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Tim's Opera Bits v6.0

It's been almost two months since Tim's Opera Bits v5.0, so let's get into it:

  1. Opera Desktop 9.20 was released last week. 9.20 includes Speed Dial, a quick way to access the sites you visit most, and supports a Developer console. See the press release for more details.
  2. The final version of the Internet Channel developed by Opera Software for the Nintendo Wii was also released last week. The Wii contains the most advanced rendering engine publicly available from Opera Software. See The Rendering Engine for the Wii for more details.
  3. An experimental release of Opera Desktop with video element support is available from the Opera Labs for y'all lucky Windows users. This release has native support for the Ogg Theora video codec, which powers the video element. See the April 13, 2007 post at the Opera Labs for details.
  4. Don't like Opera's built-in spelling checker? You've got a few options: OSpell (my pick) and Spell Check for Opera (via Daniel) use Opera's User Javascript feature to implement spelling checks.
  5. The Nintendo DS browser developed by Opera Software will be released in the US on June 4, 2007.

That's about it. Got a question you want answered in the next Tim's Opera Bits? Ask away in the comments!

April 17, 2007

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inline spelling checkers?

Posted by babox on April 17, 2007 at 4:30pm GMT

I don't consider these UJs inline spelling checkers, because I have to click to check my words.

See screenshot:Opera / Firefox

You're right, they're not

Posted by Tim on April 17, 2007 at 4:38pm GMT

You're right, they're not inline spelling checkers. I've updated the text. Thank you!

Opera 8.65 for Windows Mobile BETA

Posted by ResearchWizard on April 17, 2007 at 8:42pm GMT

There is another great Opera release: the beta of Opera Mobile 8.65 for Pocket PC and Smartphones running Windows Mobile2003(SE) or 5. It adds the most wanted features: Flash support, saving of images, grab and scroll, import IE bookmarks, trouble-free install to storage card, other fixes, etc.

If you are interested: I wrote the first review about it: http://my.opera.com/ResearchWizard/blog/opera865beta1

Thank you for the reminder,

Posted by Tim on April 17, 2007 at 11:21pm GMT

Thank you for the reminder, ResearchWizard!

Thanks for spreading word

Posted by diz on April 18, 2007 at 3:23pm GMT

Thanks for spreading word about OSpell Tim :)

You're welcome! I have it

Posted by Tim on April 18, 2007 at 5:03pm GMT

You're welcome! I have it installed right now. You made a lot of nice improvements from the previous version I tried.