Opera Mini for iPhone - feedback

Opera Mini for iPhone - feedback

Hi all,

As you probably know by now, Opera Mini was approved by Apple.

I see a lot of feedback in the forum already, but to make it easier for the Opera Mini team to keep up with the feedback, please use this thread.

Thanks!

COMEON guys

the Hungarian Language get supported in the new update and the Arabic didn't

look how many people talking Arabic in the world - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_language -

and look how many people talking Hungarian Language in the world - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_language -

so pathetic

hmm i see a lot of opera users want arabic support...just see reviews in app store..opera plz do it for them...

the fix "stuck at first start-up" means a fix to the blank screen in the first startup that makes Opera Mini unable to be used?
my friend still seeing the white screen after reinstalling (iTouch).
how to fix that???

and in the server-side... clicking in links simply reloads the page issues:
http://www.ipodtouchfans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=286527

I love the browser. There's only a couple things keeping me from ditching Safari altogether:

1. Zooming (I know, everyone's mentioned it, but I thought I'd chime in). I like that in Safari, fonts are still legible even when incredibly tiny in the zoomed out view.

2. Being able to change the user agent. I was *really* looking forward to this feature, except it's missing! I know some people have complained that they want the mobile site, while others like me hate being redirected to the mobile version, so why not create the option to have either? Many sites give the option to view the regular site, but it's infuriating when they don't, and I want to be able to do something to bypass unwelcomed redirection.

3. The "Done" button after entering text into a field reloads the page instead of submitting my entry. Safari doesn't have this problem. In Opera Mini, when I hit the blue "Done" button, the page starts to reload, so unless I'm fast enough at zooming out and clicking the site's "search" button, the page reloads and my text is gone.

For me, the biggest issue is the user agent. If nothing else is addressed but I'm given the option to change my user agent string, I will be very happy!

Originally posted by rafaelluik:

• So..., everyone is talking about the "different" zooming thing and the way Opera renders the text to fit to the screen when zoomed in (I think these two things should stay as it is).
• People are also frustrated about Opera Mini doesn't fit the page to the screen when rotating the iPhone, that should change: there should be a message like: "the orientation changed, reload the page to fit to the screen?".
• Opera Link isn't working well, make the folder "More Bookmarks" works!

That's all, congratulations on being approved in the AppStore!

While everyone obsesses about pinch-to-zoom in OM5, which I absolutely don't understand -- 90%, I can single-tap any web site area and it zooms the section perfectly, then double-tap if the column meanders -- I think it would be much more beneficial from an iPhone user comfort standpoint to improve OBML output such that when displaying in the iPhone viewport.

Just send the normal web site image, but not pre-formatted by OM5...just display the desktop view. Then, allow touch zooming into any area, BUT switch to the 320x480 pre-format on zoom. This would provide the best of both worlds:

• No cognitive dissonance by iPhone users that expect a desktop view like mSafari (which is really shockingly cool when I first tried it in 2007)
• Reading is easy & with a fast zoom, as now, in OM5

Great idea about rotate-reload, though I would suggest making it a "config: item" to help with Opera iPhone users managing their mobile bandwidth (not everyone outside US has an unlimited mobile plan -- including with iPad 3G now). So let it be automatic or prompt for reload.

Also, PLEASE fix the forms submission on MyOpera using OM5 on iPhone. It's totally frustrating to want to post feedback and after tapping it all out...it eats your text and doesn't post.

Originally posted by cucupidon:

Opera mini on iphone is great but sync logik is very bad! I dont want to have to copy/past mu bookmark I just want it to be automated.

Drop/drag into the Opera Mini folder in desktop bookmarks is easy, but I think it would be big improvement to help with desktop/mobile site handling in this way:

• In "Add Bookmark" dialog, add a checkbox for "sync to your Opera Mini/Mobile" instead of a separate folder (and this can be changed in Bookmark Properties for existing bookmarks)
• When OM sync is enabled, also un-grey a mobile URL field. This will help manage a Speed Dial entry or bookmark such that on desktop Opera, I get the desktop URL site, but on my Opera Mini, it opens the mobile URL. Obviously, for some sites, they are good at opting in/out of the iPhone or mobile site and leave a cookie to not do it every time, but many are woeful, I've found.

I agree with most of the comments that have been posted. Opera mini is a great alternative to the native Safari browser, but I have a suggestion that would make it even better. If Opera servers could transcode Flash videos into H.264 and HTML5, it would bring over more converts, and allow use of web sites such as hulu that are, at present, incompatible with the iPhone. There already is one mobile web browser that does this, Skyfire, but it's only avaiable for the Android platform. Opera may need to do this anyway, simply from a competitive standpoint.

Hello
There is a bug, when I want to click on tram line number here:

http://www.wroclaw.pl/m3298/

Try to click some link in bus lines in table on this page.

Thanks in advance for getting it work.

Opera Mail on iPhone ?
I really miss this great part of my Destop Opera.
Is Opera Mail going to be implemented on iPhone ?
Thanks !!

after the update, i can't log in some website, myspace mobile n myspace standard site, i cant login my foursquare site..it keep sending me back to login page, i cant login to hi5.com....all the same..keep sending me back to login page....its work perfect before the update...fix it!

Off-topic: Please consider releasing an Opera Mini optimized for iPad's larger display...

Please consider adding a "Send URL by email" capability and also noticed a long touch on a link in a page doesn't include a "copy link" item.

Also seeing in Twitter, links do not open in a new tab by default, as in mSafari.

Google results showing map info should, when tapped, open in the native Maps app, not be retained inside Opera Mini.

www.google.com/m?q=Vientiane&client=ms-opera-mini&channel=new

+1 to all the three posts above. I miss copy link address in Opera Mini (not only on iPhone, on any phone).

