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Mac Forum / General / Networking / December 2005Here's an interesting rumor: Microsoft buys Opera
Read about it at: http://www.cooltechzone.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=2108 Drew  SignatureThe Mac Orchard - http://www.macorchard.com/ Essential Internet Applications since 1995 Well, that'd be one way to get rid of IE's security flaws. SignatureJerry Kindall, Seattle, WA <http://www.jerrykindall.com/> Send only plain text messages under 32K to the Reply-To address. This mailbox is filtered aggressively to thwart spam and viruses. > Well, that'd be one way to get rid of IE's security flaws. Or add more to Opera.... SignatureBarry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me *** *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group *** > Read about it at: > > http://www.cooltechzone.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=2108 Last week the rumor was that Google was buying Opera. In article <dsaur-4C5B48.07052523122005@syrcnyrdrs-01-ge0.nyroc.rr.com>, > Read about it at: > > http://www.cooltechzone.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=2108 > > Drew Appears to have been shot down by Opera. Of course <eyes turn shifty> They would say that, wouldn't They? Honestly, though, why? Sure Opera has fewer security flaws, but it also... well, sucks, and doesn't do the same things as Internet Explorer. By the time Microsoft merged the engine with Windows, Microsoft might as well start over from scratch. And certainly, fixing IE would be easier. SignatureSteven Fisher; sdfisher@spamcop.net In article <dsaur-4C5B48.07052523122005@syrcnyrdrs-01-ge0.nyroc.rr.com>, > Read about it at: > > http://www.cooltechzone.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=2108 > > Drew MS has a habit of "buying what we can't make/fix" so it may be true. Firefox is my browser of choice however ;) m- > > http://www.cooltechzone.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=2108 > > > MS has a habit of "buying what we can't make/fix" so it may be true. > > Firefox is my browser of choice however ;) However Firefox doesn't work on mobile phones, whereas Opera does (and is the default browser on many models). In some countries there are now significantly more mobile phones with browsers than there are computers (the ratio in China is reputed to be 3.6 to 1). Another way to get a foothold in an expanding area, and possibly stall phone makers. Microsoft also bought STNC in 1998 to get the browser they use in their PDAs (that browser was used in Psion PDAs prior to the Microsoft purchase). Signaturehttp://www.ericlindsay.com > > > http://www.cooltechzone.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=2108 > > > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > PDAs (that browser was used in Psion PDAs prior to the Microsoft > purchase). True, but a port isn't impossible ... How can I tell what browser is running on my Sony Ericsson k700i ? (It doesn't look like Opera to me) m- > > However Firefox doesn't work on mobile phones, whereas Opera does (and > True, but a port isn't impossible ... > > How can I tell what browser is running on my Sony Ericsson k700i ? > (It doesn't look like Opera to me) Looks for specifications. I think the k700i is using a WAP 2.0 browser (not that anyone uses WAP these days) with xHTML support, but I don't know who made it. I think you can get Opera Mini as an add-on, just use your WAP browser to download it from Opera (should work on most phones with Java). Check for Opera Mini in software downloads (web pages get pre-processed before being sent on to your phone). http://mini.opera.com/ By the way, the Nokia S60 browser for N80 and E61 phones is based on WebCore and KDE KHTML. It will be interesting to see phones with a 2.4inch 352x416 resolution, as well as the QVGA (320x240). That is starting to get serious. Signaturehttp://www.ericlindsay.com > > > However Firefox doesn't work on mobile phones, whereas Opera does (and > > True, but a port isn't impossible ... [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > 2.4inch 352x416 resolution, as well as the QVGA (320x240). That is > starting to get serious. Thanks, it was WAP and now has mini Opera running nicely :-) m- |
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