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I agree the rendering engine isn't important, but when they threw out Presto they also threw out most of the features and innovations they created and turned Op
by benologist 13y ago
I agree the rendering engine isn't important, but when they threw out Presto they also threw out most of the features and innovations they created and turned Opera into a sort of half-assed Chrome.
- Aldo_MX 13y agoPorting features usually mean to redesign them to match the new codebase/paradigm. It's not as simple as copy/pasting code...
- Dylan16807 13y agoNobody said it was simple. The problem is that they shouldn't have tossed out the old code if they weren't going to be able to replace it.
- Aldo_MX 13y agoSo you are suggesting them to maintain two different codebases during the transition rather than focus all their efforts to the new version to make the transition as short as possible? IMHO they did the correct choice, every new version Opera will difference itself more and more of Chromium. You can continue to use Opera 12.16 until they take the decision to pull the trigger to completely kill 12.16 auto-updating it... Remember the transition from Firefox 3.6 to the current Firefox, they didn't kill 3.6 until they reached version 12.
- benologist 13y agoThere was literally nothing to stop them delaying the release by 1 - 2 months and delivering more than a bare-bones Chrome. Opera sets their own schedule beholden to nobody.