So why does Opera Mini on my iPod keep adding cnn.com and bbc.co.uk and my.opera.com to my unused speeddial slots, and why does it keep forgetting my login to these forums every couple of days?

The speed is great on my ipod touch but i cant keep my login to all of the site i know, i remember i have hit the 'remember me' button when login in to some site (include this opera forum) but sometime latter, i came back, it was not so i have to login again, and i can not even login to some site too, it worked with the previous version, fix it please :-(. And can you add the 'go to top/bottom' button somehow too? Sometimes its quite annoy to have to wipe your finger rapidly on the surface of the ipod to reach the top or bottom while the page is just too long. Unlike the other im fine with the zoom funtion as long as the text is large enough for me, but sometime, the button is too small to tap on. I hope for your update soon ^__^. After all, i just bought this ipod touch because i knew that opera mini is available on appstore (i dont like the safari very much). Thanks for having read this if you really have!
Ps: i just have to type all of this AGAIN because i was post this on my ipod touch and when i hit the post-it button, the text was wiped away, so i forgot to mention that sometime i hit on some links but it do not bring me there and i was at the page i was before hit that button, PLEASE fix it ;____;

Originally posted by WildEnte:

So why does Opera Mini on my iPod keep adding cnn.com and bbc.co.uk and my.opera.com to my unused speeddial slots, and why does it keep forgetting my login to these forums every couple of days?

Originally posted by thedeath93:

The speed is great on my ipod touch but i cant keep my login to all of the site i know, i remember i have hit the 'remember me' button when login in to some site (include this opera forum) but sometime latter, i came back, it was not so i have to login again

Are you exiting Opera correctly? It think it saves your configs when you use the application own exit command.
If that doesn't solve your issues uninstall Opera and install it again.

Originally posted by thedeath93:

i just have to type all of this AGAIN because i was post this on my ipod touch and when i hit the post-it button, the text was wiped away, so i forgot to mention that sometime i hit on some links but it do not bring me there and i was at the page i was before hit that button, PLEASE fix it ;____;

Have you tried using the back button? Your text should be there and you could click to submit again. These "clicking in links simply reloads the page" issues are known, I'm sure Opera is optimizing their servers to work better.

Okay, but can you tell me how to exit properly? And i still cant login to some page even if i have reinstall it. Thanks

Just press the home button to exit..just like you do in other applicaions..and which page u talking about?

Originally posted by tommy-vercetti:

Just press the home button to exit..just like you do in other applicaions..

Are you sure you don't need to exit using the exit command inside Opera Mini menu to save configs properly? It works that way in Java phones...

Originally posted by rafaelluik:

Originally posted by tommy-vercetti:

Just press the home button to exit..just like you do in other applicaions..

Are you sure you don't need to exit using the exit command inside Opera Mini menu to save configs properly? It works that way in Java phones...

but I cant see any exit command like you said , can you tell me more about it? And here is the pages that I cant login: www.gsm.vn, www.5giay.vn. Thanks.

Originally posted by thedeath93:

I cant see any exit command like you said

Sorry, I just noticed iPhone's Opera Mini doesn't has the exit button it has in other devices...

iPhone:

JavaME:

I have a question: did you enabled Opera Link?

I hope tommy-vercetti can help you with the password manager issue.

Suggestion to Opera Software: rename "Start Page" to "Speed Dial".

Originally posted by rafaelluik:

I have a question: did you enabled Opera Link?

I hope tommy-vercetti can help you with the password manager issue.

Yes, coz I use opera on both my ipod touch (wifi) and motorola milestone (3g)

Originally posted by thedeath93:

Originally posted by rafaelluik:

I have a question: did you enabled Opera Link?

I hope tommy-vercetti can help you with the password manager issue.

Yes, coz I use opera on both my ipod touch (wifi) and motorola milestone (3g)

Maybe the problem is Opera Link sync is bringing your Speed Dial entries back...
Or maybe not...

Originally posted by rafaelluik:

Originally posted by thedeath93:

Originally posted by rafaelluik:

I have a question: did you enabled Opera Link?

I hope tommy-vercetti can help you with the password manager issue.

Yes, coz I use opera on both my ipod touch (wifi) and motorola milestone (3g)

Maybe the problem is Opera Link sync is bringing your Speed Dial entries back...
Or maybe not...

Hmmmm? Maybe , I should try turning it off then

LOVE Opera Mini for iPhone. I used it on my last 3 mobiles and really missed it on the iPhone.
**The one thing on my wish list is for a screen rotation lock.**
Thank you to everyone at Opera for making this happen AND getting it approved in Apple's difficult approval process.

Originally posted by thespikyhairedgirl:

LOVE Opera Mini for iPhone. I used it on my last 3 mobiles and really missed it on the iPhone.
**The one thing on my wish list is for a screen rotation lock.**
Thank you to everyone at Opera for making this happen AND getting it approved in Apple's difficult approval process.

An orientation lock feature is coming in iPhone OS 4 in a few weeks.

Yeah, I tried Opera Mini on an old Motorola L2 while back, also...it was interesting, except for GPRS, small screen and no multi-touch, but the rendering was perfect and weird to see desktop web sites on my phone. Great to use OM5 on my iPhone now. Hope to see an OM 5.1 update soon.

I just noticed when opening Speed Dial screen from visual tabs in Opera Mini, the tab bar does NOT auto-hide. This forces the user to:

• Tap to open tab bar
• Tap to open Speed Dial
• Then, tap to close the tab bar manually if they want to access any of the bottom row of Speed Dial entries

(Also, would be cool if you added a swipe gesture to access Speed Dial entries greater than 9, if more are set up on my Opera for Mac Speed Dial settings...)

