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Persisting widget data across platforms and devices using Opera's XML store

By Morten Haraldsen · 7 Feb, 2008

The Opera XML Store is great new way to persist widget data across platforms and devices. Want to learn more? Read on!

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Accessible Context-sensitive Help with Unobtrusive DOM Scripting

By Frank M. Palinkas · 7 Feb, 2008

This article demonstrates two methods of calling context-sensitive help in a web form, in an accessible manner, using unobtrusive DOM scripting.

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The first working draft of HTML 5 is here!

By Anne van Kesteren · 23 Jan, 2008

The first working draft of HTML 5 is here! In this article, Anne van Kesteren takes a look at the release and what it means for the future of the Web, and provides links to some of the best in-depth resources available.

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Creating your first Opera widget

By Opera Software · 22 Jan, 2008

Everyone's gotta start somewhere...this article gives you a detailed step by step guide to creating, packaging and distributing an Opera Widget, complete with CSS styling and dynamic JavaScript behavior! Note that this is an update of the "Your first widget" article we had up here previously.

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The Opera plug-in interface

By Opera Software · 18 Jan, 2008

This article documents how to extend the Opera browser through the new NPAPI plug-in interface, a cross browser plug-in scripting solution developed between a number of browser vendors.

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