Why we won't see Opera on the App Store
Part of my post published last week about Opera Software, which makes browsers for mobile phones and computers received many mentions in tech blogs. But as usual, retelling the story gave rise to a snowball of rumors.
I asked Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner, the head of Opera, about the iPhone platform, after he mentioned how the Opera Mini browser has become popular with smartphone users. He replied that, by the way, several Opera engineers had begun work on creating a version for the iPhone, but the company is not engaged in this project because Apple does not allow competition with its software products, which in this case is the Safari browser.
I wrote this, thinking that iPhone users will realize that they will not be able to see Opera Mini for iPhone soon.
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I was wrong.
The discussion revolved around how Opera came to the conclusion that its product would not be allowed by Apple. In particular, iPhone lovers wanted to know whether a full-fledged version of Opera would be installed in the iPhone App Store.
So, I want to clarify some details. Mr. von Tetzchner said that the development of a browser for the iPhone is more of an “internal project” of some engineers than a product created for distribution. But in fact, the development was stopped after the company clarified the details of the license agreement in the Apple's software development kit and realized that the product would not be allowed.
“We stopped work because of the prohibitive license,” wrote Mr. von Tetzchner in email.
Blogger John Gruber (writing about Mac) was surprised at the reason for optimizing Opera Mini for the iPhone, because Opera Mini runs in a Java environment that is not available for the iPhone.
But Mr. von Tetzchner wrote that Opera has a version that runs “native” without the need for an environment like Java, for example.
I do not know why these issues are discussed by the blogosphere. We know that Apple does not remove some applications that repeat the functionality of the software from Apple.
Anyway, the attention Opera attracted to its plans with the iPhone “highlighted” the stress and vagueness that Apple created. The company has no clarity on what to tell developers when it is promoting the App Store standards. As a result, Apple fans and developers keep an eye on everyone, even a minor incident or mention of the iPhone, to understand how Apple’s App store actually works.
John Gruber last month wrote the following:
This is a complete list of what Apple should do to increase the number of developers trusting the App Store system:
1. Approve the rules.
2. Follow the rules.
Original: bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/03/why-you-will-not-see-opera-on-your-iphone
Previous article: bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/27/opera-sings-an-ode-to-browsers-everywhere/?apage=2
I asked Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner, the head of Opera, about the iPhone platform, after he mentioned how the Opera Mini browser has become popular with smartphone users. He replied that, by the way, several Opera engineers had begun work on creating a version for the iPhone, but the company is not engaged in this project because Apple does not allow competition with its software products, which in this case is the Safari browser.
I wrote this, thinking that iPhone users will realize that they will not be able to see Opera Mini for iPhone soon.
')
I was wrong.
The discussion revolved around how Opera came to the conclusion that its product would not be allowed by Apple. In particular, iPhone lovers wanted to know whether a full-fledged version of Opera would be installed in the iPhone App Store.
So, I want to clarify some details. Mr. von Tetzchner said that the development of a browser for the iPhone is more of an “internal project” of some engineers than a product created for distribution. But in fact, the development was stopped after the company clarified the details of the license agreement in the Apple's software development kit and realized that the product would not be allowed.
“We stopped work because of the prohibitive license,” wrote Mr. von Tetzchner in email.
Blogger John Gruber (writing about Mac) was surprised at the reason for optimizing Opera Mini for the iPhone, because Opera Mini runs in a Java environment that is not available for the iPhone.
But Mr. von Tetzchner wrote that Opera has a version that runs “native” without the need for an environment like Java, for example.
I do not know why these issues are discussed by the blogosphere. We know that Apple does not remove some applications that repeat the functionality of the software from Apple.
Anyway, the attention Opera attracted to its plans with the iPhone “highlighted” the stress and vagueness that Apple created. The company has no clarity on what to tell developers when it is promoting the App Store standards. As a result, Apple fans and developers keep an eye on everyone, even a minor incident or mention of the iPhone, to understand how Apple’s App store actually works.
John Gruber last month wrote the following:
This is a complete list of what Apple should do to increase the number of developers trusting the App Store system:
1. Approve the rules.
2. Follow the rules.
Original: bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/03/why-you-will-not-see-opera-on-your-iphone
Previous article: bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/27/opera-sings-an-ode-to-browsers-everywhere/?apage=2
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/43996/
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