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**Cristiano** · 05-25-2012, 05:34 PM

Facebook in talks to buy browser company Opera, says report | Internet & Media - CNET News

Dancien Graves · 05-25-2012, 05:39 PM

"Facebook: The Browser" It slices, it dices, it will fuck up your search results by switching back and forth from "Most Recent" to "Most Popular".

Website Location Tagging would be a nightmare. "Dancien Graves looked at WHAT?"

Johnnie Carling · 05-25-2012, 05:54 PM

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Gabriell Anatra · 05-25-2012, 06:08 PM

Damn.

I used Opera during a dark period in my IT experience when I worked at a place that preached the MS gospel and would not countenance any other software. It was the only one with tabs that wasn't just IE with another face.

Lord · 05-25-2012, 06:18 PM

Opera was the first browser I ever used...along with using Juno for my email...lol

Raindrop Drinkwater · 05-26-2012, 01:26 AM

Say it ain't so!!!

OrinB · 05-26-2012, 02:04 AM

Facebook is now in that damnable position of a company that has to look good for it's shareholders and perform.

They will be implementing tons of takeovers in the near future that will up the company value and therefore increase the dividend for it's shareholders.

If they have nothing else to give within their own core product, the only way they will give satisfaction for their shareholders is to grow by swallowing up other companies along the way and procure their ready made assets.

bladyblue · 05-26-2012, 02:05 AM

**Void** · 05-26-2012, 04:01 AM

wait, facebook, the company that specializes in ridiculously useless information overload and mishandling, is going to take over the browser that specializes in.... doing the exact opposite?

I wish I believed that this would be good news for facebook, but I expect it will be bad news for Opera =S

infiniview Merit · 05-26-2012, 10:14 AM

Facebook is behind on the delivery of content to mobile devices.

Quote:

Mobile gaming is growing at a staggering clip. It already rakes in more money than the combined revenues of Nintendo and Sony. Yet we are just at the start. According to market forecaster Gartner, the U.S. mobile gaming market was worth $1.53 billion last year. By the end of the decade that number is expected to rise to $7.8 billion.

Read more: Facebook has fallen behind Google and Apple in Mobile Gaming | Business | TIME.com

I think they want their own browser so they do not have to share info through that portal, same with apps. For every bit of data moving across the web there are people trying to figure out how to commodetize them.

**Brenda Archer** · 05-26-2012, 12:52 PM

Opera was a good way to get a decent browser onto a phone that was okay on the hardware level but unnecessarily gimped by the service provider in some way. I doubt it will be useful for that if Bigname Corp takes it over. It's too bad. Part of why I won't sign a cell phone contract is the way the providers lock stuff up in absurd ways. Just charge me for data, dammit.

Lewis Luminos · 05-26-2012, 12:58 PM

I used Opera years ago, when I first decided that IE sucked and I hadn't found Firefox yet. I didn't like that the free version had an ad-banner built in at the top and you had to pay to get rid of it. Other than that I thought it was pretty good at the time.

LeeLee · 05-27-2012, 01:05 AM

i still use it when i'm in sl or open sim to browse the forums and stuff, chrome crashes my viewers for some reason

Uffda Graycloud · 05-27-2012, 03:53 AM

I've used Opera since version 2.12 (Win 3.x) and I really hope that FB does not get to screw things up. I've disagreed with some of Opera Software's choices (it seems like the marketing department took over, which is generally a bad thing) of late, but FB getting at it? Yuck. I might have to settle for the kludgy Firefox or something then - in an attempt to keep away from FB's utter lack of comprehension of proper behavior.

OrinB · 05-29-2012, 04:23 PM

Well facebook certainly isn't keeping the markets satisfied it's prediction of it's own wealth was viable!

Facebook Share Price Falls By A Quarter To $30 - Yahoo! News UK

Argent Stonecutter · 05-29-2012, 05:07 PM

The first change is Opera will support the new <like> tag.

**Void** · 05-29-2012, 05:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Argent Stonecutter

The first change is Opera will support the new <like> tag.

I'm too afraid to laugh....

