Comment by Zenst | Hacker News Reader

Comment by Zenst | Hacker News Reader

Worry given of all the browsers Opera has been the most standards compliant. No reason why Google can't support it as by supporting other browsers they supoprt Opera and with that if you change the browser ID then it just works - funny that.

I Have noticed that Facebook have been bashing google indirectly and directly and maybe Opera are deemed part of Facebook now for some reason and got dragged into this.

I have also noticed the google search landing page having below in effect adverts for there new products https://www.google.co.uk/ gives me the line below with link to buy a chromebook "From zero to online in seconds. Introducing the new Chromebook" - same results nomatter what browser I use.

Not sure if Facebook have purchased Opera and google got wind of it and acting all evil or if it is a gross oversight. Either way something smells.

They do have a rather loyal following and I've used it off and on since 2006 (when it was first free with no ads) and still think it has some advantages over other browsers. I also think their Opera Mini for mobile is the best mobile browser out there (it was the #1 mobile browser in 2011).

They have decent developer tools and have been early adopters of a lot of the HTML5 and CSS3 specs. I'm pretty sure they were first to make it possible to use HTML5 video and audio.

It just bums me out they can't seem to get more market share.

I'm not sure what you mean by the last sentence, but despite rumors, Facebook has not bought Opera. I highly doubt Google would punish Opera because they might be bought by Facebook.

I don't know about google but I "punished" them already when I heard they're looking to sell and the buyer might be facebook. I doubt it's just me.

Opera is not open source, they distribute only binaries. If the new buyer stuffs it with rubbish you don't want, there's nothing you can do about it other than switch. Might as well switch to chrome and learn to use chrome's developer tools when I'm not in the middle of something.

Of course, I will continue to test anything I make on Opera, it's just been dropped as my primary browser.

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