I am shaking my head at so much hate over a great app.
On another forum page here, a user said, "i don't like it cuz you can't tap the address bar and scroll back to the top."
I replied to him, tap the red bar, it does the same thing.
so many so quick dismissed this app without checking it out further.
its really sad. being as this is supposed to be a technology forum.
wow i like it
much faster than safari is for me on my 3g iphone. I am talking like 4-5 x as fast when i time the same site between opera and safari
definitely gonna use this as main browser
ONLY draw backs I cant figure out is copy/paste and zooming
You Apple supporters are fanatics. Everything Apple makes is great, everybody else "sucks" or are just copycats. Indeed, indeed.
I'm glad I'm using Android.
My hope is that everyone knows and remembers that this is not actually a browser and is completely insecure. It should never be used for any web site that uses https. In other words if you need to login you should never use this app. It is way to easy for someone to get ahold of your username and password for your bank, facebook, or other sites and then steal your identity. If you were to use this for purchases your would also be vulnerable.
NEVER suggest this app to someone who is not extremely tech savy.
Most companies security protocols would ban the existence of this app on their devices or personal devices that interact with their services.
The way this app works with https sites is that the server does the encryption/decryption so that the server/source of the site 'thinks' it is actually working with an actual browser that you are using. All it would take is one dishonest person with access to Opera's servers and everyone using this is in serious trouble.
Another way this app could endanger you is if someone one the network you are using is sniffing packets. They would be able to grab all of the personal information sent by users of the app.
By the way, this is not new information. Opera themselves are the source.
I say again, DON'T use this app.
I am shaking my head at so much hate over a great app.
On another forum page here, a user said, "i don't like it cuz you can't tap the address bar and scroll back to the top."
I replied to him, tap the red bar, it does the same thing.
so many so quick dismissed this app without checking it out further.
its really sad. being as this is supposed to be a technology forum.
Is there even one person here that will use Opera fulltime instead of Safari?
I won't be using it full-time but I'm definitely keeping it installed for those frequent occasions when I need to search within a webpage.
Okay so after 3 days I deleted Opera. Wish things went better.... hopefully some future update of Opera running native on the ipad will change my mind.
Is there even one person here that will use Opera fulltime instead of Safari?
Its only "terrible" because of a slow connection. Try the same connection on a desktop and you will probably get the same results. The reason I hate opera Is because the zoom is soooo clunky! Its either all the way out or all the way in. Either way its a pain in the @&& to read.Lol. Posted from my blackberry with Opera mini 5.
From all these months using opera, I've learned that the way it renders things is so that text can be easily viewed in a column on screen. I think most people have been taught that the way the internet is for desktops is the way it should be for mobile devices.
Did no one notice how many sites created iPhone specific pages because they realized how much of a terrible experience their actual page had?
So why bash opera for trying to make it easier on you? Sheesh.
Is there even one person here that will use Opera fulltime instead of Safari?
...and it doesn't sync bookmarks, and who the hell wants to type in dozens of URLs manually on a virtual keyboard???