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

[Wu, Yue]

On Mon, 04 May 2009 21:28:11 +0800, Haavard Moen  
<haavard+list+ou at opera.com> wrote:

> 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.

> 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.

I got the point, thank you :)

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Hi,
Wu, Yue