Opera for iPhone is just the beginning.
Opera mobile for iPhone was released yesterday and, frankly, I’m just as surprised as everyone else that Apple would approve a competitor to their Safari web browser. Yes, I already tweeted this link, but this Slashdot article claims that it’s not very good: http://bit.ly/augyRh. I really hope it doesn’t improve because this would pave the way for MORE browsers on MORE platforms. Already, we have to deal with Firefox, Safari, IE, Chrome and Opera for Mac and PC, which presents all kinds of inconsistencies. What if we had to develop for Chrome on Blackberry? Or Safari for Android? Internet Explorer for Windows Mobile? This sounds like an awful slippery slope we’re heading down, which has the potential to create hundreds of extra hours for designers and developers. For now, I’m crossing my fingers.
