Opera to re-invent the web

[bahirzaheri8]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/12/opera_freedom/

What could be so good? Look at the source page for clues.

http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=279032&t=1244809836&page=1#comment3008988

I hope this puts a lid on firefox

http://www.opera.com/freedom/

[Polkadot]

This, nor anything else, will 'put a lid on Firefox'. Firefox will be a contender for many years to come. They already have "Weave" in beta, which is a 'cloud' type product. It works very well from what I've experienced this past year. "Prism" is another future addition to their line. Maybe I'm so used to the ex-Netscape (Firefox) browser that I would be hard to convert (I haven't yet uninstalled Opera, but my HD has plenty of space to keep programs that I'll probably never use again).

[hellnoire]

Opera is no where near as open in it's source code, Bahirzaheri, nor is it as simple to write add-ons for it, or to have the wide range of support. And Firefox has Prism for their cloud program, along with another product that allows you to type a command and it provides the solution.

I mean, to the extend of if you're looking to add a Map to your email in Gmail, it will do that without you even leaving the page you're on. It's amazing technology imo, that will never be capped.

Opera has to become open source in every way, then it might stand a chance against Firefox, let alone Safari. If you really think Opera would ever cap Firefox, let this thought sink in.

By default, Opera fires a lot of functionality into the browser. However, most people have programs to deal with the downfalls and the lacking browsers they've used before. I use XYZ (example) for my download manager, and refuse to use Opera's. I don't give a damn if it has a torrent client built in, since I use KTorrent, etc.

IE is a piece of paper, punctured with holes. It's no good for anything, even with it's newest revisions.

Firefox is a blank sheet of paper. Add what you'd like, remove what you don't, it will keep ticking. And it's a amazing browser to boot because you rarely google to find how something works, since it's so much closer to the standard UI/ interface.

Opera is a sheet of metal compared to them. You can get so much out of it, but much of it's functionality is either locked away until you google it or ask someone, OR you don't even need the functionality it tries to provide.

[detailer]

My question would be-What do you think Firefox is going to be doing for the next four years? OK Opera guys,we'll just sit here on our ass while you "re-invent the web"- Paaleeeze! I don't expect Opera will ever hold much more of the market share than they do today.Like Beta fell to VHS and Mac will never catch PC.

[hellnoire]

That's exactly what I'm thinking, the only browser standing still, because they don't know how to advance, is IE.

[bahirzaheri8]

http://lifehacker.com/5292297/opera-unite-puts-a-media-server-in-your-browser/gallery/

http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/16/opera-unite/

And

http://unite.opera.com/

[hellnoire]

You forgot one, Bashirzaheri.

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/did_opera_just_reinvent_web

Read one of the comments and I'm agreeing. One week. Then we'll see all of this 'Opera only' become 'Firefox and Opera only'.

The thing I like is that it needs your PC to be on all the time. And you have to have a strong PC to take advantage of it. So it's no good for MANY people. But it's a good try. We've got servers for a reason, you know

[utkarsh30june]

I don't think Unite is going to re-invent the web. It might go well but not worth of the hype it has created.

Yes you are right, Opera is coming up with many random new ideas but Mozilla is also not sitting idle, for sure.

They already have some of the Next Gen services called Prism, Weave, Ubiquity, Jetpacks and Personas. Plus, they're launching many new services every single day.

I believe Firefox 3.5 will be the last traditional Firefox release. I can already see the things changing completely with the release of Firefox 4 (Or rather Firefox.next, as Mozilla call it).

[hellnoire]

Indeed. Mozilla and Opera should worth together, perish the though, merge, so they can both rule over MS and Safari. The two of them are inventive, unlike Apple and MS.

[bahirzaheri8]

I have yet to test it thoroughly (especially the file-sharing option which apparently does not need uploading); I can do this around next week probably