05-26-2012, 02:05 AM	#8 (permalink)
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Lewis Luminos The Gingerbeard Man Ginger Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: UK Posts: 5,917 My Mood: SL Join Date: 08/11/2008 Business: Club Noir Client: Firestorm and v2 Blog Entries: 16	I used Opera years ago, when I first decided that IE sucked and I hadn't found Firefox yet. I didn't like that the free version had an ad-banner built in at the top and you had to pay to get rid of it. Other than that I thought it was pretty good at the time. __________________ Club Noir - 24/7 Jazz and Swing

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Uffda Graycloud Equus africanus asinus Hee-haw! Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 70 Client: Firestorm	I've used Opera since version 2.12 (Win 3.x) and I really hope that FB does not get to screw things up. I've disagreed with some of Opera Software's choices (it seems like the marketing department took over, which is generally a bad thing) of late, but FB getting at it? Yuck. I might have to settle for the kludgy Firefox or something then - in an attempt to keep away from FB's utter lack of comprehension of proper behavior. __________________ I am a donkey. You should not be more of an ass than I am.

05-29-2012, 05:07 PM	#16 (permalink)
Argent Stonecutter Emergency Mustelid Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 15,379	The first change is Opera will support the new <like> tag. __________________ Argent Stonecutter -- Skyhook Station -- Coonspiracy Store "And now I'm going to show you something really cool." The previous is a cybernetic datum published - in direct contravention of DoD Regulation #229RR3X3 - as being conducive to the physical, psychological and/or social well-being of the population.

05-25-2012, 05:39 PM	#2 (permalink)
Dancien Graves Now with less padding Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 9,785 My Mood: Awards: 1	"Facebook: The Browser" It slices, it dices, it will fuck up your search results by switching back and forth from "Most Recent" to "Most Popular". Website Location Tagging would be a nightmare. "Dancien Graves looked at WHAT?"

05-25-2012, 05:54 PM	#3 (permalink)
Johnnie Carling Senior Member DEUS EST HOMO Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 2,657 My Mood: SL Join Date: 2007-08-17 Client: Viewer Development	Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

05-25-2012, 06:08 PM	#4 (permalink)
Gabriell Anatra Imp Who are you? Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Somewhere else. Posts: 2,299 SL Join Date: Early '06 or late '05, not sure. Client: Singularity	Damn. I used Opera during a dark period in my IT experience when I worked at a place that preached the MS gospel and would not countenance any other software. It was the only one with tabs that wasn't just IE with another face.

05-25-2012, 06:18 PM	#5 (permalink)
Lord Abnormally Normal I Don't Really Exist Do I ? Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 1,220 My Mood: Client: I try all of them, but for everyday use it's Cool VL Viewer.	Opera was the first browser I ever used...along with using Juno for my email...lol

05-26-2012, 02:04 AM	#7 (permalink)
OrinB ♂♂ ... Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: London, UK Posts: 2,272 My Mood: SL Join Date: 25th May 2007 Blog Entries: 1	Facebook is now in that damnable position of a company that has to look good for it's shareholders and perform. They will be implementing tons of takeovers in the near future that will up the company value and therefore increase the dividend for it's shareholders. If they have nothing else to give within their own core product, the only way they will give satisfaction for their shareholders is to grow by swallowing up other companies along the way and procure their ready made assets.

05-26-2012, 12:52 PM	#11 (permalink)
Brenda Archer Tired *SLU Supporter* Watery Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Portland Posts: 7,345 My Mood: SL Join Date: 4/28/2005 Blog Entries: 4	Opera was a good way to get a decent browser onto a phone that was okay on the hardware level but unnecessarily gimped by the service provider in some way. I doubt it will be useful for that if Bigname Corp takes it over. It's too bad. Part of why I won't sign a cell phone contract is the way the providers lock stuff up in absurd ways. Just charge me for data, dammit.

05-29-2012, 04:23 PM	#15 (permalink)
OrinB ♂♂ ... Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: London, UK Posts: 2,272 My Mood: SL Join Date: 25th May 2007 Blog Entries: 1	Well facebook certainly isn't keeping the markets satisfied it's prediction of it's own wealth was viable! Facebook Share Price Falls By A Quarter To $30 - Yahoo! News UK

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