Comments on: Browser Testing in Progress: Opera 9.5 BETA

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By: Paige Eissinger

Paige Eissinger — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:01:34 +0000

Thanks for the comment, James. I started using Opera back about 4 or 5 years ago and it was my preferred browser until I decided to try Firefox. I still like specific features of Opera, though.

As for the Wordpress problem, try installing Dean’s FCKeditor for Wordpress. It replaces the TinyMCE visual editor. I have to admit, it solved my problem with Safari but in truth, I didn’t try it with Opera. Even in Safari, I get an error message about not being able to use the wpmore button and if I use the split page icon in FCKeditor, it doesn’t work. Ah, well, ain’t it fun trying out new stuff anyway???

By: James

James — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:15:19 +0000

Nice review. Welcome to Opera if this is your first forray.

I can tell you from experience that Opera has difficulty in the WordPress composition box(es). It has a tendency to misjudge where the right edge of the box exists.

I don’t know if that gets/willget fixed in 9.5 though (currently in 9.27 it isn’t).