Former Dev Gives Gloomy Outlook On Linux Support For the Opera Browser

An anonymous reader writes: "It doesn't take a Columbo to figure out that the 'previous employer, a small browser vendor that decided to abandon its own rendering engine and browser stack' is referring to Opera in this comment answering the question 'Do you actually use the product you are working on?' It appears to originate from Andreas Tolfsen, a former Opera developer who is now part of the Mozilla project. From releasing a unified architecture browser including Linux support since 2001, Opera decided to put Linux development on indefinite hold, communicated through blog comments, and focus on Windows and Mac for their browser rewrite centered around the Blink engine that had its first beta release last spring. The promise to bring back the Linux version in due time was met with growing skepticism as the months went by, and clear answers have been avoided in the developer blog. The uncertainty has spawned user projects such as Otter browser in an attempt to recreate the Opera UI in a free application. Tolfsen's statement seem to be in line with what users have suspected all along: Opera for Linux is not something for the near future."

Comments

OPERA!?

[agapeton]

The Opera Browser?? WHAT YEAR IS IT!? (Robbin Williams)

Re:OPERA!?

[NoNonAlphaCharsHere]

Reply hazy, ask again later.

Re:OPERA!?

[PRMan]

One time at a startup we were trying to figure out what e-mail system to use. I asked my boss what the Magic 8-Ball was (although I knew because I had one as a child). I asked it, "What e-mail system should we use?"

He said, "You can only ask it yes or no questions."

I got the answer: "Outlook good."

We ended up using Outlook.

Re:OPERA!?

[khellendros1984]

Of course, it all depends on whose stats you use...