Originally posted by thespikyhairedgirl:

LOVE Opera Mini for iPhone. I used it on my last 3 mobiles and really missed it on the iPhone.
**The one thing on my wish list is for a screen rotation lock.**
Thank you to everyone at Opera for making this happen AND getting it approved in Apple's difficult approval process.

You just have to search 'rotation' with cydia, it work very well

Yesss!! Another silent update..they added support for more languages..arabic i think..coz a lot of users requested it..i was very happy when i read 'we are listening' in app store..go opera!!!!

Oooo nooo! I was wrong lol..still no arabic support..i dont know arabic but i see a lot of disapointment in reviews..

I like the usefuleness of your including "www." in the Opera Mini address bar for typical users (though it does force users to tap ".com" when they didn't before -- yes, you can just type in "nytimes" or "cnn" <enter> and Opera will fill in everything else for you).

I just noticed, though, that you've included "http://" & "https://" as auto-completes when issuing "h" in the address bar. Please get rid of this since it takes valuable space from my bookmarks that start with H, and no one needs to force SSL/TLS 99% of the time.

If you disagree, then please, at least, drop them to the bottom of the drop-down list, not the top, given its recency value is microscopic..

I just noticed the Google search results page via Opera Mini for iPhone is not updated with the larger input field layout, etc... that displays when seeing Google searches for mSafari results.
http://www.google.com/m?q=opera&client=ms-opera-mini&channel=new

I think the one "killer app" for Opera Mini would be the addition of uploading images via HTML file upload form inputs. I know the Facebook application is able to access photos saved on the iPhone/iPod Touch, so it should be technically possible. I used to do this fairly often with my Windows Mobile phone (running Opera Mini, of course), and it was great for uploading images to sites like tinypic, imgur, etc. As of right now, I can't find any web browser for iPhone that will do image uploads!

Originally posted by db_2:

I think the one "killer app" for Opera Mini would be the addition of uploading images via HTML file upload form inputs.

That has been possible in both the java and the android version since Opera Mini 4.

Is third party apps allowed to access the file system on the iphone?

FYI: if you want your links to be opened in Opera Mini instead of Safari, there's now a nice little tool for that purpose in Cydia called OpenOpera

Something strange is going on with loading the frontpage of www.nu.nl in Opera Mini (v5.0.019802). See image below. The date says October 3, 2050 When I view the same page in Firefox on my computer it shows the right date.
What is going on?

IMG_0563.png

Ive noticed that the "long tap" menu always appears in the space directly behind my thumb. It would be nice if you could set it to appear on the left side.

I'm sure these have been mentioned before, but Opera sometimes loads a page from your history instead of the page you are going to, or it reloads the current page.

Therenare a few annoyqnces, one of which is eviddnt by thjs sentence I didnt bother to go back and correct, but I rarely find myself going back to Safari. Adding in autocorrection would be nice though.

Amazingly fast and cool.

Hmmm

I'm new to both Opera and the IPhone. Tried to download Opera MINI to my Mac PC for installation on my IPhone. It pops up a window that says select an application. I'm at a loss here, what application dies Opera Mini need to download into ITunes?
Thanks
Ray

It would also be good if we had the plugin support that safari has (pdf, vdieo etc.)

also could you maybe have some sort of flash video conversion on the servers so it plays in opera (probably not viable but still it'd be nice).

Also stepless scrolling as mentioned earlier is a must..
My reception is shocking at home so its good that its a fast browser, i like it

The way youtube is handled right now is less than optimal. Load a youtube page, then... nothing. Adding a link to open the page in the native youtube app would be much better. This would work really well if "multitasking" support was added, so you could jump right back to Opera.

Been using this on and off since it was released. I love the speed but I'm gonna echo what most people have already said:

* Two zoom levels is just unusable.
* Need to be able to click grey top bar to go back to top of page.
* Scrolling should be single-direction if you are roughly moving in that direction, eg 5 degress off vertical should just scoll vertically and not horizontally too.
* You need to integrate the standard typing auto-correction that's in most other apps.

There is also a problem with browser detection - loads of sites with mobile versions will automatically redirect Safari users, or just display different content on the same URL. Doesn't happen for Opera in 90% of cases. tadalist.com is the best example of this - looks great in Safari iPhone.

This is a problem with the sites' browser detection I guess, but maybe Opera can do something here like contact various sites etc. or have an option to change user-agent for certain sites.

Originally posted by spadija:

The way youtube is handled right now is less than optimal. Load a youtube page, then... nothing. Adding a link to open the page in the native youtube app would be much better. This would work really well if "multitasking" support was added, so you could jump right back to Opera.

+1

Originally posted by svivian:

* Need to be able to click grey top bar to go back to top of page.

Can't you do this by taping the red top bar?

Originally posted by rafaelluik:

Can't you do this by taping the red top bar?

You can when the red bar is on. But if you use the full screen mode it's not there. Even with the title bar on, I naturally touch the very top of the screen anyway since it scrolls back to top in many other apps. But it's obviously not registering as a click on the title bar even though I tapped only just above it.

I think it would also be better for the red title bar to be a bit thinner. It's nice having the title there but it does take up a lot of room.

Just installed on my iPhone 4, seems really choppy compared to my friends 3gs. Any ideas on why this would be? I have uninstalled and reinstalled and I have the same thing, really choppy when trying to scroll, even in the settings menu.

Originally posted by svivian:

Originally posted by rafaelluik:

Can't you do this by taping the red top bar?

