The gentleman posting above is an imposter trying to get a cheap laugh out of the similarity in our Slashdot user IDs. Please ignore him, the real Håkon is, of course, me.
We have an office in Sweden, and besides, it was just a bit of fun.
Microsoft were not trying to fix layout bugs in Opera 6 - there weren't any. Also, we contacted them several times requesting them to fix their site so it displayed properly in Opera 7. They had done nothing about it until today.
That is not true. Opera 6 renders the page just fine, as described here. It is just typical of Microsoft to resort to dirty tactics as posting anonymously with such false information.
I would not be surprised if they were to try their dirty tricks again. This is the second time they have targetted our Opera browser. I fully expect there to be a third.
No, it is quite obvious that they have done this to deliberately undermine the newest version of Opera, otherwise why would they send the correct stylesheet to Opera 6? You can read more about it here.
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They look very slightly different, but not broken in the way MSN makes its pages in Opera 7. The layout is just fine.
Håkon Wium Lie
CTO, Opera Software
The gentleman posting above is an imposter trying to get a cheap laugh out of the similarity in our Slashdot user IDs. Please ignore him, the real Håkon is, of course, me.
Håkon Wium Lie
CTO, Opera Software
We have an office in Sweden, and besides, it was just a bit of fun.
Microsoft were not trying to fix layout bugs in Opera 6 - there weren't any. Also, we contacted them several times requesting them to fix their site so it displayed properly in Opera 7. They had done nothing about it until today.
Håkon Wium Lie
CTO, Opera Software
That is not true. Opera 6 renders the page just fine, as described here. It is just typical of Microsoft to resort to dirty tactics as posting anonymously with such false information.
Håkon Wium Lie
CTO, Opera Software
I would not be surprised if they were to try their dirty tricks again. This is the second time they have targetted our Opera browser. I fully expect there to be a third.
Håkon Wium Lie
CTO, Opera Software
No, it is quite obvious that they have done this to deliberately undermine the newest version of Opera, otherwise why would they send the correct stylesheet to Opera 6? You can read more about it here.
Håkon Wium Lie
CTO, Opera Software