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Custom web fonts with sIFR
By Jake Smith · Tuesday, June 23, 2009 4
Using custom fonts on web pages has long been a major sore point for web designers, but there are solutions available now and more on the horizon, from traditional image replacement techniques and Cufon, to CSS 3 Web Fonts and TypeKit. In this article design guru Jake Smith has a look at what's available, before giving you a tutorial on his current favourite solution - the rather clever Flash-based sIFR. Read more…
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Mobile 1: Introduction to the mobile web
By Brian Suda · Tuesday, June 23, 2009 8
This is the first article in the Opera web standards curriculum mobile series. This series is ideal for anyone who already has basic web development experience and wants to learn about the mobile web, and how to optimize web sites for viewing on mobile devices. Read more…
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Setting up custom domains for Opera Unite
By Lachlan Hunt · Friday, June 19, 2009 4
In this article, Lachlan Hunt explains how to configure your connection setup to allow you to access your Opera Unite services from a custom domain. Read more…
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Opera Unite developer's primer
By Hans S. Tømmerholt · Tuesday, June 16, 2009 33
Opera Unite puts a Web server inside your Opera browser, allowing you to share files and applications with your friends and colleagues directly off your hard drive! This tutorial shows you how to get started on the road to Opera Unite Service development by making a simple Opera Unite blog service. It introduces some of the basic ways of interacting with the web server and how to start creating Opera Unite Services. Read more…
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Markuper: The Opera Unite Application template library
By António Afonso · Tuesday, June 16, 2009 2
This article introduces Markuper, a templating library that allows rapid development of Opera Unite applciations and binding of data from JavaScript straight into the HTML templates. Read more…
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An introduction to Opera Unite
By Chris Mills · Tuesday, June 16, 2009 21
The time has come to raise the curtain on yet another exciting new Opera release. Opera Unite is a collaborative technology that uses a compact server inside the Opera desktop browser to share data and services. You can write applications - in the form of Opera Unite Services - that use this server to serve content to other Web users. In this article, Chris Mills explores the new features available under this groundbreaking new technology. Read more…
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Taking the Web into our own hands, one computer at a time
By Lawrence Eng · Tuesday, June 16, 2009 3
This article explains what is Opera Unite, discusses “the Internet’s unfulfilled promise” and explains how it led to us creating Opera Unite, and shares some inspirational ideas to illustrate what you can do with it. Read more…
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Opera Mobile 9.7 - features and standards support
By Chris Mills · Monday, June 8, 2009 10
A new beta of Opera Mobile 9.7 is now available for Windows Mobile! This article takes you through all the exciting new features available in this build, and shows off some of the most exciting new web standards support it features. Read more…