http://www.akawebdesign.com/2010/05/11/opera-mini/ Longtime nerd. Rockstar developer. Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:52:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.akawebdesign.com/2010/05/11/opera-mini/#comment-104 Jake Kronika Wed, 12 May 2010 05:04:05 +0000 http://blog.akawebdesign.com/?p=448#comment-104 I may not have an iPhone or iPod, but can say that I have had a similar experience with Opera Mini for the Android. Though the speed of page loads are perceptibly improved due to compression algorihms built into the browser, I have to say that the lack of a zoom function (at least in an intuitive place) as well as its somewhat haphazard design, detract from the usability of the tool. I still look forward to updates in the hopes that this is just a matter of Beta-like bugs needing real-world use to be discovered and corrected. However, I won't hold my breath. I may not have an iPhone or iPod, but can say that I have had a similar experience with Opera Mini for the Android. Though the speed of page loads are perceptibly improved due to compression algorihms built into the browser, I have to say that the lack of a zoom function (at least in an intuitive place) as well as its somewhat haphazard design, detract from the usability of the tool. I still look forward to updates in the hopes that this is just a matter of Beta-like bugs needing real-world use to be discovered and corrected. However, I won’t hold my breath.

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