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Opera Mini 3.0 Now Available
E IS mC(Square) writes "Opera Mini 3.0 is out of beta. The feature list includes RSS integration, a user-interface geared towards mobile devices and small screen size, and it's fast for relatively slower mobile data connections (with picture upload/sharing if you are into it). Requirement for using it: You must have a phone capable of running Java mobile applications and are using an Internet connection (officially supported devices are listed)."
A third grader's essay on some new product? Because that's what it reads like.
Do not attempt to use this version with the Treo 700p. The previous version of Opera Mini worked fine on my Treo but this version crashes the phone repeatedly when I try to use it.
...And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me." - Martin Niemoeller (1892-1984)
You might as well just run Opera proper...or maybe an old version of it. Opera is pretty light as it is.
By summer it was all gone...now shesmovedon. --
While I used Opera Mini 2.0 on my Treo and found it worked very well, the new version 3.0 crashes constantly (which, thanks to the lack of memory protection on the Palm, resets it). Reinstalled the JVM, Opera Mini, etc - no better. Downgraded to 2.0 and all was fine.
.01 updates to its "Mini" product).
Might want to wait for some bug fixes (although Opera doesn't generally push
I don't know what kind of crack I was on, but I suspect it was decaf.
It looks horrible in Firefox and IE7 as well, perhaps it's not the browsers fault..
If you visit http://www.operamini.com/ on your blackberry it automatically detects your device type and gives you a download option. It recommended Opera Mini - International for me, but it was easy to switch that to Opera Mini - US.
Since invariably someone gets these mixed up, there are three main browser types that Opera produces:
Opera Desktop - this is the full-up web browser that you can use on Widows, Mac or Linux (plus a few other Unixes)
Opera Mobile - this uses the same rendering engine, but runs on smaller devices like PDAs and some phones. The DS and Wii browsers are probably based on this version.
Opera Mini - this is the Java-based app that runs on virtually any JVM-capable phone and does a lot of the processing on a proxy server.
After deleting the copy I had installed in the phone's memory, I tried running it from an SD card. It behaved the same way there. Grr.
I should've saved the previous version before installing this one, but I rarely used it. Blazer was more functional and easier to use for most things. For updating my On Tap in Vegas page when out and about, I found that Links running in an SSH session would work.
20 January 2017: the End of an Error.
I don't have a Treo 650 but if I did it would probably be happening to me too.
"Sacrifice for the good of The State" - The State
I'm guessing someone didn't read on Opera's website about how Opera Mini actually works. They do have to use a proxy:
Mini technology Opera Mini uses a remote server to pre-process Web pages before sending them to your phone. Web content is compressed to reduce the size of data transferred, enabling handling on simpler phones and creating fast browsing at low costs. http://www.operamini.com/features/
I browse on +1 so AC's need not respond, I won't see it.
The whole point of opera mini is the server. It is not just a proxy, it digests the page and adapts it to small-screen viewing before sending it to you.
There are very good reasons for this:
* The transformations are done in very intelligent ways that would be way too heavy to do on most phones in a timely fashion
* The digested page has much less data to transfer, and can be compressed in proprietary ways since the client is known. (helps both speed and cost of use).
* The client need only handle content of the format the proxy produces, so the implementation can be much simpler than a normal xhtml client. This way (along with their plain talent and experience in optimizing) they manage to get a java-based browser running on a jvm running on a phone to outperform the native one that comes with the phone. Damn impressive.
Now if you want total privacy, fair enough. You don't have to use it, or you don't have to use it for everything. But it is made the way it is for specific reason that deliver very specific advantages. After getting used to Opera mini, the standard browser on my SE is close useless by comparison.
And your ISP probably wathces you anyway; why trust them any more than opera?
sudo ergo sum
When you have a working real life solution in hand which is run on millions (if not hundreds of millions) mobile phones, you got something to say to companies while trying to sell these:
http://www.opera.com/products/devices/
Also it seems they got deal with Google which is also effective in this product (default search engine).
Did you ever wonder why MS sunk billions of dollars in IE even while they are at court for monopoly? That was done with evil agenda, Opera supported nothing but open web standards since it was founded.
So they got "karma" enough to type mini.opera.com in my K700i J2ME 2 phone wap browser right after reading this headline.
It matters since
.NET tries to rule the World, a J2ME (Java) 98 kb browser (with httpS: and RSS support) runs on billion devices potentially.
.NET freaks which couldn't release anything like this and moron websites/coders managing to break every single standard. You know why? If your site is W3C compliant, it renders PERFECTLY on Opera Mini.
1) While MS
2) It uses Open Source Pike ( http://pike.ida.liu.se/ ) to serve millions of users
3) It is another barrier for MS infested device browsing (Run WinCE browser and see)
4) It is from a small company which managed to stand against AOL and Microsoft just by supporting standards and rely on customer trust.
5) It gives people even without a WAP 2.0 browser chance of surfing web, getting information without charge.
6) Server structure handling millions of users is Linux ( easy, check http://gemal.dk/ with it)
It is bad news for MSFT and