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{{short description|Mobile browser developed by Opera Software}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates |date=July 2015}}
{{Infobox web browser {{Infobox web browser
| name = Opera Mini | name = Opera Mini
| logo = Opera 2015 icon.svg | logo = Opera Mini 2015 icon.svg
| logo alt = Red letters "opera" | logo alt = Red letter "O" viewed from the side at 45 degrees angle. A green label on the bottom right corner reads: "Mini".
| screenshot = | screenshot = Opera Mini screenshot on Android.png
| caption = Screenshot of Opera Mini on Android
| screenshot alt =
| developer = ]<!--Not to be confused with the former Opera Software ASA (note the final A), now Otello.-->
| caption = Opera Mini 10.0 for Android
| released = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2005|08|10}}
| developer = Opera Software
| ver layout = stacked
| released = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2005|08|10}}
| programming language = ], ], ]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lextrait.com/Vincent/implementations.html |title=The Programming Languages Beacon, v10.0 |last=Lextrait |first=Vincent |date=January 2010 |access-date=14 March 2010 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120530/http://www.lextrait.com/Vincent/implementations.html |archive-date=30 May 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| ver layout = stacked
| operating system = ], ], ], ], ], ]
| status = Active
| included with = ],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://in.reuters.com/article/opera-nokia-x-android-idINDEEA1N0B120140224 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113133629/http://in.reuters.com/article/opera-nokia-x-android-idINDEEA1N0B120140224 |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 January 2016 |title=Opera browser to be pre-installed on Nokia's X phones |last=Solsvik |first=Terje |date=24 February 2014 |website=] |access-date=18 April 2014}}</ref> ] ]s,<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Samsung delivers a faster web on non-smartphones |date=23 February 2012 |publisher=Opera Software |location=Oslo, Norway |url=http://www.operasoftware.com/press/releases/mobile/samsung-delivers-a-faster-web-on-non-smartphones |access-date=18 April 2014}}</ref> devices by Celkon, Karbonn, Lava, Intex, Fly, Zen, HCL ME, and other manufacturers<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://thenextweb.com/in/2013/05/08/opera-software-teams-up-with-7-indian-oems-to-pre-install-its-opera-mini-browser-on-android-devices/ |title=Opera Software partners with Indian mobile OEMs to get its Opera Mini browser pre-installed on Android devices |last=Summers |first=Nick |date=8 May 2013 |website=] |access-date=18 April 2014}}</ref><ref name="Revenue-sources">{{Cite web |url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20097330-264/opera-finances-improve-despite-fierce-competition/ |title=Opera finances improve despite fierce competition |last=Shankland |first=Stephen |date=25 August 2011 |website=CNET |access-date=16 January 2012}}</ref>
| programming language = ], ], ]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lextrait.com/Vincent/implementations.html |title=The Programming Languages Beacon, v10.0 |first=Vincent |last =Lextrait |date=January 2010 |accessdate=14 March 2010}}</ref>
| engine = {{Plainlist|
| operating system = <!-- latest release template already contains all required information -->
*'''Extreme/Mini mode:''' Contents arrive pre-rendered using server sided ] layout engine.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dev.opera.com/articles/browsers-modes-engines/|title=Opera Browsers, Modes & Engines|website=dev.opera.com|date=20 November 2024 }}</ref>
| included with = ],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/02/24/opera-nokia-x-android-idINDEEA1N0B120140224 |title=Opera browser to be pre-installed on Nokia's X phones |first=Terje |last=Solsvik |newspaper=] |date=24 February 2014 |accessdate=18 April 2014 }}</ref> ] ]s,<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.operasoftware.com/press/releases/mobile/samsung-delivers-a-faster-web-on-non-smartphones |title=Samsung delivers a faster web on non-smartphones |publisher=Opera Software |location=Oslo, Norway |date=23 February 2012 |accessdate=18 April 2014 }}</ref> devices by Celkon, Karbonn, Lava, Intex, Fly, Zen, HCL ME, and other manufacturers<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thenextweb.com/in/2013/05/08/opera-software-teams-up-with-7-indian-oems-to-pre-install-its-opera-mini-browser-on-android-devices/ |title=Opera Software partners with Indian mobile OEMs to get its Opera Mini browser pre-installed on Android devices |first=Nick |last=Summers |work=] |date=8 May 2013 |accessdate=18 April 2014 }}</ref><ref name="Revenue-sources" />
*'''Other modes:''' WebView (Android) or ] (iOS)<ref name=":0" />
| engine = ] (using ]),{{sfn|FAQ|loc=Opera Mini and Mobile Classic look the same, so what's the difference?}} ]
}}
| platform = ], ], ], ], ] (and previously supported ], ], ], ]-]3, ])
| language count = 50 | language count = 90
| language footnote =<ref>{{cite web |url=http://operawatch.com/news/2007/11/opera-mini-translated-into-over-50-languages-15-more-to-come-later-this-month.html |title=Opera Mini translated into over 50 languages; 15 more to come later this month |date=7 November 2007 |accessdate=29 December 2007}}</ref> | language footnote = <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.opera.com/india/2016/01/opera-mini-is-going-even-more-multilingual-this-republic-day/|title=Opera Mini is going multilingual this Republic Day|date=26 January 2016}}</ref>
| genre = ] | genre = ]
| license = ] | license = ]
| latest release version = {{#invoke:wd|property|preferred|references|edit|Q819079|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| latest release date = {{#invoke:wd|qualifier|preferred|Q819079|P348|P577|P548=Q2804309}}
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}} }}
'''Opera Mini''' is a mobile ] made by ]. It was primarily designed for the ] platform, as a low-end sibling for ], but {{as of|2025|January|lc=y}} only the ] build was still under active development. It had previously been developed for ], ], ], ], ], and ].


