Comments on: Opera Freedom Secret Revealed: Opera Unite

By: Tolu

Tolu — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:42:03 +0000

How can i browse free with my phone and my laptop tthat i have installed opera on it.
If you can do this for me i will be very greatful.

By: nobody

nobody — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:39:22 +0000

and what will be the excuse when opera 10 goes final, and still nothing happens? ‘lets wait another year to see how it dominates’? this is typical opera’ miracle waiting

truth is that there simply are no unexplored uses/niches that unite could fulfill – sharing is with us for many years, and with billion people using it, there is almost everything done. frankly, everything was covered by opera unite default services – pirate-sharing, single channel IM, and remote access to your music.. well, what else?

what response unite generated around the net? ‘it is not needed, and it certainly isnt revolution’ – to sum it up for you.

By: Daniel Hendrycks

Daniel Hendrycks — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:04:13 +0000

I do agree about the tray icon. Unite is a very cool thing for people that know how to use it, it won’t change the web but it is a very good feature.

+1 Extensions

Quit continuously criticizing things, once is enough.

I will take the “Kill the Tray Icon” to the desktop wish-list.
I hate the tray icon also!

By: Grrblt

Grrblt — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:26:05 +0000

Nothing has happened because it is still in beta, genius.

By: nobody

nobody — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:45:49 +0000

here we are, about a month after opera unite launch.

what had happened since then? well.. nothing.

community around the net couldnt care less. there are SEVERAL questions ‘okay, nice, but what it is needed for?’ or simply ‘huh?’

you want popularity? then make extension api, there are countless extensions begging for porting, but no, you know ‘better’.. how many unite like ‘miracles’ opera is going to produce to no avail? give people what they want, not try to stuff them with something they dont need. you are not apple.

people, me included, do not buy ‘but possibilities are endless, just wait and see’.. well, i’ve waited, in 2009yr, in the era of internet month is enough to see if a technology is a flop.

opera unite is a flop.. it does not solve any real need, only geek’s wet dreams about ‘freedom’ (i.e. depending on opera instead of some other company) and.. i dont know what. what unite is is a flawed multiplatform p2p agent with no basic functions.

something that isnt needed

a tip to you opera: want more satisfied users? remove that f.. icon from tray! this one thing makes me uninstall opera after each build, it is unacceptable for it to be there, there is no reason.

By: TTT

TTT — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:38:47 +0000

Dang it, forgot to remove the temporary quote -_-
I blame the reply box being at the bottom of the page.

By: TTT

TTT — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:37:49 +0000

Several applications have been mentioned as doing parts of what Unite does. MSN, Skype, random web servers, etc.

I have seen Skype and DirectConnect being mentioned by others that might fit your “does a fraction” criteria. Hardly what I call a huge number. MSN were mentioned by someone (along with Yahoo) in a counter message to comment about Skype. Not sure where you see random web servers, are you talking about Opera’s random server or perhaps the Firefox extension?

I also notice that you conveniently “didn’t see” what I wrote about Freenet in my answer. Though that appears to be your thing, only seeing what can be seen as minor flaws if slanted enough.

By: TTT

TTT — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:24:59 +0000

Sandboxing isn’t failproof.
The main problem from a security-centric point of view is, as I said, that you turn your browser into a server. Installing the server plugins themself are just as safe as installing extensions.

By: ahcheong

ahcheong — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:40:26 +0000

would the future version of opera support formatting copying?
what I know is, currently including the opera 10 beta does not support that..

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:54:20 +0000

Then, I guess, some similar, but free and open-source implementations will appear soon. And they will be (I hope) more secure than any proprietary solution. Also they will be browser-independent (as the idea itself is by the way!)

After open-source programs suit the idea of being independent of third-party company better. Also people like “sharing” things so creating community for such OSS approach will be easy I think. Opera will not make money on this I believe.

By the way, will Unite work if I have private IP address?