The document is a presentation about the Opera web browser. It discusses Opera's products which include desktop, mobile, and TV browsers. It highlights Opera's innovations like tabbed browsing, mouse gestures, and speed dial. It also covers Opera's focus on security, supporting standards, and its full-featured internet suite including mail, feeds, and notes. Usage statistics show Opera has about 1-4% market share depending on region but is more popular in some European countries. The presentation demonstrates the Opera 11.10 beta browser and encourages developers to test their sites in Opera.

1. Opera
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2. 1. Opera?
2. Products
3. Innovation & security
4. Internet suite
5. Supports
6. Conclusion
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3. Internet Explorer Firefox Chrome Safari Opera Mobile*
* Opera Mobile 22%
29,1% 37,5%
43,6% 13,9% 36,5%
16,3%
6,2%
4,9%
4,5% 0,6%
2,7%
4,3%
World usage Europe usage
February 2011 (4 major websites median) February 2011 (StatCounter Europe)
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4. 50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Belarus Georgia Ukraine Russia Poland Germany
February 2011 (StatCounter Europe)
Some countries
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5. Internet Explorer Firefox Chrome Safari Opera Others
27,2%
55,1%
10,0%
0,4% 6,1%
1,1%
Belgium usage
February 2011 (StatCounter Europe)
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6. I AM 1% OF DA BELGIAN INTERNET !!!!!!
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7. Opera is...
• Established in 1994, Oslo, Norway
• 500+ employees worldwide
• 300+ technical support personnel
• Working with global leaders
• Member of W3C consortium
• Developing mobile browsers since 1998
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8. Mobile phone in 1998
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9. Apps in 1998
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10. 1. Opera?
2. Products
3. Innovation & security
4. Internet suite
5. Supports
6. Conclusion
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11. Desktop browser
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12. Opera Wii Opera DS TV
Kiosks Tablets
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13. Mobile browsers
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14. Opera Turbo
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15. 1. Opera?
2. Products
3. Innovation & security
4. Internet suite
5. Supports
6. Conclusion
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16. Innovative
• Speed Dial
• Mouse gestures (2001)
• Tabbed browsing (2000)
• Popup blocker (2000)
• Reopen closed tabs
• Save & open sessions.
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17. Innovative (2)
• Browse faster on slow connections (O
Turbo)
• Use browser as web server (O Unite)
• Synchronize your bookmarks (O Link)
• Page zooming (1997)
• Voice control (2004)
• Accessible to disabled users
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18. Security
• Strong encryption
• Full control of privacy
• Encrypting saved passwords
• Delete all private data in one click
• Built-in anti-fishing
• Private tabs
• Security issues quickly fixed
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19. 1. Opera?
2. Products
3. Innovation & security
4. Internet suite
5. Supports
6. Conclusion
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20. Internet suite
Not only a browser
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21. Mail
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22. Feeds reader
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23. Dragonfly (debug css)
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24. Notes
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25. use browser as a web server
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26. widgets
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27. Extensions
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28. Others usages
• Presentations / Slideshows in HTML + CSS
http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/html-css-slideshows/
• Kiosks
http://www.opera.com/support/mastering/kiosk/
• Newsgroups
• IRC
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29. 1. Opera?
2. Products
3. Innovation & security
4. Internet suite
5. Supports
6. Conclusion
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30. Opera supports...
• Acid tests 2 & 3 100% results
• Nearly Full CSS 2 + Excellent CSS 3
• Nearly full HTML 5 support
• Geolocation, SVG, ...
• Innovation, libraries, SDK : dev.opera.com
• Full list : www.opera.com/docs/specs/
• Compare with others : Wikipedia
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31. PLEASE
CHECK YOUR PAGES IN OPERA
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32. 90 %
of Opera “rendering bugs”
are just a few CSS tweaks away
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33. LIVE DEMO
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34. Opera 11.10 beta
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35. Opera 11.10
• web Open Font Format (WOFF)
• improved network compatibility
• revamp of Speed Dial
• native WebP support
• improved CSS3 compatibility
• new dialog boxes
• improved Mac stability
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36. mobilestore.opera.com
Opera Mobile Store
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37. 1. Opera?
2. Products
3. Innovation & security
4. Internet suite
5. Supports
6. Conclusion
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38. Advantages
• Low memory & processor usage
• Tabs, windows & sessions
• Amongst the fastest rendering engines
• Overall internet experience
• Stable, Secure, security flaws quickly fixed
• Standards-compliant
• Cross-platform
• Full configurable
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39. Disadvantages
• Many crashes using 3rd party plugins on mac (Flash)
• Built-in calendar ?
• So trivial in stats ; developers don’t check in Opera
• Bad marketing
• Fails where it could gain popularity :
Opera mini on iPhone, Opera Mobile for Android
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40. Opera for your
(smart)phone
opera.com/mobile
Thank you
Victor Miguel
@onpurpose
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