Why didn't we release a final version of 9.5 before skipping to 9.7?

By Frode Haugefhauge. Wednesday, April 1, 2009 9:27:56 AM

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Our core department has released a new version of Opera Presto which contained support for Opera Turbo, more advanced web standards, Gears and several other improvements. We wanted to make this available to our users as soon as possible, and chose to upgrade the core version in Opera Mobile. Updating the browser core is a big step forward for us, and it felt natural to change the version number.

We have to upgrade to a new browser core as often as possible. Several products using a wide range of browser core versions introduces a lot of overhead (several version of core has to be maintained and worked on at the same time), so we try to use the most current stable core version at all times.

With regards to Symbian S60, I can only tell you that we're working on it.. but I'll also add that it's really awesome, and we can't wait to let you guys play with it cool

Opera Mobile 9.7 with Opera TurboOpera Mini Server updates

Comments

Unregistered user Thursday, April 16, 2009 5:58:45 PM

Anonymous writes: Please please pleeeease give me the possibility to buy this for my Nokia E90! I've been waiting for so long to get a good browser for it.

Unregistered user Wednesday, April 22, 2009 11:34:43 PM

Anonymous writes: Please optimize this for upcoming N97 too, I think some cool features could be done with it! Hoping to see it soon, S60 browsers are getting out-dated! ;)

Anthony John Lourensantwap Thursday, April 23, 2009 12:00:53 AM

That's not the point.
When they were in date/ and still are !! Anything you make should work properly.
Especially in the final.

This is a mobile world future:
opera/4.2 cant display a web page to the max. FireFox_Mobile Can_ on ver:.09 and bitstream BOLT BY firefox can render pages faster and has many built in feature's, for advanced user's. View this site with FireFox_MOBILE - ON A CELL PHONE AND YOU WILL SEE HOW BEAUTIFUL THE CSS IS.. In som blogs.. And in general.. It draws out every Os run_
if ver: .09 not even 1 is doing this with firefox, what a great power /lets say a
ver:3 is... I am a proud member of Opera Comunnity, but if i dont report this, then Opera will get whipped.
FireFox is more than a browser, and has a bunch of add ons coming on in a hour.
Once you zoom in with opera 4.2 / you just a 1940 rock star. Same as a wap browser. FireFOX - DONT WORK THAT WAY!! Your mobile is a pc- thats all. . If u want to know more search my blog, im not advertising it

remember these browser's have certain powers that other's dont have. Opera has a power that i dont like -



yes

i
love
it
bigsmile:

Unregistered user Thursday, April 23, 2009 9:48:47 AM

geez writes: @antwap Are you drunk or something? Your comment doesn't even begin to make sense. Mobile Firefox isn't even remotely close to completion, and is big, bloated, slow, and memory-hungry. Bolt is made by Bitstream, not Mozilla, and is a stripped down browser like Opera Mini. If you are comparing Firefox to Bolt and Opera Mini, you are a complete idiot. Firefox is a full browser, like Opera Mobile. Opera Mini and Bolt aren't. I still don't understand what you are trying to say. You are seemingly insane with your incoherent ramblings.

Anthony John Lourensantwap Thursday, April 23, 2009 10:38:22 AM

@gees
i dont think that i judged you.

But an idiot can be
referred to as a fool.

So let's call me a fool.

you can learn from
a fool.
Example.. You Could Sit
back and discover?

bigsmile: ??HEY I AM CLEVER
<meaning you>
..." or out the circle
of my comment above
DISCOVER

LET'S SAY .. 13% Is edifying
or perhaps 80% and for YOU it WAS _.0%

star

O
PERA
" i said i love it. READ AGAIN

OH MAN .. Be careful what you say.. Opera lets you run FireFox and Windows Explorer in Opera browser# you can switch instantly and open all browser's in different tabs.

I think you just read that FireFox mobile is clumsy!! And forgot what i am saying, it is their first version.

