Opera Mini goes landscape!

slitchfield · #1 31-08-2007, 07:24 AM

The best loved (and free) phone browser in the world just got better. Opera Mini 4 has just hit beta 2, with a mountain of changes, including 'landscape' mode, detailed below. The usual caveats about it using Java and being RAM hungry apply, but that aside, it's just about perfect!

Read on in the full article.

#2 31-08-2007, 08:14 AM

Sounds really promising. Using Java as a universal platform to minimise recoding etc. sound like a winner.

BUT

I am/was a big fan of Opera Mobile and was really hoping it would be an alternative option for the E90.

With all the frantic efforts going on around Opera Mini and no apparent work going on around Opera Mobile. Is Opera Mobile in effect now just a legacy product with no major development or porting to newer devices like the E90 ?

One particular problem I can see with mini is I can't see it supporting plugins like flash etc. or am I wrong.

Zuber

Ratkat · #3 31-08-2007, 08:17 AM

Steve, you always have a pop at Opera Mini for being Java and therefore 'ram hungry'.

Whilst not Java the surely same applies to Nokia S60 browser which is just as ram hungry, in fact I would argue that Opera Mini now offers a better browsing experience than S60 Browser, certainly on phones like the current N95 etc with limited ram.

On the N95 I surfed for two solid hours this morning using Opera Mini over 3.5G and still had according to Handy Taskman 6.5mb of free ram, the same thing is impossible using S60 Browser which is usually down to about 3mb of ram after 20 minutes (dependent on the sites you are browsing of course) before running out of memory and needing an exit/restart to continue.

Ratkat · #4 31-08-2007, 09:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Sounds really promising. Using Java as a universal platform to minimise recoding etc. sound like a winner.

BUT

I am/was a big fan of Opera Mobile and was really hoping it would be an alternative option for the E90.

With all the frantic efforts going on around Opera Mini and no apparent work going on around Opera Mobile. Is Opera Mobile in effect now just a legacy product with no major development or porting to newer devices like the E90 ?

One particular problem I can see with mini is I can't see it supporting plugins like flash etc. or am I wrong.

Zuber

Checkout http://www.opera.com/products/mobile/ for details of the new Opera Mobile 9 which is coming soon

slitchfield · #5 31-08-2007, 09:46 AM

Oh, I'm not defending S60 Web - that's ridiculously hungry too. I just think it's worth warning people when they install *ANY* Java app that the mere act of running it will knock them for up to 10MB of RAM even before the app itself starts asking for more.

Of course, on the newer devices, RAM won't be a problem, but in the meantime....

#6 31-08-2007, 11:34 AM

Hi Guys... currently running this on P1i.... works like a dream... havent tested it on any heavy java script type sites... but this looks like a strong competition for Safari on S60... Great work!

steffi · #7 02-09-2007, 02:07 PM

So let's say it supports whatever how do I override the User Agent header?

I'm sick of websites only giving me their mobile versions and the only way to avoid that is to be able to override the User Agent header unless each site provides an option like Google Search.

#8 03-09-2007, 09:46 AM

I just love Opera Mini! I just wished it would install on my 9300i... but so far I've only been getting the Opera Mini 3.0 file downloaded. Anyone can help or is there no support for S80 devices anymore?

ako 'to · #9 05-09-2007, 01:26 PM

hi, this opera mini beta 4 really sounds very good and promising, the thing is its not working on my phone... the installation works fine, its there in the list of program, it even opens but not running after the loading bar reaches on like 95%, it will prompt that there's a connection error. anyone got the same problem with this opera mini??

thanks