Share your Opera Unite Dream

Share your Opera Unite Dream

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This topic is for everyone. If you are a developer, feel free to discuss ideas with community members about new Opera Unite services.

I am dreaming of:

A possibility to use Opera mail from other computers or mobile phones, to read and write emails from everywhere.
Something like a Outlook Web Access for Opera mail.
Now i am using Remote Desktop, but this does not work on my phone.

It would be really cool if the Media Player had a search feature. My underlining folder structure is very organized. But I can see that it would be hard to find a particular song title or all songs for an artist because I have 70,480 files. This would be fantastic where I have a folder structure for each decade from 1910 to 2010. Each decade contains a 10 folders for each year in each decade.

Just a thought... One search button and one editText field. After search a modal window (Close button) would pop up containing a one line text\link for each particular song returned. User can select text to listen the same way the songs are returned for the media player.

File Sharing and Document Courier are great, but files must be downloaded one-by-one with the password being reentered for each one. If you have a lot of sizable files it requires being a nanny to get it done. How about something that operates more like an FTP client (or as a server with an FTP client such as FileZilla), that allows simultaneous download and/or upload of a number of files or whole folders?

Problem almost solved , I just ran a test on my own Unite Document Courier and uploaded a 10 mb of files in one zip file that works. That is old school and the user would have to konw how to zip files for uploading ....Hope that this helps. I had about 20 files in that zip. they can use windows xp to make a zip folder and add file drop and drag and unzip the same. i Guess that the Developer should hook the doc c to the native windows zip system but then what would mac users do

drag and drop support in File sharing and Photo sharing application would be great.
or any other means to directly add files or pictures to the application from Windows.

Be nice to have the RSS Feeder and Recent Activity output, for the File Sharing application server, not return the raw data. That is convert the ASCII %20 to space(s).

1. A Proxy mode that allows pass-through of a full featured web server running on the same machine/network to anyone connecting through the Unite Server.

2. A Keep-Alive directive that will check the local machine/network IP and send updates out to remote connections in increments of say every 5, 10 or 15 minutes.

3. A Redirect feature settable at the Opera servers in case a connection is lost or the Unite session is closed at it's install location (default would be the user's my opera community profile page ... but with the option to select any other web address as well).

4. A simple Friends and Family system for using secure connections to Unite... ie... possibly using something written in Java such as http://www.bouncycastle.org/ ( license is here: http://www.bouncycastle.org/licence.html which is pretty WIDE OPEN hint hint )
... and set it so that it would only handshake with my opera community users that you had pre determined through the Opera servers (otherwise... connections that did not pass the my opera community log in ... get no ssl or tls by default unless Unite were in the Proxy mode mentioned above connecting to a local server that offered it).

That's about it for now. I may come back and add more after I've thought about how Unite could be used to remotely control machines / keep them updated so that aunt flow's computer doesn't overflow with a million problems before you find the time to run over to her house again and unplug all the trojans, ie toolbars and registry changes that she *somehow* managed to drop down the drain.

I would like a very specific new feature in the Opera Unite Package that comes with Opera . I Want the Ability to change that redirect html address that is a default in My Applications link to a address of my choosing . i would like to be able to rewrite the link to main page or my webpage index and change the link address to one I pick for instance I get a contract from xyz company to set up a small company web site I make a nice home page for xyz company and place html buttons linking each Application that they want clients to use. XYZ does not want there Client to be running around in all the other apps they might have open just the ones on there home page with there Company look. the really don't want the client having access to the OperaUnite main page.

So I would like have a option to choose where this link sends visitors to and what is says.
I suggest new checkboxes in the advanced options in Opera Unite Config Panel

OperaUnite will still be getting advertisement for OperaUnite on each Application Page. XYZ gets to Keep there "Company Look" and protect Other Unite Applications they might have running, from general traffic access.Everbody gets what they want it is a win ,win .

Let's Invite OperaUnite into the business world and not restrict it to being a internet toy for kids wanting to trade tunes. OperaUnite can be so much more to a world struggling to recover from a global recession. Opera Unite could become a powerful business tool for the small business, as well as just plain fun...

Cheers!!

I would like to see a Universal Messenger Client incorporated. Lounge option is sweet, but there are some folks that are stubborn with programs they use. IE: aim/yahoo/msn/icq

Originally posted by RomDos:

Let's Invite OperaUnite into the business world and not restrict it to being a internet toy for kids wanting to trade tunes.

To play with the big boys Opera Unite Web Server has to compete against say the industry standard: Apache web server. Not to mention a hand full of others. I think you would have are hard time selling a prospective client companies tech people on using Opera Unite application web server as their companies web server. Don't get me wrong, I love what Opera Unite has given to the general public. In the business world for companies bigger than Mom and Pop you are talking apples and oranges. What you are currently requesting of Opera's web sever can be accomplished in two or three lines of code in Apache server. Sorry not lines of code but entries in a configuration file.

Should be nice to have my.opera.com blog hosted on our pc with opera unite but we need a backup tool


Should be nce have a mail server as application for opera unite


Activity feed should works better on file sharing application

I would like Opera unite to provide a way to "push" media (music most importantly) from one PC to another. So I could leave a little netbook hooked up to my stereo, and push music to it from my laptop as I'm seated at the work table. One computer in master mode and the other in slave mode. Of course a better media player would be important--playlists, podcasts, less html based. Maybe even integrate with a player like Banshee or VLC.

