OK, in simple terms and from what I read on the website, what this means is that you use your home computer as server, and your opera account as the gatekeeper and identifier online.Pros: This is very powerful, especially since anyone can write apps to tie into the browser instead of the OS (the simpler the platform, the easier it is to implement code for it).cons: security. This is a backdoor into your system. It bypasses most network-level security protocols because the connection is maintained from the client side. Also, I see nothing about encryption, anonymity, reliability.for example: a non-careful user can share the contents of "My documents" on your HD, click the "public" option, and if that person has stored sensitive information (passwords, bank accounts, SSNs, etc...) they are wide open to the world. This scares me, because I have seen people do this with much less powerfull tools and get bit.
@dragossh:They're both Alpha products, the fact that they're both out there suggest that this is a direction people are interested in. Opera being the first to officially recognize, build and run with it. Safari and IE will be along eventually, figuring out if ketchup will be popular. I predict FF will not implement until security issues get a good look. Safari and IE will fall over themselves shortly thereafter to implement. Some people want an easy, lightweight server, some people don't want anything getting served from their HD. 2 browser builds to enter a market soon.
@djmccormickYa. All that "crud" is why the Opera download is 2/3 the size of Firefox's - this is the barebones no-addons Firefox.All that "crud" is why it's base executable uses less memory too I suppose. All that "crud" is how it manages to run on ancient computers with Win95 while a bare Firefox is too heavy to.
sgourouJun 16, 2009
OK, in simple terms and from what I read on the website, what this means is that you use your home computer as server, and your opera account as the gatekeeper and identifier online.Pros: This is very powerful, especially since anyone can write apps to tie into the browser instead of the OS (the simpler the platform, the easier it is to implement code for it).cons: security. This is a backdoor into your system. It bypasses most network-level security protocols because the connection is maintained from the client side. Also, I see nothing about encryption, anonymity, reliability.for example: a non-careful user can share the contents of "My documents" on your HD, click the "public" option, and if that person has stored sensitive information (passwords, bank accounts, SSNs, etc...) they are wide open to the world. This scares me, because I have seen people do this with much less powerfull tools and get bit.
j0415Jun 17, 2009
I read it as what the f**k is a fly doing fried to my french fries tonight?
rethreadJun 17, 2009
@dragossh:They're both Alpha products, the fact that they're both out there suggest that this is a direction people are interested in. Opera being the first to officially recognize, build and run with it. Safari and IE will be along eventually, figuring out if ketchup will be popular. I predict FF will not implement until security issues get a good look. Safari and IE will fall over themselves shortly thereafter to implement. Some people want an easy, lightweight server, some people don't want anything getting served from their HD. 2 browser builds to enter a market soon.
Closed AccountJun 17, 2009
Did anyone else say "What's up baby?" in their head when the chick sat down?
ededdeddyJun 18, 2009
@djmccormickYa. All that "crud" is why the Opera download is 2/3 the size of Firefox's - this is the barebones no-addons Firefox.All that "crud" is why it's base executable uses less memory too I suppose. All that "crud" is how it manages to run on ancient computers with Win95 while a bare Firefox is too heavy to.
ededdeddyJun 18, 2009
@sonnybobicheAnd that's what I still think. The iPod IS just another MP3 player. This on the other hand is different.
ededdeddyJun 18, 2009
Auto-update is only off by default because it's beta. It's on for Opera 10 RC.
ededdeddyJun 18, 2009
You can make your own media player for it that plays .m4as (whatever they are...)