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Opera Mini 5 Beta out; quick install available

Posted on Tuesday, Sep 22, 2009 by Malatesta

Filed Under: News, Software; Tags: Opera Mini 5, opera, Mini, Install, beta, 5

So over the last few days you may have heard about Opera releasing their latest beta of Opera Mini, version 5 — which of course is different from Opera Mobile. The former relies on Java and renders on a server (like Skyfire), whereas the latter runs natively on Windows Mobile and runs direct to the web.

It's been 2 years since version 4 came out, so it makes sense for an overhaul.

There seems to be a hardcore following of Opera Mini out there though, so we just took it for a spin. Our thoughts? Yeah, it's pretty darn good. In fact, you can really feels how Opera is aiming to merge both Mini and Mobile into one — the graphics in Mini look more and more like Mobile and Mobile 9.7 beta is getting Mini's server-based rendering in the guise of "Turbo Mode".

If you already have Java installed, then just hop here to download the Opera Mini 5 update. Have no idea about any of this stuff but just want to try it? Boxer112 cab'd it up for us, which you can download from your favorite file host or grab it from ppcgeeks. Just run the .cab and bam, you'll have an Opera Mini 5, Start menu icon and Java installed. Easy!

See the full press release here on Opera Mini 5

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I really like the new beta except for a couple things which will probably be addressed but I just feel like mentioning them.

1. Kinetic Scrolling only, don't like that. On the old OM 4.2 I used to use the D-Pad on my TP's keyboard to move up and down the page, it's much more simple to press a button than have to constantly swipe at the screen.

which brings me to

2. No quick way to get to the top/bottom of a page except swipe, swipe, swipe, take a break, swipe some more.

3. A lot of sites I browse don't get along with OM5b, when I click on links they either load an entirely different link or it reloads the page I'm on.

4. Issues with my hardware keyboard doing Thisssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss on some input fields.

Other than that the Start Page is sick, the navigation bar is cool and the UI is very slick.

Submitted by Ricorich196 on Tue, 09/22/2009 - 14:48.

Um... FYI - Microsoft's Security Essentials reported the "Agent.FA" trojan being embedded within that sharebee.com website page!!

Back to the story... Opera Mini 5 is pretty good.

Submitted by GTRoberts (not verified) on Thu, 09/24/2009 - 00:56.

Really? I use MSE + FireFox + ABP and have never see that. I uploaded the file myself and never had a problem with sharebee .

Submitted by Malatesta on Thu, 09/24/2009 - 15:46.

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