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Originally Posted by andygallo

I also keep IE around on my desktop as well for the exact same reasons (I prefer to use the desktop version of Opera). I already figured about the reasons you stated for IE Mobile, but I was actually trying to ask why you were using Opera Mini vs Opera Mobile. Even tho they both use the Presto engine (I'm pretty sure that's right) I've found fewer rendering issues with Opera Mobile. www.dell.com was one off the top of my head, it would never zoom out for me on Mini, but is fine on Mobile. Speed-wise, I really can't tell the difference, plus I just like having to option to turn off Opera's proxy.

Anyway, I wasn't really questioning you, just curious if there was something I was missing between Mini and Mobile. Can't wait to try out your updated version! Keep up the good work!

Ohhh! Mini over Opera Mobile; now I understand the question. Simply, because of speed. Rendering for mini is done on Opera servers as opposed to locally on the device for Opera Mobile (and IE). Unless Opera servers are really being pounded, their servers are always faster than my device and they really compresses the data being sent. So time savings both on data transmission and image rendering is what makes Mini so much faster. But as you noted on the Dell site, their server-side rendering isn't always right.