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Opera Mini Approved for Inclusion in App Store
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It doesn't render ANY page correctly. I posted a scathing review of this thong, but since I did it from Opera, it didn't work. None of my sites show correctly. Not any site does. Not even Macrumors. I would use Safari on Edge over this. You can't reading anything without zooming. Which you'll discover has only two zoom levels- wide, which is illegible, and close, which isn't anywhere near as close as iPhone gets.
It's a joke. Worse than
full Opera browser, and that's hard to do.
I am just happy they got approved despite the App competing with Safari. That being said, the interface needs some work. I'll leave it installed, but wait for use until after a few updates.
Yeah, you can.
Anyways. It's awesome that Apple let this one through. That said, it sucks when it comes to actually working flawlessly. It feels like it's kinda still in beta. Maybe it'll get better with a couple of updates. I like how it handles tabs.
It's not flawless enough to make me switch, as of right now. I'm wondering if it wouldn't be way better on the iPad. It seems a little crammed.
Got it on my 3GS.
One grip right off the bat is the zooming. You're either too far our or too far in.
One grip right off the bat is the zooming. You're either too far our or too far in.
I'm glad Apple approved this, but I didn't really expect them not to. Opera's media blitz/hype over the submission was utterly ridiculous - I'd have rejected the app just for all that nonsense, but that's just me. 
Page rendering does seem faster than Safari, but the inability to read a damn thing on most sites without zooming in or forcing the browser to run in 'mobile' mode is unacceptable for my needs - not to mention the quirky zooming issues.
I literally thought 'surely this is a bug' in regards to the miniature scribble text on zoomed out pages when I first started it up, but after playing around with the settings and stuff, it's apparent that it's 'supposed' to look like that. It's difficult for me to accept that limitation when the same pages are perfectly readable at the same zoom level in Safari.
I hate sounding so critical, but I really like playing around with different browsers/tools, even though I'm more than happy with Safari, and I feel the Opera Mini is a bit of a let down. Much like it's cousin on the desktop, Opera sounds great on paper and the extra functions seem incredibly useful, but in the real world (at least for me), there are just too many issues for it to supplant Safari
It frustrates me to no end, as I had high hopes this could be a 'go-to' tool for me. Like Blender3D, Opera desktop, and various other open source or "the little guy" type products, I desire to use them and will download each new build to keep trying them out - hopefully one day these potentially great tools won't end up relegated to my trash bin.
Nice first attempt, Opera Mini, I'll see you again on the next build. Maybe you'll be useful for me then. Nice job on approving this app Apple, and a big thank you to Opera for the effort.
Page rendering does seem faster than Safari, but the inability to read a damn thing on most sites without zooming in or forcing the browser to run in 'mobile' mode is unacceptable for my needs - not to mention the quirky zooming issues.
I literally thought 'surely this is a bug' in regards to the miniature scribble text on zoomed out pages when I first started it up, but after playing around with the settings and stuff, it's apparent that it's 'supposed' to look like that. It's difficult for me to accept that limitation when the same pages are perfectly readable at the same zoom level in Safari.
I hate sounding so critical, but I really like playing around with different browsers/tools, even though I'm more than happy with Safari, and I feel the Opera Mini is a bit of a let down. Much like it's cousin on the desktop, Opera sounds great on paper and the extra functions seem incredibly useful, but in the real world (at least for me), there are just too many issues for it to supplant Safari
It frustrates me to no end, as I had high hopes this could be a 'go-to' tool for me. Like Blender3D, Opera desktop, and various other open source or "the little guy" type products, I desire to use them and will download each new build to keep trying them out - hopefully one day these potentially great tools won't end up relegated to my trash bin.
Nice first attempt, Opera Mini, I'll see you again on the next build. Maybe you'll be useful for me then. Nice job on approving this app Apple, and a big thank you to Opera for the effort.
Well, this Opera version is a big fat FAIL
Do a HTML5 test on both safari and Opera...
Safari FTFW
Can I help in any way?
Interesting
I'm starting to think Apple approved this just to show how nice Safari is by comparison. Don't get me wrong. Opera has it's advantages. It's quite speedy and searching for text within a webpage is great, but I find it ironic that Safari renders opera.com correctly and Opera doesn't. I'm glad it was approved but there is a LOT of work left to be done.
