Introduction to Opera Mobile Labs for N9
 

Hi everyone,

I've put together this post to update you on the latest changes. As you may already know Opera Mobile for the N9 is slowly brewed in the Opera Labs by my fellow mad scientist Mostyn Bramley-Moore and I. It's unsupported, buggy, and may at any time scare your pets. Things that do not work, and probably never will are:

• Flash plugin
• HTML5 video and audio
• WebGL
• Geolocation
• Native on-screen keyboard (We're working on it, but who knows when it will be finished.)
• N950 hardware keyboard integration

Changes specific to the N9 port:

Changelog for 11.50.21:

• Initial release.

Changelog for 11.50.22:

• Fix for Ovi Store in China.

Changelog for 12.00.2:

• Update to version 12, overview of new features.
• Removed bundled Droid fonts, switched to using Nokia Pure Text.
• Suspend scripts, animations, etc. while in background to save power.

Changelog for 12.00.6:

• Opera can now be set as default in Settings, Applications, Web, Default browser.
• Fixed display of CJK and Indic fonts in title bar and other UI elements.
• Fixed user-agent header to properly indentify as Linux instead of (null).
• Removed broken native on-screen keyboard support.

Update 2012-08-01

Changelog for 12.00.8:

• Fixed suspend when in background.
• Fixed MIME types preventing images from opening in the gallery.
• Enabled custom user agent setting in opera:config.
• Fixed user agent to correctly identify as a mobile device.

Update 2012-10-18

See the Android announcement for details on whats new in Opera Mobile 12.1. As usual not all new features may be present in the N9 version.

Changelog for 12.1.1:

• Fixed Opera Turbo off when on WiFi setting.
• Fixed display of simplified Chinese in in title bar and other UI elements.
• Added Cantonese, Finnish, Kazakh, Malay, Persian, Romanian, Slovene, Thai, Turkish and Vietnamese translations.

/ohrn

Re: Introduction to Opera Mobile Labs for N9
 

when v12 available in Hong Kong?

Re: Introduction to Opera Mobile Labs for N9
 

We're aware of the problem and hope to get it fixed, however the Ovi Store process can be slow at times so I don't know how long it'll take.

/ohrn

Re: Introduction to Opera Mobile Labs for N9
 

ohrn another question is there any possibility of the n9's status bar being shown...currently opera takes up the full screen...can an option be added to toggle this?

thanks.

Re: Introduction to Opera Mobile Labs for N9
 

Probably not, it's a limitation when using "standard" Qt widgets. To save work we use the desktop emulator as a base for the N9 port since it too uses Qt, however that means MeegoTouch or QML is out.

/ohrn

Re: Introduction to Opera Mobile Labs for N9
 

Latest update removed all those great User Agents. Give us them back ;)

Working Native VKB would be great.


Thanks for your efforts on this small platform!

Re: Introduction to Opera Mobile Labs for N9
 

been answered here: http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...&postcount=112

Re: Introduction to Opera Mobile Labs for N9
 

is there any chance for opera mini ?

Re: Introduction to Opera Mobile Labs for N9
 

We have currently no plans to do a native port of Opera Mini. You'll have to try your luck with the J2ME version.

/ohrn

Re: Introduction to Opera Mobile Labs for N9
 

Do you guys need a N950 for the rotation lock when you slide the keyboard out?

This is the only thing that the N950 needs to get the perfect browser!