A mysterious web page, called "Freedom" in its URL, has appeared on Opera's site making the rather bold claim that, "[o]n June 16th at 9:00 a.m (CEDT), [the Norwegian company] will reinvent the Web." This sounds like hyperbole, but it has got people all over the Internet talking.Some believe that this is the date the final for Opera 10 will be released, but others say that, however much promise that new version holds, it is unlikely to "reinvent the Web." Others speculate that it has something to do with Turbo, a manner of compressing web pages so that they load faster. The presence of clouds on the "Freedom" page has got some thinking that Opera is about to do something important with cloud computing.
One Opera employee writes enigmatically on Twitter, "We've put the internet on a USB stick so that you can always have a connection wherever you are!"
Checking the source code for the "Freedom" page exposes part of a hidden message that is slowly being revealed. As of today (June 13), the secret message reads: "We start our little story with the invention of the modern day computer. Over the years, the computers grew in numbers, and the next natural step in the evolution was to connect them together. To share things. But as these little networks grew, some computers gained more power than the rest and called themselves servers...".
Whatever the case, we are promised a webcast on June 16 in which Opera will tell us what it is all about. With the mystery and the growing hype, many will be counting on them to deliver something sensational.
+1 MS actually did enough, Opera should stop trying to force their product onto consumers, but if you want to discuss it take it to the thread.
I use Opera as my main browser, but I don't really have any preference other than "I'm used to it"
On the product side, I do remember they were working on a server-based technology which pushes data as it becomes available, instead of the client having to request it - that could have big implications in auto-updating things which use AJAX to send back to the server infrequently (such as BBC Sport's live commentary on matches, etc).
The teaser page makes me think of a cloud service from the words and imagery, perhaps something to compete with Google App Engine, and Microsoft Azure. But then again, that wouldn't be very innovative, so I dunno.. *shrug*
Edit: Oh, I didn't see the bit about the Twitter status first. Well, in that case, and with "everyone a server", it's definitely some decentralization technology. "Internet on a USB stick" indicates a USB version of, uh, some software... Perhaps P2P-related technology building on a serverless protocol a la Kademlia? I don't get "Internet on USB" from the viewpoint that wireless networking is already here, and so are installation free browser setups. What would the point of a new software be? And it would again not be innovative.
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I'm also interested, but I'll reserve my judgement until whatever it is comes out in two days on the 16th.
Edit: Oh, I didn't see the bit about the Twitter status first. Well, in that case, and with "everyone a server", it's definitely some decentralization technology. "Internet on a USB stick" indicates a USB version of, uh, some software... Perhaps P2P-related technology building on a serverless protocol a la Kademlia? I don't get "Internet on USB" from the viewpoint that wireless networking is already here, and so are installation free browser setups. What would the point of a new software be? And it would again not be innovative.
I believe you are right. It probably has something to do with the clouds. Opera 10 may be released on that day but its definitely not just about Opera 10. Neither is it about Turbo.
Yeah, how dare they want to compete fairly... the should just choose another business, maybe outside of IT, since Microsoft illegal tying isn't just going to stop now. What a joke, Microsoft does something illegal, but we should all just forget about it and move on... forget about the fact that opera is about 100x better than anything Microsoft has even written. It is faster, smaller, with more functions than ie. Plus, they invented tab browsing, while microsoft just copies badly. What a joke...
What? x100 better than anything MS written? like OS? like Silverlight? like office suite? maybe exchange?
Oh noes, opera invented tab browsing, which everyone use, including firefox but somehow firefox managed to grab a market share ... is it because MS promoted firefox or something?
Opera (firefox and chrome too) are hypocrites, on their built in search box they have google, ask, yahoo and others but no bing/live... where is my choice? Opera also makes money from mobiles browsers, HTC have a deal with them on WinMo devices, yes WINMO! another MS product Opera profiting on and another deal with Samsung.
Do you know how many WinMo phones HTC and Samsung sell?! bucketloads!
The point I'm trying to make here is that, you can bitch about the need to "compete fairly", and I'll certainly agree with you. However, I don't find changing something every OS has (that is, a built in web browser) to be fair, especially when it involves promoting companies that are in direct competition with them. It doesn't make sense. So what if IE dominates? Firefox pushing it this far back has done a great job in getting Microsoft to actually pay more attention to their browser and change it to offer a better experience. Who wins here? We do. We got a nicer browser which will push other companies to keep up their game. I'm sure Mozilla doesn't want their market share to drop considering they've come this far. We can only expect them to push great things and create new and brilliant ideas. While Opera may have come up with some of these good ideas, it's amazing how badly a company with so much to offer can essentially screw up so badly.
Opera 10 hasn't had a release candidate yet. Why would the final build be out this soon?
They have skipped the RC build on a few occasions in the past.
<meta .... new browser, fastest, beta" />
Just version 10 (beta), introducing Turbo.
They don't use the hype stuff in advance though, so it's a bit confusing IMHO.
Yeah, it's called mobile broadband.
Or p2p of some kind?
AFAIK, currently opera support bittorrent protocol.
I've got nothing against that degree of freedom and anonymity. You have to take the bad with the good, and torrenting mp3s isn't exactly 'bad' enough to provide that kind of balance. But man, law enforcement would be pitiful for years, playing catch-up and trying to find ways to regulate it short of shutting it down.
