Opera 33 released
October 27th, 2015
Opera 33 (based on Chromium 46) for Mac, Windows, and Linux and Android is out! To find out what’s new for users, see our Desktop and Mobile blogs. Here’s what it means for web developers. <link rel=preconnect> The Resource Hints standard defines <link rel=”preconnect” href=”…”> as a hint that the browser should predictively open a…
Building sites and web apps for every device (guest series for npm)
October 16th, 2015
We have talked often about our focus on building a browser that is interoperable with the modern web, and we’re excited to see great results as Windows 10 rolls out – now used on over 110 million devices. An interoperable web also depends on developers, so npm recently invited us to talk about some of…
Release the Beacons!
October 8th, 2015
Norway is the nation that gave the world the paperclip and the cheese slicer, so it’s easy to see that R&D is a national tradition here (it stands for “research and development”, not “reindeer and dogsleds”, although those are nice too). Today, Opera R&D released a labs build of Opera for Android (APK, 30 MB)…
Using extended srcset and the picture element to tailor your image to every device and layout
October 7th, 2015
Starting in Windows Insider Preview build 10547, Microsoft Edge supports srcset, sizes, and picture―the suite of technologies that make up responsive images. With these, you can tailor your image size and art direction to adapt to diverse devices and layouts. Prior to these features, you needed to provide a full responsive images solution via JavaScript,…
Asynchronous code gets easier with ES2016 Async Function support in Chakra and Microsoft Edge
September 30th, 2015
While we work on rounding out our ES6/ES2015 support, the Chakra team is already looking ahead to ES2016 and, especially, to Async Functions. Today, we’re excited to announce the availability of Async Functions in Microsoft Edge as an experimental feature, available to preview starting in Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML 13.10547). ES7/ES2016 Async Functions The async and…
The DevRel team is busy!
September 28th, 2015
During the next few weeks, members of the Opera Developer Relations team are attending the following conferences: September 25–27: JSConf EU, Berlin September 26: CSSConf EU, Berlin October 5–7: Future of Web Apps, London October 8–9: Fronteers, Amsterdam If you’re there, come say hi! As always, you can track our upcoming conference cameos on Lanyrd.
Accessibility: Towards a more inclusive web with Microsoft Edge and Windows 10
September 25th, 2015
Microsoft is committed to accessibility as a core part of software design, and today we would like to share more about how Microsoft Edge is evolving to improve support for assistive technology beyond what was possible in Internet Explorer. Inclusive development is a journey, not merely a destination, and we are committed to continuing to…
Understanding versions in an evergreen browser
September 21st, 2015
The most recent Windows Insider Preview release (build 10547) contains a new set of features now available for Insiders to test – we encourage you to check out our Microsoft Edge changelog to see what’s new and try out the build for yourself via the Insider Program. Since Microsoft Edge is designed to be an…
ORTC API is now available in Microsoft Edge
September 18th, 2015
In October last year, we announced our intention to implement ORTC in Microsoft Edge with a focus on video and audio communications, and we have been hard at work on our implementation since then. Today, we are excited to announce that a preview version of our ORTC API implementation is available in the latest Windows…
Opera 32 released
September 15th, 2015
Opera 32 (based on Chromium 45) for Mac, Windows, and Linux is out! To find out what’s new for users, see our Desktop blog. Here’s what it means for web developers. ES6 arrow functions Arrow functions enable a more succinct way of defining functions. const numbers = [1, 2, 3]; // Let’s use the so-called…