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OPERA SURPRISES AGAIN.
Opera Software – a Norwegian company – held a so far unofficial presentation of a new mobile browser for iPad tablets. The code name of this browser is Opera Ice. A feature of this innovation is that the developers abandoned the Presto browser "engine" and adopted the open WebKit technology. The same technology is the basis for such competing browsers as Safari and Chrome. As one would expect from a tablet browser, the navigation of the Opera Ice package is built entirely on gesture commands.
It was Opera browsers that were among the first, even back in the pre-touchscreen era, to offer such techniques to users. Gesture control has long been a strong point of the Opera browser. While demonstrating Opera Ice on the iPad tablet, the developers showed how to use a "swipe" gesture to view the browsing history. With the same gesture you can flip through pages found by a query. At the same time, a special carousel view is used to review search results.
The technical features of the new browser deserve a closer look. Abandoning the proprietary Presto technology and switching to the open WebKit platform was an unexpected decision. But the head of Opera Software, Lars Boilesen, gave an exhaustive explanation for it. He explained that the goal of developing Opera Ice is to allow mobile browsers to showcase the technological advantages of each individual technical innovation while competing with one another in a worthy manner. The Opera Ice developers openly admit that one of the company's most successful products, the Opera Mini browser, is incompatible with many websites. Because of this, it was necessary to create a new mobile browser that has all the advantages of the Opera interface but is based on WebKit technology. It is precisely this solution that should fully ensure compatibility with the majority of websites. Already in February of this year it is plann
Opera Software – a Norwegian company – held a so far unofficial presentation of a new mobile browser for iPad tablets. The code name of this browser is Opera Ice. A feature of this innovation is that the developers abandoned the Presto browser "engine" and adopted the open WebKit technology. The same technology is the basis for such competing browsers as Safari and Chrome. As one would expect from a tablet browser, the navigation of the Opera Ice package is built entirely on gesture commands.
It was Opera browsers that were among the first, even back in the pre-touchscreen era, to offer such techniques to users. Gesture control has long been a strong point of the Opera browser. While demonstrating Opera Ice on the iPad tablet, the developers showed how to use a "swipe" gesture to view the browsing history. With the same gesture you can flip through pages found by a query. At the same time, a special carousel view is used to review search results.
The technical features of the new browser deserve a closer look. Abandoning the proprietary Presto technology and switching to the open WebKit platform was an unexpected decision. But the head of Opera Software, Lars Boilesen, gave an exhaustive explanation for it. He explained that the goal of developing Opera Ice is to allow mobile browsers to showcase the technological advantages of each individual technical innovation while competing with one another in a worthy manner. The Opera Ice developers openly admit that one of the company's most successful products, the Opera Mini browser, is incompatible with many websites. Because of this, it was necessary to create a new mobile browser that has all the advantages of the Opera interface but is based on WebKit technology. It is precisely this solution that should fully ensure compatibility with the majority of websites. Already in February of this year it is plann