You can when the red bar is on. But if you use the full screen mode it's not there. Even with the title bar on, I naturally touch the very top of the screen anyway since it scrolls back to top in many other apps. But it's obviously not registering as a click on the title bar even though I tapped only just above it.

I think it would also be better for the red title bar to be a bit thinner. It's nice having the title there but it does take up a lot of room.

Hm, I get it... We'll have to wait for the next update to see what's going to be improved or change. It mightn't take a lot of time until then. I'd like iPhone uses to have a best experience on using Opera...

Originally posted by rafaelluik:

It mightn't take a lot of time until then.

Let's hope so, as there are a couple of issues to be squashed, and for an iPhone app, the time since the last update has already been almost infinite...

Originally posted by netwolf:

Let's hope so, as there are a couple of issues to be squashed, and for an iPhone app, the time since the last update has already been almost infinite...

There has been at least one update since Opera Mini for iPhone was released (albeit very minor IIRC).
Updates for Safari since I bought my iPhone: zero.

Originally posted by svivian:

There has been at least one update since Opera Mini for iPhone was released (albeit very minor IIRC).
Updates for Safari since I bought my iPhone: zero.

I know, but it's been a while since this indeed minor update too.
And well, Safari is part of the iOS update cycle and usually gets updated when a new iOS version is released (as recently 4.0), while Opera on the iPhone is just a normal App store app with a very easy update mechanism.

Originally posted by svivian:

Originally posted by netwolf:

Let's hope so, as there are a couple of issues to be squashed, and for an iPhone app, the time since the last update has already been almost infinite...

There has been at least one update since Opera Mini for iPhone was released (albeit very minor IIRC).
Updates for Safari since I bought my iPhone: zero.

Actually Opera Mini received two small updates on iPhone but nothing that improved or changed something based on user feedback...

soo when are you guys going to fix youtube??videos should open in youtube app and app store links in appstore

Originally posted by tommy-vercetti:

soo when are you guys going to fix youtube??videos should open in youtube app and app store links in appstore

+1

Common Opera, update Opera Mini for iTouch / iPhone, do something!

Check boxes and small links seem really hard to hit for me. Maybe checkboxes should have their hit box extended to their labels. For an example of a hard to hit link, look at the "go to last post" arrows on this forum.

Originally posted by spadija:

Check boxes and small links seem really hard to hit for me. Maybe checkboxes should have their hit box extended to their labels. For an example of a hard to hit link, look at the "go to last post" arrows on this forum.

Hm, Opera Fingertouch could help if implemented on Opera Mini for iPhone...

In my short experience with Opera Mini on my iPod Touch, I first encountered the hanging issue. Then, for no apparent reason, it started working. But the several sites I've visited are painfully slow. Safari takes two seconds, Opera Mini takes over a minute. Obviously something is wrong with my Opera setup or my iPod. But Safari doesn't have these problems.

Other things I've noticed:
- Small text is unreadable, whereas on Safari it is small but readable.
- In Landscape mode, I can't zoom out!
- I couldn't find a way to import my many Safari bookmarks.

So far all points go to Safari.... I suppose I should wait for the next update? Or is there some other way to make it "blazingly fast" as it is for other people???

Upon launching Opera Mini on my new iPhone 4 (clean install, not a restore from backup), I was surprised to find it runs absolutely atrociously. The scrolling and zooming is sluggish as heck; it all feels quite unresponsive to the point of being too frustrating to use. I think I had used it a few times on my old 3GS running iOS 4.0, and it ran fine, so it must have something to do with the new iPhone 4 hardware.

I have installed opera mini 5.0.2 on my brand new iphone 4, and I can't get past the white screen: title bar shows up, swirly spins, and it sits there on the white screen. Looks like some others have had this issues as well, but I don't see any solutions for it. Any suggestions?

There needs to be a second version of the Opera Mini browser, each for the 3G and 4th generation obviously because they run on different hardware & run on a different resolution. Or update the browser itself to be streamlined for both 3G/4 that supports both resolutions of 480x320 and 960x640 (?). I would love to use Opera on the iPhone4 but not when it's sluggish and has low res textures. I'm very picky!

Any ETA for the long awaited update?

I downloaded OPERA and OPERA Mini 2 days ago. I have an iPhone 3GS (IOS4 OS), and a Mac Mini and MBA running OS 10.6.4 which is the version of Opera I downloaded. I'm typing this reply in Firefox on my MBA (FF works much better for me). I can't get Opera Mini to work on my iPhone so I'm giving up until I hear there's been an update that makes things clearer or easier to accomplish. Problems include:

- impossibility of syncing BM on desktop Browser (I was able to get the FF bookmarks into OPERA but cannot get them onto the Mini using Opera Link or any other method).
- check boxes totally unresponsive
- difficulty deleting a BM I had created just to have one there to see if I needed one on Opera Mini for the sync to work.
- very cumbersome navigation - I seem to keep going to the settings screen in order to access my BM or go to Opera Link where each time I find I have to log in again.

And so on. I might d find the browser great if I could get it to work for me, but it doesn't. Almost all the other forums refer to versions of Opera that are older than the one I'm using or may be for a Windows OS.

Originally posted by cbronfman:

- very cumbersome navigation - I seem to keep going to the settings screen in order to access my BM or go to Opera Link where each time I find I have to log in again.

simply type your bookmark name in the address field and opera will show a list of suggestions or use the bookmark panel (Ctrl+ B) to open your bookmarks (you can close it in the very left bottom corner button in Opera or pressing F4)

I just remembered a little annoyance: when you turn the iphone completely upside down, the browser goes upside down to match.

