Opera Mini approved for iPhone • Hacker News Board

Re: Opera Mini approved for iPhone

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Post by IgorPartola » Tue, Apr 13, 2010, 1:35 AM UTC

gbookman wrote: post #33

IgorPartola wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They don't give a crap about the developers or what the developers think about them.

Then why would they invest millions, if not billions, in creating, enhancing, and supporting developer tools? Obviously they only do so to benefit themselves, but it's quite clear from their actions that Apple does care about developers.

Put it this way: they don't care about what the developers have to say about their platform or their policies and they assume that whatever minority of developers has left their platform will be replaced by an army of new ones. I mean, how many people have actually dropped their development for the iPhone/iPad? Have you noticed it?

Re: Opera Mini approved for iPhone

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Apr 13, 2010, 1:40 AM UTC

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…

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Re: Opera Mini approved for iPhone

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Post by arpit » Tue, Apr 13, 2010, 1:42 AM UTC

IgorPartola wrote: post #10

gbookman wrote: post #7

They must've planned this as a way to placate pissed off app developers.

They don't give a crap about the developers or what the developers think about them.

You have to wonder how much of this is PR damage control considering how the developer community pretty much called out their BS.

Re: Opera Mini approved for iPhone

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Post by arpit » Tue, Apr 13, 2010, 1:43 AM UTC

Big question then, can you embed Opera as the browser in your native app just as you can Safari?

Re: Opera Mini approved for iPhone

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Post by labria » Tue, Apr 13, 2010, 1:46 AM UTC

arpit wrote: post #44

Big question then, can you embed Opera as the browser in your native app just as you can Safari?

I don't think so, unless Opera Software gives you the sources.

Re: Opera Mini approved for iPhone

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Post by amichail » Tue, Apr 13, 2010, 1:54 AM UTC

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…

What does it do with encrypted pages and logins?

Re: Opera Mini approved for iPhone

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Post by alastair » Tue, Apr 13, 2010, 1:55 AM UTC

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…

Agree with much of what you've said. I think opera have nailed the tab switching UI, its so much quicker to use then safari.

Couple of things I dont like

- They've implemented their own copy/paste controls. I guess this is nessesary due to the 'long click' for opening new tabs etc, but its kind of annoying.

- Not really Opera's fault but because of the new useragent, alot of sites deliver the 'normal' mobile version of their site instead of the iphone version I'm used to (usually much prettier).

Re: Opera Mini approved for iPhone

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Post by mortenjorck » Tue, Apr 13, 2010, 2:01 AM UTC

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…

So Opera Mini for rapid access to the read-only web, Safari for deep access to the read/write web.

Having the right tool for the job: why "duplication of functionality" is a good thing.

Re: Opera Mini approved for iPhone

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Post by aresant » Tue, Apr 13, 2010, 2:14 AM UTC

What are plans for iPad version? Would love tabs for the browser.

Re: Opera Mini approved for iPhone

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Post by prawn » Tue, Apr 13, 2010, 2:56 AM UTC

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…

If you double-tap in Safari on iPhone, it will snap to columns which is useful when you want to read an article on a site and avoid the sidebar ads and navigation.