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Re: Is the KeyMonitor:numeric bug going to be fixed?

Subject: Re: Is the KeyMonitor:numeric bug going to be fixed?
From: Matthias Watermann
Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 08:01:22 +0200
Newsgroups: opera.beta

On Thu, 08 May 2008 22:43:37 +1200, Richard Grevers wrote:

> [...]
>> By what means is Opera supposed to fix problems with buggy javascript  
>> code
>> distributed somewhere in the world-wide-web? Is there a new department  
>> I'm
>> not aware of that volunteered to review arbitrary scripts?
>>
> The means is called browser javascript, it is site-specific and can be  
> pushed to existing users by the weekly update mechanism (if the site is  
> considered important enough).

Ah, that's interesting! So sites "considered important enough" don't have
a reason to fix their code but may rely on Opera to provide workarounds?
Good to know. It may save them a few bucks to sort of outsource their
software development to Opera. - I just wonder how the Opera volunteers
are supposed to make a living while providing such most unselfish services.


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        Matthias
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