Opera Mini requests ]s through Opera Software's compression ]. The compression server processes and compresses requested web pages before sending them to the mobile phone. The ] is 90% and the transfer speed is increased by two to three times as a result. The pre-processing increases compatibility with web pages not designed for mobile phones. However, interactive sites which depend upon the device processing ] do not work properly.
'''Opera Mini''' is a ] designed primarily for ]s, ]s and ]s. Until version 4 it used the ] platform, requiring the mobile device to run Java ME applications. From version 5 it is also available as a native application for ], ], ], ] and previously supported ], ], ], ], ]. Opera Mini is offered free of charge, supported mainly through deals with mobile operators to have Opera Mini pre-installed in phones,<ref name="Revenue-sources">{{cite web
|url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20097330-264/opera-finances-improve-despite-fierce-competition/
|title=Opera finances improve despite fierce competition
|last=Shankland
|first=Stephen
|work=CNET
|date=25 August 2011
|accessdate=16 January 2012
}}</ref> and other sources of revenue such as search advertising deals, licensing<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2380431,00.asp
|title=Opera Mini 6 for iPhone, iPad and Verizon Phones: Hands On
|last=Segan
|first=Sascha
|work=PCMag.com
|date=16 February 2011
|accessdate=16 January 2012
}}</ref> and paid bookmarks and Speed Dial placement.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.medianama.com/2011/05/223-theres-a-business-angle-to-the-hungama-opera-speed-dial-deal/
|title=There’s A Business Angle To The Hungama-Opera Speed Dial Deal
|last=Pahwa
|first=Nikhil
|work=Medianama
|date=19 May 2011
|accessdate=16 January 2011
}}</ref>


In July 2012, ] reported that Opera Mini had 168.8 million users as of March 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.operasoftware.com/archive/smw/2012/03/index.html|title=State of the Mobile Web, March 2012|date=30 July 2012 <!-- obtained from PDF variant: http://www.google.com/archive/smw/2012/03/index.html -->|publisher=Opera Software|access-date=18 April 2014|at=Number of users}}</ref> In February 2013, Opera reported 300 million unique Opera Mini active users and 150 billion page views served during that month. This represented an increase of 25 million users from September 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thenextweb.com/news/the-unknown-browser-with-300-million-users-thats-breaking-your-site|title=The browser with 300 million users that's breaking your site|first=Owen|last=Williams|date=December 24, 2015|website=TNW &#124; Dd}}</ref>
Opera Mini was derived from the ] for ]s, which has been publicly available since 1996. Opera Mini began as a pilot project in 2004. After limited releases in ], it was officially launched worldwide on 24 January 2006.

Opera Software claims that Opera Mini requests ]s through ]'s compression proxy, the compression server process and compress requested web pages by up to 90% before sending them to the mobile phone, speeding up transfer by two to three times and dramatically reducing the amount of data transferred, chargeable on many ] data plans. The pre-processing increases compatibility with web pages not designed for mobile phones. However, interactive sites which depend upon the device processing JavaScript do not work properly.

In July 2012, it was reported that Opera Mini had 168.8 million users {{as of|2012|3|lc=yes}}.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.operasoftware.com/archive/smw/2012/03/index.html
|title=State of the Mobile Web, March 2012
|section=Number of users
|publisher=Opera Software
|date=30 July 2012 <!-- obtained from PDF variant: http://www.google.com/archive/smw/2012/03/index.html -->
|accessdate=18 April 2014
}}</ref> In February 2013, Opera reported 300 million unique Opera Mini active users and 150 billion page views served during that month. This represented an increase of 25 million users from September 2012.


==History== ==History==

===Origin=== ===Origin===
Opera Mini was derived from the ] web browser for ]s, which has been publicly available since 1996.<ref>{{cite web Opera Mini was derived from the ] web browser for ]s, which has been publicly available since 1996.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.foxkeh.com/downloads/history/history-original.pdf |url=http://www.foxkeh.com/downloads/history/history-original.pdf
|format=]
|title=Affiliated Organization of Firefox and Mozilla |title=Affiliated Organization of Firefox and Mozilla
|publisher=Mozilla Japan |publisher=Mozilla Japan
|year=2006 |year=2006
|accessdate=24 October 2007 |access-date=24 October 2007
}}</ref> Opera Mini was originally intended for use on mobile phones not capable of running a conventional Web browser.<ref>{{cite web }}</ref> Opera Mini was originally intended for use on mobile phones not capable of running a conventional Web browser.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://operawatch.com/news/2006/05/opera-mini-20-released.html |url = http://operawatch.com/news/2006/05/opera-mini-20-released.html
|title=Opera Mini 2.0 ReleasedDaniel Goldman |title = Opera Mini 2.0 Released
|last=Goldman |last = Goldman
|first=Daniel |first = Daniel
|work=Opera Watch |work = Opera Watch
|date=3 May 2006 |date = 3 May 2006
|accessdate=21 December 2007 |access-date = 21 December 2007
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110721072436/http://operawatch.com/news/2006/05/opera-mini-20-released.html
|archive-date = 21 July 2011
|df = dmy-all
}}</ref> It was introduced on 10 August 2005, as a pilot project in cooperation with the Norwegian television station ],<ref>{{cite press release }}</ref> It was introduced on 10 August 2005, as a pilot project in cooperation with the Norwegian television station ],<ref>{{cite press release
|url=http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2005/08/10/ |url=http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2005/08/10/
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|publisher=] |publisher=]
|date=10 August 2005 |date=10 August 2005
|accessdate=5 December 2007 |access-date=5 December 2007
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060618035344/http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2005/08/10/
}}</ref> and only available to TV 2 customers.
|archive-date=18 June 2006

|url-status=dead
A ] was made available in ], ], ], and ] on 20 October 2005.<ref>{{cite press release
}}</ref> and only available to TV 2 customers. The ] was made available in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland on 20 October 2005.<ref>{{cite press release
|url=http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2005/10/20/ |url=http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2005/10/20/
|title=Mobile comfort in the cold: Opera Mini beta now available free in the Nordics |title=Mobile comfort in the cold: Opera Mini beta now available free in the Nordics
|publisher=] |publisher=]
|date=10 November 2005 |date=10 November 2005
|accessdate=2 January 2008 |access-date=2 January 2008
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080609080523/http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2005/10/20/
}}</ref> After the final version was launched in ] on 10 November 2005,<ref>{{cite press release
|archive-date=9 June 2008
|url-status=dead
}}</ref> After the final version was launched in Germany on 10 November 2005,<ref>{{cite press release
|url=http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2005/11/10/ |url=http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2005/11/10/
|title=The full Internet for all mobile phones: Opera Mini launched in Germany |title=The full Internet for all mobile phones: Opera Mini launched in India
|publisher=] |publisher=]
|date=10 November 2005 |date=10 November 2005
|accessdate=2 January 2008 |access-date=2 January 2008
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006230846/http://opera.com/pressreleases/en/2005/11/10/
}}</ref> and quietly released to all countries through the Opera Mini website in December, the browser was officially launched worldwide on 24 January 2006.<ref>{{cite news
|archive-date=6 October 2008
|url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,124473-page,1/article.html
|url-status=dead
|title=Opera Officially Launches Mini Browser
}}</ref> and quietly released to all countries through the Opera Mini website in December, the browser was officially launched worldwide on 24 January 2006.<ref name="gohring">{{Cite news |last=Gohring |first=Nancy |date=25 January 2006 |title=Opera to launch Mini worldwide |work=] |publisher=] |url=https://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/148961/opera_launch_mini_worldwide/ |access-date=14 November 2022 |archive-date=14 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114014131/https://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/148961/opera_launch_mini_worldwide/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|last=Gohring
|first=Nancy
|publisher=]
|date=24 January 2006
|accessdate=5 December 2007
}}</ref>