I was thinking the same thing. P2P web, where the client is also serving to other local clients.
But is that reinventing? So i guess i am wrong. I can wait till June 15th :p
The software itself is completely free! However, you will need to pay an hourly or monthly access fee. But don't worry, you can see how great our service is because we'll give you a 10 hour free trial! All you have to do is sign up with a valid credit card.
If you do not call us to cancel before your 10 free hours are up, we'll automatically enroll you in our standard $23.99 unlimited access plan. In fact, even if you do call to cancel, after we harass you on the phone to continue using our service, we might forget to actually cancel your account so you will have access and be charged anyway! Should we actually cancel your account, make sure you don't accidently open the program and log in again, that gives us permission to charge your credit card and enroll you in our standard service plan.
Our online service won't include access to the internet at first, but that's okay, you won't need it! When we release Opera Online 2.5 we will integrate a web browser that allows you to view outside websites, but not use any other applications that connect to the internet. That is a future enhancement planned for Opera Online 3.0! Well finally allow you to use other applications to connect to servers online, but we'll still require you to use our application to connect and it must remain running. This will take very little resources, which equals around 2GB of ram and 40% constant cpu time.
Be sure to look out for Opera Online 4.0 where we'll make a drastic change in how our service looks and only take up around 3GB of ram and 60% cpu time!
lulz
The software itself is completely free! However, you will need to pay an hourly or monthly access fee. But don't worry, you can see how great our service is because we'll give you a 10 hour free trial! All you have to do is sign up with a valid credit card.
If you do not call us to cancel before your 10 free hours are up, we'll automatically enroll you in our standard $23.99 unlimited access plan. In fact, even if you do call to cancel, after we harass you on the phone to continue using our service, we might forget to actually cancel your account so you will have access and be charged anyway! Should we actually cancel your account, make sure you don't accidently open the program and log in again, that gives us permission to charge your credit card and enroll you in our standard service plan.
Our online service won't include access to the internet at first, but that's okay, you won't need it! When we release Opera Online 2.5 we will integrate a web browser that allows you to view outside websites, but not use any other applications that connect to the internet. That is a future enhancement planned for Opera Online 3.0! Well finally allow you to use other applications to connect to servers online, but we'll still require you to use our application to connect and it must remain running. This will take very little resources, which equals around 2GB of ram and 40% constant cpu time.
Be sure to look out for Opera Online 4.0 where we'll make a drastic change in how our service looks and only take up around 3GB of ram and 60% cpu time!
Really you can reinvent the web that way hahaha
Catching feelings for a web browser?
You may need to go outside more...
Your using image blocker just because they boycott Opera. I think your ears will clap if you see IE boycott image, and will call them no stupid.
j/k
http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-googl...ser-witch-hunt/
http://techpulse360.com/2009/02/25/google-...nt-fine-seeked/
http://my.opera.com/haavard/blog/mozilla-microsoft-antitrust
http://www.techflash.com/Google_jumps_into...e_40242237.html
I guess you should then boycott Mozilla, Google, IBM, Nokia, Sun, Adobe, Oracle, and others who have joined Opera.
Uninstall Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. Blacklist Google search.Make sure you never touch Adobe Flash based products or Adobe Photoshop again. And dont even look towards a mobile phone by Nokia
Bayensian (sp?) filtering on a block level.
If I keep marking off stupid posts as things I don't want to see (i. e. Boycott Opera), it will eventually style them display:none by default.
just a few addon's in addition to the picture
<meta name="description" content="The Web is your browser. Discover how fast and fun the Web can be." />
(I assume they've come up with a browser that'll speed things up)
then this next one
<!--
We start our little story with the invention of the modern day computer.
Over the years, the computers grew in numbers, and the next natural step in the evolution was to connect them together. To share things.
But as these little networks grew, some computers gained more power than the rest and called themselves servers ...
-->
Besides, if you were truly capable of "reinventing the web' then you wouldn't need to cry to the EU about your next-to-nothing browser marketshare now would you?
Because Opera started it.
Besides, it is not as if they have never done anything truly innovative.
That's a silly way to look at it. No matter who started it, they all have the same views on the matter and are all following in Opera's footsteps.
Besides, if you were truly capable of "reinventing the web' then you wouldn't need to cry to the EU about your next-to-nothing browser marketshare now would you?
cept it's the only browser that works. I use Flock and Opera. Flock to buy stuff and Opera to browse pix and read the news and say read this site. Loads faster.
I'm sure that is what Opera is thinking
And those boycotting Opera, go ahead it's your lost.
Opera is not a piece of crap. Its decent, not my top choice (i'm a microsoft nut) but its very nice compared to other browsers.
Something tells me that "reinventing the web" would have to involve a whole lot more than just some client software...
but its not their fault, its the entire internet
I hate the Opera Logo. But that's just my opinion on it.
They are going to release a "Web O/S" or an online operating system. Since most computers have the ability to boot from a USB device, this O/S will simply act as a dumb terminal that utilizes your network card to connect to the internet, where you can login to your account. They probably will have some sort of "online desktop" where you can create shortcuts to various web applications, like email, google docs, etc. It's like taking Google's Chrome browser to a new level.
Or.. I could be wrong. :-P
Freedom from Microsoft.
There is a comment in the HTML code as well, but it won't let me paste it in here.
but still i have some hopes.
http://unite.opera.com
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