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Opera Software Changes Name To Otello Corporation (reuters.com)

Posted by msmash on from the what's-in-a-name dept.

Opera Software has changed its name to Otello Corporation, it said in a statement on Monday. From a report: Otello owns companies that develop software for advertising, telecoms, games and other online business. The name changes does not affect Opera Software AS or the Opera and Opera Mini internet browsers, all of which Otello sold in 2016, Opera Software AS said in a separate statement.

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  1. Re:you forgot ur "h" sakespear by amalcolm · · Score: 4, Informative

    Not necessarily. Given that i's a reference to opera - Verdi's opera Otello is spelled exactly like that, being the Italian translation for Othello.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

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  2. Re:Slow news day? by Hal_Porter · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Opera used to be great back in the 12.x days. Then they switched rendering engines and lost all the features that made it better than Chrome.

    Interestingly there are attempts to recreate the Opera 12.x UI features in other browsers, Vivaldi and Otter.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_(web_browser)#See_also

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  3. doesn't sound chinese enough to me... by maybe111 · · Score: 2

    Opera browser sold to a Chinese consortium for $600 million...

  4. Bad Idea by boudie2 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I still use Opera 11.60 which may have been their last "decent" browser. Doesn't work for every site, but for some it's great. They should call their new company BadIdeas because that seems to be all they've come up with for years.

  5. Re:Slow news day? by jellomizer · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I tossed out Opera when they upgraded the Opera Mini with "news feeds" that cannot be disabled.
    Because of the following
    1. I wanted to save bandwidth having news feeds counteracted that.
    2. The "News" was click bait not actual news.
    3. It was slowing my browsing experience.

    This change from a browser company to an add company is quite apt. Because I don't care to use a browser who counteracts all their positive features with junk. So it runs poorly overall.
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  6. Re:Slow news day? by jellomizer · · Score: 2

    You always need a Car Analogy. Without one is like a Manual Transmission car without an RPM Gage, while not required, it is kinda expected, and useful.
     

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