Re: [WSG] Opera 9 and standards support

2006-07-04 Thread Keryx webb
James Ellis wrote: FYI, Opera 9 final has been released and it has a special section for all those standards folks out there :) http://www.opera.com/users/glenn/ Lots of other notes about improvements here: http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/linux/900/index.dml I'm sure the windows & mac pages

[off list] Re: [WSG] Opera 9 and standards support

2006-06-27 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
David Storey wrote: I hope you all like Opera 9. As always if you have issues in Opera on your site feel free to contact me and we will help you find the cause of the problem. If there is anything that Opera doesn't support that you come across when writing scripts then I'll also see w

Re: [WSG] Opera 9 and standards support

2006-06-27 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Samuel Richardson wrote: I'm on Windows XP home version, all service packs installed. I also have the Adobe Font Folio installed, so in excess of 1000 fonts or so. Still OT, but: yes, I have about 3000 fonts installed, and David mentioned that this may be an issue (though they thought they ha

RE: [WSG] Opera 9 and standards support

2006-06-27 Thread Samuel Richardson
alf Of Ben Buchanan Sent: Tuesday, 27 June 2006 10:54 AM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Opera 9 and standards support > Not related to a site, but to the application itself: admittedly, I have > quite a large number of fonts installed on my WinXP box...but for some > reason

Re: [WSG] Opera 9 and standards support

2006-06-27 Thread Ben Buchanan
Not related to a site, but to the application itself: admittedly, I have quite a large number of fonts installed on my WinXP box...but for some reason, Opera 9 (and even 8.5) somehow get confused and think Copperplate is actually Verdana, and a rather gothic looking blackletter font is Tahoma. In

Re: [WSG] Opera 9 and standards support

2006-06-27 Thread Andy
Andy Johnson-Cooper Opera Build 9 8490 Internet Explorer 7.0.5358.0 Mozilla Firefox 15.04 Hi I use the above browsers to check my web designing Acid2 is a test page, written to help browser vendors ensure proper support for Web and related standards in their products. http://webstandards.

RE: [WSG] Opera 9 and standards support

2006-06-27 Thread Paul Bennett
Holy crap! I'm not a personal user of Opera, but this attitude alone could change my mind. Kudos to you, David and to your company. If other (*cough* microsoft *cough*) browser makers would take this sort of position in supporting developers there'd be a lot less grief on the web. Well done, O

Re: [WSG] Opera 9 and standards support

2006-06-27 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Patrick H. Lauke wrote: OT, but I deleted David's original thread and can't find his email address... if anybody knows, can you pass it on off-list? Thanks to all who responded. Got it. [EMAIL PROTECTED] P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (

Re: [WSG] Opera 9 and standards support

2006-06-27 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
OT, but I deleted David's original thread and can't find his email address... if anybody knows, can you pass it on off-list? I hope you all like Opera 9. As always if you have issues in Opera on your site feel free to contact me and we will help you find the cause of the problem. Not rela

Re: [WSG] Opera 9 and standards support

2006-06-27 Thread Kevin Futter
On 26/6/06 9:55 AM, "Patrick H. Lauke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OT, but I deleted David's original thread and can't find his email > address... > if anybody knows, can you pass it on off-list? > I too need to contact David about a couple of issues with my sites in Opera 9. Did anybody manage

Re: [WSG] Opera 9 and standards support

2006-06-27 Thread David Storey
On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 11:25:57 +0200, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I believe that Safari was the first browser to pass the acid test? Mike Yes, Safari (WebKit) was the first browser to pass the test. There are claims that Opera was the second because of scrollbar issues in KHTML/Konqueror. O

Re: [WSG] Opera 9 and standards support

2006-06-27 Thread Jan Brasna
Opera is the only browser so far to pass this test False. reference rendering False as well. Thing is... Acid2 shows only particular issues with obscure constructions, not exclusively from CSS, but from RFC and HTTP protocol as well. I see it more as a campaign for better standards compli

Re: [WSG] Opera 9 and standards support

2006-06-27 Thread Ben Buchanan
I believe that Safari was the first browser to pass the acid test? Yes, then Konqueror on Linux. Opera is the first PC/Win browser and the first cross-platform browser to pass Acid2. Ben -- --- --- The future has arrived; it's just not --- evenly distributed. - Willi