I'm starting to think Apple approved this just to show how nice Safari is by comparison. Don't get me wrong. Opera has it's advantages. It's quite speedy and searching for text within a webpage is great, but I find it ironic that Safari renders opera.com correctly and Opera doesn't. I'm glad it was approved but there is a LOT of work left to be done.
OMG!! I have no reason to use Safari again after buying the Atomic web browser! The tabs work beautifully! It's faster than safari with AdBlock plus I can watch Youtube FullScreen from the browser. This is hands down THE best browser currently for the iPad, def NOT Opera.
Gotcha, thanks. I will keep it loaded on my iPhone and test it out once I am outside of wifi range
ClaireL said:
Haha yep it's a great browser it's nice to have the tabs one touch away like a normal computer browser. Also not having to see ads and speeding up browsing is a win win situation.
At first it looked great to load www.macrumors.com quickly.
Then I went to the forum and found that this app seriously needs a lot of improvements:
1) Only 2 zoom levels available - "Pinch to zoom" is fake and only takes you to one designated level, which is unacceptable. Also, double clicking text blocks does not automatically zoom to "fit to screen", Lame.
2) In the default zoom level no text are readable, they just make it like ~~~~~~~~, i.e. Useless
3) Performance of the browser highly depend on the speed of OPERA'S SERVER. The speed of loading the same website varies greatly. Complex website loads quite slowly and redirection to mobile version sometimes does not work (the website I tested is www.discuss.com.hk which takes you immediately to m.discuss.com.hk for its mobile version)
4) As mentioned by other users before, clicking the status bar will not take you back to the address bar
5) Personally I don't quite like the current color scheme (Red / Black).
I hope that Opera will listen to us and improve their potentially great browser!
Then I went to the forum and found that this app seriously needs a lot of improvements:
1) Only 2 zoom levels available - "Pinch to zoom" is fake and only takes you to one designated level, which is unacceptable. Also, double clicking text blocks does not automatically zoom to "fit to screen", Lame.
2) In the default zoom level no text are readable, they just make it like ~~~~~~~~, i.e. Useless
3) Performance of the browser highly depend on the speed of OPERA'S SERVER. The speed of loading the same website varies greatly. Complex website loads quite slowly and redirection to mobile version sometimes does not work (the website I tested is www.discuss.com.hk which takes you immediately to m.discuss.com.hk for its mobile version)
4) As mentioned by other users before, clicking the status bar will not take you back to the address bar
5) Personally I don't quite like the current color scheme (Red / Black).
I hope that Opera will listen to us and improve their potentially great browser!
bad idea
what kind of idiot would use this? everything you do goes through Opera's servers. any secure site you visit is DECRYPTED on Opera's server. dumbass idea.
what kind of idiot would use this? everything you do goes through Opera's servers. any secure site you visit is DECRYPTED on Opera's server. dumbass idea.
well opera mini has been out for several years and I have yet to hear a story about anyone's info being stolen. it's not like your data is getting piped thru Riker's.
+1
Also I'm just not seeing the speed. Sure it pretty much throws the page up instantly, but that's after watching the "pinwheel" for about 6 or 7 seconds. The speed boost seems to be sleight of hand.
At any rate, any increase in speed is negated by poor page renderings, funky scrolling, and crippled zooming. Not being able to copy/paste also makes this browser pretty much worthless to me. I hope it gets better with updates, but for now it can't hold a candle to Mobile Safari.
it's definitely faster than safari but the experience is so much better in safari.
this app saw 10 minutes on my phone.
this app saw 10 minutes on my phone.
Tried it. Deleted it. 2 stars. Quality first effort and it will find it's niche, but for power mobile browsing like we iPhone owners expect, it won't suffice. I do like its tabbed browsing however...
However for you users in Manhattan and SF, your browsing experience will be much faster since AT&T can't get the job done for you.
However for you users in Manhattan and SF, your browsing experience will be much faster since AT&T can't get the job done for you.
Well, would be nice to know why the app was approved this time, since everyone expected it not to. So, maybe add this to the list of inconsistent approvals/rejects anyway.
Of course it is not decrypted. If it is https it does not go through Opera's servers. If it does, it is just realayed but in any case not decrypted.
So Mr. dumbass, learn a bit about security basics (certificates, session key ..) before insulting other people.