Opera Mini 4 beta - a useful cross platform browser
Posted by Jesse Rodgers on June 25, 2007 at 10:38 AM
In my lost week last week Opera went and released version 4 of its Opera Mini browser in Beta. Their new features list sums up all there is to love about it. It loads the pages much like the Symbian Webkit browser but its fast, easy, and sorta looks like what the iPhone browsing quality does on the Apple site. The nice thing is that Opera offers a browser for everyone, not just a device.
I loaded it on my E62 and gave it a try over the weekend. What I really love about this is that it is a solid browser, no mobile version rendering. This should mean you can build a decent looking small screen version that will run nicely in your mobile device. What I need to do this week or next is try out the rendering and see what I can and can’t do.
Overall I really like the beta. With the iPhone coming the end of the week I really do think the mobile browsers are going to get used a lot more. I am just wondering how to raise awareness about Opera? Is it worth it? Should Adobe drop the Flash mobile and get me a plug in for the mobile browsers?