Here are a few innovations that Opera has done, some of which have been implemented by others.
MDI browsing. This is a little better than just tabbed browsing, since you can have windows side by side. It is really convenient to be able to group browser windows together.
Mouse gestures.
Rewind and Fast Forward.
Built-in download manager.
Status bar that shares screen space with the address bar. (Some people don't like this, but it's only optional.)
Page zooming.
Saving entire browser sessions.
Having a Back button that really truly works as expected! (Always takes you back to exactly where you were.)
One thing that has not yet been reimplemented is a real "Home" button that goes to / of whatever domain you are currently visiting. This is the way it originally worked in Mosaic, but the behavior was changed, and that's why every site out there has to link their header to the root path.
Also, another very handy innovation that is implemented in Opera is a "go up one level" command, that will take you from http://slashdot.org/foo/bar/ to http://slashdot.org/foo/. You can also get this in IE by installing the Google Toolbar, but it still lacks a shortcut key. (Ctrl+Backspace in Opera)
Fast Forward and Rewind in Opera 7.x are a godsend. Rewind goes back to either the index page or the last page from a different domain you visited (think going back to search results), while Fast Forward either automatically clicks the "Next" or ">" link or cycles through links on an index page.
Next Lego post on Slashdot, I want to see something that will cook a chicken!
Re:More info in the release notes...
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WinSock 2 support
Previous versions of Win4Lin only supported WinSock 1.1 (when the WinSock network option was selected.) Win4Lin 5.0 supports WinSock 2, allowing more network-enabled applications (such as Windows MediaPlayer) to function without the need for VNET.
VNET a kind of compatibility layer, but not actual WinSock 2 support. The neat thing about VNET was that it allowed you to assign a unique IP address to your Win4Lin session (differing from the IP address of the Linux box you were running it on.)
More info in the release notes...
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Win4Lin 5.0 Reviewed
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Monopolies are a fact of life, and governments can do nothing to prevent them. In the United States, the government has a history of upholding monopolies, as they have done with Bell/AT&T, RIAA, MPAA, automobiles (a monopoly on types of transportation in many areas), and many others. If the monopoly is not artificially preserved, a free market makes sure that either:
The company that holds the monopoly keeps doing what most people want.
Many small businesses spring up to take care of the niches that the big company, being a big company, cannot take care of.
What an awful idea. Yeah, let's have the government decide what is better for the market, since the market obviously cannot decide for itself! *sigh* Having the mafia on your side does not make it a mafia any less...
There's a discussion that took place a few months ago on the GU4DEC mailing list, where you can learn a little about how the event was planned. There's also more info in this press release.
Linux is a really good operating system to run in a learning environment, since a lot of tasks require the user to learn something about the software and hardware*. I think a nice after-school program (or even a week or two of a computer class in high school) would be just putting together and configuring a Linux box.
That being said, I think that "word processing" computers should remain Mac OS or Windows.
I think that instead of really cool but really expensive and impractical solutions, it would be much more useful (at least in the short term) to just make current designs more efficient. Kudos to the teams using biodiesel.
Why play by their rules?
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Why bother trying to prove that the code was acquired "legally" when they have not even shown publicly what the actual code is?
If you want Sun to continue work on it, you better try to come up with some reason they might want to. Remember, we're back to a real-world economy now, so businesses are looking for something that will have a return of some kind.
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Wouldn't that be, "I'm a Level 30 Virgin"? ;-)
Would the testing help in this situation?
- MDI browsing. This is a little better than just tabbed browsing, since you can have windows side by side. It is really convenient to be able to group browser windows together.
- Mouse gestures.
- Rewind and Fast Forward.
- Built-in download manager.
- Status bar that shares screen space with the address bar. (Some people don't like this, but it's only optional.)
- Page zooming.
- Saving entire browser sessions.
- Having a Back button that really truly works as expected! (Always takes you back to exactly where you were.)
Just what I could think of in a few minutes.Also, another very handy innovation that is implemented in Opera is a "go up one level" command, that will take you from http://slashdot.org/foo/bar/ to http://slashdot.org/foo/. You can also get this in IE by installing the Google Toolbar, but it still lacks a shortcut key. (Ctrl+Backspace in Opera)
Fast Forward and Rewind in Opera 7.x are a godsend. Rewind goes back to either the index page or the last page from a different domain you visited (think going back to search results), while Fast Forward either automatically clicks the "Next" or ">" link or cycles through links on an index page.
MyIM will remove those icons, as well as the ads on the AIM window. Also provides logging features. Doesn't work with AIM 5.x.
Next Lego post on Slashdot, I want to see something that will cook a chicken!
It looks like one of the most important new features is Winsock 2 support.
It looks like Linux developers are already working on support. Also, the Inquirer reports that PCI may kill AGP?
The answer, according to history, is a resounding "No!".
There are some pics of the device over at treocentral.
What an awful idea. Yeah, let's have the government decide what is better for the market, since the market obviously cannot decide for itself! *sigh* Having the mafia on your side does not make it a mafia any less...
In case you wonder what he looks like, here are a few pictures of Hans giving a lecture over at LUGOD.
There's a discussion that took place a few months ago on the GU4DEC mailing list, where you can learn a little about how the event was planned. There's also more info in this press release.
That being said, I think that "word processing" computers should remain Mac OS or Windows.
*Today, this is only true of some distributions.
It's hard to predict what technology will change peoples' lives until after the fact.
Company to Deploy Docking Stations for Trucks
In biology the past 50 years have seen both revolutions and evolutions that have brought biology to an even par with physics, which had been the "queen of science" up through the first half of this century.
CU team ready to truck into SUV hybrid vehicle competition (Ithaca Journal)
I think that instead of really cool but really expensive and impractical solutions, it would be much more useful (at least in the short term) to just make current designs more efficient. Kudos to the teams using biodiesel.
Why bother trying to prove that the code was acquired "legally" when they have not even shown publicly what the actual code is?
When have you ever seen the federal government do anything efficiently?
If you want Sun to continue work on it, you better try to come up with some reason they might want to. Remember, we're back to a real-world economy now, so businesses are looking for something that will have a return of some kind.