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Opera Mini
2005 – present
Active
85
Ultra-lightweight mobile browser that compresses pages on the server. A huge success on basic phones.
Facts
- Developer
- Opera
- Website
- www.opera.com
- Current engines
- Former engines
- Derived from
- Opera
- Current platforms
- Former platforms
- Details
- Java ME (up to 8.0.1, 2014), Symbian (up to 7.1, 2013), Windows Mobile (up to 5.1, 2010), BlackBerry; Bada (up to 6.5, 2012), Windows Phone, MAUI (HMD feature phones); iOS (up to 16.0.14, 2018, App Store listing removed); only the Android version is still developed; uncompressed modes: Android WebView and WebKit on iOS
- Popularity
- 85/100
Key versions
- Pilot (TV 2)Presto (serveur)Pilot project for customers of Norwegian TV station TV 2: pages are rendered on Opera’s servers (Presto) and sent compressed to the phone.[1]
- 1.0Worldwide launch of the Java ME client; pages rendered on Opera’s servers (Presto) and sent in the compressed OBML format.[1]
- 2.0File downloads, custom skins and a Speed Dial option.[1]
- 3.0Secure browsing, RSS feeds, photo uploads and content folding.[1]
- 4Code fully rewritten; full-page overview with zoom and landscape mode.[1]
- Android (preview)Technical preview for the Android platform, before the first Android phone even shipped.[2]
- 4.2 (Android)Arrives on the Android Market for the T-Mobile G1: the Java ME client ported to Android, still with rendering on Opera’s servers.[3]
- 5.0 betaTabs, password manager, touch interface and visual Speed Dial.[1]
- iPhoneiPhone version approved on the App Store: same principle as on Java ME, pages are rendered on Opera’s servers (Presto) and the app only displays the result.[1]
- 8 (iOS)WebKitRedesign for iPhone and iPad with three modes: “Opera Mini” (Presto server rendering, up to 90% savings), “Opera Turbo” and no compression, the last two rendered on the device by iOS WebKit.[4]
- Windows Phone (beta)Public beta for Windows Phone, the first Opera on a Microsoft mobile platform since Windows Mobile was dropped; server mode only.[1]
- Modes (2015)Official engine table: on Android, Java ME and Windows Phone, Opera Mini only has Mini mode (Presto server rendering); on iOS it adds Turbo and uncompressed modes rendered by WebKit.[5]
- Android (High / Extreme)Blink (WebView)New Android version with two modes: “Extreme”, the original server-side compression (Presto), and “High”, which displays full pages on the device.[6]
- 99.4Latest stable version listed (Android, the only platform still developed).[1]