If you did try it ? Proove it " and tell me the name of FireFox mobile 0.9

and tell me why it shows The CSS IN BLOGS, +MORE
headbang
headbang
from
me the
monkey
:dur:

Unregistered user Thursday, April 23, 2009 12:16:15 PM

geez writes: @antwap Again you aren't making sense. How about trying to keep your comments BRIEF and UNDERSTANDABLE without a lot of useless noise? Opera doesn't "run other browsers" inside Opera. I KNOW that Firefox is bloated and memory hungry. They couldn't even get it to run on a high-end Windows Mobile phone, and it's dead slow on a fast Linux device. Firefox shows CSS? WOW, "amazing". Opera has been showing CSS for years. Long before Firefox even existed.

Anthony John Lourensantwap Thursday, April 23, 2009 12:37:23 PM

@geez
LOUD AND CLEAR 4U

OPERA BROWSER
RIGHT
CLICK
YOUR
MOUSE
AND RUN
FIREFOX,
OR WINDOWS EXPLORER

IF YOU DONT UNDERSTAND THIS, LEAVE MY COMMENT
TO YOURSELF?
If you want to know more, discuss it at my blog or PM

everything is monitured here , at any blog, and pm

i got nothing to hide, and guess what, im not fighting with you..

Opera will love it if you download firefox and then come back and do your thing here.


bigeyes
huh!

Unregistered user Thursday, April 23, 2009 12:47:39 PM

geez writes: @antwap AGAIN you aren't making sense. What's with the insane comments? There is a generic feature in Opera to open something in whatever the system reports is able to handle it. It isn't opened INSIDE Opera, it's opened in that application. Why the hell would Opera love it if I downloaded Firefox? Are you drunk?

Anthony John Lourensantwap Thursday, April 23, 2009 6:09:26 PM

@geez.
You dont seem to have a pc,
>> so you dont know what you are talking about !!

I dont drink!!
Subject Closed #
go well _ buddy!!

Unregistered user Friday, April 24, 2009 10:26:44 PM

Are Wold writes: Yay - can't wait for S60 version :)

Unregistered user Saturday, April 25, 2009 4:13:34 PM

D writes: Hurray for Opera Mobile on S60 :D

perrisiam Sunday, April 26, 2009 2:16:08 PM

am wondering if there is a release date of 9.7

RoyGarion Sunday, April 26, 2009 6:02:32 PM

For what it's worth I'll repeat what I suggested in the 9.7 blog:

With regsrd to the release date - at a recent trade show Opera (in conversation with CNET) said that soon in this case means May.

An educated guess would suggest May 17 (Norwegian National Day.)



Unregistered user Wednesday, April 29, 2009 9:08:48 AM

Solos writes: I'm waiting for S60 version too. It's the time, really.

QasimQasibr Thursday, April 30, 2009 8:37:46 AM

Deja vu for S60 users: http://my.opera.com/operamobile/blog/2008/02/07/where-did-opera-mobile-v9-0-go

Unregistered user Wednesday, May 6, 2009 5:20:12 PM

Anonymous writes: Opera last version was nearly 3 years ago.. By that opera develops new browser, S60 has released FP2,FP3 and now V5 editions. Just put a video how opera browser is working on 5800 or N96 or N86. Then only people will believe Opera.. Opera, you have already lost trust from S60 users;)

Unregistered user Monday, May 11, 2009 10:33:55 AM

ISRAEL writes: Anonymous writes: Opera last version was nearly 3 years ago.. By that opera develops new browser, S60 has released FP2,FP3 and now V5 editions. Just put a video how opera browser is working on 5800 or N96 or N86. Then only people will believe Opera.. Opera, you have already lost trust from S60 users;) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Its true,we waiting a long time for nothing,we want s60 build this month.

perrisiam Monday, May 18, 2009 11:17:49 AM

*looks at calendar*

*looks at watch*

*refresh page*

*taps feet*

*looks at watch"

*taps feet*

Anthony John Lourensantwap Monday, May 18, 2009 1:20:06 PM

Why dont you Launch yous s60 wap browser? confused

Suhadahanumsuhadahanum Tuesday, May 19, 2009 1:27:40 AM

It is very good,! I like it

Anthony John Lourensantwap Wednesday, May 20, 2009 8:58:07 PM


To WayOfthebastard

your Comment above:

then use opera mini
4.2 ?

