Opera Coast: Difference between revisions

{{short description|Web browser for Apple devices}}

| name = Opera Coast

| logo = Opera_coast.png

| screenshot =

| screenshot_size = 250px

| caption = Home screen of Opera Coast

| developer = [[Opera Software]]

| operating system = [[iOS]] 7 and later, [[Android (operating system)|Android]] version planned

| discontinued = yes

| genre = [[Mobile browser]]

| language count = 32

| license = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] [[freeware]] with [[open-source license|open-source]] components

| website = {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427083635/http://operacoast.com/|title=Website for Opera Coast -|date=April 27 2014}}

'''Opera Coast''' is a discontinued [[web browser]] developed for [[iOS]] devices by [[Opera Software]]. The browser was not based on any former product of Opera and was written from scratch. It was also designed for touch while traditional browser buttons and components such as [[Tab (GUI)|tabs]], [[Web browsing history|history]], and [[Bookmark (World Wide Web)|bookmarks]] are eliminated and replaced by [[gesture recognition|gestures]].<ref name=main_coast_opera>{{cite web|url=http://www.opera.com/help/coast/|title=Opera Coast|publisher=Opera Software|access-date=22 May 2014}}</ref><ref name=apple_insider>{{cite web|url=http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/04/24/opera-coast-for-ios-brings-back-the-enjoyment-to-mobile-web-browsing|title=Opera 'Coast' for iOS brings the enjoyment back to mobile Web browsing|date=24 April 2014 |publisher=appleinsider|access-date=28 May 2014}}</ref><ref name=beta_news>{{cite web|url=http://betanews.com/2014/05/28/opera-coast-a-new-way-of-interacting-with-the-internet-qa/|title=Opera Coast: A new way of interacting with the internet [Q&A]|date=28 May 2014 |publisher=betanews|access-date=30 May 2014}}</ref>

Opera Coast was first released for the iPad on September 9, 2013. An iPhone version followed in April 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://time.com/74803/opera-coast/|title=Opera Coast — the Browser That Makes Sites Feel like Apps — Lands on the iPhone|first=Harry|last=McCracken |date=April 24, 2014|publisher=time.com}}</ref>

In February 2016, Opera announced an Android version of the browser, which was ultimately never released.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.opera.com/blogs/news/2016/02/preview-opera-coast-for-android-mobile-world-congress-2016/

|title=New Android browser from Opera previews at MWC|first=Houib|last=Kleinboub |date=February 22, 2016|publisher=Opera}}</ref>

Coast was discontinued and removed from the Apple App Store in August 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://forums.opera.com/topic/22039/opera-coast-no-longer-in-app-store|title=Opera Coast No Longer In The App Store?|date=31 July 2017 |access-date=5 April 2018}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=March 2024|reason=Forum posts are not reliable sources}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/operabrowser/comments/6t276w/opera_coast_is_no_more/|title=Opera Coast is no more?|date=11 August 2017 |access-date=5 April 2018}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=March 2024|reason=Forum posts are not reliable sources}}

An embedded security mechanism was implemented in Opera Coast which included several security aspects, like certificates, site reputation, URLs, browsing history, and page content, and the user would be warned if any risk is detected.<ref name="main_coast_opera"/><ref name="apple_insider"/><ref name=zdnet>{{cite web|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/operas-ipad-only-coast-browser-gets-2-0-release/|title=Opera's iPad-only Coast browser gets 2.0 release|publisher=ZDNet|access-date=28 May 2014}}</ref>

Opera Coast was designed to automatically perform synchronization using [[iCloud]]. This synchronization kept the tiles on the home screen the same.<ref name="main_coast_opera"/><ref name="apple_insider"/>

Coast was available in 32 languages.

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