Comments on: CyberNotes: Google Services That Work With Opera?

By: Inferno_str1ke

Inferno_str1ke — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 21:19:22 +0000

That’s the problem with AJAX – it’s a standard but there’s so much that can be done with it that browser standards have trouble coping, due to using different rendering engines. Someone needs to sort it out anyway – otherwise browser decisions could become based on what pages you like to use.

By: Alexey Feldgendler

Alexey Feldgendler — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 03:41:51 +0000

picasaweb.google.com

Shows a “not supported” message at the top of page, but otherwise works well.

By: BtEO

BtEO — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 20:37:52 +0000

Gmail – works very well thanks to the Opera team. They are constantly patching problems that Google creates when changing things in Gmail. However, the Gmail Chat will only work if you mask the browser as Mozilla and after doing so you should be able to chat with people just like in Firefox or Internet Explorer.

There should actually be patches in browser.js that enable chat without masking. Indeed, masking actually breaks the browser.js patches if I recall correctly.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 19:02:03 +0000

PhoenixP3K wrote:

I love Google Calendar but I started reducing my use of it because of that darn warning combined with some bugs.

I have switched my calendar to Scrybe which is currently being tested, but it doesn't work with Opera either (at least under Windows). It is just a Flash-based calendar so I wouldn't think it would be too hard for them to make it compatible but we'll have to see.

By: PhoenixP3K

PhoenixP3K — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 18:02:56 +0000

Being an Opera user since version 4 I can say acceptance and compatibility came a long way and is not so bad. I don’t like masking my Opera because then they won’t know Opera users are attempting to use the feature (I know they could still identify the browser).

I love Google Calendar but I started reducing my use of it because of that darn warning combined with some bugs.

By: Google services that (don’t) work in the Opera browser » Opera Watch

Google services that (don’t) work in the Opera browser » Opera Watch — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 16:30:22 +0000

[...] Google services that (don’t) work in the Opera browser By Daniel Goldman November 8th, 2006 11:30 AM EST On the CyberNet blog Ryan posted a list of Google services, many that work and some that donâ€™t work in the Opera browser. [...]