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Operating System Specific Discussions => Other Operating Systems => Topic started by: jj on May 12, 2010, 12:50:25 PM
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http://labs.opera.com/news/2010/05/11/
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in fact this is being posted from opera 10 on my N900. Seems pretty niffty so far
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Yay, it's for the N800, too! Is it better than Tear? Let's see...
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Phone just told me update for this, downloaded it, but not had chance to try it yet. Hoepfully the fixed the screen tearing when scrolling.
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No tearing still there, not sure whats changed not looked at release notes
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New update out. Not sure what changes are
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Hmmm, I've tried Opera on my iPhone... Not sure what the advantages are over the built in browser... I can't really read the text :( I'd stick with a webkit based browser, regardless of platform.
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well they fixed the tearing problem now. opera does have some nice features. but on my phone got bullit in browser with flash, firefox, chromium, opera to name a few. and all give better browsing experience than iphone
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well they fixed the tearing problem now. opera does have some nice features. but on my phone got bullit in browser with flash, firefox, chromium, opera to name a few. and all give better browsing experience than iphone
Ok, no need to turn this into an iPhone bashing thread, I was just pointing out deficiencies in Opera!
Me thinks the lady doth protest too much ;)
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New update out. Not sure what changes are
http://anythingnokia.com/web-browser-application/opera-mobile-10-1-for-nokia-n900-available/
Seems to be a lot faster than the first beta indeed. My browser of choice on N900.
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Ok, no need to turn this into an iPhone bashing thread, I was just pointing out deficiencies in Opera!
Me thinks the lady doth protest too much ;)
:) I knew that would get you :)
Wanted to ask what the dev tools for the iphone was like ?
is it C++ ? is it a proper IDE like visual studio ?
This is not more bait by the way. I am giving up smoking, on day 15, and was thinking about getting my teeth into some proper dev above the stuff i did in basic years ago.
Would this be a good starting point do you think ?
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:) I knew that would get you :)
Wanted to ask what the dev tools for the iphone was like ?
is it C++ ? is it a proper IDE like visual studio ?
The Xcode IDE is brilliant, with fully integrated debugging and a simulator to develop on, before you plug a real device in... The catch is you have to learn Objective-C which was completely alien to me. I think it was about a month of hitting my head against a brick wall before it clicked... Once you get Obj-C, the iPhoneOS APIs are a dream, very well thought out and every conceivable feature built right into the OS frameworks...
The actual "code" is standard C/C++ so if you know that you are gonna do fine... But to access the libraries and frameworks you need to know obj-c.
This is not more bait by the way. I am giving up smoking, on day 15, and was thinking about getting my teeth into some proper dev above the stuff i did in basic years ago.
Would this be a good starting point do you think ?
Hmmm, learning the iPhone OS is a great was to fill one's time... The whole event driven object oriented design is weird and brilliant compared to the AmigaOS
On the other hand, I'm inclined to have a look at that new Android appnbuilder thing, it's much simpler and seems better for a hobby.
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Despite all of the thousands of mostly useless apps that exists for iPhone, I find it a real PITA to use, the user interface is way overrated IMO.
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I posted link about the goole stuff the oter day, but didn't actually look myself :)
I know no C or C++ or any object orientated language to be honest.
My skills stop at various form os Basic, even the coding part of my job only envolves a very simple form of basic( which asctually makes life harder aseveryhting needs to be done by hand and with calls to VB api using ole calls.
So might stick to learning VB for now as have plenty of books on that and VB not restricted in any way these days so as powerful (if not as effcient) as C on windows these days,
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I posted link about the goole stuff the oter day, but didn't actually look myself :)
I know no C or C++ or any object orientated language to be honest.
My skills stop at various form os Basic, even the coding part of my job only envolves a very simple form of basic( which asctually makes life harder aseveryhting needs to be done by hand and with calls to VB api using ole calls.
So might stick to learning VB for now as have plenty of books on that and VB not restricted in any way these days so as powerful (if not as effcient) as C on windows these days,
VB is pretty nasty... Have a look at learning C, that if nothing else will be a whole lot more useful and interesting than VB
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Almost forgot about JavaScript, that's really awesome! Combine that with HtML5 and you have a really powerful platform!
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What about python, seems to be the buzz these days on linux ?
Seems android beta tools is invitation only
https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=youngandroid&passive=true&nui=1&continue=http://appinventor.googlelabs.com/ode/Ya.html&followup=http://appinventor.googlelabs.com/ode/Ya.html
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I know you all love my Updates about Opera on the N900, though i think there is only about three of us with one.
Anyway new update out today
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Hmmm, I've tried Opera on my iPhone... Not sure what the advantages are over the built in browser... I can't really read the text :( I'd stick with a webkit based browser, regardless of platform.
Well, to be fair the Opera you would have tried on the iPhone is Opera Mini v5 and the one JJ is talking about is Opera Mobile 10.
Mini VS Mobile
Opera Mini is a more of a web "viewer" than a browser. When you call up Amiga.org, Opera Mini requests it from the Opera severs which load it, format it, compress it (probably why you get blurry text), and then send this "image" to your phone. It's much more static. There are no animations or flash.
Opera Mobile 10 that JJ is talking about isn't available for the iPhone(sadly) and is a full web browser. It has flash support and renders pages itself, etc.
OperaMini (what the iPhone has) is a pretty cool app to have if you are on a slow network. It's also great if you are on a non-pda type cell phone as it is usually 10x better than what most 'standard' phones come with.
Opera Mobile though is in a whole different class than Opera Mini. I'd love to see it on iPhone someday.