It sounds logical but actually it's very useful to have an orientation that the phone doesn't rotate the screen for. If you're trying to use it lying down (e.g. in bed) you can't read it because your head is looking at it side on (landscape), but the image is portrait. Safari doesn't have this problem.

Native iPad version please. It's, in general, very easy to make a (mostly) textual app like this Universal and the iPad badly needs a browser without major memory leaks. Currently, an opened tab in any iPad browser takes around 20 Mbyte of memory - that is, you can just forget multi-tabbed browsing with any of the current browsers. If you open more than 3-4 tabs, the browser will either crash or the first (few) tabs are unloaded.

Quite often, Opera Mini displays the wrong content when following a link.
A good example is this site: http://orf.at

When I click e.g. "Wetter" (wheather), the address bar correctly shows http://wetter.orf.at , but after loading a totally wrong content is shown
(e.g. sports, or something even more off).

This problem does not only occur with links in the header, but with all links, and the site I mentioned above is just an example,
the bug appears with random/(all) sites.

Also, sometimes pages do load, but then only display a blank white page.
Going back and forth usually solves it, but it's still cumbersome.

Well, and just in case you don't know: on the iPhone, it's normal for apps to have short update cycles...

Bug: rotate screen.
If first is Landscape mode: Nothing.


But if first is normal mode:


and then is Landspace mode: Space bug.

opera used to be my favorite browser. not only was it fast, but it was light on ram. but lately i can't help but to feel as if opera just doesn't care about the iphone platform anymore. yes, they pushed out one (or maybe two) subtle update, but nothing that was mind blowing or game changing to the individual. loading it up on the iphone 4 truly makes me realize how bad opera mini runs. on the 3g/3gs the user forgives some of the shortcomings because of the blazing speed, but on the iphone 4, its a different story. you would figure that coupled with the a4 processor, opera mini should be a match made in heaven but thats not the case. it looks flat out horrendous on the retina display. everything looks grainy and fuzzy. im not sure if opera is currently working on a update or not but all im saying is, they seem pretty quiet on the iphone front...

Originally posted by hdoraemonk:

and then is Landspace mode: Space bug.

Because of the way Opera Mini works, it decides how to lay out the page based on whether the phone is landscape or portrait. Switching between the two requires a refresh so Opera can redo the layout for the new screen orientation.

Sometimes I see that that also. I usually quit Opera Mini, start mSafari to make sure I'm connected, then when I start OM5 again, it works.

Btw, I turned off Opera Link when I was data roaming. After I returned, when I logged back in, Opera Link says it syncs data, but somehow it logs out. Any ideas?

Hope you're all enjoying your summer holidays in Oslo. Come back soon, we need an OM5 for the Retina Display and an Opera Mini HD for iPad soon...!

Interesting new Web App gallery for iPhone, <a href="http://www.openappmkt.com">OpenAppMkt</a>.

Doesn't load via Opera Mini. Looks like it forces a Home Screen shortcut, so that may be the problem. Hope you can work with them to allow the direct URL to work instead of requiring a shortcut, for OM5 users.

It might been covered by others but i have to say it again:

this browser dose not support Arabic (my own) also it is blocked here in my country (saudi arabia) so what is the benifit of adding this app to our store here , you should of take it out untill these issues been solved .

It might be a good browser but for us it is useless.

Regards

Opera is quite useful on the 3GS I've got many people using it along with myself. However, on the iPhone 4 it is quite terrible. It runs super slow and takes no advantage of the retina display at all. I can't use it anymore because of the sluggishness. I think if Opera can get the speed back and take advantage of the display resolution, it can be good again.

Opera Mini is a good browser. I instantly switched to it on my iPhone 3G due to how much faster it was than Safari, and other usability improvements as well. After having upgraded to an iPhone 4 after my contract ran out, the performance has pretty much done a 180. Under IOS4 on an iPhone 4, Safari is now much faster than it used to be, but Opera Mini is now much slower than it used to be. Im sure it's just due to an incompatibility, but currently it just isn't very usable. I do look forward to its performance again. As well as taking advantage of the Retina Display, etc.

I use opera for my itouch but i fell it so bad because when i browse the internet if I go to bed, opera is not have lock the rotare so the screen always rotate it so bad. can u help me improve it ?

Originally posted by thaitran1987:

I use opera for my itouch but i fell it so bad because when i browse the internet if I go to bed, opera is not have lock the rotare so the screen always rotate it so bad. can u help me improve it ?

Either iOS4 or jailbreak and use Rotation Inhibitor. You could also get iOS4, then jailbreak and use Rotation Inhibitor too.

Originally posted by spadija:

Originally posted by thaitran1987:

I use opera for my itouch but i fell it so bad because when i browse the internet if I go to bed, opera is not have lock the rotare so the screen always rotate it so bad. can u help me improve it ?

Either iOS4 or jailbreak and use Rotation Inhibitor. You could also get iOS4, then jailbreak and use Rotation Inhibitor too.

thanks, i used Rotation in cydia but it lock rotate all application in my itouch not only opera, when i entry rotation in setting have list some application which i lock rotate but i can not find opera . can you help me

How does opera "identify" itself to the website... Mobile or a desktop on an iphone or ipod touch?

How does opera mini and opera mobile "identify" itself to a website... Mobile or desktop?

@neytiri01 http://my.opera.com/haavard/blog/2010/04/16/iphone-user-agent

Originally posted by rafaelluik:

@neytiri01 http://my.opera.com/haavard/blog/2010/04/16/iphone-user-agent

i dont understand, can you explain for me, for example

It identifies itself with the User Agent string shown in the linked blog post.

