[JoeProBono]

[Mr. K]

Now THERE is a great idea

[Lawdoc]

Now thats change I can believe in.

[driftdiver]

yeah no security concerns there

[relictele]

Ordinarily I would dismiss it as a PR stunt and one of those because-it-can tech demonstrations that doesn’t have a real-world use but given our current socioeconopolitical climate we might just need personal servers to communicate the way dissidents in Iran need Twitter right now.

[netmilsmom]

We have Opera on our Wii.
I would like it if it could support Flash.

[mkjessup]

I'm still waking up I guess, at first I thought the headline was
'Oprah lets browser be used as a server' and I thought 'omg, is she going to tell us she's a tech guru next?'

I need coffee.

[doodad]

I will pass on that idea.

I have a web server for that.

[raybbr]

What will the RIAA say?

[newfreep]

If browsers are downloaded free, how do companies like Opera generate sales?

[ShadowAce]

[fso301]

Opera is a nice browser. I use it quite a bit.

[dayglored]

> Opera CEO Jon von Tetzchner called it a giant leap in the Internet, dubbing it Web 5.0.

Oh, fer cryin' out loud. Can't people stop with the hyperbole for even a minute? "Web 5.0" my arse -- it's a freakin' browser. Next he'll call it a "Paradigm Shift". Can somebody tell him that P2P is old hat?

> "We're enabling every single user, every single computer to be a two-way street on the Internet," he said in a Webcast. "Every device can share information."

A colossally BAD idea, in the hands of regular users.

There's a reason SERVERS are built and run and administered differently from HOME COMPUTERS.

I got nothing against Opera, but this is not a good development.

[dayglored]

Oh, and so much for Opera ever being taken seriously by the business computer marketplace. Every employee notebook and desktop becoming a security hole?

Not while I or any SysAdmin I know are on the job. We have enough security issues to deal with already.

[Toki]

I’m very excited about this. I designed a whole website at work almost straight from Opera. I had access to other design software during the process, but I found the easiest for doing CSS and HTML on, and getting an automatic update on the page right after. Also the fact that they have just about everything in Opera (including bit torrent software built right in, saving your websites when the computer goes out, widgets that help with design, etc.) it’s my favorite when doing design work. I do not use it however for everyday use. It still can’t handle facebook.

[hugorand]

A giant leap in the Internet, dubbing it Web 5.0?

Not quite. This is not an Opera innovation. The “fishbowl” browser has already integrated a web server into a browser.

Also, Tonido did this same thing 3 months ago (http://www.tonido.com), offering a cross-platform open source app to accomplish the same goal.

[Uncle Hal]

I downloaded the latest version and started using it today. Seems to be very fast. I am impressed.