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Opera has been bundling in a mail client, rss reader, calendar app etc for ages now. I also always thought it was weird but Opera people seem to like it, to the

Opera has been bundling in a mail client, rss reader, calendar app etc for ages now. I also always thought it was weird but Opera people seem to like it, to the point that inspired browsers like Vivaldi also do that.

nailz1911 3y ago
FYI Vivaldi is run by ex-CEO and co-founder of Opera. =)
jcranmer 3y ago
Didn't Netscape bundle in a mail client before Opera did?
- guestbest 3y ago
  Netscape had a separate email and html composer application suite in the late 1990s. Opera had it built in along with a torrent client that couldn’t be separated from what I remember in a package that was smaller than almost all feature complete stand alone web browsers from 2003 and onwards.
- abdullahkhalids 3y ago
  Something like that. Mozilla used the Netscape code to first create Mozilla Application Suite and then SeaMonkey[1]. It had Mail, IRC chat and a composer. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SeaMonkey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SeaMonkey
- asadotzler 3y ago
  Yes. 3 years before Opera. Netscape shipped Communicator in June of '97, the suite that added email and calendaring to browsing, based in part on their Collabra groupware acquisition in '96. Opera released v4 in June of 2000, three years later, with its email client.
Rinzler89 3y ago
>Opera has been bundling in a mail client, rss reader, calendar app etc for ages now. Opera has been bundling stuff like that, even a BitTorrent client, even when they were still a Norwegian owned company.
- methuselah_in 3y ago
  Sorry? They are Chinese
  - Rinzler89 3y ago
    What I said above. Opera was Norwegian before that. Which part confuses you?
  - fragmede 3y ago
    Now they are. Previously, they were Norwegian.
attractivechaos 3y ago
> Opera has been bundling in a mail client, rss reader, calendar app etc for ages now No longer the case since they switched to Blink. Nonetheless, Opera still comes with more built-in functionality than other browsers, such as ad blocker, in-browser VPN, and builtin ads occasionally.

nailz1911 3y ago

FYI Vivaldi is run by ex-CEO and co-founder of Opera. =)

jcranmer 3y ago

Didn't Netscape bundle in a mail client before Opera did?

guestbest 3y ago
Netscape had a separate email and html composer application suite in the late 1990s. Opera had it built in along with a torrent client that couldn’t be separated from what I remember in a package that was smaller than almost all feature complete stand alone web browsers from 2003 and onwards.
abdullahkhalids 3y ago
Something like that. Mozilla used the Netscape code to first create Mozilla Application Suite and then SeaMonkey[1]. It had Mail, IRC chat and a composer. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SeaMonkey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SeaMonkey
asadotzler 3y ago
Yes. 3 years before Opera. Netscape shipped Communicator in June of '97, the suite that added email and calendaring to browsing, based in part on their Collabra groupware acquisition in '96. Opera released v4 in June of 2000, three years later, with its email client.

Rinzler89 3y ago

>Opera has been bundling in a mail client, rss reader, calendar app etc for ages now. Opera has been bundling stuff like that, even a BitTorrent client, even when they were still a Norwegian owned company.

methuselah_in 3y ago
Sorry? They are Chinese
- Rinzler89 3y ago
  What I said above. Opera was Norwegian before that. Which part confuses you?
- fragmede 3y ago
  Now they are. Previously, they were Norwegian.

attractivechaos 3y ago

> Opera has been bundling in a mail client, rss reader, calendar app etc for ages now No longer the case since they switched to Blink. Nonetheless, Opera still comes with more built-in functionality than other browsers, such as ad blocker, in-browser VPN, and builtin ads occasionally.