Comments on: Hail the WDT — We are not worthy!

By: Wranga

Wranga — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

Brilliant!

By: Knobsticle

Knobsticle — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

Use the resize feature to make the screen 240*320, disable all toolbars and the status bar, use the handheld media type and you have yourself a virtual PDA :D

By: Johan Dahlstr�m

Johan Dahlstr�m — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

Agree. The WDT really make life easy for web developers, but I have another favourite too. ColorZilla is another brilliant extension that saves me a lot of time if I find a color on the web that I like. So a big thanks to Alex Sirota aswell.

By: jbeninghove

jbeninghove — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

Yep, I especially like that I can validate my (X)HTML and CSS right from the toolbar. Even with local files. Very cool!

By: ant1832

ant1832 — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

Johan I agree, I suggested to Chris that he implement a color picker in web developer when it was in its really early stages, but at the time he had no idea how to make it work. Now that colorzilla’s been out for a while I’m surprised he hasn’t added it.

By: CubitGuy

CubitGuy — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

Awesome! When is he adding Expresso?

By: charmedlover

charmedlover — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

Guess what!

Opera can do almost all of that without a toolbar!

The wonder of the best browser...

By: AlexW

AlexW — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

No argument. Opera is a great browser. But IMHO I don’t think it’s always a great idea to build this kind of specialized functionality in the browser by default.

As useful as the WDT is to me, my dad and my sisters would have no use for it, so it’s presense would only serve to obscure other more useful functions. Using the plug-in architecture to pick and choose functionality seems like a better way of handling it to me.

By: charmedlover

charmedlover — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

Opera is only 4 MB, much smaller than FireFox.

All of Opera's features come bundled smaller than FireFox that lacks these features.

Some of these features are good though. Look at disabling images. This is great for dialup users who want a little faster browsing, or even turning it to cached. Then you have turning it to User Mode so you can view it as a text browser, turn off images, images and links only, etc. These are good again for faster browsing. Then you have the small screen rendering that makes Opera great for mobiles that is easily built in.

Packed with features Opera trulely packs a punch compared to FireFox. So many features in the smallest browser.

I do have to say that my siblins like Opera because it's faster on their dialup and they can use some odd features it has to speed it up even more. They use a lot of the features for things I would have never thought of.

By: joengo

joengo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

Opera is great. V+XHTML in version 8 is cool. Adding XMLHTTP in version 8 is cool! Why can't they add something like HTMLArea/Midas to Opera?

I love Opera. I still use it from time to time. However, the WDT is really one thing that makes me stick to FF.