Opera and IE

Stingray · #1 (**permalink**) 01-24-2007, 12:44 AM

People say it ....... BUT................
Can anyone tell me what makes Opera better than Explorer?
Will having 2 browsers installed on the PPC slow it down a lot?
or is it possible to remove Explorer?

chuque · #2 (**permalink**) 01-24-2007, 11:04 AM

It won't slow it down unless you are running both at the same time.

as far as what makes it better; I think that is a matter of personal preference more than anything. I run opera because I feel it formats things better to the Qvga screen better, but I really don't have any empirical evidence to back that up.

**bunnytrigger** · #3 (**permalink**) 01-24-2007, 01:38 PM

chuque, you sound so smart

<3 (empirical evidence.....sounds so CSI)

I love PIE Plus, tried opera but couldnt get the hang of it for some reason.

budney · #4 (**permalink**) 01-24-2007, 10:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chuque

It won't slow it down unless you are running both at the same time.

as far as what makes it better; I think that is a matter of personal preference more than anything. I run opera because I feel it formats things better to the Qvga screen better, but I really don't have any empirical evidence to back that up.

Not to mention Opera has no problems with viewing html & WAP sites with out any hacks.

rlith · #5 (**permalink**) 01-25-2007, 07:57 AM

Tabbed browsing, properly runs java, faster than PIE, better formatting, runs fine from memory card. Now if they would do Firefox for PPC I would be in heaven.

dmercurio1 · #6 (**permalink**) 01-28-2007, 01:27 AM

There is a Firefox Mobile. Its called Minimo i use it and it is a lot faster than PIE. Its also pretty straight forward. Heres a link.

http://www.mozilla.org/projects/minimo/

sdruid · #7 (**permalink**) 02-07-2008, 10:34 PM

How do you get Minimo Installed ? The cab file doesn't have an installer in it ?

Thanks...

unGOdlike · #8 (**permalink**) 02-07-2008, 10:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sdruid

How do you get Minimo Installed ? The cab file doesn't have an installer in it ?

Thanks...

From the website:
Click here to install Minimo from your Windows PC. (3.1MB)

Or

After downloading the cab file, copy to your device and then use Start -> File Explorer on your Window Mobile device to locate and run the CAB installer.

Or Follow the installation guide on PPC Central.

cheesegrater · #9 (**permalink**) 02-09-2008, 11:51 PM

i've been using netfront 3.5 concept. so far i like it the best. i had problems with minimo crashing. i used pieplus with pie for a while, it was nice. up until the netfront concept i used opera though. just liked it better. never had a problem.
heres the link for netfront: http://www.access-company.com/produc.../35_wm_tp.html

erwin15 · #10 (**permalink**) 02-10-2008, 12:01 AM

From what I've seen and used, I like the Opera Browser beteter... Even just loading the pages up it faster, also there's gonna be a new Mobile Opera Browser that will be released I think some time this month.... This Browser is gonna be the all in one we've all been looking for.... Check out the link for the new Browser and see it for yourself...
http://www.opera.com/b2b/solutions/mobile/video/