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Originally published at Internet.comThe unofficial definition of online is the idea that a human being should always have access to a computer. In other words: more Internet from more places on more exotic devices.
Although the desktop remains the primary Internet platform, there is growing awareness of Internet devices such as PDAs and cell-phones in the Internet development community. How do devices impact Web projects? To find out, I talked to Håkon Lie, the CTO of Opera Software. Opera, based in Norway, is the maker of the Opera browser and a champion of Internet access via devices.
Benoît Marchal
The New Browser War
My first question to Lie was, of course, why get in the browser market? One would think that's risky business. "We've been in this market for as long as Mosaic and Netscape," is his answer. "Developing a new browser from scratch today would probably be too difficult anyway."
"We are one of the only companies from that era to have survived. The reason? We have a better product. It's smaller - about one tenth the size of Internet Explorer - and it's faster. Also we're more standards compliant." ...
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