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Opera Previews Version With BitTorrent File-Sharing Technology

by , 8:00 AM EDT, July 7th, 2005

Opera Software launched Thursday a technical preview of the Opera browser with support for BitTorrent, saying its addition was "the logical next step" in the company's Web browser strategy.

The company says that integrating the popular file-downloading technology in the Opera 8.02 browser preview offers end users a "faster download process by utilizing full bandwidth and reducing the chance of in-transfer delay when multiple users download the same file."

Opera hopes to make it easier for users to download the large amount of legal material available, such as Linux software and computer game demos, the company said in a prepared statement. The Opera browser will also be offered for download as a torrent file.

Opera already supports other file protocols such as FTP and HTTP, and BitTorrent is the logical next step in the company's strategy to make protocols available that increase productivity and the overall Internet experience for the end-users. The BitTorrent protocol differs from FTP and HTTP in that it makes downloading a large file more efficient, as individuals downloading the same file will assist each other in the download process.

Opera emphasized that the technical preview should be used for preview purposes only. It is available at http://my.opera.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=96020.

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Thu Jul 07, 2005 9:19 am Subject: As I thought
Close Name:Willmark Posts: 73 Joined: 17 Mar 2005
Thu Jul 07, 2005 10:12 am Subject:

Again, I ask, why should I pay for a Browser? And one that in the past has been a horrendous expereince on OSX?

There are plenty of better, free ones namely Firefox...


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Thu Jul 07, 2005 6:41 pm Subject: Why pay?
View Name:Guest
Thu Jul 07, 2005 10:10 pm Subject: Then don't pay
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Fri Jul 08, 2005 6:52 am Subject: But why pay for Opera when there's OmniWeb?
Close Name:luomat Posts: 15 Joined: 16 Jun 2005
Fri Jul 08, 2005 10:52 pm Subject: Why pay?

Why pay for Opera? Because it has a lot of features the others don't, more searches, built-in email, IRC, RSS, Bittorrent, Usenet (and a fraction of the size of the others).

Why pay for Opera? Because you can use it on Mac, Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, and so on and so on (one license for all your computers).

Why pay for Opera? Because you don't have time to twiddle around the net keeping up with all the various extensions that you need for Firefox and make sure they all stay up to date.

OmniWeb is a great browser too (I have a license for it too), but it has a reputation for being slow, and it's Mac only. For those of us who go back and forth between computers and platforms, having the same browser to download (and not having to worry about "Are all my extensions installed on this computer and up to date?" is quite a time-saver.

Why Opera? See "30 days to becoming an Opera Lover" for more reasons
http://operalover.tntluoma.com/8/


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