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Opera <video> element implementation in action - Håkon Wium Lie presentation
By Chris Mills · Tuesday, November 27, 2007 0
Further to our recent experimental video release of Opera, here's a video of Hkon Wium Lie presenting on "the web way" at the Web 2.0 Expo in Japan, November 16th 2007. You need the experimental video release to watch this, if you haven't got it, you'll be redirected to the slides from the same presentation. Enjoy. Read more…
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Fixing YUI CSS grid issues with JavaScript and the DOM
By Christian Heilmann · Wednesday, November 21, 2007 1
In Christian Heilmann's second article (http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/progressive-enhancement-and-the-yahoo-u/), he went through the basics creating a valid and sturdy HTML template and how to create layouts using the YUI CSS Grids. This time he’ll show how to use the JavaScript Dom component to work around common problems of CSS layouts. Read more…
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Improving the usability of within-page links
By Bruce Lawson · Thursday, November 15, 2007 0
This article uses a combination of simple techniques to improve the usability of in-page links with some CSS3, an animated GIF, cunning JavaScript, and some invalid HTML (for Internet Explorer)! Read more…
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Starting with a sound structure – predictable HTML layouts using the YUI
By Christian Heilmann · Thursday, November 15, 2007 1
In Christian Heilmann's first article (http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/progressive-enhancement-and-the-yahoo-u/), he went through the basics of progressive enhancement and how the Yahoo YUI helps to facilitate it (along with a rundown of the major parts of the YUI and what they do.) In this article he heads right on to the basis of any good site - a sound markup structure - and shows how YUI can make HTML painless and easy. Read more…
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Taking the Canvas to another dimension: Opera unleashes the 3d <canvas> element
By Chris Mills · Thursday, November 15, 2007 0
In our last Opera Labs post, we unveiled an experimental Windows build that features support for HTML5
<video>, SVG video, and last but not least, a 3d context for<canvas>. In this article, 3d canvas implementor Tim Johansson explains how it works and how you can start to play around with it. Read more… -
A call for video on the web - Opera <video> release on Labs
By Opera Software · Wednesday, November 7, 2007 14
To really make a splash on the Web, video needs an open solution that can easily be integrated into web pages without the need for proprietary plugins. The HTML 5 <video> element and Ogg Theora can provide this, and Opera is proud to announce an experimental build that suppports it. So read this article, and download and play with it today. Read more…
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Opera Mini 4 is here!
By Chris Mills · Wednesday, November 7, 2007 45
Today is an exciting time here at Opera - we're very proud to announce the release of the final version of Opera Mini 4! It's packed with great new features, totally free, and will make your mobile browsing even happier than the last version - read all about it here. Read more…
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Designing and Developing mobile web sites in the real world, part 2
By Brian Suda · Wednesday, November 7, 2007 3
Part 1 of Brian's article looked at some useful theory to take on baord when developing mobile sites - what the mobile web is, what types of customer use it, and the mindset you need to get into when designing a mobile user experience. Now in part 2 he moves on to slightly more practical matters, looking at some case studies, browser sniffing, and standards support. Read more…