Opera Browser : from an user point of view

Victor Miguel • Opera Browser • Café Numérique , Brussels • march 16, 2011

Opera

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Victor Miguel • @onpurposeWeb designer


1. Opera?

2. Products

3. Innovation & security

4. Internet suite

5. Supports

6. Conclusion

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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)


Some countries

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

Belarus Georgia Ukraine Russia Poland Germany


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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


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I AM 1% OF DA BELGIAN INTERNET !!!!!!6


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


Apps in 1998


1. Opera?

2. Products


4. Internet suite

5. Supports

6. Conclusion


Desktop browser11


Opera Wii

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Opera DS TV

Kiosks Tablets


Mobile browsers13


Opera Turbo14


1. Opera?

2. Products


4. Internet suite

5. Supports

6. Conclusion


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


4. Internet suite

5. Supports

6. Conclusion


Internet suiteNot only a browser

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Mail

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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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http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/html-css-slideshows/

http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/html-css-slideshows/

http://www.opera.com/support/mastering/kiosk/

http://www.opera.com/support/mastering/kiosk/


1. Opera?

2. Products


4. Internet suite

5. Supports

6. Conclusion


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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http://dev.opera.com

http://dev.opera.com

http://www.opera.com/docs/specs/

http://www.opera.com/docs/specs/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_layout_engines_(Cascading_Style_Sheets)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_layout_engines_(Cascading_Style_Sheets)


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


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


Opera Mobile Storemobilestore.opera.com

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http://mobilestore.opera.com

http://mobilestore.opera.com


1. Opera?

2. Products


4. Internet suite

5. Supports

6. Conclusion


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

http://www.opera.com/mobile/

http://www.opera.com/mobile/

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