opera mini 5 is here!

[rick620]

anyone else rocking this extremely fast browser?

[ChuckG73]

Can someone explain what makes it better than the android webkit version. I used it when I had a BB Storm 2 out of necessity but do not think I will sport the browser on my Eris. Do not see the need.

[rick620]

its very fast and renders pages near perfect. not crazy about fonts cause it uses systems .its free . give it a shot.

[JorgeOlivera]

Horrible. Just plain horrible.
(Will post more in a bit, using it to post this.
Gotta go back to the default browser...jesus)

Wow that browser is horrible.
Signing in was a workout. I pressed on the sign in boxes tons of times, and finally it worked.
Then had to do it again for the password...JESUS!

I hate the scrolling. So irritating not being able to scroll and have a lengthy 'glide'.
It runs pretty fast, renders quick, BUT it renders pretty bad. **** is misaligned, (Try these forums), the rendering doesn't look as good. It has this crappy feel to it.

Your thoughts?

[bennysangel]

Opera Mini sucks period. I hated it on WinMo...that's one reason I left WinMo.

[JorgeOlivera]

I guess it does. I didn't like it on BB either.
Was expecting more, kinda dissapointing how bad it is.

Edit
Just noticed, this is the first thread I have ever started...LOL

[hakoreh]

ive tried opera before and very intrusive on the blackberry.

[JerseyFF]

I tried it for 5 minutes....it has since been uninstalled! Could not appreciate the way that pages are rendered. Back to Dolphin...

So, steer clear of it.
Will do. Thanks for the warning.

[tender]

The main reason I do not like Opera Mini is because all web traffic goes through their servers. Opera's servers compress images and stuff, then sends it to your phone. To the end user, it appears that browsing is much faster.

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"Opera Mini compresses pages by up to 90% before being sent to your phone, meaning faster page-load times than in other mobile Web browsers."