Designing With Opera Mini in Mind

How can you web pages work better with Opera Mini? This article gives a quick overview over how Opera Mini differs from other browsers and how you use this.

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Hi, do you have any tips for working with images, specifically sizing?

I am specifying my image sizes using % and em, in a browser this works nice as they are always proportional to the text/zoom size as expected.

I was hoping the same would work on opera mini, but it don't seem to take any notice. Even with @media handheld, it seems to default to the small screen renderer.

Is it possible to do proportional images?

Anthony

Opera Mini always applies its reformatting, which is based on Opera's CSSR technology (though it has a few differences). It will apply it to screen media if you have no handheld, and to handheld if you have it. But in all cases, it will apply it, and currently there is nothing you can do about that, unfortunately. Perhaps that will change in future versions, but we will have to wait and see what happens in future releases.

I have a WML/XHTML site (redirects to type depending on the phone). It uses some very simple tables etc. However, neither appear to render well in Opera Mini. Does Opera Mini only handle HTML? Do I need to do another version in HTML?

The Table element is not supported in the current version of Opera Mini. I'm not aware of any real good work-around for this either.

How about using image maps?..

As the simple person I am I need samples of how one can make nice sites for Opera Mini (or phone sized screens in general).

Reading the advice is not enough, I want to see some really nicely done sites. I need to get ideas.

I think everything I have surfed by up to now looks like VAX before Netscape...

Can someone please get some links to nice sites so I can see what's possible?

Thanks a million times!

Elias

Especially I am struggling with the whole idea of not using tables. Is there ANY way to make 2 things sit side by side or will everything inevitably end up in one long column?

Elias

What exactly is "Opera mini"?

Hello, i am user of Opera Mini with Sony Ericsson M600i in Java version, and i need help.
i've trouble with Opera mini when i'm using it with browsing acros Czech web pages Seznam.cz, especially with using direct web access to Seznam.cz emailbox (resp. email.cz).
Troubles are with using backward funktion when i read mail and i want go to back to recieved mails (it displays same page an when i press it many times its shows login page but it not possible go back to recieved mails..etc.), next trouble i've with Login to email.cz, i must try it minimum 2times, first reaction is most allways- Wrong password or account not exist.. and, when can i erase Permanent cookies in opera mini ? Thank For Help. Thomaswhite

I am very new to mobile portal designing.I have a websites http://myteluguworld.com,http://aptravelz.com Any body can help me to design pages for mobile portal.

I am very new to mobile portal designing.I have a websites http://myteluguworld.com
http://aptravelz.com Any body can help me to design pages for mobile portal.

I have noticed that Opera Mini does not report any device information from a "HTTP_USER_AGENT" request at my website.
Is there a way to get the name of the phone/device using Opera Mini? Or even better, the device's screen dimensions, color depth, etc...

Originally posted by Arial:

I have noticed that Opera Mini does not report any device information from a "HTTP_USER_AGENT" request at my website.
Is there a way to get the name of the phone/device using Opera Mini? Or even better, the device's screen dimensions, color depth, etc...

Hi, I have the same thought. Any idea on it? And how to detect the HTTP variables?