On 3 May 2006, Opera Mini 2.0 was released. It included new features such as the ability to download files, new custom ], more search engine options on the built-in search bar, a ] option, new search engines, and improved navigation.<ref>{{cite press release On 3 May 2006, Opera Mini 2.0 was released. It included new features such as the ability to download files, new custom ], more search engine options on the built-in search bar, a ] option, new search engines, and improved navigation.<ref>{{cite press release
|url=http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2006/05/03/ |url=http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2006/05/03/
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|publisher=] |publisher=]
|date=3 May 2006 |date=3 May 2006
|accessdate=21 December 2007 |access-date=21 December 2007
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006222856/http://opera.com/pressreleases/en/2006/05/03/
|archive-date=6 October 2008
|url-status=dead
}}</ref> }}</ref>
On 1 November 2006, Opera Mini 3 beta introduced secure browsing, ] feeds, photo uploading and content folding.<ref>{{cite web

|url = http://operawatch.com/news/2006/11/limited-testing-of-opera-mini-3-beta.html
On 1 November 2006, Opera Mini 3 beta introduced secure browsing, ] feeds, photo uploading and content folding into its list of features and capabilities.<ref>{{cite web
|title = Limited testing of Opera Mini 3 beta
|url=http://operawatch.com/news/2006/11/limited-testing-of-opera-mini-3-beta.html
|last = Goldman
|title=Limited testing of Opera Mini 3 beta
|first = Daniel
|last=Goldman
|work = Opera Watch
|first=Daniel
|date = 1 November 2006
|work=Opera Watch
|date=1 November 2006 |access-date = 21 December 2007
|url-status = dead
|accessdate=21 December 2007
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110721072456/http://operawatch.com/news/2006/11/limited-testing-of-opera-mini-3-beta.html
|archive-date = 21 July 2011
|df = dmy-all
}}</ref> Content folding works by folding long lists such as navigation bars into a single line that can be expanded as needed. A second beta was released on 22 November,<ref>{{cite web }}</ref> Content folding works by folding long lists such as navigation bars into a single line that can be expanded as needed. A second beta was released on 22 November,<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://my.opera.com/operamini/blog/2006/11/22/opera-mini-3-0-beta-2 |url=http://my.opera.com/operamini/blog/2006/11/22/opera-mini-3-0-beta-2
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|publisher=] |publisher=]
|date=22 November 2006 |date=22 November 2006
|accessdate=21 December 2007 |access-date=21 December 2007
}}</ref> and on 28 November, the final version of Opera Mini 3 was released.<ref>{{cite press release }}</ref> and on 28 November, the final version of Opera Mini 3 was released.<ref>{{cite press release
|url=http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2006/11/28/ |url=http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2006/11/28/
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|publisher=] |publisher=]
|date=28 November 2006 |date=28 November 2006
|accessdate=21 December 2007 |access-date=21 December 2007
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513185056/http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2006/11/28/
|archive-date=13 May 2008
|url-status=dead
}}</ref> }}</ref>


===Opera Mini 4=== ===Opera Mini 4===
On 7 November 2007, Opera Mini 4 was released. According to Johan Schön, technical lead of Opera Mini development, the entire code was rewritten.<ref name="Schön"/> Opera Mini 4 includes the ability to view web pages similarly to a desktop based browser by introducing Overview and Zoom functions, and a landscape view setting. In Overview mode, the user can scroll a zoomed-out version of certain web pages.<ref name="Features">{{cite web|url=http://www.opera.com/mini/features/? |title=Opera Mini Features |publisher=] |date=February 2009 |accessdate=13 July 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227222446/http://www.opera.com/mini/features/? |archivedate=27 February 2009 }}</ref> Using a built-in ], the user can zoom into a portion of the page to provide a clearer view; this is similar to the functionality of Opera's Nintendo-based web browsers. This version also includes the ability to synchronise with ] on a personal computer.<ref>Calore, Micheal "", ], 19 June 2007</ref><ref>Heater, Brian "", AppScout (]), 7 November 2007</ref> On 7 November 2007, Opera Mini 4 was released. According to Johan Schön, technical lead of Opera Mini development, the entire code had been rewritten.<ref name="Schön"/> Opera Mini 4 includes the ability to view web pages similarly to a desktop based browser by introducing Overview and Zoom functions, and a landscape view setting. In Overview mode, the user can scroll a zoomed-out version of certain web pages.<ref name="Features">{{cite web |url=http://www.opera.com/mini/features/? |title=Opera Mini Features |publisher=] |date=February 2009 |access-date=13 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227222446/http://www.opera.com/mini/features/ |archive-date=27 February 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Using a built-in ], the user can zoom into a portion of the page to provide a clearer view; this is similar to the functionality of Opera's Nintendo-based web browsers. This version also includes the ability to synchronise with ] on a personal computer.<ref>Calore, Michael " {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630071814/http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/06/opera_mini_4_be.html |date=30 June 2007 }}", ], 19 June 2007</ref><ref>Heater, Brian " {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828033804/http://www.appscout.com/2007/11/opera_mini_4_goes_live.php |date=28 August 2008 }}", AppScout (]), 7 November 2007</ref>

