Opera Software has announced that it will be bringing its Opera Mobile web browser to the Google Android platform within a month. The browser, not to be confused with the more limited Opera Mini, will support hardware acceleration for a smoother experience.
I’ve mainly used the stock browser on the Android phones I’ve had. I tried Dolphin HD because a few of my friends wouldn’t shut up about how awesome it was. I thought it was good, but not any better than the stock browser (for my purposes, anyway). For some reason, I’m intrigued by Opera Mobile for Android. Anyone else interested?
I didn't care for the rendering or the zoom in/out on iOS. To be honest it did remind me of the android browser
Is Opera Mobile available for iOS? I was only aware of Opera Mini for the platform.
It's an Opera browser. Mini vs Mobile seems like a play on words. The idea was neat and the compression worked well enough but the end product wasn't better than Safari. I will say that I found it preferential while on Edge.
Not a play on words at all. Two different products with different dev teams.
I wasn't insinuating you were. Both browse the net. One utilizes compression where the other works in a more traditional way. Either way they share more similarities than differences.
More similarities than differences? The code is different and the rendering engines are different. That's pretty major.
You are way too caught up in that at the code level Ray. Safari and Mobile safari while different share quite a few similarities. The same will be for Opera and Opera Mini. In fact you could even go as far to say that Opera Mini is even closer to its desktop sibling because it compresses data on the other end before it delivers it to the device. Without seeing this android Opera work and how well it is optimized for touch controls I stand by what I said earlier. Even if it is great with touch controls and not simply Opera Mini with added Flash support I will stick by what I said.
Just because something is coded differently doesn't make it majorly different. Opera isn't going to change what makes it Opera the same way Apple doesn't change Mobile safari from Safari. It's the same way with IE.
Hog vs Pig. One is small while the other is little. Fundamentally the same.
That's a poor example. Safari and Mobile Safari are both based on WebKit. The rendering engines are largely the same. By your logic, a Toyota Tundra and a Ferrari have a lot in common because they're both transport vehicles.
Now that is a poor example. At least I kept mine in house so to speak. A tundra and tacoma would have been more in line with what I was saying.
Bottom line if it is the same guys working on this that did Mini, I don't see why it would be any different except the utilization of Flash…which arguably could lead to a lower performance.
I already told you that there were two different dev teams on Opera Mini and Opera Mobile. It's not the "same guys". Why don't you try loading an Ajax-heavy page on Opera Mini and do the same on Opera Mobile? You're really oversimplifying things by saying that they're both web browsers.
Do you still think a browser that renders on the server side and a browser that renders on hardware are similar?
When my Mac was working I used Opera over Safari because it had a torrent client built in. I will give this a whirl when it gets released.
Opera never seemed that great to me. Firefox and Chrome are what I prefer and I haven't ever felt a need to go with any other browsers, they simply don't seem as good.
Opera's desktop browsers and mobile browsers don't have a lot to do with each other.
I probably will give it a shot, but probably not a fair one. I have tried lots of browsers for my Android and the stock one still seems to be the best.
Speaking of Browsers I have stopped using Firefox entirely because my browser searches from the address bar always get hijacked. Currently is one "powered by Yahoo" and it pisses me off. Uninstalled FF and it was fine for about a week until it returned. Only browser I have ever had that happen to.
Isn't something Opera based on the Wii also?
Yes, Opera has made browsers for DS and Wii.
I thought so, but I couldn't check b/c my Wii is still being borrowed. lol.
@Ray
Yes and no. Yes because the rendering and subsequent compression are done using similar if not the same abilities as the full browser for lack of better terms. No because of the compression vs hardware acceleration aspect.
I do think that the hardware accelerated browser should yield better rendering though.
I can't respond to your thread above.
They use different rendering engines. They use different rendering methods. One can run Ajax and Javascript natively and one can't. These are similar products?
We'll see the final product. If it isn't better than Mini then either it's a bad job or similar. No?
I never said anything about it being worse or better than Mini. That wasn't my point. I just don't see how Mini and Mobile are so similar. They work in completely different ways.
Really though wouldn't this be relative to the content you are surfing? Their differences will show on a large webpage or a secure log in page. News sites and generally browsing will yield them running similarly if not the same. Just a thought.