{"id":129,"date":"2005-10-10T00:33:30","date_gmt":"2005-10-09T22:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dionaea.com\/blog\/archives\/2005\/10\/10\/merlin-opera-9\/"},"modified":"2005-10-10T00:33:30","modified_gmt":"2005-10-09T22:33:30","slug":"merlin-opera-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dionaea.com\/blog\/archives\/2005\/10\/10\/merlin-opera-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Merlin: Opera 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Opera is continually being updated and improved. While Opera 8.5 was released just a few weeks ago, work is well underway withthe next incarnation, codenamed Merlin. And I expect it to work its magic as the name implies &#8211; if only in the sense &#8220;Any science advanced enough will seem like magic&#8221; (who was it that said that, by the way?)<\/p>\n<p>From time to time we read some small snippets by the developers about this browser &#8211; but when can we expect it to be released? I have no idea &#8211; but someone is obviously testing the internal build, because in my web log today I found that someone have paid me a (short) visit with a browser that identified itself as Opera 9! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Of course, that someone is testing an internal build doesn&#8217;t mean that it is anywhere near a public release, but it&#8217;s a nice little reminder &#8211; should we ever need it &#8211; that Opera ASA is constantly improving its browser so that we get the best possible experience out of it. And it is a bit titillating to see the entry, teasing me with a promise of what is to come. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opera is continually being updated and improved. While Opera 8.5 was released just a few weeks ago, work is well underway withthe next incarnation, codenamed Merlin. 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