What are the new features in Opera Mini 7?

[cech]

I use Opera Mini in my mobile phone to browse internet. I have been using it from long time and I really like it. I recently read on internet that new version of Opera Mini has been launched, that is Opera Mini 7. Can someone tell me what are the new features that are available in this new version of Opera Mini? Also has anyone used it, can someone share their experience with me?

[Gaganvihari]

Opera Mini 7 has a more finely designed interface which is good for productivity and also for other purpose. Even this new version of Opera Mini is designed to display the full web page like we can see in the computer. You can browse more than one website in Opera Mini using the tabs and switching between them. You can start the Opera Mini 7 with smart page which will include shortcuts to your regularly used websites. Also you can set the speed dial to load your needed website quickly.

If you install Opera Mini 7 on your smartphone, then you can get updates from your social networking sites directly from your social networking sites like twitter and Facebook. You can synchronize the contacts in your phone with the contacts on the social networking sites directly on the home screen using Opera Mini 7.

[Bala Murugan S]

The performance provided by Opera Mini 7 is also good. You can load the web pages very fast even if it has good amount of graphics in it. If the page you are trying to open has many images or content that makes it heavy on the browser. Opera Mini 7 will reserve extra resources and internet speed to boost the opening of the selected web page. Even on web pages with good amount of encryptions, the page will load smoothly without any jerks or snaps in it. Opera Mini 7 has WebGL hardware acceleration feature in it which makes the page loading much faster. With proper internet connection provided, one can also play web based games on their smartphones and mobile phones. Also the color and textures generated by Opera Mini 7 are of high quality.

[DaminiAMD]

The features like streamlined rendering engine and server-side compression that are implemented in Opera Mini 7 help to render the web pages faster than any other web browser available on the phone. The drop down list provided by the address bar while entering the name of the website and shortcut keys provided in the browser makes the web browsing fast and helps to save our time. Also Opera Mini 7 needs les bandwidth which reduces the cost of data usage on your phone.

Also Opera Mini 7 will compress the web pages to a great extent which gives a good compressed web page and also saves the cost of data used while browsing.

[HankH]

With a single tap, you can customize the home screen to have any desired website as the shortcut. It will help to visit that website at will whenever you want. The interface of Opera Mini 7 is designed such that it can be used on touch screen phones as well as on phones with physical keypads. Also for browsing long web pages, one can use kinetic scrolling.

If you are using a touch screen phone, then the tabs will let you see a small preview of the page that you have kept active on the other tab. This will help to know what have you kept open on the other tab and also to see if the page has been loaded completely to be read.

[Ry]

Opera Mini 7 will has an in-built URL auto completion techniques. As you go on typing the desired address for the website, it will automatically type in the guesses to the name of the closest website. This will save time as you can quickly select the required websites. For example, if you type, www.ama, the address bar of Opera Mini 7 will automatically give you closest results as www.amazon.com and so on. Also if you have visited any other website with similar address or have bookmarked any website with similar name, then it will be shown in the results first. For example, if you type www.ama and you have visited "amazingcars" website or have bookmarked "amazingpokemon" website, then these results will come on top of the others.

[Sasuke Uchiha]

In the previous version of Opera Mini or in many other web browsers made for smartphones, it happens that while browsing the internet, if you have to type new address, a new window is opened where we can type the required web address. But in Opera Mini 7, we can insert address without going on a new window. A small virtual keypad appears on the bottom of the screen using which one can type in the URL bar without having to get out of the current page. This helps to maintain the focus on the web page when the web address on the page is not hyperlinked. You can read it as well as type and then visit it.

[CassandraD]

Many websites, generally news websites have large sized web page with many articles spread all over the page in different positions. Browsing them becomes hard as many times person loses focus and forgets where the article was. But now in Opera Mini 7, the browser when detects such large web page, it will keep snapping on every article so the one doesn’t go on browsing downwards and forget about the position of important article. The article can then be zoomed into to be read precisely. Also Opera Mini 7 is designed to fit the web page perfectly in the screen of the mobile with utilization of every pixel properly. This helps to view even the biggest website comfortably on your phone’s screen. The website will be perfectly fitted on both portrait mode as well as the landscape mode perfectly. Also you can zoom in and zoom out on the screen of the phone to read an article closely.

[Aalap]

You will find that you can synchronize Opera Mini 7 on multiple devices. For example, you can have the same bookmarks, speed dial and other preferences on all the versions of Opera on multiple devices including personal computer, laptop, tablet PC, smart phone and mobile phones. This will help you to find your favorite websites wherever you go and find them ready to visit.

You will also see that you can now share picture or any link that you find interesting on social networking websites like Facebook and Twitter with just a share button provided in Opera Mini 7. So Opera Mini 7 is also good for social networking along with use for work. With option to see the history, you can easily visit the web pages that you had previously visited.

[TamaraAce]

The downloading provided by Opera Mini 7 is very good. You can manage the downloads easily by pausing and resuming at your will. If you need to download some file, you can start the download and stop it when you need to visit some other website. Another good use of the synchronize feature of Opera Mini 7is that you can save your favorite or required web page from any device that is having Opera Mini 7 and you can find that same page in saved pages on that devices.

So in short, Opera Mini 7 is one of the finest browsers made for smartphones and mobile phones that will provide you good control over internet. It also lets you see amount of data used for current session and for overall seesions.