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Opera Mini approved for iPhone

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Re: Opera Mini approved for iPhone

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Post by vais »

Downloaded it for the Find in Page feature and uninstalled pretty much immediately - I thought it would be serious competition for my Find In Page plugin for Safari and finally deliver this functionality in a native way. 

Instead, over 60% of the screen is permanently covered by the toolbar at the top and the keypad at the bottom. No way to scroll either while in the Find in Page mode. No way to step backwards throught search results either - next button only. What were you guys thinking?! Find in Page could have been a killer feature for you over Safari, and it falls way short. 

In addition, the app does not feel Cocoa Touch-like - UI elements look faked and the feel is different. Sorry, I had much higher expectations for days waiting for the release, and it just did not deliver iPhone-like experience. Better luck in the next version, I guess. BTW, love Opera on the desktop!

PS: almost forgot - PDF is not supported at all and is delegated to Safari instead!

Re: Opera Mini approved for iPhone

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Post by jodrellblank »

rscott wrote: post #54
gizmo wrote: post #35

First impressions: 1. it's very responsive. Much snappier than Safari; the difference is very noticeable. 2. pages download much quicker 3. zooming in and out is faster, but you only have two zoom levels. If you "pinch to zoom" it immediately zooms in all the way. 4. the home screen with 9 favorites works great 5. it's a little buggy (clicks don't always register) 6. killer feature #1: it automatically stores the ent…

It doesn't scroll to the top of the page when you tap the status bar. Hate when apps neglect to do that.

I would love it if shake-to-undo undid this. Hate when I tap it accidentally.

Re: Opera Mini approved for iPhone

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Post by hkuo »

barredo wrote: post #8

Link to the AppStore http://itunes.apple.com/uk/app/opera-mini-web-browser/id3637... — It's not as fast as I expected, but still For now: "un-zommed" content is unreadable, for instance, nytimes.com in Opera http://cl.ly/JIP vs Safari Mobile: http://cl.ly/J9i (which is also unreadable, but well, I can distinct letters)

This is a major problem. Without even being able to read the article titles, there is literally nothing you can scan to decide where you want to look, what you want to click, or even just what you want to zoom in on. I can make out the Sheraton logo though? Maybe Opera takes a cut of banner ad clicks and wants those to be the only things we can read without zooming in?

Re: Opera Mini approved for iPhone

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Post by afterburner »

danudey wrote: post #30
barredo wrote: post #8

Link to the AppStore http://itunes.apple.com/uk/app/opera-mini-web-browser/id3637... — It's not as fast as I expected, but still For now: "un-zommed" content is unreadable, for instance, nytimes.com in Opera http://cl.ly/JIP vs Safari Mobile: http://cl.ly/J9i (which is also unreadable, but well, I can distinct letters)

Frustratingly, it's not available on the Canadian App Store. I wonder if there's a reason for that, or if it just hasn't propagated yet.

Downloaded in Canada.

Re: Opera Mini approved for iPhone

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Post by catch23 »

stanleydrew wrote: post #20
sirn wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Think of Opera Mini as an interactive image viewer. They interpret all JavaScript on the server side and sent result back to the client using OBML[1]. Or at least that's how it works on other device. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_Mini#Functionality

Interesting. The section on JavaScript support is not encouraging actually. Can anyone report on attempting to use a js-heavy web-app through Opera Mini, e.g. Gmail?

Even Opera on the desktop doesn't work so hot with Gmail.

Re: Opera Mini approved for iPhone

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Post by dazmax »

stanleydrew wrote: post #20
sirn wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Think of Opera Mini as an interactive image viewer. They interpret all JavaScript on the server side and sent result back to the client using OBML[1]. Or at least that's how it works on other device. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_Mini#Functionality

Interesting. The section on JavaScript support is not encouraging actually. Can anyone report on attempting to use a js-heavy web-app through Opera Mini, e.g. Gmail?

Every time I vote up a comment the page reloads and starts at the top.

Re: Opera Mini approved for iPhone

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Post by bruceboughton »

Scrolling requires repeated swipes. Links and buttons require multiple taps to activate, and some cannot be activate at all. (stay signed in checkbox on myOpenID). Initial zoom levep is useless with unreadable text. Zoomed in level feels too zoomed in without ability to adjust.

But worst of all, the text area editor is custom--no autocorrection. This comment has takem far too long to edit.

In short, a really poorly executed app that should not have been approved, save for the crapstorm banning it would have caused.

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