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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Opera Unite: a Web server on a browser

Opera Unite: a Web server on a browserOpera is now sending a clearer message to desktop endeavors: they are dead serious to win the browser war. Unlike on mobile browsers, Opera hasn't penetrated the desktop market despite the fact that Opera has been arguably the fastest browser with most features. Today, they announced a new feature which will be shipping with the release of Opera 10 that might give them an edge on the ongoing browser battle. The new feature is called Opera Unite.

In a nutshell, Opera Unite is a web server within a web browser that extends what you are able to do online. Aside from just browsing the internet, User can now have the luxury to share files and photos, communicate with other users, chat, and host their own web site directly on on their computer. Simply enable Opera Unite when you start Opera, and you are ready to go. This service was similar to FileOverMiles that was previously featured here.

For developers, Opera Unite gives access to powerful APIs to develop amazing Opera Unite services. You can now read detailed documentation about it at opera dev.

If you want to try this exciting feature before it go public, download the lab version of Opera 10 with Opera Unite

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