Comments on: Opera 9 beta 1 released

By: Kizzzmet

Kizzzmet — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 19:44:00 +0000

Me too Daniel I use it all the time. And if it’s ******** up on that page I dont know how many pages it’s ******** up on.

By: Daniel Goldman

Daniel Goldman — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 19:40:00 +0000

Kizzzmet,

Confirmed, the Yahoo TV page is messed up. I hope this is fixed soon; I use tv.yahoo.com all the time.

By: Kizzzmet

Kizzzmet — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 19:36:00 +0000

There is a javascript problem in this new beta, the previous beta rendered this page perfectly:

http://tv.yahoo.com/grid/?

The new one totally screws it up.

Also is there a way to have the highlighted text search function that opens from the right click context menu open in a new tab while having the links opened from bookmarks or other links open in the same tab that you’re focused on?

By: EC

EC — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 14:39:00 +0000

Google’s GMail doesn’t work in Opera 9 Beta so well, either. And that is after a lot of effort to try to make it work, which it now does, but just doesn’ty look so nice. Some of the images don’t reapeat properly and what not. It’s just an annoyance to use Opera in certain instances, especially such critical ones such as web based email.
I would like to see Opera pull ahead of its competition, but that is just not going to happen until they overcame the compatibility issues.

Good luck to you, Opera!

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 00:59:00 +0000

Dan-

News about Op.9 is exciting…perticularly the BitTorrent item.

I’ve fallen for Opera. You should know.

http://wwwPexNex.com

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 00:57:00 +0000

Dan-

News about O9 is exciting…perticularly the BitTorrent item.

I’ve fallen for Opera. You should know.

http://wwwPexNex.com

By: Sairam Nagulapalli

Sairam Nagulapalli — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 19:39:00 +0000

Google apparently isn’t the only one doing this. Yahoo and Microsoft are also doing this and cough up messages in a way trying to say that Opera is the wrong browser.
@Charlie. I only use 9 extensions (mainly for research purposes like Clipmarks, Stumble Upon). I agree about the Google comment. I guess Google’s “DO NO EVIL” isn’t in effect anymore in 2006.
@Daniel. Ok.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 18:43:00 +0000

30 boxes works with 0pera
Kiko works with Opera

If two smaller companies can make their calendar work with Opera when it is not even on there supported browsers list why can’t Google?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 18:41:00 +0000

30 boxes works with 0pera
Kiko works with Opera

If two smaller companies can make their calendar work with Opera when it is not even on there supported browsers list why can’t Google?

By: Charlie

Charlie — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 16:22:00 +0000

Anyone who switches their primary browser because of someone else’s attitude (especially another user) really needs to chill. Use the browser you like the best? If that’s Opera, then bravo. If it’s Firefox or IE, shrug, that’s fine with me.

Personally, I’m glad I don’t have 20 or 30 extensions break everytime I upgrade Opera. And I like the UI better.

As for Google Calendar, Google’s coding nightmare is the issue, not Opera. (Though I would very much like to see all of Google’s services work perfectly.)

By: Daniel Goldman

Daniel Goldman — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 15:58:00 +0000

Sairam, as I mentioned in the post above, I was on vacation for a few days, so it took a bit more time to post.

By: Sairam Nagulapalli

Sairam Nagulapalli — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 12:23:00 +0000

Fools. I meant only for blogging.
Firefox 2 can’t pass Acid2 because it is the same engine as 1.5
Firefox 3 builds (that aren’t publically available) have passed. They’re even mentioned at Opera fan sites.
I use Opera as my secondary browser, it was primary (for a few days), but your attitude brought me back to firefox

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 23:22:00 +0000

you comment on acid2, yet Opera has difficulty in “real world” tests, like Google Calender.Passing the Acid2 test means nothing to the common user.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 22:21:00 +0000

Love the tab-hover-thumbnail view of the website.. Very handy..
I’ve found a small bug which affects my site though I’ve just spent four days on a new website that worked 100% with Opera 8.54 / FireFox and [shudder] IE. But, Opera 9 beta has troubles with self-resizing iframes by the looks. I know it’s beta, but am I wrong to expect things that worked in the previous version to keep working in something *new*?
What happens is that the SR iframe will not shrink back when content is smaller than previously viewed page. Kind’a defeats the purpose. :`(

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 18:51:00 +0000

Firefox may be open source but there is so much tweaking available in Opera that doesn’t even exist in Firefox. In firefox you’d have to get like 30 extensions before you get the refined experience of Opera. And bummer, everytime you upgrade Firefox your extensions aren’t compatible. As for Web standards, I’ve tested Bon Echo (Firefox 2) and it still is not showing properly: Acid2 Browser test
Opera does!