Opera was holding another widget competition, this time for more desktop application type of widgets. I was working on a widget as well, but sadly did not have enough time to complete it. Part of this was due to problems that I ran into in development. The widget was going to be an easy to use diagram editor. I managed …
Vim / Opera tip: Open highlighted text in Vim
Here’s a quick tip for Opera and Vim users: How to add a menu item which allows you to quickly open highlighted text on a web page in Vim. This trick can be applied with any other application too, like <insert your favorite editor>
TankWar has online mode again: This time on Opera Unite
You may recall an earlier post about TankWar, my 100% JavaScript cannons-game. Back when I wrote it, I included online play, but the server went down with a hard disk failure. Now, I have rewritten the online mode – this time that part is also all JavaScript – continue reading to find out what makes it tick.
I wrote a Sim City clone in JavaScript
This is why I haven’t been updating lately: I have been working on a Sim City clone, written purely in HTML, CSS and JavaScript! The game is called WidgetCity, and I’m participating with it in the Betavine Widget Competition 2009. The game was designed to run in Opera Widgets mode, but it also works in Firefox – only downside is …
First Opera 10 alpha out
Those who are following me on Twitter probably already saw this, but this deserves a post here as well: The first alpha release of Opera 10 is out.
Developing for smaller screens
As of late, I’ve been working on developing a widget that runs on both PCs and mobile phones, for Opera’s X-Widgets Challenge. The widgets for the challenge must work on a QVGA (320×240) screen, and that presents certain challenges. For example, as the size of the widget is so constrained, you need to think what is absolutely necessary – does …
Browser as an OS
It seems as if the browser is becoming easier to understand than other applications for people who don’t know much about computers in general. For example, if an application has a settings dialog and you ask the user to go back or close the dialog, they aren’t always sure what to do – should they press Cancel, OK or the …
Cross-device Opera Widgets challenge
Opera has launched another widget competition: The x-widget challenge. The goal is to make the best cross-device widget – this means the widget has to work on mobile phones running Opera Mobile 9.5, which supports widgets, and in Opera on your computer.
On HTC Touch Diamond
I received my HTC Touch Diamond from Opera earlier this week. It’s an interesting phone – and despite what people seem to say about Windows Mobile, it doesn’t seem to have any problems. I’m sure you can find lots of proper reviews of the device, so I’ll just mention a few things I found nice and things that haven’t been …
Opera UserJS competition
Opera recently held a UserJS competition, where I participated with a script that makes Google Spreadsheets work in Opera, a script which improves Apache directory listings and a social bookmarking site toolbar. Opera chose my Google Spreadsheets script as the winner of Site Fixes category, and I will be receiving a shiny new HTC Touch Diamond phone with Opera 9.5 …
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