I'm not familiar with older versions of PIE, but the fact they why were considerably worse just doesn't soften my stance on the lacking functionality of the current PIE. I have no problem to admit that what PEI can do, it does satisfactory well. However, not having Javascript and not being able to open multiple tabs or windows, is simply too big a limitation for me. It renders too many websites unusable.

FYI, I do use Opera's Beta2 on a daily basis. I have it under the "Explorer" hardware button. Although there are some bugs to fix, I have no problems with stability. My two main complaints with the current Opera version are the stealing of focus (if you have it in the background, it will pop up out of the blue -- hence, you're forced to always close it), and the lack of keyboard shortcuts (esp. for "back")

Fair enough - I'm not suggesting PIE doesn't need improvement (far from it), I just wanted to point out the vast improvement over previous versions - I've been forced to use it for the last 5 years since there has been no alternative.

It is fortunate that vendors such as Opera and Access NetFront are stepping up to the plate and creating true desktop-level browsers for PPC and Smartphone.

The reason I mentioned stability, is because of several browsing and posting issues I've had to date. Hopefully they will be addressed in the final release, I've submitted the issues to Opera as beta test issues.

I am new to the Mobil lenvironment and am having trouble installing Opera. Any advice would be appreciated. I ahve downloaded the .rar file but no cab files are included just an xml and a large lost of other files. Thanks for your help.

You should install Opera from the Opera Website (see the link I gave in my blog entry at the top, at the end of the first paragraph). The file that is then downloaded is opera_wmppc5_85b2.cab and not a .rar file.

Good luck.

Hi. First post. When i tried to download the Opera cab file all I got was a lot of nonsense.

1. I followed link

2. choose all devices cab.

3. choose download link. does it matter from what site i do the download ?

4. from here it just shows a bunch of characters that i do not understand.

thanks for helping a noob here.

Do you know where to download it? I see no reference to it on the official Firefox download pages.

The project page is: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/minimo/ . The download link is there too.

Scren Shot:

I've installed Minimo, and I'm impressed given the state of it's development. I'll certainly keep an eye on it!

Just installed minimo on my 8125 also. Beats the hell out of IE. Thanks for the info about minimo.

Jon, thanks for the info, I had not looked into that project for many months. Time to see where its at in its development, the version I tried last summer was a very early beta.

I know nothing about either besides the big deal over javascript. but would you say its a battle of preference or does it come down to actual performance? which browser would you choose and why? thanks for info

**well i happened to attempt to install Minimoand after all is done i et a message saying instalation was unsuccessful. the program or setting cannot be installed because it is not digitally signed with a trusted certificate. ** what does this mean?