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Opera 10.10 with Unite and Turbo now available
by Paul O'Brien Nov 23rd 2009 at 12:00PM
Opera have released version 10 of their browser, now with Opera Unite and Opera Turbo included.
Opera Unite gives your web browser the ability to deliver content as well as consume it. The standard download includes a number of Unite applications, with more available for download from the application directory. The bundled applications include a file sharing server that allows you to make files available to the world (as well as allowing the world to upload content to your machine), a virtual fridge door for you to share notes with friends and family (pictured), a media player that allows you to play content from your Unite equipped machine remotely, an instant messaging server, a photo sharing application and a web server for serving your own web content.
The inclusion of Opera Turbo in the new browser marks the migration to the desktop of a technology that has long been a key feature of Opera's Mini product. Opera Turbo speeds up your browsing session by compressing content at Opera proxy servers before delivering it to your machine - particularly useful for those on low bandwidth connections.
Opera 10.10 is available free from www.opera.com for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.
We're intrigued to hear what you, our lovely readers, think about Opera's advancements. They have an excellent, solid browser base and some truly unique additional features... are you tempted to make the switch?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Kris120890 said 12:16PM on 11-23-2009
Opera is probably the worst browser out of all the top 5. Its too slow and offers nothing that against all the others.
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der_tuxman said 1:57PM on 11-23-2009
Kris is right. Opera sucks.
fikhl said 2:47PM on 11-23-2009
@Kris120890
You're joking right?
Lars said 3:32PM on 11-23-2009
I sort of agree with Kris. It's not that Opera (using version 10.00 on Vista) is slow, but I find that some of the most common Web sites either work poorly (Windows Live Mail adds spaces between your written lines) or don't work at all (Bing Maps; I've encountered others). Is it a Microsoft Website thing? Maybe, but the same sites work perfectly in Mozilla Firefox (latest release for Windows).
Another thing Firefox does perfectly and I wish Opera did too was let you easily enforce your own font selections. Which is part of a bigger matter: Opera still has way, way, way too many user adjustments.
racoq said 12:38PM on 11-23-2009
@Kris120890
You must be blind for sure. Since Opera 10 is probably one of the best browsers out there. Fast, light, stable. If you compare it for instance with Google Chrome, you will see that is almost as fast, and has the double of features. The only minor issue is memory comsuption, however performance is not affected by some memory leaks, Opera remains very responsive after many hours of use.
Personally i don't find a whole lot of use to Opera Unite, but the integration of the email client (pop3 and imap)
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Kris120890 said 3:28PM on 11-23-2009
Explain why its one of the best.
q said 1:32PM on 11-23-2009
"Opera Turbo speeds up your browsing session (...) particularly useful for those on low bandwidth connections."
There's a misunderstanding with the Turbo feature, its ONLY useful with low bandwidth or limited connection.
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der_tuxman said 1:57PM on 11-23-2009
... and with a critical bug which is said to be recently fixed, lol...
BTW, did you know that Opera's "Unite" has been available for Firefox (extension "Plain Old Webserver") for more than three years now?
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SilenceIsGolden said 2:41PM on 11-23-2009
I really don't like the introduction of features to any software that encourages people to leave their computers running 24/7. And for no good reason. I haven't read about a function of Unite that cannot as easily be achieved with other products/solutions.
So much for trying to get people to *save energy.* There is a reason why there's an on-button on every computer - you're supposed to shut it down, when you don't need it. (Same applies to routers, etc.)
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hmm said 3:01PM on 11-23-2009
Can't DLS have a moderation system for comments like Slashdot has?
Because some posts are so obvious flamebaits that add nothing to the discussion. They form their opinions without even trying out a browser
I don't know why some people get started at the name of their favourite hated browser , but the topic of browsers always invites its share of ...
Kris,Opera had tabbed browsers( mdi form earlier) at least half a decade before Firefox. While its nice to have a opinion but you should bring some insight into the discussion.
Every browser has its fair share of "critical bugs". Firefox 3.5.1 with critical bugfixes was released days after 3.5 was released with great fanfare.
I am not disputing you on POW. Being a Linux User, I am more than aware of the power of Open-Source . However if I had to set up a home server 3 years ago, I would have gone for standalone server software . Today I would probably do the same thing but the rate at which I have seen some interesting Unite applications come up, this would slightly tip things the other way. For many people , this will be the downright easiest way, especially for a temporary server.
Learn to appreciate software. Use it for a day before criticising. There are strengths and weaknesses of all browsers,all software. Use whichever you are comfortable with.
