Is The Imagio Worth The Slow Browser Experience? - Page 2

fwaits · #11 (**permalink**) 10-20-2009, 04:03 PM

Opera Mini shows Mobile versions of web sites which is less graphic than the full versions of the sites which Opera Mobile shows. It's probably good to have both if you want to just get simple quick results go with Mini, and if you want the full web site experience then use Mobile. Mobile has a Turbo mode which basically works similar to Mini, but it's not 100% clean yet and does not auto wrap the text to fit the window correctly when in use. Once they get that fixed, you can just toggle between Turbo mode or not depending which view mode you want to use.

racedog · #12 (**permalink**) 10-20-2009, 04:07 PM

Ok, got it working. I checked the Opera mini 5 thread in here and there is a cab file to install mini 5. I downloaded it, moved it to my Imagio and did the install. Now, my Opera Mini application link goes to mini 5. I then added it to my short screen list of application icons that I use most and it now brings up mini 5.

I went into mini settings and changed the font size from small to medium, brower to "mobile" and its working great. I've only tried a few sites on it so far but they are loading fast, are readable and the interface is much more intuitive and easy to navigate than 4.2.

The link is here: http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=91367

Just download the Miniv9.cab from that thread, move it to your phone, install it and it lays down mini 5 on your Imagio, creates a link (in my case my old Opera Mini link now goes to 5 rather than 4.2). Hope it works as well for you as it seems to be for me.

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racedog · #13 (**permalink**) 10-20-2009, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by fwaits

Opera Mini shows Mobile versions of web sites which is less graphic than the full versions of the sites which Opera Mobile shows. It's probably good to have both if you want to just get simple quick results go with Mini, and if you want the full web site experience then use Mobile. Mobile has a Turbo mode which basically works similar to Mini, but it's not 100% clean yet and does not auto wrap the text to fit the window correctly when in use. Once they get that fixed, you can just toggle between Turbo mode or not depending which view mode you want to use.

Thanks for the info. Hopefully, Opera will have 9.7 working right with the turbo mode soon. I prefer a full browser usually but I needed something working right now or the phone was going bye-bye. I'll download 9.7 also and check it out. From what I gather this will not overwrite 9.5 but will end up being another additional application in the app list, is that right?

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racedog · #14 (**permalink**) 10-20-2009, 04:43 PM

Loaded Opera 9.7 beta and its pretty nice. I've tweaked some of the settings and it too is easier and more intuitive than 9.5. I'm going to keep it, that way I have both 9.7 and mini 5 depending what I need to do and how fast I want to get it done.

And speaking of getting things done I haven't done squat at my desk this afternoon except play with this damn phone! Time to sign off for a while and get a few things accomplished.

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fwaits · #15 (**permalink**) 10-20-2009, 05:53 PM

heh Glad to hear you got them going the way you want. And yeah ditto on the work thing. hah

Shemmy · #16 (**permalink**) 10-20-2009, 08:40 PM

Am I the only one who hasn't had browsing problems with their Imagio?

On a side note, I suggest UCWEB as an alternate browser.

Jaybid · #17 (**permalink**) 10-20-2009, 10:31 PM

Can anyone get Opera 9.7 to work in landscape? I can't. Any help would be appreciated.

fwaits · #18 (**permalink**) 10-20-2009, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Jaybid

Can anyone get Opera 9.7 to work in landscape? I can't. Any help would be appreciated.

I am able to. Does yours just not respond to turning the screen? Is the page still drawing when you do it or is it after it's fully downloaded? Not sure that matters, just curious.

Jaybid · #19 (**permalink**) 10-20-2009, 11:25 PM

No, mine didn't respond to turning the screen. I'm pretty sure that
the page was fully loaded also. I didn't keep it anyway since the page
rendering looked a little strange anyway.

Sellador · #20 (**permalink**) 10-21-2009, 12:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Shemmy

Am I the only one who hasn't had browsing problems with their Imagio?

No, you're not the only one. I don't know why --whether Racedog's version is running slower than mine or whether my standards are just lower-- but both my Opera and IE seem to me to be running quite well.