[NEW] Opera Mini 4 officially released

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Your Web Everywhere: Opera Mini 4 hits the streets
http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2007/11/07/

After three betas we're proud to release the shiny new Opera Mini 4 to the world.

We've done a lot with this new Opera Mini. For example, we rewrote the entire code for Opera Mini 4 and added lots of improvements and new features to make the browser even better.

Opera Mini 4 is based on the same rendering engine as the Opera 9.5 desktop browser. The browser still has a very small install size, less than 100k, even though we've added all these cool new features.

With all the time and work that we've put in on our end, we wouldn't be able to bring you the world's best mobile browser without your help and support. We owe a great amount of appreciation to all those of you who helped with our beta testing, bug reporting, and providing feedback in the Opera Mini forums and on your blogs. Thanks.

So what have we done with Opera Mini 4?

Opera Link

We've added support for Opera Link in Opera Mini 4. With Opera Link, you're able to instantly synchronize and share your bookmarks and Speed Dial with the Opera browser for your computer.

Overview mode

Opera Mini 4 includes a new rendering architecture that allows you to view webpages just like you would on your computer. When you first load a webpage, Opera Mini will show you an overview snapshot of the page; using the new mouse cursor you can instantly zoom in to the selected region of the page.

Size of text fits width of screen

Opera Mini 4 dynamically changes the size of the text on webpages to fit the width of your phone's screen, meaning you won't have to scroll horizontally.

Context menu

A context menu is displayed when pressing the number 1 key. From the context menu you could change the viewing modes to 'Mobile view', reload the page, and show webpage information. When the mouse cursor is focused on a link, the Context menu will show you the link information (i.e. where the link points to, etc.).

Mouse cursor

With the mouse cursor you could scroll to any direction on the page and more easily click on links.

Scrolling shortcuts

Pressing these number key shortcuts will help you quickly navigate around the page.

2 - Page up
8 - Page down
4 - Go to the left one column
6 - Go to the right one column
5 - Zoom in and out

Create search

With this new feature, you could add any search engine of your choice to the Opera Mini start page. To add a new search engine, click on the search field, press the menu button and click on the 'Create search' option.

View pages in Landscape mode

By pressing the * and # shortcut keys, you could switch the page view to landscape mode.

New standards support

Support for HTML tables, CSS handheld stylesheets, and more advanced support for CSS have been added to Opera Mini.

Bi-directional support

With this new release we've also added support for bi-directional text, adding support for languages such as Hebrew.

Some other notable changes

Added support for small anti-aliased bitmap fonts
Simplified setup process
Improved image quality
Improved fit to width mode rendering
Simplified settings page
Added native blackberry menu
Dialogs are now displayed with round corners and alpha channel overlay windows
New and improved server side cookie handling

As usual, get it from www.operamini.com

[machtenx]

When are they going to make this native for PPC? and support downloads?? I love this browser it's like using a desktop computer

[sheltem]

Originally Posted by machtenx

When are they going to make this native for PPC? and support downloads?? I love this browser it's like using a desktop computer

Opera 9 for PocketPC's will have the same rendering engine as Opera Mini. I haven't heard anything about it recently though.

[SyXbiT]

they're lagging.
opera mobile 9 has been "coming soon" for far too long.
with safari mobile out, they really need to get a move on.
especially now with google's android coming out soon (with it's own browser)

[Snager]

did anyone get opera mini 4 to work with their PPC? for me it crashes every time i try to start it up

[divxrippimp]

Originally Posted by kevxross

Well I finally got my OperaMini shortcut how it should be and it was such a PITA getting everything working right that I decided to share it here. You will need TotalCommander or Resco Explorer to do this. To get a shortcut to launch Opera Mini without going through the midlet manager:

1. Go to \Windows\appdb
2. You should see files like s#_suite. One of these should be Opera Mini. If it is the only Java app you have installed it will be the one that isn't s0_suite. If you have several, you can click on them to find out which launches Opera Mini. Mine is s3_suite, even though it's the only Java app I have... Now remember whatever number it is.
3. Go to \Windows\Start Menu\Programs\
4. Find Java, and duplicate it
5. Rename it to OperaMini
6. Go into Properties > Shortcut. It should say "\Windows\jeodek.exe"
7. Make it: "\Windows\jeodek.exe" -run s#_
(Replace the # with the number from step 2)

This is how to make a shortcut...
The whole post is here
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread...opera+shortcut

[havieri23]

is there a way to get it working on my mogul which i downgraded to wm5.

[1oddmanout]

Originally Posted by Snager

did anyone get opera mini 4 to work with their PPC? for me it crashes every time i try to start it up

Anyone else with this oddity?: I downloaded it twice, and all it installs is the old Opera 3

[Torx]

this app is killer. thats all i have to say. this is replacing PIE for me.

since im using esmertec java, how do i create a programs link to opera mini so i dont have to go through esmertec just to fire it up?

and how do we disable the connect warnings everytime you fire it up??

[bootboy5555]

you can download the latest version.....11 something .036 and the one before 034 off xda developers site, these versions can be installed on sd card but don't run as smooth as in main memory..other versions 029 need to go on main memory and apparently they have been stripped of the constant connect reminder...

cheers,