Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on April 30, 2003 10:53 PM
I'm not an Opera user but, as I said, I've spoken to enthusiastic users of Opera 6.
- "Rapidly increasing footprint" - Opera 7 is actually smaller than Opera 6.
Well, perhaps they were comparing it to Opera 1 or something. But emotive words such as "sluggish" and "bloated" were used.
- "DNS resolution issues" - what is this? Never heard about it.
Various complaints about looking up names locking the browser. Sounded a bit like old Netscape issues to me.
- "the open source browser will only drive Opera further into the small-screen niche market" - considering the fact that Opera is leading the way with features like mouse gestures, SSR, spatial navigation, voice browsing etc., it actually seems that some open-source browsers have some catching up to do.
Well, it may be true that the various navigation features in Mozilla (and derivatives) and Konqueror take much inspiration from Opera, but I didn't say anything about technical merit. One could however state that a number of Opera releases have been ripped apart by various parties on the subject of Web standards compliance.
Anyway, aside from technical merit, Internet Explorer proved that many users just take what they get, and guess what most Linux users get with their distros. Moreover, given that Apple derived their upcoming browser from open source browser technologies rather than licensing technology from a commercial browser vendor such as Opera Software, things seem to suggest that despite supposed technical advantages, the open source browsers will drive Opera into niches where its benefits aren't quite as disputed.
And by benefits, I'm not talking about a features p*ssing match - I'm talking about the whole picture of technology and the way companies do business.
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Re:Nothing compares to Mozilla :)
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on April 30, 2003 10:53 PM- "Rapidly increasing footprint" - Opera 7 is actually smaller than Opera 6.
Well, perhaps they were comparing it to Opera 1 or something. But emotive words such as "sluggish" and "bloated" were used.
- "DNS resolution issues" - what is this? Never heard about it.
Various complaints about looking up names locking the browser. Sounded a bit like old Netscape issues to me.
- "the open source browser will only drive Opera further into the small-screen niche market" - considering the fact that Opera is leading the way with features like mouse gestures, SSR, spatial navigation, voice browsing etc., it actually seems that some open-source browsers have some catching up to do.
Well, it may be true that the various navigation features in Mozilla (and derivatives) and Konqueror take much inspiration from Opera, but I didn't say anything about technical merit. One could however state that a number of Opera releases have been ripped apart by various parties on the subject of Web standards compliance.
Anyway, aside from technical merit, Internet Explorer proved that many users just take what they get, and guess what most Linux users get with their distros. Moreover, given that Apple derived their upcoming browser from open source browser technologies rather than licensing technology from a commercial browser vendor such as Opera Software, things seem to suggest that despite supposed technical advantages, the open source browsers will drive Opera into niches where its benefits aren't quite as disputed.
And by benefits, I'm not talking about a features p*ssing match - I'm talking about the whole picture of technology and the way companies do business.
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