RE: [WSG] Opera 9 and standards support

2006-06-27 Thread michael.brockington
I believe that Safari was the first browser to pass the acid test? Mike > -Original Message- > From: listdad@webstandardsgroup.org > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andy > Acid2 is a test page, written to help browser vendors ensure proper > support for Web and related standa

Re: [WSG] Opera 9 and standards support

2006-06-26 Thread Andy
Andy Johnson-Cooper Opera Build 9 8490 Internet Explorer 7.0.5358.0 Mozilla Firefox 15.04 Hi I use the above browsers to check my web designing Acid2 is a test page, written to help browser vendors ensure proper support for Web and related standards in their products. http://webstandards.

[off list] Re: [WSG] Opera 9 and standards support

2006-06-26 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
David Storey wrote: I hope you all like Opera 9. As always if you have issues in Opera on your site feel free to contact me and we will help you find the cause of the problem. If there is anything that Opera doesn't support that you come across when writing scripts then I'll also see w

Re: [WSG] Opera 9 and standards support

2006-06-26 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Samuel Richardson wrote: I'm on Windows XP home version, all service packs installed. I also have the Adobe Font Folio installed, so in excess of 1000 fonts or so. Still OT, but: yes, I have about 3000 fonts installed, and David mentioned that this may be an issue (though they thought they ha

RE: [WSG] Opera 9 and standards support

2006-06-26 Thread Samuel Richardson
alf Of Ben Buchanan Sent: Tuesday, 27 June 2006 10:54 AM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Opera 9 and standards support > Not related to a site, but to the application itself: admittedly, I have > quite a large number of fonts installed on my WinXP box...but for some > reason

Re: [WSG] Opera 9 and standards support

2006-06-26 Thread Ben Buchanan
Not related to a site, but to the application itself: admittedly, I have quite a large number of fonts installed on my WinXP box...but for some reason, Opera 9 (and even 8.5) somehow get confused and think Copperplate is actually Verdana, and a rather gothic looking blackletter font is Tahoma. In

Re: [WSG] Opera 9 and standards support

2006-06-25 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
Patrick H. Lauke wrote: OT, but I deleted David's original thread and can't find his email address... if anybody knows, can you pass it on off-list? Thanks to all who responded. Got it. [EMAIL PROTECTED] P -- Patrick H. Lauke __ re·dux (

Re: [WSG] Opera 9 and standards support

2006-06-25 Thread Kevin Futter
On 26/6/06 9:55 AM, "Patrick H. Lauke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OT, but I deleted David's original thread and can't find his email > address... > if anybody knows, can you pass it on off-list? > I too need to contact David about a couple of issues with my sites in Opera 9. Did anybody manage

Re: [WSG] Opera 9 and standards support

2006-06-25 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
OT, but I deleted David's original thread and can't find his email address... if anybody knows, can you pass it on off-list? I hope you all like Opera 9. As always if you have issues in Opera on your site feel free to contact me and we will help you find the cause of the problem. Not rela

RE: [WSG] Opera 9 and standards support

2006-06-25 Thread Paul Bennett
Holy crap! I'm not a personal user of Opera, but this attitude alone could change my mind. Kudos to you, David and to your company. If other (*cough* microsoft *cough*) browser makers would take this sort of position in supporting developers there'd be a lot less grief on the web. Well done, O

Re: [WSG] Opera 9 and standards support

2006-06-23 Thread David Storey
On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 14:20:23 +0200, James Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: FYI, Opera 9 final has been released and it has a special section for all those standards folks out there :) http://www.opera.com/users/glenn/ Lots of other notes about improvements here: http://www.opera.com/docs/chan

Re: [WSG] Opera 9 and standards support

2006-06-22 Thread Ben Buchanan
FYI, Opera 9 final has been released and it has a special section for all those standards folks out there :) Apart from passing Acid2, you mean? :) http://www.opera.com/users/glenn/ hehehehe ahh those crazy kids from oslo ;) My favourite Opera 9 feature so far would have to be content block