Re: Opera & Arabic

[Nadim Shaikli <shaikli at yahoo dot com>]

--- Isam Bayazidi wrote:
>
> As far as I can recall .. Opera is not Open Source .. or at least this
> is my understanding ..

It should not preclude us from lobbying for the addition of Arabic support.

My 0.02 euro's :-) worth.

 - Nadim

> 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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> Isam Bayazidi
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