Anthony John Lourensantwap Friday, May 22, 2009 9:24:19 AM

@ WayOFTeBastard above


i dont know what to say, opera mini say's full web in the palm
of your hand! for your mobile.. but it cant access the full web, and
neither display a web version of certain web sites'

i just commented here to all the guys crying for s60
opera mini can help them in that case, opera mini is fast and good!
>>>>on a mobile

about this page and version? i have no clue what they want here.

i use my pc, or laptop, or cell phone to access the web, i have all browser's, when one plays up! i switch. I CAME HERE VIA IE7 VIA OUTLOOK
EXPRESS, THATS MY DEFAULT. WHO CAN COMPLAIN ABOUT Microsoft
i use opera browser too, with pc, laptop, i always have their latest.
i switch when it slows down and cant syncronise anymore.

NutzShells Sunday, May 24, 2009 5:42:07 PM

Umm I dunno, but contrary with this post, I saw this on the forum

http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=250045

NO Opera for Symbian S60? duh!
But yeah, things might change over the time. _might_
T_T

Anthony John Lourensantwap Sunday, May 24, 2009 9:56:10 PM

Opera mini can acess the full web, but cant display certain web page's in full web view.
I have tested it on all phone's.

perrisiam Monday, May 25, 2009 11:57:18 AM

I'm pretty sure may 25th qualifies as past "the middle of may"

hoping you guys are gonna get this out soon there is quite a bit of anticipation

Anthony John Lourensantwap Tuesday, May 26, 2009 4:40:58 PM

@ WAY OF THE B..... YES.....
YOU
ARE
RIGHT
WHAT
YOU SAID
NOW
CASE CLOSED smile
FREIND
or should we open a case
lol

Michalmichalr79 Friday, June 5, 2009 8:31:37 AM

Especially when such phones like Samsung Omnia HD or Nokia N97 are just around the corner. Big touch screen with very poor default browser. Opera, let us - Symbian S60v5 users - use Your browser please. You'll earn money on us, but release the product.

linuxbastler Friday, June 5, 2009 9:32:45 PM

this all sounds promising. I just wish you'd do a little less promising and a little more releasing.

don't get me wrong here, I know writing software is hard work and something always fails to compile correctly. But look at the history! You've skipped over a major and a minor version already since the last stable release (you did not fail to announce their imminent release however), and I bought 3 new phones since I last got a chance to pay for a stable opera license.

I really do like opera, to me it always was and still is just the finest browser out there regardless of platform, but every time I read "coming soon" in your blog it smells a little more like yet another candidate for the vaporware award...

Jared G. Pinayaojared1990 Monday, June 8, 2009 4:00:02 AM

I hope this opera will be also available for series s60 version 2.

Anthony John Lourensantwap Sunday, June 14, 2009 6:46:57 AM

Safest way for all.. On pc .. Laptop ect.. Ensure.. Microsoft is your default browser.. ie Windows 8 and Google your default search engine.. RUN OPERA... NOW AND THEN RIGHT CLICK AND RUN IE8 OR 7.. OR FIREFOX.....OPERA IS THE BEST ON MOBILES....

DHONAmarvfali Thursday, June 18, 2009 10:15:43 AM

opera turbo doesn't work like magic on my HTC touch... The bad thing is, it doesn't work like the previous 9.5 beta. what a shame... hope to see a better version with all the features we've got in 9.5 beta.

Gaurav Joseph0xdeadbeef Saturday, August 8, 2009 10:04:59 AM

Atleast show us a screenshot of the new opera mobile for s60 devices . .

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