Opera Software is making plans to steal market share from Microsoft.
Though a launch date for Opera 10 hasn't yet been set, Opera is hoping the updated application will lure users away from Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7 by building on Opera 9's use of small Web applications called widgets.
"Opera 9 is the first salvo towards IE 7. We're trying to give a user-friendly experience and eliminate problems," said Thomas Ford, public relations manager for desktop Opera software.
The company expects version 10 to work on and across any platform, a continuation of its work to make Opera 9 compatible with different platforms, such as Nintendo DS game consoles, as a way of differentiating the browser from Microsoft's offering.
"We want to enable Opera 10 to work on any device--mobile, desktop, games consoles. We want to find ways to tie things in much better," Ford said. "That's something we do that Microsoft fundamentally can't."
The company also will develop more widgets--HTML and JavaScript Web applications that run outside the browser. Opera is aiming for a day when people needn't use a full desktop operating system, instead using a browser and Web applications for most tasks.
There is also a big push in the company toward creating developer tools.
"We will be unleashing developer tools, which are still in the planning stages," Ford said. "We want developers to use Opera as a Web development platform, using open standards. We need to keep the Web ready for open standards."
Opera also is hoping to take market share from IE 6, the most recent Microsoft browser, thanks to the security of the Opera architecture.
"People can wait for IE 7, or they can use Opera 9 if they want to be safe now," Ford said.
Opera 9 has already seen a significant uptake of users, with 700,000 downloads on the first day of release. Overall, Opera 9, including the mobile Mini version, has seen roughly 25 million downloads since its release in June, the company said.
can any one please tell me it doesn't work on hotmail can open the page and hang same as minefield 3 make me wonder how good it is and it doesn't work any help please thanks
They need to target Firefox not IE. Power users don't use IE they download a third party browser. Right now that's Firefox, which is vulnerable right now because 3.04 is pretty unstable for a lot of people.
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Here is another good post on opera.
http://www.zahipedia.com/2008/10/15/opera-10-a-look-ahead/