Don't underestimate the Opera browser because of external information, the Opera download counter is also around the millions and also I used to think (a long time ago) that Opera wasn't worth keeping in mind until I found out how many people are using it in my neighborhood and until I tried the browser myself.
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 7:51 PM, Andy Matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was being somewhat tongue in cheek. I know that many developers use > Opera, but arguably Opera is a non-browser with ~<1% of the market. > > Anyway...I'm all for supporting multiple browsers, but we don't even test > in Opera, in fact I've never tested in Opera for any site I've ever created. > I've also never heard one complaint from any of the 100 or so sites I've > developed. > > Not trying to be belligerent here...just so you know. > > > > andy > > ------------------------------ > *From:* jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On > Behalf Of *Isaak Malik > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 18, 2008 8:33 AM > > *To:* jquery-en@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* [jQuery] Re: onRighClick method? > > Actually, it's not that Opera doesn't support it as it has support for > right click events but is disabled by default and context menus won't work > as good as on firefox and yes for once also IE because just Opera > discourages the use of context menus. > > Dangerous quote by Andy Matthews: > > "Besides...who really cares about Opera?" > > That should rather be: "Who doesn't care about Opera", Opera is an amazing > browser with great features, web standard support is almost equal and in > some aspects even better than Firefox. I use Opera next to Firefox for daily > stuff and sometimes even more so I cannot agree with your saying...! > > Good luck with your custom context menu, and don't let Opera overlap it > with the default context menu ;). > > On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 3:11 PM, Andy Matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> Ahh... >> >> Opera doesn't support it? Interesting. I'll take a look at the ContextMenu >> plugin, but it's a shame that jQuery doesn't offer a rightclick method. >> Besides...who really cares about Opera? >> >> >> :) >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On >> Behalf Of *Isaak Malik >> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 18, 2008 6:38 AM >> *To:* jquery-en@googlegroups.com >> *Subject:* [jQuery] Re: onRighClick method? >> >> The reason that they don't implement this directly into the jQuery >> library is probably because of the lack of support by the Opera browser. >> >> Also the contextmenu plugin may be a little old but it still works >> >> On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 1:33 PM, Andy Matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> Is there now, or are there any plans to have, an onRightClick method >>> in jQuery? >>> >>> I found a ContextMenu plugin but it was last updated almost a year >>> ago. >>> >>> Alternately, are there any other plugins out there that would offer >>> ContextMenu support for right clicking? >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Isaak Malik >> Web Developer >> > > > > -- > Isaak Malik > Web Developer > -- Isaak Malik Web Developer
