megamanXplosion Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 I just got an e-mail from Opera about Opera Dragonfly :D With the launch of Opera 9.5 beta 2, the pieces are now in place to announce our next product – Opera Dragonfly. The product team has been hard at work on this release since last year and it is just about ready to leave the labs.Opera has always strictly followed Web standards, and prides itself on giving Web developers and designers the latest standards to advance the state of the art on the Web. Our Focus on Web Standards The latest release of our rendering engine – Presto Core-2.1 – is a culmination of our standards commitment and will be found in Opera 9.5 on various platforms and devices. Our improved standards support now includes full CSS selectors, HSL, text-shadow, JavaScript 1.5 getters and setters, HTML5 getElementsByClassName, improved Canvas support, and much more. Opera’s support for standards is further demonstrated by <http://dev.opera.com>, our Web development tutorial site. In addition, Opera’s Open the Web initiative focuses on making the Web a more standards-compliant place by giving developers hands-on help and support with their work. The Dragonfly Is About To Land But there was something missing. Opera has—until now—lacked one important piece of the jigsaw, but this missing piece is being added as you read. We are proud to announce Opera’s all-new developer tool — Opera Dragonfly. With Opera Dragonfly’s alpha release on the 6th of May, 2008, developers will have an array of new tools to debug Web sites and applications from within the Opera Browser. Opera Dragonfly’s alpha release is still under active development as it matures to become ready for beta and final releases. We want your feedback and feature requests for the initial alpha release to make sure it fits your needs and makes your work easier. Over the coming months and years, we will continually develop Opera Dragonfly to realize our vision of first-class developer tools, and add even further functionality to the product. The alpha release is a first snapshot and foundation for that vision. Opera Dragonfly will be available on the 6th of May at <http://dragonfly.opera.com>. Regards, Opera David Storey Chief Web Opener Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rappy Veteran Posted April 24, 2008 Veteran Share Posted April 24, 2008 I was thinking the other day why we hadn't seen this around or released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundayx Veteran Posted April 24, 2008 Veteran Share Posted April 24, 2008 So... along the lines of Firebug... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PricklyPoo Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 So... along the lines of Firebug... But better. :shifty: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megamanXplosion Posted April 24, 2008 Author Share Posted April 24, 2008 I was thinking the other day why we hadn't seen this around or released. Same here. So... along the lines of Firebug... Perhaps. I hope it'll cover the same bases as Firefox with YSlow though. Those extensions are the only reason I open Firefox, aside from checking for rendering consistency. I also hope Dragonfly will provide such useful features for user stylesheets and stuff so it'll be easier to customize my the appearance and behavior of my favorite websites. That's just wishful thinking though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel T Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 I also hope Dragonfly will provide such useful features for user stylesheets and stuff so it'll be easier to customize my the appearance and behavior of my favorite websites. That's just wishful thinking though. You can already do this, it's been a feature of Opera since forever, especially since the CTO of Opera like invented CSS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellofsouls Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 You can already do this, it's been a feature of Opera since forever, especially since the CTO of Opera like invented CSS. well it'd be better if we can do it a WYSIWYG way and produce custom stylesheets and share with each other much easier. Don't know if Dragonfly will accomplish this though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megamanXplosion Posted April 25, 2008 Author Share Posted April 25, 2008 Saachi, I think you misread what I typed. I meant that user CSS and JS (which are already available) should also benefit from the new functionality offered by Dragonfly (which isn't yet available). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink Floyd Veteran Posted April 26, 2008 Veteran Share Posted April 26, 2008 been using version 9.5 since the very beginning and I cant wait to see the final version of that beast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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