Opera on Blackberry: disappointment

I’ve been using Opera Mini 4.1 on my Blackberry for a couple of weeks now, and it’s a great browser, with support for plenty of advanced browser features, fantastic mobile-enhanced page rendering and a transparent proxy solution that makes 2.5G browsing bearable.
But the browser suffers from its lack of integration with its host operating system. [...]

IE8 – the death of progressive enhancement?

At Foocamp today there was a lively debate about IE8’s controversial approach to rendering engine switching.
Personally, I think the approach sounds good. Like most people, I don’t love the way it introduces a new meta tag. But I’ve also always thought the use of the DOCTYPE to control quirks-mode switching is a bit of a [...]