Prior to Opera Mini 4, the browser was offered in two editions: Opera Mini Advanced for high-memory ] 2 phones, and Opera Mini Basic for low-memory MIDP 1 phones.<ref name="What are the differences">{{cite web Prior to Opera Mini 4, the browser was offered in two editions: Opera Mini Advanced for high-memory ] 2 phones, and Opera Mini Basic for low-memory MIDP 1 phones.<ref name="What are the differences">{{cite web
|url=http://www.operamini.com/help/faq/#version |url=http://www.operamini.com/help/faq/#version
|title=Opera Mini FAQ |title=Opera Mini FAQ
|section=What are the differences between the "Basic (MIDP 1)" and the "Advanced (MIDP 2)" versions? |at=What are the differences between the "Basic (MIDP 1)" and the "Advanced (MIDP 2)" versions?
|publisher=Opera Software |publisher=Opera Software
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071219001957/http://www.operamini.com/help/faq/#version |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071219001957/http://www.operamini.com/help/faq/#version
|archive-date=2007-12-19 |archive-date=19 December 2007
|url-status=usurped
}}</ref> Opera Mini 4 replaced Opera Mini Advanced.<ref name="Generic Advanced MIDP 2">{{cite web }}</ref> Opera Mini 4 replaced Opera Mini Advanced.<ref name="Generic Advanced MIDP 2">{{cite web
|url=http://www.operamini.com/download/pc/generic/generic_advanced_midp_2/ |url = http://www.operamini.com/download/pc/generic/generic_advanced_midp_2/
|title=Generic Advanced MIDP 2 |title = Generic Advanced MIDP 2
|work=Download Opera Mini |work = Download Opera Mini
|publisher=] |publisher = ]
|accessdate=19 December 2007 |access-date = 19 December 2007
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071011001837/http://www.operamini.com/download/pc/generic/generic_advanced_midp_2/
}}</ref> The older Opera Mini 3 Basic was still available for low-memory phones {{As of|2012|lc=on}}.<ref name="Generic Basic MIDP 1">{{cite web
|archive-date = 11 October 2007
|url=http://www.opera.com/mobile/download/versions/
|url-status = dead
|title=Opera mini Download page, including v3 Basic and Advanced
|df = dmy-all
|work=Download Opera Mini
}}</ref> Originally, ] was the default ] on Opera Mini.<ref>{{cite news
|publisher=]
|url = http://today.reuters.com/news/articlebusiness.aspx?type=technology&storyID=nL29549259
|accessdate=12 October 2012
|title = Opera Software chooses Google as search partner
}}</ref>
|publisher = Reuters

|date = 28 December 2005
Originally, ] was the default ] on Opera Mini.<ref>{{cite news
|access-date = 11 October 2007
|url=http://today.reuters.com/news/articlebusiness.aspx?type=technology&storyID=nL29549259
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070906181131/http://today.reuters.com/news/articlebusiness.aspx?type=technology
|title=Opera Software chooses Google as search partner
|archive-date = 6 September 2007
|publisher=]
|url-status = dead
|date=28 December 2005
|df = dmy-all
|accessdate=11 October 2007
}}</ref> On 8 January 2007, ] and ] announced a partnership to make Yahoo! search the default instead.<ref name="Yahoo!">{{cite press release }}</ref> On 8 January 2007, ] and ] announced a partnership to make Yahoo! search the default instead.<ref name="Yahoo!">{{cite press release
|url=http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/press/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=224622 |url = http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/press/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=224622
|title=Opera Names Yahoo! Exclusive Global Partner for Mobile Search |title = Opera Names Yahoo! Exclusive Global Partner for Mobile Search
|publisher=] |publisher = ]
|accessdate=11 October 2007 |access-date = 11 October 2007
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071013201115/http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/press/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=224622
|archive-date = 13 October 2007
|df = dmy-all
}}</ref> On 27 February 2008, ] announced that Google would henceforth be the default search engine for Opera Mini and ]. }}</ref> On 27 February 2008, ] announced that Google would henceforth be the default search engine for Opera Mini and ].

]

A version for the ] operating system was announced on 10 April 2008. Rather than port the code to Android, a ] was created to translate Java ME API calls to Android API calls.<ref>{{cite web A version for the ] operating system was announced on 10 April 2008. Rather than port the code to Android, a ] was created to translate Java ME API calls to Android API calls.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://labs.opera.com/news/2008/04/10/ |url=http://labs.opera.com/news/2008/04/10/
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411231636/http://labs.opera.com/news/2008/04/10/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411231636/http://labs.opera.com/news/2008/04/10/
|archive-date=11 April 2008
|archivedate=2008-04-11
|title=The story behind Opera Mini on Google Android |title=The story behind Opera Mini on Google Android
|accessdate=4 January 2009}}</ref> |access-date=4 January 2009}}</ref>


===Opera Mini 5=== ===Later versions===
On 16 August 2009, Opera Software released Opera Mini 5.0 beta, which included tabbed browsing, a password manager, improved touch screen support, and a new interface, with a visual Speed Dial similar to the one introduced by Opera Software in their desktop browser.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.opera.com/press/releases/2009/09/16/ |title=Global mobile-browser champion enters next generation |access-date=14 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309091100/http://www.opera.com/press/releases/2009/09/16/ |archive-date=9 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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The browser's use of compression and encrypted proxy-based technology to reduce traffic and speed page display has the side effect of allowing it to circumvent several approaches to ]. Since 20 November 2009, there have been reports from Chinese users that when they use Opera Mini, they are redirected to an error page leading them to download Opera Mini ] version. This is almost certainly due to the Chinese government being concerned that users are using Opera Mini to bypass the ] of China. Opera agreed to route all of their traffic through government servers.<ref>{{cite web
On 16 August 2009, Opera Software released Opera Mini 5.0 beta, which included tabbed browsing, a password manager, improved touch screen support, and a new interface, with a visual Speed Dial similar to the one introduced by Opera Software in their desktop browser.<ref>http://www.opera.com/press/releases/2009/09/16/</ref>