Originally posted by thaitran1987:

Originally posted by rafaelluik:

@neytiri01 http://my.opera.com/haavard/blog/2010/04/16/iphone-user-agent

i dont understand, can you explain for me, for example

Originally posted by spadija:

It identifies itself with the User Agent string shown in the linked blog post.

Simplifying, it identifies as an iPhone's mobile web browser to websites.

Operamini freeze and quit went try to reply or posting in forum
m.kaskus.us

Please fix this bug...

Hope this post is in the right place. I have Opera-Mini on my IPhone 3G. While filling out my profile I tried to MMS a profile picture. I used the Mini prompts, but the message I received from you stated the text I sent didn't contain a picture. However my phone clearly shows my picture sent the picture successfully. Are you having issues receiving pictures through MMS? Thanks

When is update for retina display coming. This grainy stuff hurts my eyes.

Hmm, I start wondering if Opera Mini for iPhone is still being actively developed, or if it was merely a test project...?

Seriously, with all these missing features, I will stay with Safari, I have noticed no speed difference on Wi-Fi or 3G.
But the Opera Browser for Linux is great, however I use Safari for Windows Boot.

Great job Opera team,

Originally posted by iClone:

SPEED:
Crazy fast page loading compared to Safari, but startup takes a bit longer.

ZOOMING:
I'm really missing pinch zooming. Two zoom levels isn't enough.

SCROLLING:
Scrolling down doesn't keep you to the current column but moves all over the place (sideways). It should glue itself to the column while scrolling down even if the finger doesn't move straight down.

TOP:
It doesn't go to the top of the page when pressing the top bar.

UI:
The UI needs some polish. It should look more like an iPhone app, not just a ported Android app.

TYPING:
It doesn't correct my speeling eroors " class="smilie" width="17" height="17">

For all of these reasons, I use Safari, I have noticed no difference in speed however, 3G and Wi-Fi.

Great job guys. Opera Mini rox, but on Iphone 4 its much much MUCH worse than older phones I have used before. Few suggestions (iphone 4):

> add MultiTouch
> resolution for retina display (text looks really crappy atm)
> scrolling speed
> scrolling columns like in safari
> overal smoothnes of running app
> multitask support
> start screen more than 9 icons (12 maybe...)
> loading time
> keep up the good work !

i'm missing the option for opening a tab in background while surfing another site.
thx for the great browser

Still waiting for the iOS4 version.

Just thought I'd post that it got a mention on Macintouch today:

http://www.macintouch.com/readerreports/ipad/index.html#d30sep2010

cheers

I seem to have bookmark sync with Opera Link that got corrupted with 10 duplicates of each bookmark. It stalls OM5 on startup on my iPhone for about 30 seconds.

I tried to de-dupe from the Opera Link site button, but it didn't seem to propagate to my iPhone and pare it down.

There's no DELETE-ALL or RE-SYNC feature on OM5.

Should i delete the Opera Mini sync folder in my Opera for Mac bookmarks, possibly? I tried reinstalling OM5 on my iPhone, but the dupes still re-sync'd...

Any ideas? Thanks.

When reading WSJ, I'm getting an "Internal Server Error" as the article page fully loads.

If I halt loading after 95% of the page, then it stays visible w/o getting the infamous OM5 "red splotch.".

Try here:

online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703440004575547670261276394.html

When reading WSJ, I'm getting an "Internal Server Error" as the article page fully loads.

If I halt loading after 95% of the page, then it stays visible w/o getting the infamous OM5 "red splotch.".

Try here:

online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703440004575547670261276394.html

I miss one useful shortcut. I appreciate a lot the "socket" option and the speed up it gives to load the webpage faster. But I need to deactivate this function each time I have to login into my bank account or every other website that asks my authentication (this just for privacy). Would be possible add this option as shortcut in the main settings menu, I mean a socket enable/disable button?

bye and thanks, mario kenno.

SPEED:
Fastest browser for iPhone, but startup takes slightly longer.

ZOOMING:
Where is multi-touch zooming?

SCROLLING:
Sometimes when I try to scroll down it'll go sideway instead.

TOP:
Nothing happens when I click the top. Is it just me?

UI:
I love the UI as it is. The UI is minimalistic and stylish. But it'll be perfect if it has Lock Rotation

TYPING:
It doesn't correct spelling error.

SPEED DIAL:
I can't pull a page on speed dial to change its location.

LONG-HOLD
"Open tab in background"

TABS
Do you know what happens when you open more than 7 pages? Not really a big deal, you just won't be able to switch to another tab because it's so damn hard to click that box you want.

ETC
May I have mouse gestures similar to Atomic Browser? Please...?

@OperaTheGreat Great post.

I really miss the RSS feature
there is no equivalent on iOS (except loading every rss... which takes too long on EDGE)

opera mini, so easy to use.. but my opera mini was blocked by a operator :'(

Originally posted by OperaTheGreat:

ZOOMING:
Where is multi-touch zooming?

Opera does things differently such that multitouch is not needed. When you zoom, the text is auto-formatted into appropriate width columns. It can take a bit of getting used to, but it works really well for articles/blog posts and other text-heavy pages.

TOP:
Nothing happens when I click the top. Is it just me?

Nope. It doesnt scroll to the top when you click the (grey) top bar, only when you click Opera's red title bar. Pretty annoying IMO, especially since the bar takes up so much real estate.

SCROLLING:
Sometimes when I try to scroll down it'll go sideway instead.

TYPING:
It doesn't correct spelling error.

Yep, more annoyances. On Safari, and many apps actually, when you start scrolling straight it locks it to that direction.


I've just stumbled on a major problem - Opera doesn't remember what tabs you have open, if you've closed it for a while! Incredibly frustrating to lose those pages you had open!! >

Some more issues I found...

