Opera Mini 4 Beta Now Available
Opera Software today released Opera Mini 4 beta, codenamed Dimension, a sneak preview of the latest version of Opera's Web browser for all mobile phones including the Palm Treo. Opera Mini 4 beta is a complete redesign of its browser with a new overview mode that allows people to browse their favorite Web sites, just like they would on a PC. Opera Mini 4 beta also features a new zoom, based on a feature introduced for Nintendo Wii browser. When zooming, Opera Mini dives into the page and then snaps to the content so scrolling is smooth while accessing the desired section immediately. Opera also claims significant speed improvements.
Opera Mini for Palm OS requires you have the Palm Java Micro Environment installed. To download Opera Mini 4.0 Beta, visit www.operamini.com/beta.
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RE: Nice, but not for us
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RE: Nice, but not for us
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Hey Admin: Why do we have to keep two profiles?
Java VM is a pain.
As I play Alchemy more than I browse the web, Opera's gotta go. Unfortunately.
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PalmPilot Pro (1997) -> III (1998) -> Vx (1999) -> m500 (2001) -> m515 (2002) -> Tx (2007)
Any Java Developers on here? Why only the larger font sizes?
(I made a post on the Opera forums, and simply recieved an "Our custom small font doesn't work on the IBM JVM". Which I'm sure is true, but not a very detailed answer...)
Tungsten T --> Palm TX --> Foleo-mini??(like an LD-II with a small attached keyboard??)
RE: Any Java Developers on here? Why only the larger font sizes?
The best Java environment for Palm OS (and Windows Mobile) is SuperWaba, which doesn't use Sun's Java class libraries, but uses the Java language and tools. It has some advantages (and one or two disadvantages) compared to Sun Java ME, but it hasn't been used much for developing consumer applications. Mostly custom business apps, for which it provides a basic SQL database engine, web service APIs, and lots of other goodies that enterprise software developers appreciate. Too bad Opera wasn't written to run against the SuperWaba class libraries, as there would be no problem with custom font support there, and they would find there a free, open source VM that they could fix themselves if they found a bug.
David Beers
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Opera practically conceals the need for JVM
Nowhere in the top layer of information or FAQs is this information shared with the hapless 'victim' who visits the site excited to partake of their technology for Palm OS Treos. They certainly don't provide a link anywhere I could find directly to the actual Java install required, though one would expect them to go far beyond this and actually provide an install option which includes this as well as information about the (massive) amount of RAM required by this memory hog (over 2.5MB if memory serves correctly)... good grief...I hope they didn't waste much time tweaking this little 'write once, run anywhere' version!
AND...Woe unto those who do pursue the IBM Websphere installation from 2005 era and have it go pear-shaped on them on their Treo.
Yes, Those developers who decide that Java is 'just such a cool platform' to deliver apps to Palm OS device owners need to have their heads examined.
JMO of course... :)
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Mike Compeau
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Nice, but not for us
I'm happy to be proven wring though.
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