Filed under: Web services, Beta, Browsers
Opera 10.10 beta puts Unite front and center
As we've reported before, Unite is a "web server within a web browser" that allows you to download and run various web applications. What does this mean for the average user? You can access your files from anywhere, and easily share them with friends.
The first Unite apps are all about sharing. There's a media player to share music, a general file storage app, a web server app to host sites, and even a "fridge" app where you can leave notes for your friends. Media Player will probably get a lot of the early hype, as it lets you stream music from your machine to another computer with iTunes, WInamp, or your other player of choice (as long as it supports streaming playlists). Unite is still in the early stages, but no other browser has even attempted to do what Opera is doing in this space.

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Jimmy B said 4:54PM on 10-14-2009
I tried it out in the previous beta, and while it's a fantastic idea the execution is very lacking. for me I was only able to successfully BROWSE my files, I could never stream a vid or mp3. I tried from a couple of places with fat up and down pipes but it never worked right for me. Maybe it is faster now?
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Preston said 11:34PM on 10-14-2009
I can't even get Opera 10.0 to work on my Mac. Websites just don't load... at all. Anybody else having issues like that?
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