Opera 7.60 Browser Technical Preview 3

[Kris Kumar]

http://www.opera.com/winmobile/changelogs/760tp3/?session=

The most awaited browser for the Windows Mobile Smartphone platform has now entered the Technical Preview 3 stage. I have read lots of good feedback from our readers for this browser. And this time I intend to give this browser some serious trial. :-) This updated beta release expires on June 30, 2005 and supports only Windows Mobile Smartphone 2003 devices.



Please share your experience and let us know what you like the most about this browser.

Changes since Technical Preview 2:
• Fixed encoding problems.
• Keypad shortcut 5 now consistently toggles between loading all or no images.
• Added notification when changing image mode.
• Opera can now be stopped and restarted from the task manager.
• Improved spatial navigation in normal screen rendering.
• Fixed memory leaks.
• Various stability fixes.
• Improvements to memory usage.
• Various rendering fixes.

[Kris Kumar]

http://www.opera.com/winmobile/changelogs/760tp3/?session=

The most awaited browser for the Windows Mobile Smartphone platform has now entered the Technical Preview 3 stage. I have read lots of good feedback from our readers for this browser. And this time I intend to give this browser some serious trial. :-) This updated beta release expires on June 30, 2005 and supports only Windows Mobile Smartphone 2003 devices.



Please share your experience and let us know what you like the most about this browser.

Changes since Technical Preview 2:
• Fixed encoding problems.
• Keypad shortcut 5 now consistently toggles between loading all or no images.
• Added notification when changing image mode.
• Opera can now be stopped and restarted from the task manager.
• Improved spatial navigation in normal screen rendering.
• Fixed memory leaks.
• Various stability fixes.
• Improvements to memory usage.
• Various rendering fixes.

[Mike Temporale]

Originally Posted by Kris Kumar

Nice ! It's looking better and better.

[Janak Parekh]

Originally Posted by Kris Kumar

And this time I intend to give this browser some serious trial. :-)

What have you been waiting for? I stopped using PIE the day I installed Opera and have never gone back, except when I accidentally hit the "i" button on my i600. (I wonder if there's a way to remap that thing.)

--janak

[Bacco]

Originally Posted by Janak Parekh

What have you been waiting for? I stopped using PIE the day I installed Opera and have never gone back, except when I accidentally hit the "i" button on my i600. (I wonder if there's a way to remap that thing.)

--janak

I agree, it's much, much better than IE

Has anyone noticed that this release is slightly slower than the previous version?

There are a couple of secure websites that I still can't log onto though :x

[Jerry Raia]

is there a way to make it the default browser?

[Bacco]

Originally Posted by Jerry Raia

is there a way to make it the default browser?

There has to be, I'm just not knowledgeable enough to know how. Papyrus opens when you choose the calendar icon, so there must be a way to map Opera as well.

[Jerry Raia]

I posted on their forum too, there must be a way to do it.

[Kris Kumar]

Originally Posted by Janak Parekh

What have you been waiting for? I stopped using PIE the day I installed Opera and have never gone back, except when I accidentally hit the "i" button on my i600. (I wonder if there's a way to remap that thing.)

--janak

I think I had tried the TP1, but didn't like it and then missed the TP2 boat. Anyway I am amazed by the speed. And multiple windows. :-)

BUT...today when I tried to rely on Opera, pIE bailed me out. Wanted to get the address for a college (www.naz.edu) from its website. And since the site had Javascript animations, Opera goofed up on the rendering and I could not click on the link I wanted or any for that matter. :-( Whereas pIE showed me the page, with clickable links. :?

[revolution.cx]

Originally Posted by Jerry Raia

is there a way to make it the default browser?

Changing HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\http\Shell\Open\Command

from iexplore.exe %1
to opera.exe %1

Doesn't seem to work (even with reboot). The mail app still uses PIE to open links.

[revolution.cx]

I'm having zero success getting this to work with T-Mobile and their lame-o proxy server. PIE works fine and so do my own custom net apps.

If someone is feeling really nice they could compare the speed of Opera WITHOUT the accelerator option to PIE. The accelerator requires a paid subscription at some point.