Re: Opera & Arabic

[Isam Bayazidi <bayazidi at arabeyes dot org>]

Salam Nadim ..
  As far as I can recall .. Opera is not Open Source .. or at least this is my 
understanding ..

On Thursday 03 October 2002 22:24, Nadim Shaikli wrote:
> Salam all.  I had complained to Opera (the web browser - www.opera.com)
> about a year ago about their complete lack of Arabic support at which
> point they offered me a 'bug tracking number' which after a couple of
> weeks disappeared from their system entirely.  I went looking again
> at opera not too long ago (one's memory and surfing habits are very
> peculiar to say the least :-) and noticed this press release,
>
>   http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2002/06/20020620.html
>
> Which notes Arabic support is forth-coming.  What I'm wondering is if we
> can orchestrate some pressure on Opera to give us a definitive deadline
> on when that is (Opera had noted to me a year ago that they are working
> on it, so let's see the progress...) and whether they would consider
> arabeyes and its members/participants as beta testers.  If we are able
> to do that we'd have done two things - one, figured out how to organize
> ourselves into a cohesive pressure wielding force and two shown our
> collective unity in making forward progress as a group.
>
> Another thing to note; looks like Arabic (yet again) has taken a back
> seat - check out Opera's localization page
>
>   http://www.opera.com/download/modules.html
>
> Yup, Arabic is missing - know why ?  Its because we're TOO quiet and too
> passive about our own destiny !!!  Enough is enough (we need to do our
> work (localization files, etc) and we need to get those that support
> globalization efforts (opera in this instance) to take our needs
> seriously and with due merit).
>
> Any interested parties willing to take this on (or participate) ?  There
> has to be more involvement from all those that read this list (and others).
> Things, as has been noted on many occasions, will ____NOT____ be handed to
> us and so your active participation is much sought.
>
> Wa'salam.
>
>  - Nadim
>
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Yours,
Isam Bayazidi
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