Opera Mini archive
Opera Mini 4 beta out
2007-06-19 10:16
Well, wouldn’t you know it, the Opera Mini 4 beta is out. This is, no doubt, the single most exciting thing to happen in the J2ME space ever.
Why? Because it brings full web page layouts to any phone capable of running it. Yes. The full shebang. Your nicely laid out CSS pages. All while still saving your bandwith (and hence, costs) by translating and compressing the pages.
Just how good is the Opera 4 Mini beta? Well. Repeating a cliché, a picture is worth a thousand words, or more. A screnshot of the Acid 2 test is quite telling:
(If you want to check for yourself, the Simulator is now live)
So, how does browsing with the new layout work? You get a virtual mouse pointer, and can move around a zoomed-out overview mode, which neatly zooms in to allow you to read when you click a button. The cursor works one of two ways, either as a regular cursor, using the joystick, or if you use 2,4,6,8 on the keypad, some Magic™ is applied, and it moves from block to block, neatly aligning on them so you zoom in on what most likely is where you wanted to be.
To download it to your phone, just go to operamini.com/beta with your phone.
More reading and stuff you probably want to check out:
Debitel chooses Opera to drive Mobile Web in Europe
2006-03-14 13:40
Link: Debitel chooses Opera to drive Mobile Web in Europe
debitel and Opera signs two-year agreement to utilize Opera`s full mobile product portfolio on debitel`s mobile phones.
Debitel will utilise all of Opera’s product range, including Opera Mobile, Opera Mini and Opera Platform to deliver mobile Web access and Web applications to its customers.
Opera Mini and Acid 2
2006-02-10 21:19
Link: Opera Mini and Acid 2
Opera Mini passes the acid2 test — in a rather peculiar way. Go over to Olli’s blog to check it out, or try it in the simulator.
CEO Interview: Jon S. von Tetzchner of Opera Software
2006-02-08 21:49
Link: CEO Interview: Jon S. von Tetzchner of Opera Software
LinuxDevices.com has a very interesting interview with Jon S. von Tetzchner. Best quote:
Q23. What opportunities do you see in the embedded device market?
A23. Really all kinds of stuff. For example, if you work at IBM, you can see Opera running on a refrigerator…
Opera Mini mind tricks
2006-01-24 19:25
I use Opera Mini absolutely everywhere: If I’m waiting for someone, if I’m at the bus, if I’m having a discussion (or rather, when I want to end a discussion), and I’ll give a few hints as to how I use it.
- I have set up a portal page with a few searches on mini.virtuelvis.com - and I might possibly be adding a micro-aggregator there to have the most important sites I use (The site might not have propagated to your DNS yet) — I use Google directly from the front page
- When I scroll, I use Joystick Left and Joystick Right to go Page Up and Page down — it’s much quicker than moving one line at a time.
- The * key toggles toolbar display on the hi-fi version between a regular view, reduced toolbars and full screen. I almost always use the reduced toolbar view, as it still gives me a page title and clock.
- The #, 3 shortcut is a killer shortcut when reading news sites, as it takes you to the start of the page content.
- #, 4 takes me to the start page.
- #, 9 to search Google.
- There are numerous other keyboard shortcuts — learn them, and use them.
- Depending on the phone I use Opera Min oni, I turn on “small fonts” to cram in more information. On some phones the writing becomes to small, and on some it works great.
- I only occasionaly turn on “High quality” for images, as the regular quality saves a lot of bandwith
- On my series 60 phone, I never quit Opera Mini, in order to have instant availability.
My list of killer web sites for Opera Mini are found in my personal portal.
Have fun
Opera Mini goes Worldwide
2006-01-24 12:07 – Seven comments
Opera Mini is now available worldwide. Download it. Use it. Love it.