[OU] Why does opera integreted so many functions beyond the browsing?

[Haavard Moen]

On Fri, 01 May 2009 01:30:29 +0200, Wu, Yue <vanopen at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think opera can make them as addons, so people can pick the part they  
> like.
> There is a version that seperated browser and mail, but they are real
> seperated, so if install both of them will increase the total size. I  
> think make the functions other than the browser is the good and right
> way.
>
> For me, I like opera's browser, but mail :)

Opera has always been more than just a browser. It's part of Opera's
identity.

Removing all of these features wouldn't really make a difference in
reality. Since mail, chat and all such extras all re-use resources from
the browser itself, those parts are rather small. Removing them wouldn't
reduce the size much at all.

Unless you actually start using these extras, it won't have an impact on
performance, and these things are mostly hidden by default as well. So
people can already pick the parts they like by activating these "hidden"
extras.