The browser's use of compression and encrypted proxy-based technology to reduce traffic and speed page display has the side effect of allowing it to circumvent several approaches to ].
Since 20 November 2009, there have been reports from Chinese users that when they use Opera Mini, they are redirected to an error page leading them to download Opera Mini China Version. This is almost certainly due to the Chinese government being concerned that users are using Opera Mini to bypass the ] in China. Opera agreed to route all of their traffic through government servers.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://internet.solidot.org/article.pl?sid=09/11/21/0456204 |url=http://internet.solidot.org/article.pl?sid=09/11/21/0456204
|title=Opera Mini国际版屏蔽国内用户 |title=Opera Mini国际版屏蔽国内用户
|publisher=] |publisher=]
|language=Chinese |language=zh
|date=21 November 2009 |date=21 November 2009
|accessdate=25 November 2009 |access-date=25 November 2009
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Opera accused of censorship, betrayal by Chinese users|work=CNet Asia|first=Steven|last=Millward|date=22 November 2009|url=http://asia.cnet.com/blogs/opera-accused-of-censorship-betrayal-by-chinese-users-62115913.htm}}</ref> }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Opera accused of censorship, betrayal by Chinese users|work=CNet Asia|first=Steven|last=Millward|date=22 November 2009|url=http://asia.cnet.com/blogs/opera-accused-of-censorship-betrayal-by-chinese-users-62115913.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103151615/http://asia.cnet.com/blogs/opera-accused-of-censorship-betrayal-by-chinese-users-62115913.htm|archive-date=3 November 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
In 2009–10: A press release announcing that ]'s ] had chosen Opera Mini for their devices said that Opera Mini was the world's most popular mobile browser, and that ] and Indonesia were the largest users.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mobile-fun.org/reviews/category/indonesia/ |title=Mobile Phone Reviews » indonesia |access-date=2010-11-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100329155422/http://www.mobile-fun.org/reviews/category/indonesia/ |archive-date=29 March 2010 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
An ] version was approved for distribution by the ] on 13 April 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gizmodo.com/opera-mini-submitted-to-app-store-complete-with-passiv-5500165|title=Opera Mini Submitted to App Store, Complete with Passive Aggressive "Countup" Clock|website=Gizmodo|date=23 March 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.opera.com/press/releases/2010/04/13/ |title=Opera Mini Approved for App Store |access-date=13 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101015040646/http://www.opera.com/press/releases/2010/04/13/ |archive-date=15 October 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


On 3 September 2014, Opera started taking registrations for the ] of Opera Mini for ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.techtree.com/content/news/7331/opera-mini-beta-subscriptions-open-windows-phone.html|title=Opera Mini Beta Subscriptions Now Open For Windows Phone|website=TechTree.com}}</ref> The browser was released for Windows Phone on 9 September 2014, as a public beta,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://blog.gsmarena.com/opera-mini-beta-windows-phone-now-available-anyone-test/|title=Opera Mini beta for Windows Phone now available for anyone to test|website=blog.gsmarena.com|date=9 September 2014 }}</ref> the first Opera version for Microsoft's mobile platform since the discontinuation of Windows Mobile.
2009–10: A press release announcing that Indonesia's Smart Telecom had chosen Opera Mini for their devices said that Opera Mini was the world's most popular mobile browser, and that Russia and Indonesia were the largest users.<ref>http://www.mobile-fun.org/reviews/category/indonesia/</ref>


==Functionality==
An ] version was approved for distribution by the ] on 13 April 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gizmodo.com/5500165/opera-mini-submitted-to-app-store-complete-with-passive-aggressive-countup-clock |title=Opera Mini Submitted to App Store}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.opera.com/press/releases/2010/04/13/ |title=Opera Mini Approved for App Store}}</ref>
Opera Mini uses a server to translate ], ] and ] into a more compact format. It can also shrink any images to fit as the handset screen. This step makes Opera Mini fast.


Most Opera Mini versions use only the Mini server-based compression method, with maximal compression but some issues with interactive applications. Non-Mini versions of Opera for phones and computers originally operated in uncompressed mode; from v10 a selectable server-based Turbo mode (called "off-road" in some versions) was added, similar to Mini mode, but bypassing compression for interactive functionality, at the expense of less extreme data compression. Opera Mini 8 for iPhone, released in 2014, can operate in Mini, Turbo, and uncompressed modes, effectively combining the functionality of the Mobile and Mini versions.<ref name=mini8/> Turbo and Mini modes reduce the amount of data transferred, which reduces cost on some phone contracts and increases speed on the slower connections typical of mobile phone networks; with a high-speed connection uncompressed mode, without delays due to diverting through the Opera server, compressing by the server, and expansion by the device, may work faster. Most Opera Mini versions use only the server-based compression method, with maximal compression but some issues with interactive ]s. Opera Mini can operate in three compression modes: "mini" (or "extreme" on Android versions), "turbo" (or "high" on Android versions) and uncompressed.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> The turbo and mini modes reduce the amount of data transferred, thereby also increasing speed on slower connections.<ref name=":0" />

On 3 September 2014, Opera started taking registrations for the ] of Opera Mini for ].<ref></ref> Opera Mini was released for Windows Phone six days later, on 9 September 2014, as a public beta.<ref></ref> This marked Opera's return to Microsoft's mobile platform since the demise of Windows Mobile.

==Functionality==
The functionality of Opera Mini mode is somewhat different from that of a conventional Web browser, with the amount of data which has to be transferred much reduced, but with some loss to functionality. Most versions of Opera Mini only work in this mode; however, the Opera Mini 8 ''program'' for iOS, but not the BlackBerry/J2ME version, was completely redesigned and can switch between Mini, Turbo, and uncompressed ''modes'', gaining functionality at the cost of lower compression in non-Mini modes.<ref name=mini8></ref>


