Opera Mini Update has arrived.

[Riley]

Originally Posted by dschoenike

Ok, this is what i did. Go to mini.opera.com, click try new mini 5 beta, go to and click other download options, click select code signing certificate, click all, then again click opera mini 5 beta. that worked for me
dschoenike

awesome, thanks for the tip.

[timtlm]

Very nice.

The Good:
-Has a more finger friendly attractive interface.
-Dedicated back, forward, refresh, settings buttons (no longer in the menu).
-Address bar, and search are always available at the top of the page, but when you scroll down they disappear. It should only scroll the page, and not the menu bar with it.
-Address bar has history drop-down.
-Has tabbed browsing. You can have a lot more than just 3.
-You can select and copy and paste text. Although, it only works within opera mini. There's still no copying and pasting a url into a text message. It's like it uses it's own clipboard separate from windows mobile.

The Bad:
-Forces you to use it's own SIP. (I have a diamond, and I want to be able to use FingerKeyboard)
-Scrolling needs improvement. Has kinetic scrolling, but doesn't work great. No matter how fast you flick your finger, it doesn't go very far. Vertical scrolling doesn't stay lined up, and jumps around horizontally. Not very smooth. You can't use the scrollbar on the right to scroll down quickly anymore.
-From what I can tell, you can't sync your bookmarks anymore.
-Need a way to jump to the home screen without closing your tab, or opening a new tab.

[berardi1111]

Another devout Opera Mini user here...

I'll be sticking to 4... this new version seems too muhc like Opera Mobile.

The #1 thing I don't like is when you do finger drag scrolling, it lags and sticks... my FAVORITE part of mini is how easy it is to manipulate large pages.

[tokuzumi]

Anyone able to click on any threads on this site using Mini 5? I click on a forum, and most of the time, it takes me back to the main forum list page. Also, if I manually enter a topic url, it doesn't take me to the topic. I can access other forums, using the same bulletin board software.

[gmfeny]

If you click on the top where it tells you what page your on it scrolls all the way to the top of the page like on the iPhone.

[hamidxa]

Originally Posted by dschoenike

Ok, this is what i did. Go to mini.opera.com, click try new mini 5 beta, go to and click other download options, click select code signing certificate, click all, then again click opera mini 5 beta. that worked for me
dschoenike

Im not seeing any of that (at least not on my desktop), got a direct link?

Edit: Nevermind, had to do it through Opera Mobile.

Thanks!

[timtlm]

Originally Posted by gmfeny

If you click on the top where it tells you what page your on it scrolls all the way to the top of the page like on the iPhone.

Good to know. I had enabled full screen in the settings, which eliminates this top bar. This would be the only reason to not have it in full screen.

[pdx77]

The Bad:
-Forces you to use it's own SIP. (I have a diamond, and I want to be able to use FingerKeyboard)

Just goto Settings > Advance and turn off inline editing.

-From what I can tell, you can't sync your bookmarks anymore.

This is going to be in the final version of Opera Mini 5.

[berardi1111]

no syncing bookmarks is a deal breaker for me with how often I format my phone

[Riley]

Originally Posted by tokuzumi

Anyone able to click on any threads on this site using Mini 5? I click on a forum, and most of the time, it takes me back to the main forum list page. Also, if I manually enter a topic url, it doesn't take me to the topic. I can access other forums, using the same bulletin board software.

Yep, same thing here. will not advance at times to another link. kinda driving me nuts but will keep testing.