
With Opera Unite, everyday non-technical users can serve and share content and services directly from their own computers in the form of intuitive applications. In other words, your computer (running Opera Unite) is truly part of the fabric of the Web, rather than just interacting with it, and it’s something anyone can use. Opera Unite is a unique technology that turns any computer or device running Opera into a Web server. Update: Opera Unite is now part of the Opera browser. If you haven’t already, download the new Opera Unite builds available, and start playing. In this article I will explain what Opera Unite is, discuss “the Internet’s unfulfilled promise” in more detail (and explain how it led to us creating Opera Unite), and share some inspirational ideas to illustrate what you can do with it. This technology is a radical first step towards addressing what I call “the Internet’s unfulfilled promise”, which is about our ability to connect with each other and participate meaningfully online-on our own terms, and without losing control of our data. Of all the new features we’ve introduced over the years, none of them have filled me with as much anticipation as Opera Unite. I’ve been an avid Opera user since 2001 and have seen the numerous innovations Opera has introduced to dramatically improve the experience of Web browsing.

Today, I will share my thoughts on Opera Unite, a new Opera technology that I’m extremely excited about. My name is Lawrence Eng, and, as a product analyst for Opera Software, my job is to understand our users and what they need, so we can serve them better.
