Comments on: Opera 9.0 Tech Preview 2

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 23:28:21 +0000

Widgets implemented using XULRunner. Now that would be cool. To Nick who says “stay tuned…”. Do you know something on this you could share?

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 15:59:28 +0000

Regarding widgets on XULRunner, stay tuned…

By: ThinkLemon » Blog Archive » Opera 9.0 Tech Preview 2

ThinkLemon » Blog Archive » Opera 9.0 Tech Preview 2 — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 00:32:42 +0000

[...] Robert Accettura’s Fun With Wordage » Blog Archive » Opera 9.0 Tech Preview 2: For those interested (if you’re into browsers, you should be): Opera 9.0 Tech Preview 2 is out. The widgets look rather good. Very Apple like in quality, I’ve only looked a the ones by Opera. I assume we’ll see more soon. I really hope XULRunner will be used for such a purpose soon. With the new Cairo backend,

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 21:24:12 +0000

jim: thanks, it was a quick post.

By: Chris C

Chris C — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 19:13:09 +0000

1. installer still uses Classic widgets, asks to use profiles instead of just using them and ticks quicklaunch and desktop by default.
2. still using a non-native default skin.
3. THEY BROKE THE BACK BUTTON. It’s no longer hard against the left screen edge. Gah. Right hand side doesn’t work either, but that’s a Windows thing.
4. menus still don’t have enough vertical space.
5. All my Firefox bookmarks were imported without asking.
6. Why do you call something a “main bar” and then hide it by default?

Widgets are a bit gimmicky for my tastes. I don’t use them on my OS, I don’t use them in Firefox. Still, at least they aren’t shoved in your face.

– Chris

By: jim

jim — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 18:47:53 +0000

“if your into browsers you should be”

Gah, you just butchered the English language!