Opera Mina Beta Non-Proxy?

[ryanwood]

hey all,

I was wondering if there was a way/method/tweak so that you do not have to use the opera proxy in order to connect to the internet when using opera mini.

I like the opera mini browser a lot, except I feel like I do not get the same speeds when having to go through their servers.

Is there something I am missing?

Thanks,
Ryan

[Dishe]

I like the opera mini browser a lot, except I feel like I do not get the same speeds when having to go through their servers.


You're right... the going through their servers is NOT the same speed, its a GREAT DEAL FASTER!

Why? Because their servers take a huge load off of your device by rendering and compressing everything on their side and send only what your browser needs to display in a special format to the opera mini browser. That's part of the whole idea of Opera mini, and why many of us prefer it; Using this method cuts bandwidth and rendering times into fractions, not to mention it makes certain dynamic pages possible that aren't otherwise (if you've ever tried to access an AJAX enabled web page before, you'll know that no other mobile web browser can handle it, but Opera sends you whatever their servers render, and they render it properly!).

Not only would pointing the browser away from their servers NOT make it go faster, but I'm fairly certain that it wouldn't work at all since it uses its own proprietary format.

Hope this answers your question!

[Dishe]

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[lafester]

the problem is half the time it takes forever to connect to the server or doesn't connect at all. very annoying. this didn't happen with opera mini 3.1... maybe i'll have to switch back.

[Dishe]

funny, works fantastic for me...