Skip to main content

Opera 'reinvents the Web'; Will anyone notice?

Opera on Tuesday unveiled technology it calls Opera Unite, which turns your plain old PC into a Web content server. Overall, the effort is quite innovative but with Opera’s browser market share it’s possible that no one will notice.

Depending on what market share tabulation survey you use Opera’s market share ranges from 1 percent to 2 percent. NetApplications puts Opera share at .72 percent. Google’s Chrome browser is pushing 2 percent, according to NetApplications.

Despite Opera’s share it’s a company worth watching. Its mobile browser is one of the best out there. And its Web browser is solid too. The problem? The browser battle is crowded and Opera can’t elbow its way into the dance.

Enter Opera Unite (Techmeme). The idea behind Opera Unite is to take the client-server computing model and toss it into a browser. Your computer can share content with other PCs on the Web without servers. This functionality would happen from within a special version of the Opera 10 browser.

Opera Unite has a series of services such as file sharing, Web server, media player, photo sharing, a chat service and a notes exchange. Opera is hoping developers will jump on the Unite bandwagon and add other services.

Opera CEO Jon von Tetzchner says:

Technology moves in distinct cycles. PCs decentralized computing away from large mainframes. Opera Unite now decentralizes and democratizes the cloud. With server capability in the browser, Web developers can create Web applications with profound ease. Consumers have the flexibility to choose private and efficient ways of sharing information. We believe Opera Unite is one of our most significant innovations yet, because it changes forever the fundamental fabric of the Web.

Indeed, there are enough use cases for Unite to get me to take it for a spin. It’s a great idea.

However, this browser as a Web server concept is an innovation I see being picked up by other browsers. Can you imagine this approach bundled with Chrome, Gmail and other Google services? Wouldn’t Unite be great bundled as a Firefox add-on? Opera Unite will have a big impact, but the vision may be realized by browsers with more market share. Perhaps Unite puts Opera on the market share map, but don’t get your hopes up too high.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular Posts

DOT NET Interview Questions with Answers

When not to use Design Patterns? Do not use design patterns in any of the following situations. • When the software being designed would not change with time. • When the requirements of the source code of the application are unique. If any of the above applies in the current software design, there is no need to apply design patterns in the current design and increase unnecessary complexity in the design. When to use Design Patterns? Design Patterns are particularly useful in one of the following scenarios. • When the software application would change in due course of time. • When the application contains source code that involves object creation and event notification. Benefits of Design Patterns: The following are some of the major advantages of using Design Patterns in software development. • Flexibility • Adaptability to change • Reusability What are Design Patterns? A Design Pattern essentially consists of a p...
153 comments
Read More...

Freshers & Experienced Openings July 2024

https://www.pharmatutor.org/content/july-2024/biocon-biologics-walk-in-drive-for-mpharm-bpharm-msc-in-qa-qc-manufacturing
Post a Comment
Read More...

Probationary/ Specialist Officers in Indian Bank

Probationary/ Specialist Officers Location :  Across India Eligibility: BE/ B.Tech (Che/ Electrical/ Mech/ Prdn/ Textile/ ETE/ ECE/ CS/ IT)/ MCA/ MBA www.freshersworld.com Details:     Indian Bank (A Govt of India Undertaking) Recruitment of Probationary Officers/ Specialist Officers (Industrial Development Officers/ Computer Officers) Indian Bank, a leading Public Sector Bank, with headquarters in Chennai having geographical presence all over India and abroad invites online applications from Indian Citizens for the following posts. Post Code Post Scale Total Vacancy Age as on 01.07.09 Min Max 1 Probationary Officers I 118 21 30 Specialist Officers         Industrial Development Officers in the following Engineering disciplines         2 Chemical I 02 21 30 3 Electrical I 02 21 30 4 Electronics I 02 21 30 5 Leather Technology I 02 21 30 6 Mechanical I 02 21 30 7 Production/ Metallurgy I 02 ...
8 comments
Read More...

Virtual desktop manager for Windows

nSpaces can help create several Virtual desktops. These are easy to use and can be customized. nSpaces can facilitate creation of four desktops, but more can be added. Each desktop can be individually customized with different background images, desktops colors etc. There are hotkeys as well for desktop switching, and passwords can be set too. . nSpaces is and compatible with Windows 200, Windows xp, Vista and Windows 7. It requires Microsoft .NET framework 3.5 or later. nSpaces at http://www.bytesignals.com/nspaces/
Post a Comment
Read More...

Tavant Technologies Interview Questions

Hi Friends, This interview is for 3 years experienced Java/J2EE guy. First Round: 1) About project 2) All basics of Java – Encapsulation , Polymorphism, Over riding, inheritance, over loading 3) Exception handling – Checked and unchecked exceptions 4) Example for runtime exceptions 5) What is abstraction and difference between interface and abstract class 6) Basics of threads 7) Which one is preferable thread class or runnable interface 8) Single ton – Other design patterns - Write sample singleton class 9) Collections 10) What is the output: Try{ sysout(“hello”); some code written here which throw an exception } catch(Exception e){ System.exit(0) } finally{ Sysout (“end”); } 11) A class Thread A with overridden run method.. {run(){Sysout("TT"); }} A main program psvm{ a.run(); // call run a.run(); // call run ...
6 comments
Read More...