Comments on: Grab Opera 10.01 Now

By: somebody

somebody — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:09:54 +0000

I think the reason could be that they have included Unite in this build but disabled it completely except for the link part. The reason i suspect this is that the file size is 9.4 MB which is larger than the normal one which used to be around 7 MB. This one is more near to the size of the weekly builds with Unite included.

By: WellDuh

WellDuh — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:19:01 +0000

The answer was, that the new style is related to Unite, therefore it cannot be included in Opera 10

Not really. They never said it cannot. They just said that it was part of the Unite changes. Why would they say “cannot” when it was obviously not impossible to do?

By: cousin333

cousin333 — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:18:38 +0000

Yes, I can read (and I’m using it as well)…

Right before 10.00 was released, the weeklies for 10 and 10.10 versions came side-by-side. In 10.10 versionss there were a nice Unite and a Link setting page, that opened from Tools menu. In the 10’s branch, the Opera Link menupoint was in the File menu as before. The latter one is much more ugly and unprofessonal, and some poeple asked Opera, why don’t they put the new Opera Link settings in Opera 10 also. The answer was, that the new style is related to Unite, therefore it cannot be included in Opera 10 (by that time it was known, that Unite won’t made it to 10 final). And lo, Opera 10 came out with the old setting style.

But now, with 10.01 which also not includes Unite, suddenly we have the new settings window starting in Tools menu. So the funny is, that it is possible, maybe because in the mean time they’ve detached the setting from Unite.

Hope I was more understandable this time… :)

By: Washout

Washout — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:13:33 +0000

Not sure what’s so “funny” about it. The changelog even clearly states:

“Opera Link button with dropdown menu on the status bar; access to Opera Link in the main menu moved to Tools”

By: cousin333

cousin333 — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:18:31 +0000

Just for the record. Opera 10.01 DOES NOT contain Unite, and runs the widgets in the good old fashioned way (so not browser independent)…

The funny is, that the Opera Link is now in Tools menu, although they used to say, that this new arrangement is connected to Unite. It seems they’ve detached it.

By: Vygantas Lipskas

Vygantas Lipskas — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:25:30 +0000

Just to let you know: as I was writing this post, Opera has officially released it.