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Here in Russia was a time when Opera Mini mods were popular. There was even a WAP site where you could configure a mod and have the jar generated for you! I rem

Here in Russia was a time when Opera Mini mods were popular. There was even a WAP site where you could configure a mod and have the jar generated for you! I remember using one of these on a Siemens CX75. That mod had a very tiny custom font and the ability to download and somehow upload files. I stopped using the mods when an all-new version was released that could display desktop sites with a more-or-less correct layout, a "mouse" pointer and the ability to turn the display sideways. It was a godsend to use VKontakte especially — there was no mobile website back then because just the idea of using your phone to access the internet was rare and somewhat badass.

tpmx 6y ago
> I stopped using the mods when an all-new version was released that could display desktop sites with a more-or-less correct layout, a "mouse" pointer and the ability to turn the display sideways. Late reply, but maybe you'll read it: That was Opera Mini 4. In Opera Mini 1-3 the "layout" actually happened on the actual device, using the very slow java VM. In Opera Mini 4 and later, the layout for non-mobile web sites was done on the server-side using some pre-defined screen width, like 700px or so. Or for for a mobile web site, using the exact width of the screen. The output is more similar to PDF than HTML. Like, write this text there, this image, there, paint this filled rect there etc. This generation was the one that really got us hundreds of millions of MAUs.