Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 10th Oct 2006 15:07 UTC, submitted by abdavidson
Hakon Wium Lie must feel a special kinship with the "Band of Brothers" soliloquy that Shakespeare reserves for Henry V.
"We few we, happy few, we band of brothers..." the king proclaims before his men head into battle. With all of Microsoft's riches and power behind it, Internet Explorer has dominated the Web browser market since Netscape's defeat in the late 1990s. But as CTO of Opera Software, Wium Lie's job is to figure out how to incorporate the best technology possible in his company's software - and in this he's stolen a beat on Opera's much bigger rival.
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2006-06-22
The fascinating thing about Opera is that different people use it completely differently, some people love mouse gestures, some love the keyboard, some like it the MS/FF way and so on. It really is quite versatile. I love the way Opera handles newsfeeds, much smarter than FF imo. And so much more functionality in ~4MB!
Firefox basically mimics IE in look and functionality, albeit with some original aspects. Opera is a paradigm shift, but once you get it, the usability of all the other browsers is just infuriatingly poor in comparison.
I cant wait for the persistence of Opera settings, i think they are on to an absolute winner. Being able to boot both into Windows and Linux and have all my settings follow me is a very exciting concept and will save some hassle indeed!
Edited 2006-10-11 00:59