- From: Jan Theodore Galkowski <jtgalkowski@alum.mit.edu>
- Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 06:29:24 -0400 (EDT)
- To: Paul Derbyshire <pderbysh@usa.net>
- Cc: www-amaya@w3.org, Katie Andersen <Katie@operasoftware.com>
At 03:10 AM 6/11/99 MDT, Paul Derbyshire wrote: >I've noticed some sort of links to do with Opera while browsing your site. > >Opera is a Web browser notorious for being not too user-friendly and for being >$$$-ware (while all other Web browsers are freeware). > And _where_, exactly, is this notoriety prevalent? I use this browser almost always having to resort to IE or NN only for those sites which have coded their pages to exploit one or the other. It is IMO more flexible and customizable than either of IE or NN. It's support of Java is more consistent and standard. (It realizes Java using the Sun plugin.) It is fast and has a small footprint. Surely Opera doesn't have this reputation with its regular users. See http://www.operasoftware.com/guestbook.html. And it doesn't have this reputation in the opinion of many technical writers. See http://www.operasoftware.com/press.html. In the case of big sites, I often find that if I am limited to NN or IE, some parts work well with IE, some others better with NN. If I want consistent behavior, I need to use Opera. As far as paying your way goes, see http://www.operasoftware.com/whypay.html. --jtg [snip]
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