Opera adding Extensions Support in Opera 11

[zokudu]

Opera 11 will feature extensions support!

Today, at Up North Web, Opera Extensions was confirmed to be a feature of Opera 11. On Opera's desktop team blog it was also announced that Opera 10.70 will not ship, but rather the next version of Opera will be Opera 11.

What are Opera Extensions?

Extensions in Opera is a way for you to easily add new functionality to your Opera browser experience. Developers can easily create extensions using open standards (HTML5, CSS, JavaScript) and supported APIs.

Extensions will be based on the W3C Widget specifications and this is being considered for an Open Standard effort.

Will Opera Extensions be similar to extensions in other browsers?

Yes, Opera Extensions will be similar in some ways and we have tried to make it easy to port extensions from certain browsers.

We are committed to open web standards and this is an important part of our strategy, so if you find us deviating from other solutions out there, this might be why.

What does an extension look like?

Some extensions have user interface elements, but not all. An extension can for example add a button next to the Google Search field with a popup menu when you click on it. Other extensions don't have user interfaces at all, but run in the background.

How will I install Opera Extensions?

Once you have Opera 11 installed you can click on an extension and a small Install-window will appear. Click 'Install' and you're done. You can also drag and drop an extension onto Opera Desktop if you have an extension stored on your computer.

What kind of APIs will you support?

With the first iteration of Opera Extensions we are focusing on open web standards and 'getting it right'. Our alpha release supports injectable JavaScript, callouts, certain UI items and a basic Tabs and Windows API.

How can I get Opera Extensions?

Opera Extensions is not available yet. Once Opera 11 is out, you will be able to fully enjoy and use Opera Extensions.

Where can I find developer information on extensions?

Once Opera 11 Alpha is out, you will be able to find all the information you need to develop and publish extensions on our developer site Dev Opera.

Where can I find Opera 11?

Opera 11 Alpha will be made available soon at http://www.opera.com/browser/next/.

I never thought they would do it.

Source: http://my.opera.com/portalnews/blog...ions-and-opera-mobile-for-android-coming-soon

 

[Gooberlx2]

Nice. Though I don't use Opera personally, I like that they seem to have a quick release cycle and do certainly push the competition to do better. Extension support was pretty much the one big feature they've been missing.

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

Finally. Now if only they could actually make pages render properly...

 

[bruceb]

That will be nice. Finally, maybe AdBlock Plus will work in Opera. And yes, some pages, like in clubbing.com do not render correctly in Opera. I would not necessarily blame the browser, but the web page coders (in this case Microsoft) who could care less about rendering properly in anything but Their Browser (IE6/7/8 crap)

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

That will be nice. Finally, maybe AdBlock Plus will work in Opera. And yes, some pages, like in clubbing.com do not render correctly in Opera. I would not necessarily blame the browser, but the web page coders (in this case Microsoft) who could care less about rendering properly in anything but Their Browser (IE6/7/8 crap)

I notice that with most of the pages that I find Opera can't render properly Chrome and Firefox do pretty okay in...

 

[ForumMaster]

iirc, in version 10.5, they rewrote their graphics library (i believe it's called vega) and it is not hardware accelerated yet, but it's merely enabling it or something of the sort.

also, they have a JIT for javascript.

it also looks like CNN finally works in opera since they fixed their site...

 

[lxskllr]

Finally. Now if only they could actually make pages render properly...

That's my biggest issue with Opera. It's a nice browser as far as features, performance, and appearance goes, but ime, it's the least compatible with the web.

 

[zokudu]

That will be nice. Finally, maybe AdBlock Plus will work in Opera. And yes, some pages, like in clubbing.com do not render correctly in Opera. I would not necessarily blame the browser, but the web page coders (in this case Microsoft) who could care less about rendering properly in anything but Their Browser (IE6/7/8 crap)

Opera already has a working Ad Block feature called urlfilter. Heres the defacto list to block most ads.

ALso as far as rendering problems the issue is the coders fault in the majority of situations. Cool test run Opera and on a site that renders incorrectly right click > Edit Site Preferences > Advanced > Identify as Firefox or IE

In a large portion of situations the page will now render properly. A lot of websites don't recognize Opera and push faulty or incorrect code to the browser. Identifying as FF pushes the correct code.