opera browser : from an user point of view
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Victor Miguel • Opera Browser • Café Numérique , Brussels • march 16, 2011
Opera
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Victor Miguel • @onpurposeWeb designer
Victor Miguel • Opera Browser • Café Numérique , Brussels • march 16, 2011
1. Opera?
2. Products
3. Innovation & security
4. Internet suite
5. Supports
6. Conclusion
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Victor Miguel • Opera Browser • Café Numérique , Brussels • march 16, 2011
World usage
43,6%
29,1%
13,9%
6,2%
2,7%
4,5%
Internet Explorer Firefox Chrome Safari Opera Mobile*
February 2011 (4 major websites median)
* Opera Mobile 22%
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Europe usage
36,5%
37,5%
16,3%
4,9%
4,3%
0,6%
February 2011 (StatCounter Europe)
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Some countries
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
Belarus Georgia Ukraine Russia Poland Germany
February 2011 (StatCounter Europe)
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Belgium usage
55,1% 27,2%
10,0%
6,1%
1,1%
0,4%
Internet Explorer Firefox Chrome Safari Opera Others
February 2011 (StatCounter Europe)
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I AM 1% OF DA BELGIAN INTERNET !!!!!!6
Victor Miguel • Opera Browser • Café Numérique , Brussels • march 16, 2011
Opera is...
• Established in 1994, Oslo, Norway
• 500+ employees worldwide
• 300+ technical support personnel
• Working with global leaders
• Member of W3C consortium
• Developing mobile browsers since 1998
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Mobile phone in 1998
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Apps in 1998
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1. Opera?
2. Products
3. Innovation & security
4. Internet suite
5. Supports
6. Conclusion
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Desktop browser11
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Opera Wii
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Opera DS TV
Kiosks Tablets
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Mobile browsers13
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Opera Turbo14
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1. Opera?
2. Products
3. Innovation & security
4. Internet suite
5. Supports
6. Conclusion
Victor Miguel • Opera Browser • Café Numérique , Brussels • march 16, 2011
Innovative• Speed Dial
• Mouse gestures (2001)
• Tabbed browsing (2000)
• Popup blocker (2000)
• Reopen closed tabs
• Save & open sessions.
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Innovative (2)• Browse faster on slow connections (O
Turbo)
• Use browser as web server (O Unite)
• Synchronize your bookmarks (O Link)
• Page zooming (1997)
• Voice control (2004)
• Accessible to disabled users
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Security
• Strong encryption
• Full control of privacy
• Encrypting saved passwords
• Delete all private data in one click
• Built-in anti-fishing
• Private tabs
• Security issues quickly fixed
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1. Opera?
2. Products
3. Innovation & security
4. Internet suite
5. Supports
6. Conclusion
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Internet suiteNot only a browser
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Feeds reader
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Dragonfly (debug css)
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Notes
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use browser as a web server
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widgets
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Extensions
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Others usages
• Presentations / Slideshows in HTML + CSShttp://dev.opera.com/articles/view/html-css-slideshows/
• Kioskshttp://www.opera.com/support/mastering/kiosk/
• Newsgroups
• IRC
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1. Opera?
2. Products
3. Innovation & security
4. Internet suite
5. Supports
6. Conclusion
Victor Miguel • Opera Browser • Café Numérique , Brussels • march 16, 2011
Opera supports...
• Acid tests 2 & 3 100% results
• Nearly Full CSS 2 + Excellent CSS 3
• Nearly full HTML 5 support
• Geolocation, SVG, ...
• Innovation, libraries, SDK : dev.opera.com
• Full list : www.opera.com/docs/specs/
• Compare with others : Wikipedia
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PLEASECHECK YOUR PAGES IN OPERA
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90%
of Opera “rendering bugs”are just a few CSS tweaks away
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LIVE DEMO33
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Opera 11.10 beta
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Opera 11.10
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• web Open Font Format (WOFF)
• improved network compatibility
• revamp of Speed Dial
• native WebP support
• improved CSS3 compatibility
• new dialog boxes
• improved Mac stability
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Opera Mobile Storemobilestore.opera.com
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1. Opera?
2. Products
3. Innovation & security
4. Internet suite
5. Supports
6. Conclusion
Victor Miguel • Opera Browser • Café Numérique , Brussels • march 16, 2011
Advantages• Low memory & processor usage
• Tabs, windows & sessions
• Amongst the fastest rendering engines
• Overall internet experience
• Stable, Secure, security flaws quickly fixed
• Standards-compliant
• Cross-platform
• Full configurable
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Disadvantages• Many crashes using 3rd party plugins on mac (Flash)
• Built-in calendar ?
• So trivial in stats ; developers don’t check in Opera
• Bad marketing
• Fails where it could gain popularity : Opera mini on iPhone, Opera Mobile for Android
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Thank youVictor Miguel @onpurpose
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Opera for your (smart)phone
opera.com/mobile