Unlike straightforward ]s, Opera Mini fetches all content through a ] and reformats web pages into a format more suitable for small screens.<ref>{{cite web The functionality of the Mini mode is somewhat different from a conventional Web browser, with the amount of data which has to be transferred much reduced, but with some loss to functionality. Unlike straightforward ]s, Opera Mini fetches all content through a ], renders it using the ] layout engine,<ref name=":0" /> and reformats web pages into a format more suitable for small screens.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://developer.sonyericsson.com/site/global/newsandevents/latestnews/newsjune06/p_opera_mini_java_casestudy.jsp |url = http://developer.sonyericsson.com/wportal/devworld/page-not-found?cc=gb&lc=en
|title=<nowiki>Developer case study: |title = <nowiki>Developer case study:
Managing Java fragmentation, Opera Software's Java ME browser client: About Opera Mini</nowiki> Managing Java fragmentation, Opera Software's Java ME browser client: About Opera Mini</nowiki>
|publisher=] |publisher = ]
|date=23 June 2006 |date = 23 June 2006
|accessdate=19 December 2007 |access-date = 19 December 2007
|url-status = dead
}}</ref> A page is ], then delivered to the phone in a ] called OBML (Opera Binary Markup Language), which Opera Mini can ].<ref>{{cite web
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110804045050/http://developer.sonyericsson.com/wportal/devworld/page-not-found?cc=gb&lc=en
|archive-date = 4 August 2011
|df = dmy-all
}}</ref> A page is ], then delivered to the phone in an ] ] called Opera Binary Markup Language (OBML) supported by Opera Mini.<ref name="OBML">{{cite web
|url=http://www.opera.com/company/investors/finance/2005/3Q05_presentation.pdf |url=http://www.opera.com/company/investors/finance/2005/3Q05_presentation.pdf
|title=Opera 3Q05 Results |title=Opera 3Q05 Results
|page=16 |page=16
|date=21 November 2005 |date=21 November 2005
|accessdate=19 December 2007 |access-date=19 December 2007
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051201033011/http://www.opera.com/company/investors/finance/2005/3Q05_presentation.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051201033011/http://www.opera.com/company/investors/finance/2005/3Q05_presentation.pdf
|archivedate=1 December 2005 |archive-date=1 December 2005
}}</ref> The data compression makes transfer time about two to three times faster,<ref name="Features"/> and the pre-processing improves the display of web pages not designed for small screens.<ref>{{cite news }}</ref> According to Opera Software, the data compression makes transfers about two to three times faster<ref name="Features" /> and uses less data, and the pre-processing improves the display of web pages not designed for small screens.<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://news.digitaltrends.com/news/story/9372/opera_mini_officially_brings_web_to_mobiles |url = http://news.digitaltrends.com/news/story/9372/opera_mini_officially_brings_web_to_mobiles
|archive-url = https://archive.today/20080607011142/http://news.digitaltrends.com/news/story/9372/opera_mini_officially_brings_web_to_mobiles
|title=Opera Mini Officially Brings Web to Mobiles
|url-status = dead
|last=Duncan
|archive-date = 7 June 2008
|first=Geoff
|title = Opera Mini Officially Brings Web to Mobiles
|publisher=Digital Trends News
|last = Duncan
|date=24 January 2006
|first = Geoff
|accessdate=18 October 2007
|publisher = Digital Trends News
}}</ref>
|date = 24 January 2006
|access-date = 18 October 2007
}}</ref> The turbo mode was added later, and is similar to Mini mode but bypasses compression for interactive functionality, at the expense of less extreme data compression. The turbo and uncompressed modes use the "WebView" on Android and the ] layout engine on iOS.<ref name=":0" />


The ] and ] versions only have access to the mini compression mode.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://dev.opera.com/articles/browsers-modes-engines/|title=Opera Browsers, Modes & Engines|last=Bovens|first=Andreas|date=2 June 2015|website=Dev.Opera|access-date=13 August 2017}}</ref> Other versions can switch between various modes, gaining functionality at the cost of lower or no compression.<ref name="mini8">{{Cite web|url=http://dev.opera.com/blog/opera-mini-8-for-ios/|title=Opera Mini 8 for iOS released|last=Lawson|first=Bruce|date=26 June 2014|website=Dev.Opera|publisher=]}}</ref> Opera Software claims that Opera Mini reduced the amount of data transmitted up to 90% in the mini (extreme) mode; in turbo (high) mode, it reduced amount up to 60%, similar to ]'s Reduced Data mode.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.geek.com/android/opera-mini-now-has-two-compression-modes-high-and-extreme-1633537/|title=Opera Mini now has two compression modes: high and extreme|last=Mathews|first=Lee|date=9 September 2015|work=]|publisher=]|access-date=13 August 2017|archive-date=13 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813183932/https://www.geek.com/android/opera-mini-now-has-two-compression-modes-high-and-extreme-1633537/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thenextweb.com/apps/2015/09/08/opera-mini-browser-for-android-now-lets-you-choose-between-speed-and-experience-while-saving-data/undefined/apps/2015/09/08/opera-mini-browser-for-android-now-lets-you-choose-between-speed-and-experience-while-saving-data/|title=Opera Mini browser (Android) has a new data saving mode|last=Ghoshal|first=Abhimanyu|date=8 September 2015|work=The Next Web|access-date=13 August 2017|archive-date=13 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813185853/https://thenextweb.com/apps/2015/09/08/opera-mini-browser-for-android-now-lets-you-choose-between-speed-and-experience-while-saving-data/undefined/apps/2015/09/08/opera-mini-browser-for-android-now-lets-you-choose-between-speed-and-experience-while-saving-data/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/is-opera-minis-data-compression-good-enough-to-switch/ |title=Is Opera Mini's Data Compression Good Enough to Switch? |website=Makeuseof.com |date=11 September 2015|author=Mihir Patkar|access-date= 18 March 2017}}</ref>
] (GPRS) to one of the ] company's proxy servers, which retrieves the web page, processes and compresses it, and sends it back to the client (user's mobile phone).]]
] When a user requests a Web page using Opera Mini, the request is sent, via the connectivity used by the device to access the ] (typically ] or ]), to a proxy server run by the ] company, which retrieves, processes and compresses the full page, and sends the smaller processed page back to the client's device.
By default, Opera Mini opens one connection to the proxy servers, which it keeps open and re-uses as required. This improves transfer speed and enables the servers to quickly synchronize changes to bookmarks stored in Opera Mini server. {{sfn|FAQ|loc=What is the difference between ‘http connection' and ‘socket connection'?}}


When the ] company launched Opera Mini in 2006, they had over 100 ]-based proxy servers to handle Opera Mini traffic.<ref name="gohring" />
By default, Opera Mini opens one connection to the proxy servers, which it keeps open and re-uses as required. This improves transfer speed and enables the servers to quickly synchronize changes to bookmarks stored in ].<ref name="Techday">{{cite web|title=How to increase Opera Mini speed ?|url=http://www.techday.in/how-to-increase-internet-speed-of-opera-mini-mobile/}}</ref>{{sfn|FAQ|loc=What is the difference between ‘http connection' and ‘socket connection'?}}


