The reputable German magazine spiegel-online published a pretty positive article about Opera on the occasion of the release of Opera9 yesterday: Inputs for the browser market (German language).
Originally posted by translation of spiegel.de:
For ten years Norwegian Opera-team is regularly trend-setting in browser market.
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Although broad public … most notably looks at the big two (note: IE + Firefox), the real inputs and ideas for the definitions of web browsers in the last years have come mainly from Oslo.
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Thus, who is looking for the trends in browser market is well advised to look into the direction of Oslo.
Originally posted by spiegel.de, original German text:
Seit zehn Jahren setzt das norwegische Opera-Team regelmäßig die Trends im Browsermarkt.
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Obwohl die breite Öffentlichkeit … vor allem auf die großen Zwei (Anmerkung: IE + Firefox) schaut, kamen die echten Inputs und Ideen für die Ausgestaltung von Web-Browsern in den letzten Jahren vor allem aus Oslo.
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Wer also nach den Trends im Browsermarkt sucht, ist gut beraten, nach Oslo zu schauen
In the article are some flaws on some details about Bittorent integration and Fast Forward – I already sent a letter to the editor about this.