Hell freezes over... Opera approved for iPhone

http://www.opera.com/press/releases/2010/04/13/

What does this offer over the browser that ships with iPhone?  I thought the iPhone had a good browser already.

CreamFilling512 said:

What does this offer over the browser that ships with iPhone?  I thought the iPhone had a good browser already.

An awkward, non-native user experience and crappy, pre-iPhone mobile versions of websites?

Seriously...  tried this one out and it's utter crap.  I think Apple approved this one just so they'd have something to point to when they say porting apps between platforms is bad.

CreamFilling512 said:

What does this offer over the browser that ships with iPhone?  I thought the iPhone had a good browser already.

Nope, Opera Mini is better. Watch this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2lPlXHXoVE

I really was thinking it was NOT going to get approved because

(1) ***especially*** its UI interaction is totally different from iPhone's standard

(2) it duplicates the existing iPhone functionality.

Now, Google Voice needs to get approved and Hell will truly freezes over!

stun said:

CreamFilling512 said:

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Nope, Opera Mini is better. Watch this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2lPlXHXoVE

 

I really was thinking it was NOT going to get approved because

(1) ***especially*** its UI interaction is totally different from iPhone's standard

(2) it duplicates the existing iPhone functionality.

 

 

 

Now, Google Voice needs to get approved and Hell will truly freezes over!

I use Opera Mini on my PDA and even over G Wifi it's much faster than PIE or Opera Mobile, the UI is also a lot better than Windows Mobile's.

CreamFilling512 said:

What does this offer over the browser that ships with iPhone?  I thought the iPhone had a good browser already.

I wonder if Apple were scared of the EU coming after them? It would be about time, tbh.

stun said:

CreamFilling512 said:

*snip*

Nope, Opera Mini is better. Watch this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2lPlXHXoVE

 

I really was thinking it was NOT going to get approved because

(1) ***especially*** its UI interaction is totally different from iPhone's standard

(2) it duplicates the existing iPhone functionality.

 

 

 

Now, Google Voice needs to get approved and Hell will truly freezes over!

Does apple just use a Magic 8 ball to determine what apps get approved?  I swear if they are going to use a draconian approval process you would think they would be at least consistant with it.  It seems like their criteria changes daily.  It is a mystery to me why developers are putting up with it.  I would hate to slave away developing an app just for Apple to say no.

W3bbo said:

stun said:

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I use Opera Mini on my PDA and even over G Wifi it's much faster than PIE or Opera Mobile, the UI is also a lot better than Windows Mobile's.

Is Opera Mini the version that uses a proxy to pre-render the html?

So all that happens on the client side is displaying the page content as an image and tracking mouse/keyboard action?

So essentially its like running a browser on another machine via RDP/VNC, which means that there is no JavaScript interpreter in the client browser itself.

So they manage to work around the no script interpretation/programable code rule in the SDK. 

eddwo said:

W3bbo said:

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Is Opera Mini the version that uses a proxy to pre-render the html?

So all that happens on the client side is displaying the page content as an image and tracking mouse/keyboard action?

So essentially its like running a browser on another machine via RDP/VNC, which means that there is no JavaScript interpreter in the client browser itself.

So they manage to work around the no script interpretation/programable code rule in the SDK. 

I'm guessing you could potentially have flash player support through that then?

GoddersUK said:

eddwo said:

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I'm guessing you could potentially have flash player support through that then?

Mmm. Interesting idea.

Looks like it's incredibly popular too:

http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/opera-mini-now-the-number-one-free-download-in-all-22-app-stores/

GoddersUK said:

Looks like it's incredibly popular too:

 

http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/opera-mini-now-the-number-one-free-download-in-all-22-app-stores/

best comment I read about it was "Opera Mini on the iPhone is like VNCing into a Motoroal Razr"