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Kris120890 said 3:26PM on 11-23-2009
I don't care what it had before everyone else. Its slow compared to to the other browsers and i lacks in most areas. You're pathetic. Just because I don't like something my comments should be removed. Well then your comment should be removed because I disagree with it.
hmm said 3:36PM on 11-23-2009
At slashdot its moderation by the community and not by a single individual.
They have just posted an article on this. http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/11/23/1940206 . Many comments there are going to be against my opinion but I might still learn from the discussion. I recommend you visit it rather than live in your narrow world.
For others: the obligatory xkcd : http://xkcd.com/386/ Sums up my feelings. :)
Kris120890 said 3:49PM on 11-23-2009
You haven't explained why I'm wrong. You jump to conclusions, and if that sums up you're feelings then you'll never sleep if you don't explain you why people are wrong which goes against your own little rule.
hmm said 3:58PM on 11-23-2009
Sorry! Since I can't draw my own comics , I have to use others. The reason why I placed the comic was not because the 'wrong' part but because of the 'waking up at 2 in the morning to reply to some random internet guy's comment' part . I will revise my comment to : the comic slightly inaccurately but yet described my feelings.
As I said, people get started too easily on the topic of their favourite (loved or hated) browsers. If you have a reason to not like Opera , its perfectly fine but don't translate one fault of the browser to the fact that it entirely sucks. This is how flamewars start.
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Kris120890 said 4:06PM on 11-23-2009
No, there are more than one problem. That is why it sucks.
steve10@sky.com said 5:05PM on 11-23-2009
Opera has been the best browser for 15 years & has had the lowest percentage of users for 15 years
Internet explorer has been the worst browser & had the largest percentage of users.
Most Firefox users before 2004 were using Internet Explorer
Whatever the flavor of browser you are using you owe a lot to Opera
how many features in your browser were copied from Opera?
Things i love in Opera , having spring loaded panels on the left ,
notes, mail, the ability to place any tool-bar on any side of the screen & drag bookmarks to any tool-bar, nicknames for bookmarks, Opera Link to synchronize my home & work computers.
The best browser has the lowest number of users ! go figure thats people for you
Kris120890 & der_tuxman
Have you ever used Opera & if you have did you explore it's features to get the best out of it.
Was Opera too complex for you ?
You could have hit F11 to go full screen then F2 to bring up an address field then enter a web address or a nickname example b for www.bbc.co.uk
You can configure Opera anyway you like its a small download that doesn't need any plugins .
If you like to tinker enter opera:config in a new tab.
The new Unite feature in Opera 10.1 is going to be very useful for instance you could allow friends to access a folder of pictures on your computer with a password or not your choice they can then browse the photos & download all or just one or two that they like the most.
State of the browser market at present
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers
Fastest growing browser in Russia Opera with 28.82 %
makes sense to me after all nearly all the world chess champions have been Russian.
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bnido said 5:54PM on 11-23-2009
I agree with steve10: ..."best browser"..."lowest percentage of users"
I switched to Opera 8 years ago because it was a small, fast and a safer browser than Internet Explorer.
Back then it was a less than 3 MB download and had integrated E-mail, FTP, RSS reader clients!
Yes, it wasn't perfect, sites designed for IE (and all its quirks) didn't render properly, but through the years I've stuck with it and never regretted it.
Jack said 5:43PM on 11-23-2009
I've been using Opera for quite a while now and I love it. It's really fast, comparable to if not better than Firefox / Chrome, and much more stable than either of those two, I've found. I used to get crashes all the time when I was trying out Firefox, and Chrome would randomly break down on certain websites, but Opera never does. Unfortunately, not every website supports Opera well, so you do need to keep Firefox or whatever around as a backup.
Opera has the most customizability in its interface that I've found in a browser that I've found though: you can move every component of the interface around and completely customize the toolbars to your liking. There's a number of nice skins too. There aren't extensions, but it has practically everything you could want already built in: Email, RSS, IRC chat, Bittorrent, ad blocking, bookmark syncinc, and now this Unite thing, to name just a few.
It's not perfect, but it's hardly the "worst browser of the top 5."
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racoq said 7:31PM on 11-23-2009
Kris120890 you provide no valid arguments and you start the discussing with a flame sentence.
As far as i see you are a Troll
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nikola.v said 4:24AM on 11-24-2009
Before someone says Opera doesn't render some site properly, please take time and validate html/css of that site with w3c validator.
Sure some sites dont work but i't not Opera's fault for that. For instance www.cnet.com has 940 Errors and 779 warnings in it's markup.
Why does it work in Firefox ? They write crappy code, and they patch it with hack and who knows what so it could work in Firefox. Why would they waste time patching it to work with Opera.
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