Opera mini tops all apple app store globally

[clevin]

http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/opera-mini-now-the-number-one-free-download-in-all-22-app-stores/

even its only a shell, rather than a full browser, there are quite some users who are eager to check out some alternatives.

 

[miles01110]

Ah, I had forgotten to download it until now. Hopefully it's a viable Safari replacement.

 

[Gav2k]

Unfortunatly the zoom and scroll issues make it unusable

 

[miles01110]

Unfortunatly the zoom and scroll issues make it unusable

God... just noticing that. 3 different pages, three different behaviors when I turned my iPod touch into landscape mode. Oh well, here's to hoping for version 2.

 

[kdarling]

It's getting rave reviews elsewhere. Not everyone's taste of course.

It's really fast for reading forums and I can go back a page without reloading.

The only minor thing I don't like about it, is that the first <- back click undoes the zoom and it takes another press to actually go back a page.

 

[Darth.Titan]

It will be a top app while everyone downloads it and finds out it stinks.
Bad page renderings, quirky scrolling, gimped zooming, and no ability to copy text makes it a non-starter for me. I'm hoping it'll improve because I want to like it.

I've read some positive reviews and I wonder if maybe I downloaded a the wrong Opera browser, because I'm just not seeing the speed increases everyone refers to. I can load macrumors.com in 16 seconds in Safari, and Opera Mini shaves 3 seconds off that. I think I'll just take an extra breath and view the page with correct formatting, thanks.