===Standard support===
The ] company maintains over 100 proxy servers to handle Opera Mini traffic. They run ] and "are massively parallel and massively ]."<ref>{{cite web
From 16 March 2015, Opera Mini's extreme compression mode uses an upgraded version of the ] ] that is included in ].<ref name="Lawson">{{cite web
|url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,124473-page,1/article.html
|url=https://dev.opera.com/blog/opera-mini-server-upgrade/
|title=Opera Officially Launches Mini Browser
|title=Opera Mini server upgrade
|last=Gohring
|website=Dev.Opera
|first=Nancy
|last=Lawson
|publisher=]
|first=Bruce
|date=24 January 2006
|date=16 March 2015
|accessdate=24 December 2007
|access-date=12 May 2017
}}</ref>
}}</ref> Consequently, Opera Mini supports most of the ]s supported in Opera 12. Presto's development has continued for Opera Mini and further support was added for ] input types, ] ] model, CSS ] units and ].<ref name="Lawson"/> However, unlike the desktop edition of Opera, ] are flattened because of client limitations, and dotted or dashed borders are displayed as solid borders due to bandwidth and memory issues.<ref name="Storey"/> As Opera Mini reformats web pages, it does not pass the ] standards compliance test.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://virtuelvis.com/archives/2007/06/opera-mini-4-beta
|title=Opera Mini 4 beta out
|date=June 2007
|access-date=22 December 2007
|archive-date=10 October 2011
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111010083936/http://virtuelvis.com/archives/2007/06/opera-mini-4-beta
|url-status=dead
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.opera.com/mini/demo/
|title=Opera Mini Simulator
|website=Opera.com
|publisher=]
|access-date=22 December 2007
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209050824/http://www.opera.com/mini/demo/
|archive-date=9 February 2010
|url-status=dead
}}</ref> Opera Mini supports ] and can correctly display right-to-left scripts such as ] and ] in addition to languages written left-to-right. However, it will not display right-to-left text if the font size is set to ''small'' or ''very small''.<ref name="Schön">{{cite web
|url=http://my.opera.com/operamini/blog/
|title=The power of the Web with Opera Mini 4
|website=My.Opera.com
|last=Schön
|first=Johan
|date=7 November 2007
|access-date=24 December 2007
}}</ref> ] and ] are supported only if an appropriate font is installed on the device as the default system font.


===Small-Screen Rendering=== ===Small-Screen Rendering===
For devices with screens 128 ] wide or smaller, the default rendering mode is Small-Screen Rendering (SSR). In this mode, the page is reformatted into a single vertical column so that it need only be scrolled vertically.<ref name="Features"/> Long lists and navigation bars are automatically collapsed (hiding most of the list or bar) by a feature known as "content folding". A plus (+) sign is displayed next to the collapsed content; when clicked, it toggles content folding.<ref>{{cite web For devices with screens 128 ] wide or smaller, the default rendering mode is Small-Screen Rendering (SSR). In this mode, the page is reformatted into a single vertical column so that it only needs to be scrolled vertically.<ref name="Features"/> Long lists and navigation bars are automatically collapsed (hiding most of the list or bar) by a feature known as "content folding". A plus (+) sign is displayed next to the collapsed content; when clicked, it toggles content folding.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.operamini.com/features/folding/ |url=http://www.operamini.com/features/folding/
|title=Content folding |title=Content folding
|publisher=] |publisher=]
|work=Opera Mini Features |work=Opera Mini Features
|accessdate=4 January 2008 |access-date=4 January 2008
}}</ref> Web developers can turn on SSR on the desktop edition of Opera to see how their websites will be displayed on mobile editions of Opera.<ref>{{cite web
}}</ref>

Web developers can turn on SSR on the desktop edition of Opera to see how their websites will be displayed on mobile editions of Opera.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.opera.com/products/mobile/smallscreen/ |url=http://www.opera.com/products/mobile/smallscreen/
|title=Opera's Small-Screen Rendering |title=Opera's Small-Screen Rendering
|publisher=] |publisher=]
|accessdate=20 December 2007 |access-date=20 December 2007
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071204034833/http://www.opera.com/products/mobile/smallscreen/ <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 4 December 2007}}</ref> |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071204034833/http://www.opera.com/products/mobile/smallscreen/ <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 4 December 2007}}</ref> In SSR mode images are scaled down to no more than 70% of the screen size in either direction.<ref name="Storey">{{cite web
|url = http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/evolving-the-internet-on-your-phone-des/

|title = Evolving the Internet on your phone: Designing web sites with Opera Mini 4 in mind
In SSR mode images are scaled down to no more than 70% of the screen size in either direction.<ref name="Storey">{{cite web
|last = Storey
|url=http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/evolving-the-internet-on-your-phone-des/
|first = David
|title=Evolving the Internet on your phone: Designing web sites with Opera Mini 4 in mind
|publisher = ]
|last=Storey
|date = 31 August 2007
|first=David
|access-date = 16 January 2008
|publisher=]
|url-status = dead
|date=31 August 2007
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110810045958/http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/evolving-the-internet-on-your-phone-des/
|accessdate=16 January 2008
|archive-date = 10 August 2011
|df = dmy-all
}}</ref> }}</ref>


===Complex script rendering=== ===Complex script rendering===
Opera Mini can send content in bitmap image form if a font required is not available on the device, which is useful for ] scripts. ] and a few other non-Latin character sets are supported. Opera Mini can send content in bitmap image form if a font required is not available on the device, which is useful for ] scripts. ], ] and a few other non-Latin character sets are supported.


===JavaScript support=== ===JavaScript support===
When browsing the Web in Opera Mini mode, ] is ''processed'' by the proxy server, and is merely ''rendered'' on the device. This limits ]. Scripts cannot be run in the background on the device. If a script is paused (on the server), the browser must communicate with the server to unpause it. JavaScript will only run for a couple of seconds on the Mini server before pausing, due to resource constraints.<ref name=gls></ref> When browsing the Web in Opera Mini mode, ] is ''processed'' by the proxy server, and is merely ''rendered'' on the device. This limits ]. Scripts cannot be run in the background on the device. If a script is paused (on the server), the browser must communicate with the server to unpause it. JavaScript will only run for a couple of seconds on the Mini server before pausing, due to resource constraints.<ref name="gls">{{Cite web|url=https://dev.opera.com/articles/opera-mini-content-authoring-guidelines/|title=Dev.Opera — Opera Mini: Web Content Authoring Guidelines|website=dev.opera.com|date=20 November 2024 }}</ref> On Opera Mini, before the page is sent to the mobile device, its <code>onLoad</code> events are fired and all scripts are allowed a maximum of two seconds to execute. The <code>setInterval</code> and <code>setTimeout</code> functions are disabled, so scripts designed to wait a certain amount of time before executing will not execute.<ref name="Mills">{{cite web
|url = http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/javascript-support-in-opera-mini-4/

