OPERA mini for Windows Phone Discussion

[Lance_WPCentral]

Today OPERA took all of us by surprise when they announced Opera Mini for Windows Phone. Its going to be a great addition to the Windows Phone store. After a long time we are seeing a highly anticipated app make its way into the store.

I have made this thread to discuss anything and everything about the app. Currently they have launched the BETA program and its going to kick off pretty soon. So go ahead and post all your views, queries and answers.

Opera Mini for Windows Phone - Opera Software

 

[aZarules]

Honestly I think its an ok app,not required for me,IE is good for me and surfy is also much better

 

[Ashish Gupta888]

Yeah
Hope they launch it soon

 

[Lance_WPCentral]

I think the reason why no one has received the download link even after completing the signup is probably because they have submitted the app and its up for certification. So once that's done they will release the BETA link to all.

 

[ahmadsamhann]

yes we have great alternative like Surfy and UC. but it's good to see Opera showing their love for WP platform.

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[DoctorSaline]

Is this based on trident engine? I hope not. I wish Microsoft opens its platform to other web engines.

 

[Talk4Lig]

Is this based on trident engine? I hope not. I wish Microsoft opens its platform to other web engines.

There is a chance that it's not, because opera mini renders through cloud

 

[akhilesh520]

I feel the same, but thing is that Opera has performed lot better in other devices compared to the inbuilt browsers. So we are hoping that Opera for windows will be much better compared to UC or IE.:smile:

 

[Malaya Mohanty]

ie s good n uc is great.. but yeah...if another good app is coming...why will anyone deny? waiting for the beta

 

[Ragunathan Shanmugam]

IE always better browser than anything else., sign up has done and expecting Opera Beta to hit the store soon, . It will be best competitive for the the other browsers in the store.,

 

[D M C]

IE isn't good in my phone.
Many websites doesn't work properly.
IE crashes very often on heavy websites.

I think Opera Mini will be better for my phone.
&
It will also improve battery life in browsing because processing not happen in phone.

 

[ReconVirus]

Can't wait, might even try going back to the desktop browser again if it works pretty well (minus the beta problem which I can over look )

 

[Lance_WPCentral]

Firefox is the only browser who has ignored WP leaving aside Chrome (which is never going to come)
I hope they look at Opera and get some inspiration to build a Firefox browser for WP.

 

[Laura Knotek]

Firefox is the only browser who has ignored WP leaving aside Chrome (which is never going to come)
I hope they look at Opera and get some inspiration to build a Firefox browser for WP.

I'd definitely love Firefox for Windows Phone. I use Firefox on my PCs as the default browser, mainly because I also use Linux and like the sync features.

 

[D M C]

Firefox is the only browser who has ignored WP leaving aside Chrome (which is never going to come)
I hope they look at Opera and get some inspiration to build a Firefox browser for WP.

Your are also forgetting Dolphin.

Well it's not Firefox fault, it's solely MS.
Because of WP restrictions no other browser can work on WP

 

[dKp1977]

Your are also forgetting Dolphin.

Well it's not Firefox fault, it's solely MS.
Because of WP restrictions no other browser can work on WP

This, Sir, is far from the truth. It used to be like that, yes. But things have changed in the meantime. Apps may now be build using C++, hence a very own browser engine, which is not build upon Trident, is absolutely possible. It's up to Mozilla, Google and whoever makes browsers, to port theirs over to WP.

 

[API_Rock]

Suddenly MS removed all Fake Opera browser from the windows phone store

 

[Ashish Gupta888]

Suddenly MS removed all Fake Opera browser from the windows phone store

Yeah MS is all set to welcome Opera Mini

 

[dKp1977]

Suddenly MS removed all Fake Opera browser from the windows phone store

Good move, was about time. Hopefully that's not the end. There are so many obvious fake apps in the store that should be removed alltogether with their devs, or their accounts respectively. Quality > quantity.

I'm wondering though what's taking Opera so long to publish the app. The fact that you had to subscribe using your Microsoft account indicates, that it's not going to be a public beta like Instagram or the likes. And private betas which require an invitation don't go the usual certification route, hence take about 2 hours from upload to published state.

 

[Lance_WPCentral]

Suddenly MS removed all Fake Opera browser from the windows phone store

I think Opera must have reported all the fake apps in the store and MS gladly did the cleaning. Without anyone reporting I don't think MS is going to take the pains on their own.