I would REALLY like to see an "auto re-logon" feature included in Unite.
Every time my internet service "blinks" or something goes wrong out there in "internet land", Unite goes offline and gives the message that "The Unite proxy server is not reachable. This may be corrected by re-starting Unite".
Why should I have to continuously restart Unite when my computer is running fine. Unite in my computer should keep trying to reconnect every minute or so (or some user adjustable interval) until Unite's proxy server becomes "reachable" again. My webserver would then pick up where it left off without constant intervention on my part.
An Auto Re-Logon would solve this problem. I wouldn't have to monitor my server constantly.

Other than that, I am VERY happy with Unite. My compliments to the developers!!

Since mobile browsers (like Safari and Opera Mini) have some difficulties connecting to Unite page, I'd really like to see an Unite App for iOS or Android in order to overcome this problem, being finally able to freely share my stuff between all of my devices!
Otherwise you'll get this:

My dream would be that Opera Unite would not take 97% of my machine memory. This happens went a few users use the unite servers. Nothing but pure paging and page faults. I have 4GB of memory but that is not enough memory. Never seen this problem with say Apache HTTP server.

my dream is that opera includes python. allows me to code in python instead of ECMAScript.
and includes pyside. so i can make REAL apps, REALLY cross-platform. and run them in unite's sandbox.
i think that would be the real revolution internet needs now.
Opera+python+pyside+zodb that would be so great the whole internet as we know it could change.
qt is already supported on most of the mobile phones and desktop OS. and python is pretty easily portable. it's also available on most of the mobile phones.
AFAIK opera itself is built with qt.

Unfortunately, Unite is going to be shut down. Sorry.

OH MY GOD !!!

DOG GOD DOG ....


Indipendent server for everyone bye bye !!

Originally posted by MossMan:

Unfortunately, Unite is going to be shut down. Sorry.

Greeting ,

Unfortunately this is true and voice as well as widgets will be leaving as well . The last three Snapshots on OperaNext 12 have already removed these features. If you would like to keep using Opera Unite . The 11 versions will be the last to have Unite . However the Opera proxie will soon be shut down . You would have to set unite for a direct IP connect for the webserver application and all the unite apps to keep working , which is possible. Information on doing that is contained in the developer article link below :

custom setting for Opera Unite from the developers corner

I would suggest that you get a static IP address from you server and follow the directions in the article . When the time comes to upgrade, install 12 to a different directory . The primary reasoning to dropping Unite was fears of the issues that might arise should SOPA OR ACTA style laws where passed.

For the sake of Internet Freedom and the future I would suggest that you save copies of 11 and the article and give them to all you friends . It may be the only way to get around Internet censorship in the future

your only other choice is to move your Unite site to a commercial server or buy your own server or put server software on you system . you can open the webserver pages via local host but you could not if you are just using unite as a webserver . the other apps would need a web connection to work . you might want to try do down as many apps and get then working as you can now . they will be gone soon

but remember there are very cheap http server you can use. There is one opera user in the opera IRC lounge, nick Scott , that has a cheap server service .

I Hope this info helps you make informed choices for the future .

cheers!!

P.S. the widgets are being converted to extensions and there is talk ... mind you just talk, that the same may happen to at least some Unite applications

Bugger,
stupid US Laws...

Originally posted by RomDos:

The primary reasoning to dropping Unite was fears of the issues that might arise should SOPA OR ACTA style laws where passed.

I didn't read that *anywhere*!

What makes you think that was the reason?

Originally posted by RomDos:

The primary reasoning to dropping Unite was fears of the issues that might arise should SOPA OR ACTA style laws where passed.

These laws are still waiting to be passed. I don't think they will come down on Opera for offering basic Internet tools. Chat, File Sharing, Media Player, etc, are just part of the Internet.

It's a shame that Unite has to go down like this.

i'd also like to know where you heard that it's due to ACTA etc -- that makes no sense to me since none of these laws have actually been passed, and ACTA, the scariest of the lot and the most far-reaching world-wide, looks now like it might well be defeated.

it makes sense for me from a business standpoint, alas -- opera isn't gaining any in the browser wars, and something has to give. i'm impressed they're even hanging on at this point. yes, i am sad that it is the most visionary of the lot, unite, that's also getting the axe, but considering how little effort has gone into it for a while (look at this forum), i'm not surprised. sad, yes. i love the idea of unite, and have been beating the drum with my friends -- though i can't say i convinced a lot of them, *sigh*. it's hard to get people away from accepting google's and facebook's dominion over their lives.

and honestly, continuing to use it when opera pulls the plug makes no sense to me. the best choice in that case is to learn to run your own web server, buy your own domain, and use a dynamic DNS service to direct traffic at it. i realize that's a technological hurdle for many unite users, but it's easier now than ever with LAMP/MAMP/XXAMP. it's not much more of a hurdle than trying to shoehorn opera unite applications (most of which are long abandoned) into some kind of usable shape without opera. and it relies only on commonly available software, all free, which is not going away the next time business management says cost needs to be cut.

i signed the petition, mind, because i really believe unite is something special enough to be an asset for opera in the long run.