I decided that I should perhaps install Opera to check my site compatibility in other browsers. I already test in Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer 6, as well as Internet Explorer 5.0 when I have the chance at school but hey, there is always room for more testing.
Google Ads look a little weird as they have underlines on the Served by Google Ads although other than that sites like Fallen Nation and Erica Planet which use tables as well as CSS still look fine. Celeb State has a few problems with the CSS though and Gamer Forge will look the same I guess.
The search box isn’t perfect but looks cool and the scroll bars in the selectable menus look good. However those boxes, like IE do not support transparent backgrounds which sucks. Opera doesn’t seem to be too cool with defining margins in CSS with spaces round various places on different pages.
This margin thing is causing some real problems actually, on my Anthony Stewart Head fan site, it pushes the big container div right and over the background. Ok it doesn’t look too bad but still, what is up with this margin thing?
As for the Opera browser itself, I am not too keen on it. There is a lot of clutter ever after I took out one of the bars which the Amazon search on it. I might try removing more but there is also adverts. And I have finally gotten used to the shortcuts in Firefox but none of them seem to work in Opera.
Where is Control + L to get to my location bar? Why does Control + T to open up a new tab bring up a box with my favourites in? Ok I realise why but I think standardising shortcut keys would be better. It does look really cool though ;).
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