Fwd: Opera 6.02 for Mac

Robert Brenstein rjb at rz.uni-potsdam.de
Thu May 22 18:46:01 EDT 2003


I just saw the PR for new version of Opera (an exerpt below). What 
caught my attention is the availability of its rendering engine 
(which is cross-platform) for use inside other applications.

>
>Oslo, Norway - May 22, 2003 - Opera today released Opera 6.02 for Mac,
>quelling earlier rumors that the company would not continue development on
>Mac OS. Thanks to the great interest from end users and corporate
>customers, Opera is committed to continue its development on the Mac
>platform, with a release of Opera 7 scheduled for later this year.
>
>In July, 2002, Macromedia announced that they would embed Opera in their
>Web authoring products. Since then, many other companies have been in
>negotiations with Opera about embedding the Opera rendering engine in their
>products, and the increased popularity of Opera's rendering engine is
>fueling the continued Mac development efforts at Opera.
>
>"Mac users have spoken," says Jon S. von Tetzchner, CEO, Opera Software.
>"Thanks to the great interest shown by all our Mac users as well as Mac
>software developers who wish to use our rendering engine in their
>applications, such as Macromedia, Opera 7 for Mac will be coming to a Mac
>near you soon."



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