- The slightest touch highlights links, even if I am scrolling/dragging. Very noticeable on http://m.digg.com/news
- I can't see the URL of the link I am about to activate. In Safari if you tap+hold it shows the target URL with the buttons for new tab etc.
- Clicking in textareas puts the cursor at the end instead of where you tapped.
- Cannot type in rich text areas - clicking them reloads the page (as per usual for Javascript stuff) but when it comes back its not focused. See for example http://ckeditor.com/demo

Also, is there somewhere to submit bug reports for Opera Mini? Should it be done through the same place as desktop reports?

Originally posted by svivian:

Also, is there somewhere to submit bug reports for Opera Mini? Should it be done through the same place as desktop reports?

http://mini.bugs.opera.com/

Hi opera. The Arabic is not supported we are arabic speakers need you to solve this issue for us and be kind for doing that. And we will be greatfull and happy at the same time. Your lover arabic user Nooom

unable to use due to slow performance on iphone 4 with ios 4.1.

Here's a video comparison i found.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYeCcl6g1Eg

has opera mini died? it simply sucks on iphone 4, but no updates anymore...

Please, give us a sign that opera mini for iphone is not dead!
Performance on iPhone 4 is awful, but I'm still using it as there is no alternative to its page loading speed (paradox!)

Opera has stated they are working on a new version for iPhone with hardware acceleration and pinch-to-zoom, but they aren't telling when it's coming yet. Here's one article: http://www.opera.com/press/releases/2010/10/14/

i agree

Download the application to my iphone 3G and nothing, not working, you know someone like that is possible? intentanto load is only something to restart the iphone and nothing.

just i downloaded Opera mini sadly there is no EXIT button in iphone OM hope opera mini can fix this major issue.

Originally posted by ke-vincent:

just i downloaded Opera mini sadly there is no EXIT button in iphone OM hope opera mini can fix this major issue.

And sadly you're right... How come they've deleted the "Exit" option from the main menu...? I know it calls for faster reload when you shut OM down using the menu button on the iPhone, since OM remains loaded in the background, still...

What EXIT button and what "main menu"...? Can you be any more vague so no one can figure out how to help you?

I've been using Opera Mini on my older iPhone since day-one. Difficult to use mSafari now since it's so much slower; great speed, big savings on mobile data plan. Looking fwd to the upcoming Opera Retina-display release when I upgrade my iPhone. OM5 for iPad would be great, hopefully soon, as well (I'm sure Opera for Tablets for Android will be released first, though -- based on Opera Mobile v10.5).

Originally posted by kamalesh:

What EXIT button and what "main menu"...? Can you be any more vague so no one can figure out how to help you?

I've been using Opera Mini on my older iPhone since day-one. Difficult to use mSafari now since it's so much slower; great speed, big savings on mobile data plan. Looking fwd to the upcoming Opera Retina-display release when I upgrade my iPhone. OM5 for iPad would be great, hopefully soon, as well (I'm sure Opera for Tablets for Android will be released first, though -- based on Opera Mobile v10.5).

O-ookay, so let's take a deep breath here: on Java versions of Opera Mini I've used in the past (a recent past, too: I've shed my Samsung Jet running a Java-based copy of Opera Mini 5.1 only two days ago), in the menu you trigger by clicking on the wrench-style icon at the bottom of the screen, you had nine icons to choose from: Bookmarks, History, Startup Links, Saved web pages, Settings, Search, Help and Exit. On my iPhone 4, Opera Mini doesn't offer the Exit option anymore, and since my beautiful new phone doesn't support Java, I can't very well install a Java-based copy of OM 5, so in a nutshell, that's it, you can't close Opera Mini any other way than by pressing the Home button on the iPhone, knowing of course that OM is still running to some extent in the background, because when you click on its icon in the iPhone home menu, OM brings you back to the webpage you last visited...

I love Opera Mini, and it's true that using Safari, even though it's iOS optimized, is a relative pain in the proverbial backside once you've gotten a taste of Opera Mini. Still, we miss this Exit option...

It isn't compatible with iOS 4 and latest web standards such as html5. An update is critically needed.

I agree OM 5 isn't yet fully compatible with some HMTL5 features, but it's Acid test results are rather good (93% if memory serves), on par with Safari. If an update is in the pipeline, let's hope it contains some of the features the users in this forum call for, such as the return of the Exit button, a better tab browsing (more tabs, more manageable, something like "Open bookmarks in a new tab", etc...). As for the rest, don't change anything, keep it stable, ultra-fast, with a good rendering and a ton of features Safari can only dream about... Oh yes, add an email client to it... ;-)

No proper iOS4 support, no multitasking at all, so no need for an exit button either, just kill it by using the home button.

Urgent need for a new version though...

OMfI is by far the oldest app installed on my iPhone (and has been for many months already...).

Originally posted by netwolf:

No proper iOS4 support, no multitasking at all, so no need for an exit button either, just kill it by using the home button.

Urgent need for a new version though...

OMfI is by far the oldest app installed on my iPhone (and has been for many months already...).

I disagree: when you press the Home button, you don't kill Opera Mini, you just let it drop in the background... When you click on the OM icon in the main menu, you go back to the last visited web page. But I agree that we need a new version ASAP...

Actually, since OM doesn't support multitasking, it does close when you press the home button. It just reloads the last session when you start it again. If you jailbreak and use Backgrounder, you can make it stay around though.

Originally posted by spadija:

Actually, since OM doesn't support multitasking, it does close when you press the home button. It just reloads the last session when you start it again.

