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Opera 10.10 Released, Includes New "Unite" Tech

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the but-does-it-live-in-the-cloud dept.

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.'"

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  1. Wow, Opera has what I call ambition... by bogaboga · · Score: -1, Troll

    Despite low usage numbers after more than a decade in existence Opera folks continue to spew out features. Good for them but I still won't touch their product.

    Nuff said.

    1. Re:Wow, Opera has what I call ambition... by Darkness404 · · Score: 0, Troll

      The problems I have with Opera are manyfold.

      A) It is closed source. Yeah, its secure, but I'm sure a lot of it is security via obscurity, and the browser is about the main (close to only) easy way to exploit a typical system with a decent user, a firewall and no local attacks.

      B) Little to no add-ons.

      C) Too much work to get it how I like it. Firefox (along with IE, Konqueror and most others) comes how I want it little to no tweaking required. With Opera I have to move around toolbars, etc.

      D) It uses QT, not GTK. I use GNOME on Linux so using QT makes it look out of place and uses more resources.

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  2. Re:just friends, no facebook, no cloud by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You dare question webmistressrachel slave? Your suffering shall be legendary even on slashdot!

  3. Re:just friends, no facebook, no cloud by icebraining · · Score: -1, Troll

    You have to use Opera to use their proxy system, to access the Unite contents. All the traffic goes through them. The difference is that at least Facebook hosts the files and provides bandwidth for you. Unite is lose-lose.

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  4. Re:just friends, no facebook, no cloud by Rick+the+Red · · Score: 0, Troll

    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.

    Yeah, but it's Opera, so the Chinese Government is the one controlling your content.

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  5. Re:just friends, no facebook, no cloud by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Bonjour is spyware. It installs without asking or notification alongside various Apple software, hordes CPU/RAM and offers absolutely nothing that couldn't already be done with Windows networking.