I misread the headlines. I thought the word was “Oprah”. :)
I can’t see how this is a good use of money, along with the reports that FaceBook is developing its own smartphone. This will only cause resistance in companies who will now see FaceBook as a competitor, not just an application on their devices.
The tree is in the forest .... somewhere .. there might be a few beautiful flowers nearby, but ...
I remember the “Viola” browser, back in the very beginning when Mosiac was the only option and it was a question if the WorldWideWeb could unseat Gopher...
Facebook wants their “own” browser.
IMHO, it would be cheaper and a lot faster to make and promote add-ins for IE, Firefox, Chrome, etc.
Facebook already has an unholy alliance with Yahoo. I have a FB account, but post nothing...its just a portal to look at other people’s accounts.
Yet, I have been ‘posting’. I recently discovered that every time I read a Yahoo news item, a post is made that announces that I read it.
You can turn it off of course....
Awwww, crap. If that’s true, I’ll never accept another download/upgrade from Opera, EVER. Facebutt is absolute garbage/crap/trash spy/malware.
I’ve been using Opera (now v11.64) for 4+yrs and love it. Compact, versatile, fast, powerful and very configurable. I run WIN-7 Pro 64-bit and have never opened the MSIE v9-POS. I also have Firefox as a back-up browser, but have hardly used it, either. I also have Thunderbird (now v12.0.1) as an email client.
If Facebutt gets their slimy, dirty hands on Opera, they’ll ruin it and, I’d bet, millions will drop using/uninstall it. I probably will, too, and look around for something else. I still have some Mozilla Netscape v9.0.0.6 CDs in the “computer museum” in my basement, and might even resurrect one of those “oldies”. Heh.
If you’re on Facebutt, GET OFF.
Here’s how to delete your account, which isn’t available through the UCP (User Control Panel), anymore:
http://www.wikihow.com/Permanently-Delete-a-Facebook-Account
This is what happens when a 29 yo kid runs a multi-billion dollar company. Remember all the chit Microsoft got into when Gates was a kid?
I don’t know why they would. They already have their own browser called RockMelt and it works really well. It’s a lot faster and more reliable than any of the others, especially I.E., that I have used. I use it exclusively.
Facebook is OK depending on how you use it and how careful you are. I keep up with out of state family through Facebook along with friends that live too far away to visit. I don’t live on it the way so many do and I don’t play the silly games that so many are addicted to.
In the mobile world, browsers are becoming less important because so much is being delivered via an “app”.
I feel desktops will follow this trend.
Opera Mini is my favorite mobile browser, bar none. I hope this doesn’t crap it up.
Chrome is by far the best, fastest and most stable, but I am way of it because I know Eric Schmidt thinks we are not entitled to any privacy. Opera is good too. But none of this will save Facebook. They will go the way of MySpace within 5 years.