Comments on: Opera: the pacifist in the browser war http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2008/10/13/opera-the-pacifist-in-the-browser-war/ Blogging in the real world Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:01:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jeff Dickey http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2008/10/13/opera-the-pacifist-in-the-browser-war/comment-page-1/#comment-10938 Jeff Dickey Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:58:54 +0000 http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/?p=3660#comment-10938 Close, but no cigar.... How about.... the "big boys" are out in the sandbox, seeing who can build the bigger sand-castle without it getting stomped on, whereas Opera is the kid in the library learning how to do all sorts of Neat Stuff. The sandbox kids might go on to play football in high school and dream about turning pro; the kid in the library learns how to do anything he wants to when he grows up. That's Opera. Close, but no cigar….

How about…. the “big boys” are out in the sandbox, seeing who can build the bigger sand-castle without it getting stomped on, whereas Opera is the kid in the library learning how to do all sorts of Neat Stuff. The sandbox kids might go on to play football in high school and dream about turning pro; the kid in the library learns how to do anything he wants to when he grows up. That’s Opera.

]]> By: stelt http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2008/10/13/opera-the-pacifist-in-the-browser-war/comment-page-1/#comment-10929 stelt Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:34:05 +0000 http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/?p=3660#comment-10929 Seems like a sound strategy. At the same time though, the Opera desktop browser is leading in support (for web standards). See for example the great SVG examples at http://dev.opera.com/articles/svg/ Seems like a sound strategy.
At the same time though, the Opera desktop browser is leading in support (for web standards). See for example the great SVG examples at http://dev.opera.com/articles/svg/

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