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Malik

Very nice browser

posted by : Ali, 15 November 2011 Complain about this comment
hi

pls send me opera 5

posted by : soso goodhead, 08 November 2011 Complain about this comment
good

very good software

posted by : jewel, 09 June 2011 Complain about this comment
awesome mobile browser

I have refused the allure of the smart phone, sticking by my Nokia 3500 classic like a disgraced US Senator.

Mini 5 Beta actually runs quite well. The only problem I have found is the main menu isn't small screen friendly. I have a SMALL screen and only the big "favourites" item shows up, but I can still click down to other options like settings and help.

Otherwise is right snappy over GPRS and EDGE. Don't need 3G one bit!

posted by : JP C, 17 September 2009 Complain about this comment
Too resource intensive to "run on almost any handset you throw it at"

Saying Opera 5 "will run on almost any handset you throw it at" is a bit of a stretch, I think. I installed it on my 8130, and its age is really starting to show... It's so slow to the point that the program seems unresponsive and a pain to use.
Pressing the back button no longer exits the program. You have to click menu, which brings down the menu, scroll all the way to the right, then click Yes after it asks if you are sure. With the lag on my phone, this actually takes about 5 whole seconds when it should take no more than an instant like in Opera Mini 4.2.

posted by : Tim, 17 September 2009 Complain about this comment
Wand passwords

Doesn't the password manager have the option of setting a master password, like the desktop versions?

This means you set one password for Opera and use that for all your logins, or have it set to ask for the master password once per session.

Adding a master password also adds stronger encryption to your passwords, making it even safer from thieves.

posted by : Bob Monkfish, 17 September 2009 Complain about this comment
not bad

I've been playing with mini 5 since yesterday morning on my N97, and it shows a lot of promise. It has a few quirks, for example it insists on displaying the virtual touch keyboard when I'm in landscape mode (where I have a real keyboard I can use), and as I just literally just discovered, there is no way to insert new lines into text boxes (sorry!) or scroll a large text box down to see what you are typing when it goes behind the virtual keyboard! Its link handling in twitter is also confused, just try to view your followers! I hope scroll bars return, a long page takes a lot of screen swipes to get to the bottom!

posted by : steve, 17 September 2009 Complain about this comment

Opera Mini 5 mobile web browser

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