5 things I’d like to see in Opera
As I've been tagged by FavBrowser.com, I'm forced to post my five things that I would like to see in an upcoming version of Opera ;) The original tag game was started by Daniel Goldman, from Opera Software and his Opera Watch blog, to get information from around the globe.
Before I start I'll give you the five persons that I will tag to talk about the 5 things they'd like to see in an upcoming version of Opera: Tim Altman, Olafur Arnason, Asa Dotzler, Lars Kleinschmidt and Mark Schenk. I've already did a similar post before, but I'll state them again, just for a refresh and with some different items =)
(1) Automatic and incremental update system
Just like Firefox have it download small (diff) patches that patch the binary and doesn't require you to fully download a release. The installation should be as easy as possible, simply notify the user and start patching with one click. Once the process is complete restart the web browser and return to where you left.
(2) Empty trash/spam on exit
If you use Opera Mail (M2) than you might be as equally disappointed in the lack of standard mail features found in Windows Mail and Mozilla Thunderbird. One of those is emptying the trash can and spam folder on exit, that way I don't have to do it manually.
(3) Remove mails from server after x days
Another mail candidate, often I use multiple computers and I share the same mail accounts. I store a back up on each system like that, but it would be handy if Opera Mail could remove my mails after a couple of days (of my choosing). Now it's either don't or do.
(4) Advanced web developer's tools
For web development Firefox' extensions like Firebug and Web Developer Toolbar are required tools. Safari 3 recently got Web Inspector, but Opera's default tools are still far behind. It's time that Opera Software proves that the Opera platform is mature for development.
(5) In-line spell check
A lot of stuff we do on the web is typing text on forums, blogs and more. Opera supports Aspell, but the installation is a pain in the butt. Looking at Firefox' in-line spell check support and ease of installation, Opera can't but copy or improve on the work of the competition.
Ohhh, I like wishes 2 and 5. NICE.
I love M2, and would recommend it to everyone I know but for three things:
1) when reading mail from another computer, sometimes read mail will reappear under Unread
2) sometimes messages appear twice under Unread
3) no option to empty trash on exit
I hope the Opera dev team are listening.
Ken
Opera easily is my favourite browser, hands down. I love real authentic tabbed browsing, mouse gestures, easy text size scaling, Notes, download manager, sessions, start up options including remembering where I was at last shut down...the list goes on.
I have recently begun to experiment with Firefox, to try to better appreciate what makes it so popular. I can easily appreciate many of the things Firefox does that makes it a top choice, and one of them is deleting private data automatically on exit.
In Opera, I regularly manually click Tools|delete private data, but if I forget, there it sits. I like the Wand although I don't use it, because I don't want my private data available at all. Automating the delete private data is a no-brainer I'm surprised hasn't been implemented yet.
Those five important thing is really essential for Opera to develop. Thanks for sharing your view with us.Companies and individuals spend incredible amounts of time, effort and money producing and delivering content to people via a website. Servers, hosting, bandwidth, software plus the actual production and editing of the content done on a reasonable scale costs a fortune. Days, if not weeks or months, of designing and coding on the technical side, endless hours of writing, editing, video production and encoding, image selection - all delivered to the user for free, gratis, no cost, without charge. With one caveat - adverts.
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