Opera 10.10 Released, Includes New "Unite" Tech

Opera 10.10 has been released, and with it their new "Unite" technology, which allows users to share content directly between all of their own devices. Unite wraps both web browser and web server into a single package in an attempt to change the way users think about their browser. "'We promised Opera Unite would reinvent the Web,' said Jon von Tetzchner, CEO, Opera. 'What we are really doing is reinventing how we as consumers interact with the Web. By giving our devices the ability to serve content, we become equal citizens on the Web. In an age where we have ceded control of our personal data to third-parties, Opera Unite gives us the freedom to choose how we will share the data that belongs to us.'"

Comments

Re:just friends, no facebook, no cloud

[mjihad]

So what I'm basically saying is that *I* should be the one controlling my content, not some other site or cloud service. Unite makes that easy for people.

On the other hand, it means that content on Unite is ephemeral and subject to the vagaries of hosting everything on one's computer(such as the information only being available while the PC is powered on and Opera is running, not 24x7). Also, does the app data stored on a computer running Unite survive a reinstall, which tends to happen often on Windows machines?

Re:Wow, Opera has what I call ambition...

[hkmwbz]

Where did you get the idea that Opera went out of its way to please the Chinese government? They were forced to comply with the government's demands. That's quite different from your insane lie.

Someone asked: "How does not having any kind of access to Opera Mobile/Google/etc helps the people in China, compared to having a censored version?"

I haven't seen a response to that yet.

What were Opera's alternatives?

Refuse? They would be thrown in jail, and the Chinese office would be history.

Pull out? How would that help anyone? It would just deprive the Chinese people of another way to access the web. The more ways to access the web, the more work for the government when they are trying to censor it. There needs to be as many ways to access the web as possible, because the more there are, the more difficult it is to police, and the easier it is to poke holes in the firewall. You are clearly blinded by your own ignorance.

Holy retro Batman! (Win 98)

[shking]

Just tried it on a vm running Windows 98 and it works! Holy retro Batman! We don' need no steenkin IE 6

Re:just friends, no facebook, no cloud

[w0mprat]

Definate killer application: Cloud-like sharing services but you retain total control of your data . It's also stunningly easy. It is by far the fastest set up of a webserver I've seen. You fire up opera, log in with a opera account, choose folders for sharing, start the server or other services. You then send your friends http://username.computername.operaunite.com/

It even seems to be a pretty good performing web server, opera are also know for their good attitude towards security. I think it's killer.