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Opera 6.0 for Windows Beta 1 Released: Killer Features & Killer Looks | |
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| Time: 13:33 EST/18:33 GMT | News Source: Press Release | Posted By: Julien Jay | ||
In connection with COMDEX, Opera Software ASA today unveiled Opera 6.0 for Windows Beta 1, introducing a browser with an array of new and improved features, including a completely new default user interface, skins, buttons and panels. With the release of Opera 6.0 for Windows, Opera reaches out to users accustomed to competing browsers' single document interface and targets users in regions that previously could not use Opera. With this release, Opera for the first time displays non-Latin characters, thereby opening up the local markets in the Asia/Pacific and Eastern European region to true browser competition. One of the most noticeable feature changes in Opera 6.0 for Windows Beta 1 is the ability for users to choose between single or multiple document interface (SDI/MDI) in the start-up dialog or change this in preferences later. Opera 6.0 for Windows Beta 1 comes with many new powerful features that will speed up and improve users' Internet experience.
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| #1 By 1845 (207.173.73.201) at 11/13/2001 1:52:20 PM |
| What does Opera (who doesn't sell the browser anymore, right?) have to gain by producing another version? |
| #2 By 1845 (207.173.73.201) at 11/13/2001 2:16:12 PM |
| I wasn't saying anything about the number of users. I was asking a question. There is nothing to insinuate from my question, I'm just curious about their business model. Guess that means there isn't anything for me to be wrong about. My opinion as to their market share and market impact are a differnt matter. :-) |
| #3 By 135 (209.180.28.6) at 11/13/2001 2:20:25 PM |
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Cool! They finally got rid of the MDI interface... 6 years after everybody else. :)
Yeah, Opera is not a bad browser. If someone is looking for an alternative to IE, it's a better choice than dealing with Netscape/Mozilla. |
| #4 By 116 (129.116.86.41) at 11/13/2001 2:32:50 PM |
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Actually from this screen shot they still have the MDI interface which bugs the heck out of me.
As for their market share the Opera Browser is non existent in any of the log files for websites I maintain. |
| #5 By 1845 (207.173.73.201) at 11/13/2001 3:19:07 PM |
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Haven't seen you much about recently Red.
#7 I do remember Netscapes IPO, but they were charging for their browser back then, right? Also, Netscape offered a webserver. I'm wondering what Opera offers and how they make money from a browser which they now freely distribute. As for beta products, unless it is from Microsoft (e.g., it will dramatically affect my business by knowing about it and having experience with it - not saying the Microsoft is the greatest, just saying that 100% of my business is Microsoft based and that is what our customers expect) I'd rather wait for release. |
| #6 By 1845 (207.173.73.201) at 11/13/2001 4:36:12 PM |
| Thanks #12. |
| #7 By 1845 (207.173.73.201) at 11/13/2001 4:41:00 PM |
| #16 The events were pretty dang speedy for me using IE6. The colors changed as my mouse moved (as they are supposed to). Don't know how it could be any faster. |
| #8 By 135 (209.180.28.6) at 11/13/2001 4:58:52 PM |
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Well I for one really dislike the MDI interface. It's most definately not the future of computing, it's a remnant of the past. As I recall the first version of IE did MDI. Well at least the versions of Mosaic for Windows 3.1 did.
But it is nice for them to offer a choice, I guess. |
| #9 By 135 (209.180.28.6) at 11/13/2001 7:33:22 PM |
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#25. I think you'd be surprised at the number of people who have used Opera and then went back to using something else.
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| #10 By 2332 (129.21.145.80) at 11/13/2001 7:55:35 PM |
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I've used Opera on and off for a few years now, but I've never been very impressed by it. While beta 1 is pretty neat looking, and has a few cool features I wish IE had, IE is still by browser of choice.
I don't notice any speed improvements (or differences, for that matter) over IE 6, but that may be because I have a 1.2Ghz Athlon. As far as standards support, while Opera does have good adherence, it is not better than IE 6. There are a few small bugs in IE 6's implementation of CSS 1.0, but other than that, it is 100% compliant with CSS level 1, DOM level 1, SMIL 2.0, and excellent XML support. It also has a much more robust system for programmatic interface with both IE (via COM) and the content that is rendered (via handy DOM extensions). VERY few people who actually develop web applications would disagree that writing them in a world where everybody used IE would make their lives MUCH easier. (Yes, more so than in a world ruled by Netscape.) I used to work for an e-learning company that developed custom software for delivery on CD and over the web, and nearly all of our QA and bug fixes were taken up by fixing Netscape issues. We never tried to support Opera, as basically nobody uses it. |
| #11 By 2062 (63.225.37.151) at 11/13/2001 10:08:07 PM |
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Earlier i downloaded and installed this. The positives for me are it's small size and how fast it is. However i'm really happy with ie, and i dont see how i would use this browser in day to day browsing. It's good to have a second browser installed, just in case ie breaks or something, and this is pretty fast, just as fast as ie. I don't like the netscape-like interface, it seems very simliar to netscape 3, or maybe it's always looked that way i cant remember.
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