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Opera Mobile 11 released for Android and Symbian

Written by Andre Yoskowitz @ 22 Mar 2011 3:48 User comments (1)

Opera Mobile 11 released for Android and Symbian

Opera has announced today that Opera Mobile 11 is now available for Android and Symbian/s60 smartphones.
Users can download the app from the Android Market or from m.opera.com.

The change log:

Features:

Heads up to current users: Tap to zoom has been changed from single-click to double-click. You can now click links and activate Flash content in overview mode, without having to zoom in first (yes, that's right, the Android version now supports Flash).

Modernized new user interface
New UI optimized for tablet devices
Faster framerates when panning and zooming
No checkerboard, ever
Text stays sharp during zooming
Improved text-wrap on zoom
Smart-tap, auto-zoom and highlights links if ambiguous link click
Incremental zooming for devices w/o multi-touch
Buttons for jumping to the top/bottom of the page
Haptic feedback (if supported in hardware)
Share URL on social networks, email etc
Improved Geolocation support
Session restore



Rendering
Presto 2.7.81
JIT for greatly improved Javascript performance (was supported in 10.1 on some Symbian devices)
Adobe Flash support (Android only, Flash player available separately in Android Market)
Click-to-play, load Flash content on demand only
Application Cache
WebStorage and WebDatabase
DOM touch and multi-touch events
HTML5 Audio/Video
Support for CSS @viewport
Improved support for meta viewport
Support for Web Open Font Format (WOFF)
Support for Arabic ligatures
Improved form fields skin

Android specific
Fixed startup problems on Archos devices and Motorola Atrix

Symbian specific
Support native clipboard on Symbian 5th ed and Symbian^3
Support for half-screen keyboard on Symbian^3 phones
Added Thai, Hebrew and Arabic fonts
Added localization for Malay language (APAC build)


Opera Mobile 11 is also available for Maemo, MeeGo and Windows tablets.

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1 user comment

123.3.2011 07:08

Anyone used it yet, anygood

BAHHH wheres the pinch option... DOH

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