Fifteen years ago, two computer scientists sat at their desks in a research lab in what is today Telenor, Norway’s telecommunications incumbent, itching to begin a new project. They were going to build their own Web browser.
Those first keystrokes would become Opera, the browser that has set — and continues to set — the standard for browser innovation. Jon von Tetzchner, the CEO of Opera Software, and Geir Ivarsøy began coding the original desktop Web browser in April 1994. Today, about 40 million people use Opera on their Windows, Mac and Linux computers…
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Time to celebrate 15 years of the Opera Web Browser, post a comment you know you wnat to
Happy Bday Opera! I wish you Many Happy Returns!!and thank youfor adding friends like Chuck into my life ! :yes:
Yep MyOpera introduces me to people from around the world it is a great way to learn about the world comment by comment 🙂
Opera web browser turns 15The Opera web browser may not have the name recognition of more popular software like Firefox, Internet Explorer, or Safari. But you know what it does have? History. The first line of code for the Opera web browser was written 15 years ago today.Back in 1994, Firefox wasn’t even a twinkle in the eyes of the team working on the popular Netscape browser. And Microsoft didn’t release Internet Explorer 1 until 1995. Over the last 15 years, Opera has continually added features that were later adopted by other browsers, including tabs, mouse gestures, speed dial bookmarks, and full page zoom.http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/04/28/opera-web-browser-turns-15/