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Unlikely. Opera Mini works by doing all the rendering on the server-side, and then sending the pre-rendered website to the client. It's not actually a browser,

by danudey 17y ago

Unlikely. Opera Mini works by doing all the rendering on the server-side, and then sending the pre-rendered website to the client. It's not actually a browser, so much as an app that gets screenshots from a server-side browser. Firefox, on the other hand, would be a real browser, running Javascript rendering and Gecko on the phone itself, which would not be allowed. That said, I don't understand why anyone would want Firefox anyway. The iPhone's limited memory and CPU would likely make Firefox nearly unusable, while extensions would eat away at what little free space was left. Firefox isn't optimized for the mobile space, and I can't think of any features it would provide that would make it a better choice than Safari (or, on Android, the built-in WebKit browser).

CoachRufus87 17y ago
what about encrypted/secured pages?
- Maktab 17y ago
  The connection is only encrypted between the web site and Opera's servers, and Opera's servers and your phone. Opera's servers see all the data in its unencrypted form. From their FAQ[1]: Is there any end-to-end security between my handset and — for example — paypal.com or my bank? No. If you need full end-to-end encryption, you should use a full Web browser such as Opera Mobile. Opera Mini uses a transcoder server to translate HTML/CSS/JavaScript into a more compact format. It will also shrink any images to fit the screen of your handset. This translation step makes Opera Mini fast, small, and also very cheap to use. To be able to do this translation, the Opera Mini server needs to have access to the unencrypted version of the Web page. Therefore no end-to-end encryption between the client and the remote Web server is possible. [1]http://www.opera.com/mobile/help/faq/#security http://www.opera.com/mobile/help/faq/#security
elpuri 17y ago
The Firefox Mobile runs ok on N900 which has RAM- and CPUwise very similar hardware to iPhones, but 2x more pixels to render. Why would someone want it instead of Safari? I'm sure lots of people use Firefox on their Macs too. Competition usually benefits us consumers. Do I think we will see it on iPhone? Definitely not (I'm pretty sure both Apple and folks at Mozilla agree).
nailer 17y ago
I don't think it's entirely image based - how can I search for text inside a page if it's sent as an image?

by danudey 17y ago

CoachRufus87 17y ago

what about encrypted/secured pages?

Maktab 17y ago
The connection is only encrypted between the web site and Opera's servers, and Opera's servers and your phone. Opera's servers see all the data in its unencrypted form. From their FAQ[1]: Is there any end-to-end security between my handset and — for example — paypal.com or my bank? No. If you need full end-to-end encryption, you should use a full Web browser such as Opera Mobile. Opera Mini uses a transcoder server to translate HTML/CSS/JavaScript into a more compact format. It will also shrink any images to fit the screen of your handset. This translation step makes Opera Mini fast, small, and also very cheap to use. To be able to do this translation, the Opera Mini server needs to have access to the unencrypted version of the Web page. Therefore no end-to-end encryption between the client and the remote Web server is possible. [1]http://www.opera.com/mobile/help/faq/#security http://www.opera.com/mobile/help/faq/#security

elpuri 17y ago

The Firefox Mobile runs ok on N900 which has RAM- and CPUwise very similar hardware to iPhones, but 2x more pixels to render. Why would someone want it instead of Safari? I'm sure lots of people use Firefox on their Macs too. Competition usually benefits us consumers. Do I think we will see it on iPhone? Definitely not (I'm pretty sure both Apple and folks at Mozilla agree).

nailer 17y ago

I don't think it's entirely image based - how can I search for text inside a page if it's sent as an image?