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Re:Stadia died because no one trusts Google by Retric on Sunday October 02, 2022 @06:36AM (#33054722)
Opera Mini at iPhone’s release couldn’t zoom in and out or show websites in a horizontal or vertical view etc. It also didn’t directly render websites requiring a server to provide a more limited version which caused a range of compatibility and latency issues etc.

Opera Mini was well optimized for cellphones of the time and bandwidth limited cellphone plans, but Apple’s deal with AT&T to allow unlimited bandwidth flipped a lot of those design decisions on their head. IMO what really separated the iPhone’s browser was a larger screen + better UI + better rendering + unlimited bandwidth meant it could just be used to casually browse the web.

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Re:Stadia died because no one trusts Google by Huh1337 on Sunday October 02, 2022 @06:47AM (#33054770)
It definitely could zoom in any way you wanted, because otherwise the non-responsive desktop websites wouldn't be readable on the 240x320 display.

Opera Turbo was always disabled on my phone, never needed it. But I never used GPRS, only EDGE and later.

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Re:Stadia died because no one trusts Google by Retric on Sunday October 02, 2022 @06:49AM (#33054780)
The sever didn’t provide the full sized images on large pictures, so you couldn’t zoom in the phone simply didn’t have that information.

The iPhone was released June 29, 2007 but announced in January. “On 7 November 2007, Opera Mini 4 was released. According to Johan Schön, technical lead of Opera Mini development, the entire code was rewritten.[28] Opera Mini 4 includes the ability to view web pages similarly to a desktop based browser by introducing Overview and Zoom functions, and a landscape view setting. In Overview mode, the user can scroll a zoomed-out version of certain web pages.[29] Using a built-in pointer, the user can zoom into a portion of the page to provide a clearer view”

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Re:Stadia died because no one trusts Google by Huh1337 on Sunday October 02, 2022 @06:50AM (#33054785)
That was one of the reasons why I didn't use Opera Turbo at all.

Hmm, perhaps I had a beta version of that. I definitely had it before the iPhone came out. Or it might have been a different browser? Not sure.

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