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What Opera and standards folks are focused on is more than just making awesome products, but keeping the Web OPEN - as it was meant to be.
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Maybe we all got into the habit of pushing for spec implementation when browsers were WAY behind either finished or well-implemented specs
Rushing implementations of very unfinished specs is simply NOT a good idea for user agents, for the Web, and for designers and developers.
What part of HTML5, codecs, CSS3 and font support do you think is a). Resolved (codecs) or b). A finished spec?
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"There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up." – Booker T. Washington
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Oh boy it's 4a.m. and I really shouldn't sleep through another flight. To sleep with me. All packed, ready to head West by high noon.
"a few minor features were removed as well to pass the guidelines" - @dstorey says re: Opera Mini. Thanks David!
@SeanJA True for Opera mini. That's how we get the compression. Good article on Wikipedia, actually: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_Mini
Only difference AFAIK between Opera Mini app and Opera Mini is Mini is written in Java and the iPhone version is ported to Objective C.
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Re: standards support in Opera Mini: http://my.opera.com/ODIN/blog/2010/03/16/opera-standards-chart
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@SeanJA oh that's a shame. But how can you browse on your Motorola with anything much less Opera with no data plan anyway?
@katcal I like my reason MUCH better. Naughty kitteh! And how did you collapse a bed (or is that too personal a question ;) )
@SeanJA You want the real Opera Mini, not the app. Same basic core but Opera Mini on your motorola should be the actual browser. opera.com
Oh my. From Apple's Opera Mini page: "Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad." <===
Thanks @jedi58 but I had nothing to do with the app, except for talking about it - lol. My work is not in engineering, but dev relations :D
@designlovr Not sure anyone's an HTML5 "pro" yet, but what's the question?
@Hicksdesign as I said, adoption was the first move. Now we can evolve. Otherwise it would have been bad business, plain and simple.