Progress Report from the BeOS Version of Opera

Progress Report from the BeOS® Version of Opera

RELEASED November 9, 1998

For more information contact:

Opera Software A/S
Helmar Rudolph , helmar@operasoftware.com
Tel: +27-21-794-3414 (South Africa)
Fax: +27-21-794-3415

Progress Report from the BeOS® Version of Opera
Complete Port to Be Platform

KJELLER, Norway | CAPE TOWN, South Africa - November 9, 1998 -- The BeOS version of Opera is making excellent progress. This is particularly encouraging as it was the last of the Operating Systems tackled under "Project Magic," Opera Software's initiative to port its popular Windows-based Web Browser to other platforms.

Forms, keyboard navigation, scaling of text and images, handling of FTP URLs, transparent GIFs and image dithering are among the many features already implemented. A first screenshot has already been published, too!

"The BeOS port is great news", concludes Helmar Rudolph, Project Magic's initiator and co-ordinator, "and the support we are getting from Be, Inc. is simply outstanding. A customer once said that 'BeOS and Opera is a match made in heaven.', and if the co-operation and the progress made so far are anything to go by, this will be a great boost for both companies and a superb product for the market."

A release date hasn't yet been set, but first open betas may be expected around Q2 1999 .

The BeOS will be shown at Comdex Fall in Las Vegas, November 16 through 20 in Be, Incorporated's booth (S7114).

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About Opera Software AS:

Oslo, Norway, based Opera Software was established in 1995 by Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner and Geir Ivarsy. Opera Software is striving to make the Internet available to all, including those with older computer equipment and physical disabilities. For further information regarding the porting to different platforms, please contact Helmar Rudolph at helmar@operasoftware.com
or visit the Project Magic page at http://www.operasoftware.com/alt os.html

About Be

Be, Inc., founded in 1990 by Jean-Louis Gassée, is a software company focusing on building new foundations for the next generation of digital content and media design tools. With a team of industry-leading engineers and business executives in the United States and Europe, the company is dedicated to removing the limitations of existing computer architectures and delivering a new level of price performance.

In July 1997, Be published the first public release of the Be Operating System (BeOS), the core product of this strategy. Additional information on Be and the BeOS is available online at http://www.be.com/. Be, Inc. is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.