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by Brad Linder Jun 10th 2008
Wrapping your mind around a simple game like 99 Bricks is harder than you might imagine. The object of the game is to build the highest possible tower using only 99 pieces. Sounds easy enough, but you're playing with Tetris pieces and distinctly non-Tetris physics. If you screw up, you don't just leave gaps that you could have used to score points, you cause your whole tower to wobble and collapse.
Pieces also don't lock to a grid in 99 Bricks, the way they do in Tetris. You can wind up with pieces slanted diagonally, and there's an edge of the board that your toppled bricks can fall off of. 99 Bricks is kind of like Jenga, in that it's almost as satisfying to watch your tower crumble as it is to play seriously. Once you get the hang of the way the pieces behave, it's an addictive little game.
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Marky said 1:47PM on 6-10-2008
I've never had any Google issues with Opera on the Mac or Windows and its the only browser I tend to use day to day. What issues are you thinking of?
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Brad Linder said 1:48PM on 6-10-2008
Some features in Google Docs and other Google web apps aren't officially supported. Try opening a spreadsheet in Google Docs and you'll get the HTML view.
SArah said 2:08PM on 6-10-2008
How does the torrent thing work with Opera?
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Rocketboy said 2:57PM on 6-10-2008
It's rather feature-less, but if you're not interested in running a stand alone torrent client, or you're not getting too deep in to seeding and whatnot, it'll work just fine.
gary said 3:59PM on 6-10-2008
Just wanted to mention they got alot better with google support recently reader now works fine as does gmail albeit a little laggy but this incompatability seems more like a google proble opera is forced to fix and google doesnt seem to care about helping them get it right
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Skapig said 5:23PM on 6-10-2008
I'm definitely looking forward to the final release. Not sure how I feel about the new skin, but it's easy enough to change (something Opera should probably emphasize more). You can also customize the layout to suit your taste. Nearly every widget on the screen can be moved via drag-and-drop action. It's all very quick.
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Quikboy said 8:06AM on 6-11-2008
Is it me, or does it kind of look like IE7 with a skin? I see that Opera has dropped some clunkiness in the UI, and streamlined it a bit more like IE7. And the buttons are almost in the same place, except for some.
Neat. I love Opera.
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website design said 8:06AM on 6-11-2008
I have IE 7, FF 3.0 RC and Opera on my PC. 99% of the time i use Opera.
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sarah said 10:01PM on 6-11-2008
Ok, Opera is officially MUCH better than firefox. I love it.
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