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Opera Backup Tool available for public tests

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This post was just an April fools joke ;-)

Opera Backup Tool, as one may guess when reading its name, is a tool for making Opera Browser backups. :smile: But that's not all - it offers much more…

Important note
Before considering taking part in the tests, please note that OpBT performs operations on sensitive and critical user data. Moreover, if you decide to use the Roaming Profile feature, your data will be sent over the Internet. The data are always coded using the strong encryption, and sent directly to your my.opera.com profile (that is no data is available to the authors of the application).
Previous versions of OpBT were available for a limited number of the hard-core, brave users only. Since it seems that OpBT reached the reasonable reliability and quality level, we have decided to give it a spin by starting the public tests. But keep in mind that you use the software at your own risk. If you are not certain of what you are doing - do not download nor do not use this tool before it reaches the 1.0 version number.

Opera Backup Tool quick overview
  • Available for Windows only (as for now). To get all the good you need Windows 2000, XP or Vista. The Backup Scheduler and Roaming Profiles are disabled on Win 95/98 systems, since they do not support service applications.
  • Offers backup of any Opera profile found on local computer. The complete profile or the selected profile items may be backed up.
  • Restoring the backed-up data. You may go back in time to any point - just select a backup date/description and profile items to be restored.
  • Backup scheduling - backups may be created on daily/weekly/monthly basis, as frequent as you need. The backups may be also created on demand and at every system startup or shut-down. If you are using Windows 2000/XP/Vista - you do not even have to be logged to your account for backup to be performed. On these platforms the backup scheduler works as a service application, which means that it starts when system starts, and that it has the administrator privileges regardless of the privileges of the logged-in Windows user.
  • Roaming profiles - you may store your backups on a remote server to make it available on any other machine. All you need is creating a my.opera.com user account. Note, that due to the my.opera.com limitations (300 MB of disk storage), it is recommended not to include your mail accounts in the roaming profile. The profile is automatically transferred to your my.opera.com account on every Opera exit, and (if you want so) at the selected intervals while Opera is being used. On system startup the profile is automatically downloaded from the my.opera.com account, and Opera is not allowed to start before the download is finished. This operation is typically performed even before you manage to login to your Windows account, since OpBT uploads and downloads the differential and compressed data only.


The OpBT seems to create reliable backups. We need your feedback to be sure that it performs well on any, even most exotic, configuration. It is very important to us to know, whether you think that the privacy of your data is compromised in any way. If so, we would rather completely remove the feature causing privacy problems before publishing the 1.0 version.

Download OpBT 0.7

Be good and keep smiling. :smile:

Polska Opera na Maku :)Google we Wrocławiu?

Comments

Maulkin 31. March 2007, 23:11

Your link doesn't work...seems like ti's rederecting to the same page we're in...

Lars Kleinschmidt 1. April 2007, 01:35

sounds like a nice tool. will there be translations? i know that a big number of german users won't use it unless there's a german version. if you decide to add translations feel free to PM me for the german language file :smile:

andol 1. April 2007, 21:51

Hm… What can I say?

It was just an April fools joke. :D

4 years ago the Opera Voice Commander had quite a successful launch. :wink: Even some Opera Software employees were fooled (it was before voice was introduced to Opera).

3 years ago, when Opera was sold for $39 or so, I've announced a boxed version of Opera Browser, which was to be sold in Polish stores only. The regular price: 29PLN ($10), student price: 19PLN ($6), MegaOpera pack: 69PLN ($23).
The package was supposed to consist of:
  • Polish version of Opera 7.50 for Windows with registration key.
  • Polish versions of unregistered Opera 7.50 for Mac and Linux.
  • Over 100 of Opera skins.
  • Free Opera related tools.
  • Most popular opera plug-ins.
  • Older Opera versions (3.62, 5.12, 6.05).
  • A movie showing Opera offices and Opera employees.
  • Printed manual.
  • The Rebel Browser T-Shirt (in the MegaOpera package only).
  • The Rebel Browser mouse-pad (in the MegaOpera package only).
  • A microphone (in the MegaOpera package only).
People buying 3 boxed copies could even get a white Opera bear. :smile:

Have a good day. :smile: Maybe some day someone would really develop an Opera Backup Tool. wine

Christian 2. April 2007, 03:11

Good joke andol which in general is not too far from truth while the details were very astonishing to me (nevertheless I believed it is real).

There already is OSync doing quite similar things with some limitations:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/osync
http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=104071
And I think it was Jon who already announced a synchronization tool to be part of Opera in a future release.

Both use my.opera.com storage and should be usable as backup-tools as well as for Roaming profiles (nice wording :smile: ).

_Grey_ 2. April 2007, 06:45

Wow! Best Hoax I've ever heard of! Good job!

Maulkin 2. April 2007, 17:21

Ooooook! I've been fully fooled! :D

Alexei 2. April 2007, 17:27

Nice, you fooled us all!

andol 2. April 2007, 19:31

Thanks to all. :smile: Fooling people once a year is really cool. :D If you ever visit Wrocław, please claim a beer. :wink:

If you offer something that is expected by users, it's much easier to make them believe that what you say is truth. So I've just put together Opera users' wishes, features offered by some tiny tools/scripts, stuff talked over at Opera fora and some imagination. :wink:

Marcin 2. April 2007, 23:22

Pity it's just a joke :-)

Karbonade 4. April 2007, 20:34

Hey, I need this tool, it is actually a very good idea! Can someone make it?

andol 4. April 2007, 20:58

Some parts of the "specification" are rather unfeasible, but I think someone could do it. :wink:

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