Opera Mini was first released in 2005 as a web browser for mobile phones, with the ability to load full websites by sending most of the work to an external server. It was a massive hit, but it started to fade out of relevance once smartphones entered mainstream use. Opera
  • SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    20 days ago

    Installing Opera Mini on my Moto Razr and using it to surf the “real” web (instead of some weird wap version) felt so futuristic. It was amazing

  • Rikudou_Sage@lemmings.worldEnglish
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    20 days ago

    Loved that browser, it was so amazing compared to all the half-assed default browsers. Good old days of J2ME.

    I also used its bigger brother on Symbian because it rendered the web better, but it was way too memory-hungry.

  • Telorand@reddthat.comEnglish
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    20 days ago

    I used this! It was a godsend for people like me on a metered MVNO plan with only access to 3G towers and no home Wi-Fi (when you’re extremely poor, you make sacrifices).

    That’s cool that it’s still available, and I bet there will be a resurgence of dumb phones in the coming years that would be glad to use it.