Opera releases Mobile 9.5 beta
p2pnet news view | Mobiles:- Opera has released the free Opera Mobile 9.5 beta with an upgraded GUI and which is, it promises, is the most standards-compliant mobile browser available.
But only for the Windows Mobile platform.
Be that as it may, “Like its little brother, Opera Mini, Opera Mobile opens web sites in an overview mode,” says Heise Online, going on:
“Users click on a content block, which Opera Mobile then adjusts for the browser’s Windows – just as Safari does on the iPhone.”
A developer tool called Dragonfly, “has a remote debugging function to allow developers to go hunting for browser bugs,” saysthe story, adding:
“The software vendor says that the new Opera Mobile is much faster than its predecessor” but, “unlike the free Opera Mini, the mobile version does not get web sites from one of the vendor’s proxy servers.”
Opera Mobile for Windows Mobile
- Windows Mobile 2003 Pocket PC, version 8.65
- Windows Mobile 2003 Smartphone, version 8.65
- Windows Mobile 5/6 PPC, Professional, Classic, version 8.65
- Windows Mobile 5/6 Smartphone, Standard, version 8.65
- Windows Mobile 2003 Pocket PC, version 8.60u2
- Windows Mobile 5 Pocket PC, version 8.60u2
- Windows Mobile 2003 Smartphone, version 8.00
Known issues
- ActiveX is disabled — Flash plugins and embedded video streaming do not work.
- Custom IME’s (like HTC’s IME) will be buggy at best, not working at worst.
- Not multilingual build — Only English is supported. Problems with other languages (and input methods) are not unexpected.
- Installation on memory cards may cause problems.
- Text wraps in overview mode.
- Main testing has been done on English HTC devices (Touch Diamond, Touch Pro, Touch, Touch Dual, Touch Cruise, TyTN and Wizard) and Samsung i900.
- We have got reports from some users that this build will disable the phones sounds/notifications.
As a point of interest, Opera, not Firefox, is often credited as being the first company to come out with tabs for browsers.
However, although it may have been the first company to really zero in on the potential, the first browser with tabs was InternetWorks, “developed by Booklink Inc., and winner of the Comdex show’s Rookie of the Year Award in 1994,” says livinginternet.com, going on:
“The program was renamed GNNworks the following year when it was bought by AOL and incorporated in their online client. (The same development team then went on to develop AOL’s Instant Messenger application.)
“The next known browser with what it called ‘dynamic browser tabs’ was Simulbrowse, now called NetCaptor, released by Adam Stiles on January 3, 1998. The Amiga browser IBrowse introduced tabbed browsing in 1999. The browser Opera V4 introduced tabbed browsing in 2000 (Opera had earlier introduced the multiple document interface enabling cascading and tiling of browser windows).”
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