Edition Feb. 26, 2003

OPERA FOR WINDOWS NEWSLETTER
GENERAL EDITION
FEB. 26, 2003

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---Latest Opera News---

*DOWNLOAD OPERA 7.02 FOR WINDOWS
Opera 7.02 for Windows is now available on our servers. This version 
includes minor stability, bug and international fonts adjustments. 
Japanese version is available now, and more language versions will 
follow in the weeks to come. Download now from:
<http://www.opera.com/download/>

*BORK - SWEDISH CHEF GOES AFTER MICROSOFT
The Opera 7 for Windows special Bork Edition was released as a reply to 
MSN closing out Opera users from its site. The  Bork edition of Opera 7 
for Windows behaves differently on one Web site: MSN.  Users accessing 
the MSN  site will see the page transformed into the language of the 
famous Swedish Chef from the Muppet Show: Bork, Bork, Bork!
<http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2003/02/14/>

*MY.OPERA.COM REDESIGNED
My.opera.com has a fresh new look and feel, as well as new content 
sections and features. Check out the new skins pages that automatically 
suggest the right skins for your browser, stay updated with the Opera 
News Panel, or download some new banners or buttons in the Promote 
section.  Also, take a look at the new forums and tell us what you 
think.
<http://my.opera.com/>

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---New Opera Offers---

*FREE DOWNLOAD - NO AD BANNER FOR 14 DAYS
Limited offer: Download Opera before March 1 and enjoy 14 banner-free 
days.
<http://www.opera.com/download/>

*SPECIAL OFFER: OPERA + OPERAMAIL
Register Opera for USD 39 and get the following for FREE: access to 
personal support via e-mail, and OperaMail Premium for 6 months.
<http://www.opera.com/buy/>

*IMPROVED ADVERTISING IN THE OPERA BROWSER
Reach more than 4,500,000 active Opera users all over the world with 
the use of Opera's unique browser banners. Now Opera offers the ability 
to target ads by country and platform. Start your promotion in a matter 
of minutes; just have your banner and credit card ready.
<http://www.opera.com/advertise/>

*NEW BORK T-SHIRT AND GRAPHICS
Check out all the new graphics and merchandize in the Opera Accessories 
Store. Buy accessories in the Opera Accessories Store or make your own 
with the help of our graphics selection. Bork T-shirts and graphics are 
available for a limited time.
<http://my.opera.com/>

*OPERA 7 NEWS PANEL
Get news feeds from various Web pages - all in just one panel in your 
Hotlist - with the Opera News Panel.
<http://my.opera.com/customize/panel/>

*OPERA BUTTONS AND BANNERS
Show your support for Opera by putting a banner promoting Opera on your 
Web page. Or maybe you would like to earn some cash at the same time by 
joining the Opera Affiliate Program?
<http://my.opera.com/promote/>

*OPERA 7 FREE THROUGH GLOBAL DONATIONS PROGRAM
Donations of Opera 7 are now available to primary through secondary 
schools; Web designer schools, organizations and companies; and 
organizations for the physically disabled. Apply for a donation today.
<http://distribute.opera.com/donations/>

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---Opera Helps Open the Web---

*OPERA'S OPEN THE WEB PROGRAM
Unfortunately, some non-standards compliant Web sites are not fully 
accessible to all Internet users. If you experience problems displaying 
a site or receive a message that you are using and unsupported browser, 
please contact the site and tell them that you would like the site to 
work with Opera. Send them a message and refer them to this page:
<http://my.opera.com/openweb/>

*WEB DEVELOPERS OPEN THE WEB
Find out how you can make your pages work with any other browser, and 
make sure that your pages are "future compliant". Write 
standards-compliant code and test in Opera to make sure that your site 
is open and accessible, and will work on the devices of the future. See 
some of our great tips in the Developer's Corner on my.opera.com:
<http://my.opera.com/dev/>

*LET US KNOW
If you have already contacted a site, let us know by sending us the 
following information: URL, country, contact information such as e-mail 
address, platform you are using, and what Opera is identifying as 
(Opera identifies as MSIE as standard, press F12 to change 
identification). Send your e-mail to <[email protected]>. Find 
more information in our Open the Web forum:
<http://my.opera.com/forums/>

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---Special Focus: Microsoft and the Opera Bork Version ---

When Opera 7 was released, MSN showed a page to Opera users with 
visible flaws, which users of Microsoft IE did not see.  Through 
investigation, Opera learned that MSN was sending a different style 
sheet to the Opera browser. According to Opera's CTO, Hakon Lie, "Opera 
7 is explicitly instructed by MSN to move content off the side of its 
container, thus creating the impression that there is something wrong 
with Opera 7."

Opera retorted with a powerful weapon: humor, by producing a new 
browser version entitled "Bork edition" after the "Bork, Bork, Bork!" 
sound made by the Swedish chef in the "Muppet Show". When visiting MSN 
(http://www.msn.com/) with the new browser, users see text in a 
language mimicking that of the Swedish chef on the "Muppet Show".

The underlying point of this release was to demonstrate how browsers 
can distort content, as the Bork edition does. Ultimately, the success 
of the Web depends on software and Web site developers behaving well 
and rising above corporate rivalry.

After the Bork release received a lot of media attention, Microsoft has 
now rectified this error and shows the same page to Opera users as to 
other users. In the future, what do you think Opera should do to thwart 
this discriminate behavior from Microsoft? Share your views on this and 
other themes in the Opera forums:
<http://my.opera.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10819>

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