{"id":2646,"date":"2010-01-24T09:22:28","date_gmt":"2010-01-24T14:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.net\/?p=2646"},"modified":"2014-01-21T15:09:54","modified_gmt":"2014-01-21T15:09:54","slug":"on-new-internet-toys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=2646","title":{"rendered":"On New Internet Toys"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s a new Opera Pre-Alpha<\/a> to play with!<\/p>\n

As longtime Allynologists know, my browser of choice is Opera. I’ll use Firefox in a pinch, though I don’t like how it looks<\/i>. It’s sterile. I don’t like its rendering engine. That said, I do stay current on Firefox, and I just downloaded Firefox 3.6. (I have discovered that it’s not exactly compatible with the company’s CMS. The WYSIWIG editor acts up in 3.6.)<\/p>\n

There are some things about the Opera 10.5 Pre-Alpha that I don’t care for. Yet. The interface isn’t pleasant to look at. Fortunately, there’s a number of different themes to choose from, and I’ve gone with an Opera 9 skin that’s easier on the eye.<\/p>\n

I’ve also added a couple of widgets to the Pre-Alpha. Widgets are programs that run inside Opera. They’re not extensions in the Firefox sense, though.<\/p>\n

What I’ve added:<\/p>\n