The long awaited release of the Opera web browser has arrived
mediocre
The inability to display png images is a majaor draw back for a new
browser, many sites are moving to png and the inability to do SSL
is a draw back also.
Some of the preferences look great, with ability to customize the
look of the application, linux needs some color :)
On this system, running a modified Redhat 6.1 I found Opera locked up
alot with errors like
MainWindow::addCurrentHere()
QGList::locate: Index 0 out of range
QGList::locate: Index 0 out of range
QGList::locate: Index 0 out of range
I hope to see some improvement in future releases of this browser that
is small and compact, the windows version was a great tool
I giive the new browser 2 out of 5 penguins and maybe another 0.5
for Operas initiative
Below is an extract from the web page of what it can and cannot do
http://www.opera.com/linux
Kind regards
Kevin
Opera For Linux 4.0a Can:
Render HTML 3.2 and 4.0 pages
Execute quite a bit of EcmaScript 1.1 (Ecma-262
v.3)
Render CSS 1 and 2 extensions
FTP (50%)
Http 1.1
Jpeg
Single frame gifs
MDI
Hotlist/Bookmarks
Export and import bookmarks
Opera For Linux 4.0a Can't:
Communicate via SSL or TLS
Submit forms other than through ecma script
Display Frames
Display Animated GIFS
Display PNG or TIFF images
Proxy Settings
Preferences only 20% working
Cookies
Local Files
No Plugin Support yet
Transfer window
HTTP Authorization
Proper Font Handling
Screen refresh
SDI
Asynchronous DNS
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