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From: John Foliot - bytown internet
Date: Oct 11, 2002 10:03AM

While Timothy is a converted Opera User, there are certain points about
Opera I don't like, including it's lack of support for Accesskeys, it's
rather unusual rendering of some of CSS2, it's chameleon like behaviour (I
don't see being able to spoof itself as something else or as declaring
itself as Opera as a feature, but an annoyance). It also tends to be a bit
intensive for less computer savvy users, who don't see the multiple
customization features of Opera as a benefit, but again as a hinderance...
they just want to go on the web and do their thing. Other contributors
mention their mothers or fathers as examples... I know I need to "fix" my
Dad's computer every time I go to visit (he's always got a list...). Giving
him Opera would be a discourgement to him; it would be too complex.

Finally, why should the end user have to jump through hoops to avoid these
annoyances? While it's true that Opera allows this granular a
customization, it is not an excuse for poor development practices, which is
REALLY the point. Opera power users can avoid this crud, but the bulk of
users cannot - shame on Yahoo, MSN, 'et al' for stooping to this... they
tempt the wrath of end users who will stop going to their sites because of
these intrusions.

JF


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