{"id":240,"date":"2007-06-13T08:30:38","date_gmt":"2007-06-13T14:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonathanwold.seguru.digital\/2007\/06\/experimenting-with-opera-92.html"},"modified":"2019-05-24T12:27:29","modified_gmt":"2019-05-24T18:27:29","slug":"experimenting-with-opera-92","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bf0cd40f-7ebb-43c9-a4ea-50b260f6ecbb.express.conves.io\/experimenting-with-opera-92\/","title":{"rendered":"Experimenting with Opera 9.2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a web developer, I&#8217;ve been a full time Firefox user for several years. Internet Explorer 6.0 has been reserved for tested and a few other odd browsers for accessibility standards. But today, I decided to try something &#8220;new&#8221; and welcomed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opera.com\">Opera<\/a> into my digital toolbox.<\/p>\n<p>An interesting experience of mine as a developer has been my limitation to dial-up Internet access for just about a year now. My family and I have a nice <em>little <\/em>home out in the country and although our neighbors have been graced by DSL&#8217;s presence, our little home was ignored.<\/p>\n<p>As such, I haven&#8217;t been all that big on downloading new programs. Internet Explorer 7.0 is still on my &#8220;to download&#8221; list along with a few other updates.<\/p>\n<p>But, yesterday morning, I made an exception and downloaded a copy of Opera 9.2, weighing in at a relatively light 4.6<br \/>\nmegabytes.<\/p>\n<p>And so here I am, writing and (in a few more minutes) working a way on a new browser. So far, I&#8217;m impressed. Here are a few<br \/>\nthings I like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Speed Dial&#8221; <\/strong>&#8211; Typing Ctrl + T in Opera now opens the &#8220;Speed Dial&#8221; tab. In my short experience with it, I already see it as an improvement on Firefox simply opening a new empty tab.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mouse Gestures<\/strong> &#8211; My good friend <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joshuamitchener.com\">Mr. Mitchener<\/a> has informed me that this isn&#8217;t something new to Firefox. What impressed me, though, was the very thorough explanation given and the fact that Opera made it a point to make me aware of the features<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Faster&#8221;<\/strong> &#8211; While speed is subjective, especially for those of us web developers on dialup, and though I may be just imagining things, I get the sense that Opera has a bit of a snappier response time than Firefox and certainly more so than IE.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That said, there are a few things that would take some getting used too. It appears that Opera doesn&#8217;t work so well with WordPress&#8217;s built-in WYSIWYG editor which quickly became a reason for me to dump the WYISWYG altogether.<\/p>\n<p>Other than that, I&#8217;m impressed and will continue to experiment.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m still a big fan of Firefox and am even looking forward to playing with Internet Explorer 7 when I finally get a chance to download it (Maybe 8 will be out by then?). A primary reason for getting Opera is to add another level of testing for client projects. But the other big reason after that is &#8220;the bottom line.&#8221; How can using this browser make my life as a web developer easier? I will continue to experiment with Opera and see if I can find a solid answer for that. If I can, I&#8217;ll be hooked.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers to the Opera development team. You guys have done excellently.<\/p>\n<p>For the Opera users out there, web developers especially, any tips or suggestions you have to share from your experience are all greatly appreciated.<\/p>\n<p>Alrighty, back to work! :)<\/p>\n<p>-Jonathan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a web developer, I&#8217;ve been a full time Firefox user for several years. Internet Explorer 6.0 has been reserved for tested and a few other odd browsers for accessibility standards. But today, I decided to try something &#8220;new&#8221; and welcomed Opera into my digital toolbox. 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