34.481+01:00

What I love about opera, is that is very customizable, has a lot of features and is one of the fastest browsers around. I enabled the menubar (I hate programs that have no menu bar), removed some of the default buttons and the search field (rightclick - remove from toolbar, search field functionality is already present in the address bar anyway), I added my own search engines (for youtube, etc...). I disabled plugins (like flash, silverlight, etc...) and disabled javascript globally and enabled it through the site preferences only for the sites that really need it (like youtube, gmail, zoho, etc...), installed the 'UJS Manager' from the 'opera unite' appilications. I enabled the mail client and added 32 feeds to my feed manager. And last I enabled opera link, so my bookmarks (and speed dial, etc...) are synced with my cell phone and my other computer. And after all of that, I don't really notice any slow downs. I tried to do that with firefox, but all extensions, made it unstable and extremly slow)

I hate the fact that the source viewer doesn't have line numbers (the error console does show the line number of the error though). It would be really nice if the spelling checker would be in the site preferences. It has no build in userjavascript manager. I can't really think of anything else.