Opera Link Connects Your Bookmarks Across Browsers

Opera has introduced a new service for people who'd like access-anywhere features for their Opera-based bookmarks. Opera Link, as the new service is called, allows you to sync and maintain bookmarks across platforms by using a new web interface available at my.opera.com.

Opera Link will work with both the desktop version of Opera as well as Opera Mini so that you can access and natively load your bookmarks on nearly any device so long as it’s running one of the two supported versions.

But Opera Mobile isn’t entirely left out; because of the my.opera web interface, you’ll still be able to get to your bookmarks on your phone, or any other browser. They won’t load into the browser and behave like native bookmarks, but at least you still have access.

Opera Link sees Opera treading into the world of del.icio.us, ma.gnolia and other social bookmarking sites, but Opera Link brings the added dimension of loading the bookmarks into the browser itself. Granted there’s a Firefox toolbar that enables you to do that for del.icio.us, but the integration isn’t quite as seamless as what Opera is offering.

The new Opera Link probably isn’t intended to compete directly with del.icio.us and the like, but it certainly shares many, though not all, of its features. If you’re a heavy Opera user, especially if you use both the desktop and Mini versions, you no doubt love the new bookmark sharing features.

For complete instructions on how the set up the new Opera Link features, see the Opera website.

Deepfish mobile web browser from Microsoft

Microsoft has recently announced the release of Deepfish, a web browser for mobile devices that’s still in its early stages. The new browser for smart devices promises to make the experience of browsing web pages closer to that of viewing the pages on a standard desktop browser.
For the most part, browsing the internet on a “smartphone” is cumbersome at best. There are a number of sites that have been developed with scaled down pages targeting mobile devices, but for the vast majority of web sites (including SlipperyBrick) you will need to view it in the full-size which can make it hard to view and navigate.
Toward the end of last year we had news of an Opera web browser that has “Small Screen Rendering” that would “shrink” standard size pages down to be viewed in full on Samsung mobile phones. The Deepfish browser from Microsoft can be used owners of any smart phones or Pocket PC’s that are running Windows Mobile 5.0 or greater.
The Microsoft Live Labs site featuring Deepfish information has a download page where you can register to be informed if you can test the new Deepfish browser yourself as a technology preview, although the page states that they are nearing capacity for their trial users. The site has many feedback comments from people already trying out the Deepfish browser, but Microsoft says that they are still a couple versions away from a real beta release.