My OperaOperaMini 5.2 beta review by moan with me 
Thursday, December 17, 2009 11:25:00 AM
Hi!
Some issues are widely known some aren't but why not give it a chance and try!
Maybe some big-Opera fish would read it, who knows...
First impression, it looks nicer. Icon is far more better. It's not the one from OperaMobile but it's decent enough.
OperaMini tries to become OperaMobile-look-like. I don't like that really, but I think the masses are happy with it. So no accusation in that.
It took me some time to figure out how to get rid off pre-instaled speeddial bookmarks. You have to press and hold, so that little editing menu could appear.
You can see a screen shot form previous OperaMini 5.0. Mark the red bar at the top of it. In Beta it is better
I access the Internet through GPRS connection most of the time - it costs ! At first sight OM 5 beta downloads the same amount of data as previous versions. Unfortunately, it isn't true. On OM 4.2 you could go backwards until the very first page you downloaded in this session. In OperaMini 5 beta you can go backwards a few pages only. I say NO to the limited history !
What is more, to decrease data downloaded I use saved pages. In version 4.2 saved pages were put at the bottom of the main page. In opera 5.2 you have to go Menu/Another Menu/Saved Pages/Your saved page .
Why can't I add my saved page to speed dial? Why can't I hot-key my saved page ? Why can't I add my bookmarks to speed dial ? These questions remain a mistery.
Why can't I add my bookmarks manually? asked one on OM forums. Actually, you can ! 1)Go to a random page 2) Select Menu/Find Bookmarks in Menu under the action buttons/ Add random page . And then, you just change your Bookmark Title and the Internet Address to the one you really want to
OperaMini 5.2 can't remain connected !
Yes, OM 4.2 can stay connected to GPRS for hours ( while not use connection is paused, but no disconnected). In new beta version you have to chose your Internet connection every 15 minutes or so. And I got confirmation it isn't my problem only.
Summary, IN BETA BETTER!But still Opera Mini 4.2 owns it
Some issues are widely known some aren't but why not give it a chance and try!
Maybe some big-Opera fish would read it, who knows...
First impression, it looks nicer. Icon is far more better. It's not the one from OperaMobile but it's decent enough.
OperaMini tries to become OperaMobile-look-like. I don't like that really, but I think the masses are happy with it. So no accusation in that.
It took me some time to figure out how to get rid off pre-instaled speeddial bookmarks. You have to press and hold, so that little editing menu could appear.
You can see a screen shot form previous OperaMini 5.0. Mark the red bar at the top of it. In Beta it is better
I access the Internet through GPRS connection most of the time - it costs ! At first sight OM 5 beta downloads the same amount of data as previous versions. Unfortunately, it isn't true. On OM 4.2 you could go backwards until the very first page you downloaded in this session. In OperaMini 5 beta you can go backwards a few pages only. I say NO to the limited history !
What is more, to decrease data downloaded I use saved pages. In version 4.2 saved pages were put at the bottom of the main page. In opera 5.2 you have to go Menu/Another Menu/Saved Pages/Your saved page .Why can't I add my saved page to speed dial? Why can't I hot-key my saved page ? Why can't I add my bookmarks to speed dial ? These questions remain a mistery.
Why can't I add my bookmarks manually? asked one on OM forums. Actually, you can ! 1)Go to a random page 2) Select Menu/Find Bookmarks in Menu under the action buttons/ Add random page . And then, you just change your Bookmark Title and the Internet Address to the one you really want to
OperaMini 5.2 can't remain connected !
Yes, OM 4.2 can stay connected to GPRS for hours ( while not use connection is paused, but no disconnected). In new beta version you have to chose your Internet connection every 15 minutes or so. And I got confirmation it isn't my problem only.
Summary, IN BETA BETTER!But still Opera Mini 4.2 owns it
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