Opera Unite - a web revolution?

Opera Unite (release 10 beta) is the latest version of the Opera browser (stable release 9.64). It integrates a web server tool, which allows you to share content on your computer directly instead of uploading to (sometimes costly) remote servers.

The Unite API is available and users are encouraged to write their own applications. Opera has provided a few applications already to demonstrate the possibilies of Unite: The Fridge (for visitors to leave messages on post-it notes), the Web Server (you can share your web directory), File Sharing (access to a directory and subdirectories/files), the Lounge (a chat room), Photo Sharing (includes a simple album browser and possibility to download entire photos),  and a Media Player (visitors can play music on your computer directly in their browser). 

Importantly, visitors do not need to be Unite users to use your Unite applications.

As the number of applications grow when users submit their application, Opera Unite can very well be the next big thing in cloud computing.

You may want to try locksley90's Unite page!

Add more speed dials and remove search field in Opera 9.50

By default, Opera 9.50 comes with 9 speed dials when you open a new tab. However, you may have a screen size and resolution that would accomodate more speed dials. For example, to get 4 x 3 speed dials, do the following:

1. Go to Help → About Opera and note the path of your main Opera directory (look for the opera6.ini file), usually /home/username/.opera/.
2. Make sure Opera is not running, then open speeddial.ini from this directory and add the following three lines:

   [Size]
   Rows=4
   Columns=3

3. Start Opera and note the change.

You can still open the 9 first speed dials using Ctrl+n, where n=1-9. To add shortcuts to the other speed dials, follow this guide.

To get some extra space, you can turn off the search field the top of the Speed Dial page. Enter opera:config#UserPrefs|SpeedDialSearchType in the address field, hit Enter, and replace the value with 0. Scroll down to the bottom and click Save.  The changes will take effect immediately without restart.

About this blog

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and welcome to the new world according to locksley90! This is a blog with techno-related tips and tricks, and the occasional rave about... anything! The earliest material on this blog has been moved here from the old world according to locksley90. I enjoyed Opera's blogging environment but relocated to Blogger due to the Adsense capabilites. Please - click on the Google Ads on this site! It takes a lot of time and effort to write my posts. As a poor student, any money earned through your simply clicking on a few ads is much appreciated! Thank you.

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