Comments on: Opera CTO talks about the OLPC computer

By: waywardpress

waywardpress — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 14:29:53 +0000

Ah, “Ogg Theora”, not “Auxerra”. Thanks for setting me straight.

Daniel Goldman — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 14:56:27 +0000

waywardpress, here is more info about the OGG Throra video codec: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theora

ResearchWizard — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 13:51:05 +0000

waywardpress: there is an experimental Opera build with native video support. As menioned in the interview the supported format is OGG Theora

waywardpress — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 12:49:22 +0000

What was the open alternative to flash video mentioned in the interview? Sounded like Auxerra, but the accents make it a little difficult to tell.

Dante — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 05:26:09 +0000

This made my morning. So we have

Howcome mentioning you can play MP3 songs, then argue against Flash Closed codecs are as bad as closed plugins, of course
“There’s Opera on my laptop” sticker It wasn’t there last time the CTO showcased the XO prototype
The classical let-me-weigh-your-laptop-while-my-partner-asks-you-a-question. I would have run with the thing
How painless browser installing always turns a little painful
At the Reboot conference Howcome argues you shouldn’t have to reboot the XO
“Images, text, images, graphics, video” Graphics ? Meaning SVG ? Where’s audio ?

Q: Internet Explorer should do it?
A: They should, absolutely. They don’t listen to me, though

Cheers, Hakon!

Daniel Goldman — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 03:30:13 +0000

Grey, that’s correct. It’s a work in progress.

Grey — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 02:31:28 +0000

Could we actually have names of these governments? I know there are quite a few adopting OLPC, but afaik nobody confirmed any Opera Country™, yet.

IceArdor — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 01:13:06 +0000

Thanks for the link, Daniel!