Exactly.
You close it, and on restart have to reload everything again and reload last session, which is of course far away from real multitasking.

Compare Safari or almost every other (iOS4 ready) app nowadays.
(with SwitcherMod or RemoveRecents you can get rid of the annoying recently used items that are shown together with actually running apps)

I hear you, but since a cold OM start takes several long seconds, whereas closing OM with the Home button only to open it again via the Home menu produces a much faster OM start, I have my doubts as to the real action of the Home button in closing OM down...

List your running processes and see for yourself if you don't believe

btw: a re-start is not really much less slow here than the first start, but probably there are several things that are not performed on every start (e.g. I'd guess the entire Link stuff, thummbnail generation of speeddial entries etc. etc.)

However, this has nothing at all to do with multitasking (as supported since iOS4, released to general public more than half a year ago...)

Okay, you win... This time... :-(

Retina display support, pls!

Hopefully this is a calm before the storm type of situation? Opera Mobile ios version perhaps?

Originally posted by jwaylec81:

Hopefully this is a calm before the storm type of situation? Opera Mobile ios version perhaps?

That isn't possible because of the App Store rules.

But, there was a statement in October-ish that said an updated version of Opera Mini was coming—one that would support hardware acceleration and pinch-to-zoom. There's been no more since that though.

This needs a update really bad. The browser clears the page because it's out of memory but the iphone has 512mb of ram!

Hi when is OM6 gonna be released on AppStore?

Where can I get the beta of Opera Min 6 for iPad?

Where did you hear there was a beta? To my knowledge, there isn't one.

It worked fine for me!!..

Am exicted ..waiting for om6 iphone version...

Looking forward to OM6, when Opera has pinch to zoom, I'll put it on my iphone4, and sync some bookmarks from the desktop.

Originally posted by dadsafrantic:

i agree

With what?

Regarding Opera Mini 6 for iDevices, I posted a question about this in another thread, and got the following answer from Opera employee ManneS

"We don't tell anything before a release. Sorry, but that's just the way it is..."

It occurs to me that when Opera was in this midst of having version 5 for iDevices released, they had lots of information before the release, told when it was going to be and was released to Apple, even had an approval count-down clock, etc. I wonder what's changed between then and now? I wish that someone from Opera would at least give us a "Yes" or "No", "Soon" or "Don't Hold Your Breath". sigh...

Opera is taking so long to release opera mini for the iphone. I doubt it takes 2+ months to release it. I'm disappointed we aren't being given any updates.

Originally posted by Christopher8827:

Opera is taking so long to release opera mini for the iphone. I doubt it takes 2+ months to release it. I'm disappointed we aren't being given any updates.

Iknowright? As I stated above, in release 5 they gave lots of information before it was released, now with version 6 there is no information at all and we are told that it's the way it is. I've got a feeling that things are going well in iDevice land...

Worse case scenario: Maybe when Opera meant the iPhone version is coming soon, they actual meant next year? :/

where is Opera Mini 6 for iPhone?

Originally posted by yongshun:

where is Opera Mini 6 for iPhone?

There are several posts in this thread about Opera Mini 6 for iDevices, but Opera isn't releasing any information. With no available information, it appears that Opera Mini 6 is having problems. Lots of us wish that Opera, a company that is typically quite open about it's releases, would give some type of status about Mini version 6 for Apple iDevices.

Originally posted by Christopher8827:

This needs a update really bad. The browser clears the page because it's out of memory but the iphone has 512mb of ram!

Well, actually, it clears (reloads) the page far less often than anything (read: all the alternative browsers) building on the stock Safari engine (UIWebViewer). The latter has HUGE memory consumption - around 15-20 MByte(!) for a casual, not-too-small Web page on a hi-res (Retina screen or iPad) device. Opera Mini, while I do know its major problems, requires and uses orders of magnitudes less memory.

Originally posted by thomasrobert255:

Opera announced the approval this evening, saying that the free app will be available within the next 24 hours.

Still no sign of the new version? What happened to it?

Originally posted by Menneisyys:

Originally posted by Christopher8827:

This needs a update really bad. The browser clears the page because it's out of memory but the iphone has 512mb of ram!

Well, actually, it clears (reloads) the page far less often than anything (read: all the alternative browsers) building on the stock Safari engine (UIWebViewer). The latter has HUGE memory consumption - around 15-20 MByte(!) for a casual, not-too-small Web page on a hi-res (Retina screen or iPad) device. Opera Mini, while I do know its major problems, requires and uses orders of magnitudes less memory.

Opera Mini still renders at the same old resolution. As a result, the text in Opera is extremely blurry as the app is stretched full screen.

I dont see why Opera announced OM if they arent ready to release it.

Originally posted by Christopher8827:

I dont see why Opera announced OM if they arent ready to release it.

Probably because they were releasing it for every other platform at the time and wanted to confirm that they were still working on the iOS version.

Originally posted by spadija:

Originally posted by Christopher8827:

I dont see why Opera announced OM if they arent ready to release it.

Probably because they were releasing it for every other platform at the time and wanted to confirm that they were still working on the iOS version.

But somehow they still had time to do an update for the slowly dying BB platform. Either something is seriously wrong with the iDevice version, or this is going to be one killer app! (I hope that it's a killer app!)

I still say it'd be nice to hear something from Opera other than "we don't talk about products before they are released".

Where is OM6 for iPhone?

Originally posted by yongshun:

Where is OM6 for iPhone?

If you visit the Opera mobile page (http://www.opera.com/mobile/), you'll note that the iDevices (iPhone, iPad and iPod) are out of the picture, and a picture is worth a thousand words.

Opera Mini 6 for iPhone just showed up in the app store this morning.