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Working for Opera was a great experience in learning about the realities of building browsers for as many OSs, devices, etc. you can imagine
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@lwcavallucci Yes, context changes. The fundamental information, functionality should not. This is why responsive design is a great concept.
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@ZenPsycho People do say that about walled gardens - that we will route around them. But the app-by-platform craze has me nervous.
@ZenPsycho This is why I've given my life to this industry - quite seriously. The Web aids in better distribution of resources and info.
@nessthehero Web sites that give me the information and function I need in a usable way no matter what I'm using.
@ZenPsycho And do we not work hard to advocate for those things to continue to be free or low-cost, clean and accessible to all people?
@kapowaz If we end up going to device-only browsers, don't we break the Web and create an entirely platform-specific medium?
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@ZenPsycho I think the key word (back to the penis fight issue) you used there is "commodities" - The Web was meant to be free.
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@joelsantiago Yes, there is context. That is a key issue for designers and developers, absolutely.
@ZenPsycho WAP, to split hairs, was an entirely different protocol than TCP/IP + HTTP
@stephenhay Hallelujah my brother. Sing it with me now!
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@kapowaz The Web transcends devices. Always was meant as such. I can run Opera on hundreds of OSs. HUNDREDS.
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@ZenPsycho I hate that. I just have to fight it, my core values are completely against the walled gardens.
@kapowaz the whole point is that we're NOT a device-based browser. We make Web browsers and they go on many devices.
One of the reasons Opera's browsers remain nearly ubiquitous in mobile and device browsing is due to cross-platform development.
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