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This weekly roundup page contains notes of some of the most important browser developments that come through the competitive tracking feeds. The same information is sent out in a weekly email to marketing-private.

Friday, July 20, 2007

• Opera Watch asked its community for each person's Top 5 features desired for Opera. Here's a sample of what's been requested:
  • Auto-update (like Firefox) *****
  • Developer tools (like Firefox's Firebug extension) *****
  • A better marketing campaign ****
  • Integrated inline spell check ***
  • More powerful RSS feeds reader **
    • RSS in a side panel of its own
    • Option to subscribe to other feed readers
  • Better widget integration **
  • Improved UI/user friendliness - special effects and a generally slicker interface **
  • Ability to add more “auto-complete” forms **
  • Ad blocker (like Firefox Ad Block extension)
  • A built-in feature that gets rid of duplicate bookmarks
  • A feature to archive webpages
  • userJS repository (like Firefox)
  • Opera Mini tied to GPS in people's phones
  • Delete multiple passwords from saved passwords list
  • Better CSS3 support
    • Easier way to specify site specific CSS files (to override designs)
    • RGBA
  • System update for skins and widgets (located @ Opera)
  • Ability for skins to modify menus as well (like Firefox)
  • A way to easily export/backup newsfeeds, mail, bookmarks, toolbars, menus etc. all together
  • Improved options on right click
  • Improved document type mixing
  • More Mac like interface (which is on the way)
  • Domain name completion, like Ctrl+Enter for .com
  • Integrated database of custom buttons like the ones on http://operawiki.info/CustomButtons
  • To be able to customize side-bar as address bar: drag buttons, etc.
  • For Opera Mini: A way to save webpages on memory phone.

• Opera 9.22 released on 7/19, which includes the following key features:
  • Security update
  • Improved BitTorrent download speeds
  • Support for the Microsoft Silverlight plug-in

• Flock 0.9 released on 7/10, which includes the following key features:
  • MyWorld: a dynamic home base for all your favorite sites, feeds, and media streams
  • Flock's Media MiniBar provides fast access to both photos and videos on Flickr, Photobucket, Youtube, and Truveo.
  • The new Accounts & Services sidebar offers easier configuration and enhanced discovery and activation logic
  • Improved Favorites with folders and support for Ma.gnolia and del.icio.us
  • Blogging: Improved UI, integrated Clipboard, support for all major Blog services including Blogger, Wordpress, Typepad and Livejournal
  • Security improvements
  • In-line spell check
  • Overall Theme upgrade