Opera Unite turns your PC into a server
June 16th, 2009 • Uncategorized • No comments
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.
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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.
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Makes Every Computer a Server
June 16th, 2009 • Uncategorized • No comments
Opera Unite aims to make hosting and sharing data as simple as navigating around the Internet. It purports to give users greater control of their data while still allowing for easy sharing of files and information between all web-enabled devices. The Unite services are based on open web standards to permit developers to design cutting-edge applications with ease. Opera even claims that creating a full-service application will now be as easy as coding a web page.
Opera “Reinvents the Web” with Unite, Makes Every Computer a Server
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Opera revolution fail
June 16th, 2009 • Uncategorized • No comments
File sharing service is basically a web server directory listing exposed to the internet. This is my understanding how it works:
1. You point Opera Unite to a directory
2. Opera internal web server starts listening 8840 port locally
3. Opera opens a persistent connection to operaunite.com (213.236.208.30 IP address in my case)
4. So when anyone opens up home.yourlogin.operaunite.com, operaunite.com server requests the list of files from your machine using a persistent connection that you opened and sends the response back to user.
5. when you close Opera, web server is shut down, connection is dropped and nobody can download anything.So sharing can work ONLY when your computer is working and Opera is running.
So none of the services can work when computer is turned off or Opera is not running.
I just tried to visit six Opera Unite pages and only one resolved. The future of the web is two 9s: 0.99% uptime!
John Resig, author of jQuery
