Opera: It's everywhere you want to be (but can't)
It's a busy week for the folks over at Opera. Not only did version 9.10 of the browser come out, but it turns out that Opera for the Nintendo Wii will be available for download on Friday, and we now have confirmation that Opera runs on the OLPC. Although Nicholas Negroponte and friends apparently don't want to include Opera standard on the OLPC because it's not open-source (although it does use open standards). Opera developer Håkon Wium Lie says he was able to easily pull up a terminal, download the statically linked rpm package of Opera 9.10 and install it on the computer. The only major bug seems to be that the machine freezes when visiting websites that make liberal use of JavaScript.
So to recap, Opera is or will be available for Windows, Linux, Mac, and other operating systems including BeOS and FreeBSD. It runs on mobile phones and Windows Mobile PDAs. And now it will run on the OLPC (which odds are you'll never get your hands on), and the Nintendo Wii (which you'll probably have a hard time getting your hands on until after the holidays).
[Via Slashdot]
So to recap, Opera is or will be available for Windows, Linux, Mac, and other operating systems including BeOS and FreeBSD. It runs on mobile phones and Windows Mobile PDAs. And now it will run on the OLPC (which odds are you'll never get your hands on), and the Nintendo Wii (which you'll probably have a hard time getting your hands on until after the holidays).
[Via Slashdot]














Comments
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Subscribe to commentsFabuloDec 20th 2006 1:55PM
"which odds are you'll never get your hands on"
Sez who?
If Mr. Negroponte has his way, millions of these green things will be manufactured, and no doubt a good portion of these will make their way into the grubby hands of people like me.
imp13Dec 22nd 2006 11:37AM
java script can be turned off in opera. still, the crashing is a bit odd.
Captain JackDec 21st 2006 8:14AM
I too have grubby hands and have no doubt I will eventually add the OLPC to my collection.
And don't forget that Opera can run on later, non-phone Palm devices as well (very speedy on my Lifedrive).
JaymoonDec 21st 2006 8:32AM
"...The only major bug seems to be that the machine freezes when visiting websites that make liberal use of JavaScript..."
Opera 9.10 can barely handle javascript-heavy sites (*cough* digg....) on my P2 laptop...
BicalhoDec 21st 2006 9:06AM
The Brazilian government is going to purchase a few million of those. I´ve also read somewhere that a comercial version will be sold in stores, that would help do finance the project, but that information has yet to be confirmed.
Fabulo, I´ll get you one. ;-)