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The lack of flash may have me hold off on Opera right now but I did like using it on my WinMo phone. Looking forward to the mobile version for Android.
The lack of flash may have me hold off on Opera right now but I did like using it on my WinMo phone. Looking forward to the mobile version for Android.
I used Opera exclusively with WinMo, but I just don't seem to like the Opera Mini. Although Dolphin is growing on me. Caddyman is luring me to the darkside.
Yeah there isn't really much reason to get opera besides its fast the responsiveness to the touch is crappy I have to click on a link more than once just to get it to register when on dolphin is very responsive and has lots more options.
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Played with Opera for a few hours and it very impressive for a work in progress. I have come to rely on my pinch zoom so it is back to xScope for now. With xScope you also have the excellent interaction with the developer.
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I am becoming more and more fond of Opera... I didn't relize that it also has a cursor that is moveable with the track-ball. That makes things easier to click on... just wish it had the pinch zoom like the default browser and the double tap zoom like xScope. And im sure they will figure out that flash support is just a plugin and enable that as soon as more phones are capable of it.
Tried this and was hoping it was going to be different than the Opera 5 that has been available to RIM and unfortunatley its the same one. Seems like Dolphin works the best for me so far.
I am becoming more and more fond of Opera... I didn't relize that it also has a cursor that is moveable with the track-ball. That makes things easier to click on... just wish it had the pinch zoom like the default browser and the double tap zoom like xScope. And im sure they will figure out that flash support is just a plugin and enable that as soon as more phones are capable of it.
Try xScope it has a little different zoom, you press twice in the same spot and hold you can slide the zoom around to make it whatever size you want until you let go... makes for zooming with one hand really easy!
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I've used opera all day, dolphin is better..Imo
i was going to say that but i've used dolphin a lot more and figured if i said that people would say it's because i haven't used it enough. dolphin just reminds me of firefox.
Anyone with 2.1 having this issue? Only the stock browser is showing video links in blogs and other websites. Check out this site with your phone: Android App Review: xScope Browser | Droid Life: A Motorola Droid Blog and let me know if you see the youtube link embedded. Xscope AND Opera mini just has a blank window in the spot where the youtube still-grab should be. Also, has anyone tried to access youtube from Opera? It doesn't play the videos or prompt for which player to use.
Anyone with 2.1 having this issue? Only the stock browser is showing video links in blogs and other websites. Check out this site with your phone: Android App Review: xScope Browser | Droid Life: A Motorola Droid Blog and let me know if you see the youtube link embedded. Xscope AND Opera mini just has a blank window in the spot where the youtube still-grab should be. Also, has anyone tried to access youtube from Opera? It doesn't play the videos or prompt for which player to use.
I don't think the other browsers support flash. So ads and videos that use them aren't going to show up.
There are many sites Opera Mini doesn't show correctly. Try espn.com. Make sure you have mobile sites turned on. Compare the two in the stock browser and in Opera, they're completely different.
The only advantage I see that this has over the stock browser is page load speed, that's it. The interface takes up too much space, no pinch zoom, no flash, pages look funny sometimes, etc. I'll wait for Opera mobile.
There are many sites Opera Mini doesn't show correctly. Try espn.com. Make sure you have mobile sites turned on. Compare the two in the stock browser and in Opera, they're completely different.
I know that Opera runs websites through their own server to speed up downloading. Sometimes they change the look of a site to facilitate the faster downloads. But to not have something as basic as youtube. It seems that there would be a setting like one that Dolphin has where a dialogue to choose which player to use if Opera doesn't come with it's own. Technically, our stock browser has Flash Lite, not full-fledged flash rendering so some animated flash doesn't work on our stock browser either.
its REALLY fast...only thing is, i cannot find the close button to exit which means it will still run in background unless you force close via taskiller...not liking that, unless im blind and cannot see a close button...........
I had a camera phone with a flash at one time. Worked as well as tits on a bull....
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I also noticed that with Opera, text input is so much faster. I'm replying from the Eris and it's so much faster than from the default browser. Just another positive point.
It is really fast. The page rendering is not near as good as, say, Dolphin (try news.google.com for an example), but the speed is great.
My favorite feature is bookmarks. Not only does it sync with desktop Opera, I also love the fact that you can not only have folders, but nested folders. Dolphin and the stock browser are far behind in this regard.
My only complaints are the fact that it can't be set as the default browser and that it doesn't have an exit button. I wish they would make it like Dolphin where you can hold back then have the option to clear cache and exit.
My only complaints are the fact that it can't be set as the default browser and that it doesn't have an exit button. I wish they would make it like Dolphin where you can hold back then have the option to clear cache and exit.
and there's no "Share Link" command that I can find (yes, I know, you can do the same via copy/paste, but it's less convenient)....hopefully, it's just something I haven't found yet.
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Like the speed of the browser that part is undeniable. But!... there are a lot of sites that i visit oftenly that I can't view with Opera such as my Bank Account website which comes up with the error that the "browser is unsupported", also you can forget about going to youtube.com, browser doesn't support any videos there. I can see myself using Opera SOMETIMES, but the Stock browser is still going to be my main.
Yes there are some bugs, but its a BETA, so thats to be expected. I love this browser, its reallllly fast! Faster than any others on the market (I have used all of them). I cant wait for the full version!
instead of a retort.
