Comments on: Opera 10 Alpha 1 Released

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:11:03 +0000

The browser seems faster than opera 9, but I can’t even visit Yahoo with this browser (only opera 9 recognized). That’s the biggest problem with Opera for me… there are a lot of sites that don’t bother supporting it, so ultimately I have to open sites in Firefox. Things like doing an advanced search in Ebay… and then pressing “BACK” and trying to alter just a few search terms (instead of doing the whole search process input again) to do a different search will work in all browsers except Opera.

By: Tim Altman

Tim Altman — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:19:24 +0000

@Vygantas: Thank you.

By: nobody

nobody — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:26:47 +0000

played with it a little longer, well, no mainstream site, that was unusable in 9.6 series is usable in 10 series, so nothing changed in terms of site compatibility

new debugging options in dragonfly are neat, but they are still far cry to firebug, and with current pace of development i dont think that is going to ever change

and what is most dissapointing, new features included are mostly features present in ALL OTHER browsers for years. that really shows how much opera is loosing on not leting people do their job (no extensions) – they have to split precious manpower on minor tasks like updating speed dial or something, when it could have been better used on autoupdate, that is critical stuff

what is more critical, opera STILL doesnt work with silverlight, that is pathetic, because it is now the only windows browser that doesnt. even linux users can use moonlight for SL 1, and soon also SL 2. what with opera? guys, wake up!

By: Vygantas Lipskas

Vygantas Lipskas — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:29:04 +0000

Tim,

I had included a link to the original blog post at the begining, will make it more clear next time, thanks for your feedback.

By: new

new — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:36:54 +0000

Ive been using Opera 10 alpha since yesterday and have found it be a bit faster. The spell check is good and they have promised more improvements before the final is released , like changing dictionaries easily. I think they wouldn’t be showing the new interface till the final beta atleast, if the 9.5 interface is any indication.
The new Opera 10 pages look so cool. I hope Opera 10 gets more coverage this time, coz most sites ignore Opera completely.

By: Tim Altman

Tim Altman — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:45:25 +0000

It’s generally a good idea to attribute copied work, even if a site doesn’t have a copyright notice. The Desktop Team blog does not send out press releases.

Also, the Desktop Team does sometimes update blog posts. If you’ve copied an early draft, some of the information in your post may be incorrect. Thus, it’s better to write your own content, such as a short summary, and refer to the blog post for additional information.

By: Vygantas Lipskas

Vygantas Lipskas — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:02:44 +0000

Did it hurt you in any way? I thought I was helping you be spreading word about Opera 10 Alpha. Looks like not.

Since you are from Opera Software, let me know.

By: Tim Altman

Tim Altman — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:15:08 +0000

Please stop copying posts verbatim from the Opera Desktop Team blog. Write your own content.

By: slappr

slappr — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:15:27 +0000

@Vygantas Lipskas

Yeah, I’m sure it’s “9.7″ if you ignore all the improvements to the engine. Which you seem to do.

By: nobody

nobody — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:51:12 +0000

while i still think it is too little to late, i have to say: webfonts ROCK! it is an amazing concept, solving so many different problems all at once.

good work opera, webfonts are the future (i hope)

inline spellcheck is nice, however i think that the dictionary should be checked itself (it lacks many basic words), maybe it is only a part of it?

BTW. for the FIRST time in opera history i wasn’t ashamed to show opera installer image to 3rd party. because previous ones were.. less than cool. this one is neat.