Well, Opera is standards complient, but any competing browser needs to be more than that. It also needs to be able to handle all those pages that are wrong. This is something we have learned and we work hard to make all pages work.
Opera is also considered to be the fastest browser out there and our next version is even faster.
Our code has proven to be quite extensible. We actually added CSS support in a few months.
One of our main tasks in version 4.0 of Opera has been to make it portable. 3.6 was not that easy to port. The core of Opera 4.0 can be ported in a number of weeks or days.
Opera 3.6 is out there on Windows, BeOS (beta) and EPOC (internal beta). Opera 4.0 will be out on these platforms as well as on Linux and MacOS in the coming months.
Opera is not free, but you can test it for a long time before deciding to pay. A lot of users have found it worth paying for. Want to test it? Go to our web site (http://www.opera.com) and download a copy.
We at Opera Software follow with interest the discussions on this forum. There are a lot of Linux and BeOS fans in the office and we are very much looking forward to providing the Opera browser on both OS as well as on Windows, MacOS, EPOC and OS/2. The BeOS and Windows browsers have already got some very good feedback from users and the other versions are on the way. Those that have seen early versions have been impressed.
The Linux version currently comes in three versions. One using Qt, another using nano-X and a third with text only. Whether we release the third one really depends on interest.
There has been a lot of discussion on the MDI interface we offer on the Windows version. Our take is that some users love it and some hate it. To us that means that we should be offering both and let you choose which one you would like to use.
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Opera is also considered to be the fastest browser out there and our next version is even faster.
Our code has proven to be quite extensible. We actually added CSS support in a few months.
One of our main tasks in version 4.0 of Opera has been to make it portable. 3.6 was not that easy to port. The core of Opera 4.0 can be ported in a number of weeks or days.
Opera 3.6 is out there on Windows, BeOS (beta) and EPOC (internal beta). Opera 4.0 will be out on these platforms as well as on Linux and MacOS in the coming months.
Opera is not free, but you can test it for a long time before deciding to pay. A lot of users have found it worth paying for. Want to test it? Go to our web site (http://www.opera.com) and download a copy.
The Linux version currently comes in three versions. One using Qt, another using nano-X and a third with text only. Whether we release the third one really depends on interest.
There has been a lot of discussion on the MDI interface we offer on the Windows version. Our take is that some users love it and some hate it. To us that means that we should be offering both and let you choose which one you would like to use.
Thank you for listening.
Best Regards, Jon