Opera makes a big announcement about getting their browser approved for the iphone. Hooray for them.
The press release makes no mention of an iPad compatible version being around the corner, or being rejected. It’s like having a big blank spot in the middle of your advertisement, an elephant in the room sort of howthefuckdoyounotnotice-ism. And lets be clear, the Opera browser looks like ass on the iPad. You have to wonder why they even bothered releasing a has-been-before-it-was-born product, instead of taking the 10 extra minutes to recompile as a universal plus application. I guess being a project manager at a one-product company, someone felt the need to justify their existence, at least for the short term, willfully ignoring how detrimental it might be to his/her career in the long-term, once everyone could see the finished product was so pathetic.
It definitely seems to prove my theory that Opera exists purely for the contrarian; Opera caters to people who care more about who their browser isn’t made by, than what features it actually provides, or if it actually works at all. I sure wouldn’t pay for it.