Opera 9.5 - Beautifully Engineered

June 15, 2008 · Filed Under Software · Comment 

Opera 9.5 - Beautifully Engineered

Opera 9.5 - Beautifully engineered, and indeed it is. Browsing has never been so fast and pleasant, I have to confess I am falling for the latest release. Before I talk about the browser, let us recap my favorite browser 10 years ago.

1996 Netscape
1997 Internet Explorer 5
1999 Opera 1.x
2001 Internet Explorer 6 / Opera
2002 Internet Explorer
2003 Mozilla
2008 Opera 9.5?

Opera 9.5 is truly an amazing browser, it has what safari, Internet Explorer and Mozilla lacks of, and as a user of Mozilla Firefox 2, I have to admit that Firefox is unstable, and when ever the browser crashed, I tend to lose all of my bookmarks - months and months of precious information are lost, not once but probably a dozen of time.

Looking sharp: Opera makes a move to modernize its look and feel to a sharp new skin with clean lines and clear icons. The ‘New Tab’ button and other elements have been modified to make the switch to a better Web experience more intuitive.

New Feature in Opera 9.5 - Speed Dial
Below is a screen shot of speed dial in action, typing addresses for sites you visit frequently is ineffective. Get your favorite Web page with just one click. Speed Dial is a set of visual bookmarks you see when you open a new tab, like a dashboard for your online life. To add a new page, simply click on an empty Speed Dial and Opera will make suggestions based on browsing history and bookmarks.

Opera 9.5 - Beautifully Engineered

Opera 9.5 - Quick Find and Quick Search
Have you ever forgotten the page where you found that great article or that perfect gift? When using Opera the browser remembers not only the titles and addresses, but the actual content of the Web pages you visit. Below is a screen shot of quick search with Google.

Opera 9.5 - Beautifully Engineered

Opera 9.5 - Beautifully Engineered

Some other unique features are:

  • Download Manager with BitTorrent
  • Opera’s Fraud Protection
  • Faster handling of third party plug-ins
  • Much faster start up time
  • Superior support for Web standards

Opera 9.5 has set the new benchmark and Mozilla Firefox has lots of catching up to do. If the memory leak issue and the thoughts of losing my bookmark again occurs, I shall move on to another platform - probably IE or Opera, Safari is just not what I had in mind, probably because of the text rendering engine.

Discover the new standard in Web browsing. Download Opera today to get the fastest and most powerful Web browser available and make the most of your time online.

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Why Can’t Microsoft Comply With W3C Guidelines?

August 13, 2006 · Filed Under Uncategorized · 3 Comments 

Jarhead John dropped this comment at Andreas07:

I used the template, and it works fine. However, I recently “upgraded” to IE7, and it doesn’t display properly with it. The sidbar (right) overlaps with the posts. Works fine with IE5,6,NT,etc. Any ideas? You can view it at http://wearredonfridays.blogspot.com/

This is what I fear the most, why can’t the guys at Microsoft follow the W3C guidelines? What the F___K is wrong with them? I have a hard time booting the wordpress theme to blogger, 90% of the times it doesn’t display properly in IE6, its a breeze to comply with Firefox. Microsoft is a big bully and they thinks that the world would be a better place if everyone follow their way. Enough is enough!

I hate to do this, I think its about time people say no for a change. Well, we can’t unseat Microsoft in the OS market anymore, but what we can do is use firefox, download firefox and stop using IE. Support Google and others.

Ironically, I’ve just finish reading the Icon, a book about Steve Jobs. Apple and their Macintosh is very much a closed system, between Microsoft and Apple, there is more freedom in programming and upgrading your computers when it comes to Microsoft system… I guess I have to choose the lesser evils - Microsoft. That’s ironic.

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