|title = JavaScript support in Opera Mini 4 (deprecated article)
According to the documentation for Opera Mini 4, before the page is sent to the mobile device, its <code>onLoad</code> events are fired and all scripts are allowed a maximum of two seconds to execute. The <code>setInterval</code> and <code>setTimeout</code> functions are disabled, so scripts designed to wait a certain amount of time before executing will not execute at all.<ref name="Mills">{{cite web
|last = Mills
|url=http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/javascript-support-in-opera-mini-4/
|first = Chris
|title=JavaScript support in Opera Mini 4 (deprecated article)
|publisher = ]
|last=Mills
|date = 25 October 2007
|first=Chris
|access-date = 29 December 2007
|publisher=]
|url-status = dead
|date=25 October 2007
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110729014403/http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/javascript-support-in-opera-mini-4/
|accessdate=29 December 2007
|archive-date = 29 July 2011
|df = dmy-all
}}</ref> After the scripts have finished or the timeout is reached, all scripts are stopped and the page is compressed and sent to the mobile device. Once on the device, only a handful of events are allowed to trigger scripts:<ref name="Mills"/> }}</ref> After the scripts have finished or the timeout is reached, all scripts are stopped and the page is compressed and sent to the mobile device. Once on the device, only a handful of events are allowed to trigger scripts:<ref name="Mills"/>
* <code>onUnload</code>: Fires when the user navigates away from a page<ref name="HTML event types">{{cite web |url=http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-2-Events/events.html#Events-eventgroupings-htmlevents |title=HTML event types |work=Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Events Specification |date=13 November 2000 |access-date=29 December 2007}}</ref>

* <code>onUnload</code>: Fires when the user navigates away from a page<ref name="HTML event types">{{cite web |url=http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-2-Events/events.html#Events-eventgroupings-htmlevents |title=HTML event types |work=Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Events Specification |date=13 November 2000 |accessdate=29 December 2007}}</ref>
* <code>onSubmit</code>: Fires when a form is submitted<ref name="HTML event types"/> * <code>onSubmit</code>: Fires when a form is submitted<ref name="HTML event types"/>
* <code>onChange</code>: Fires when the value of an input control is changed<ref name="HTML event types"/> * <code>onChange</code>: Fires when the value of an input control is changed<ref name="HTML event types"/>
* <code>onClick</code>: Fires when an element is clicked<ref name="HTML event types"/> * <code>onClick</code>: Fires when an element is clicked<ref name="HTML event types"/>
When one of these events is triggered, it sends a request to the proxy server to process the event. The proxy server then executes the JavaScript and returns the revised page to the mobile device.<ref name="Mills"/> ], if not blocked by the JavaScript restrictions, replace the web page being viewed.<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/designing-with-opera-mini-in-mind/
|title = Designing With Opera Mini in Mind
|publisher = ]
|date = 13 November 2006
|access-date = 31 December 2007
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110804071149/http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/designing-with-opera-mini-in-mind/
|archive-date = 4 August 2011
|df = dmy-all
}}</ref> Opera has published Web content authoring guidelines to assist authors.<ref name="gls"/>


Opera Mini can run in Turbo and Uncompressed modes, in addition to Mini mode. In Turbo mode, the amount of data transferred is still much reduced by compression, but, unlike Mini mode, JavaScript is not intercepted by the server and works properly. Opera Mini can be configured to choose compression mode automatically.
When one of these events is triggered, sends a request to the proxy server to process the event. The proxy server then executes the JavaScript and returns the revised page to the mobile device.<ref name="Mills"/>

], if not blocked by the JavaScript restrictions, replace the web page being viewed.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/designing-with-opera-mini-in-mind/
|title=Designing With Opera Mini in Mind
|publisher=]
|date=13 November 2006
|accessdate=31 December 2007
}}</ref>

Opera has published Web content authoring guidelines to assist authors.<ref></ref>

Opera Mini 8 for iOS can run in Turbo and uncompressed modes, in addition to Mini mode. In Turbo mode, the amount of data transferred is still much reduced by compression, but, unlike Mini mode, JavaScript is not intercepted by the server and works properly.<ref name=mini8/>

==Features==
Scrolling is carried out by using the device's arrow keys, its number keys, or a ].<ref name="Features"/><ref name="Angel">{{cite web
|url=http://www.treoaddicts.com/archives/2005/08/17/review-of-opera-mini-on-the-treo-650/
|title=Review of Opera Mini on the Treo 650
|author=Angel
|publisher=treo Addicts
|date=17 August 2005
|accessdate=24 December 2007
}}</ref>

The display may be toggled between portrait and landscape mode by keystrokes, or will switch automatically on phones with orientation sensors. The default orientation can be changed.<ref name="Features"/>

The image quality may be set to "Low", "Medium", or "High".<ref name="Simulator"/> Page load times are affected by the chosen image quality setting.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://operawatch.com/news/2007/08/how-to-get-higher-quality-images-with-opera-mini.html
|title=How to get higher quality images with Opera Mini?
|last=Goldman
|first=Daniel
|work=Opera Watch
|date=15 August 2007
|accessdate=4 January 2008
}}</ref>

Opera Mini supports only one font,<ref name="Storey"/> which can be set to "Small", "Medium", "Large", or "Extra large" size.<ref name="Simulator">{{cite web
|url=http://www.opera.com/mini/demo/
|title=Opera Mini Simulator
|publisher=]
|work=Opera Mini Features
|accessdate=4 January 2008
}}</ref> If a web page uses ] or a generic ], the one font is still used, but the characters are spaced out so that each character takes up the same amount of space.<ref name="Storey"/>

===Browsing tools===
Opera Mini has a search bar capable of using several pre-configured search engines;<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.operamini.com/features/search/
|title=Configuring search engines
|work=Opera Mini Features
|publisher=]
|accessdate=4 January 2008
}}</ref> the user can add more search engines.<ref name="Simulator"/> The default search engines are ] and ].

Opera Mini supports ]s,<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.operamini.com/features/shortcuts/
|title=Shortcuts
|work=Opera Mini Features
|publisher=]
|accessdate=4 January 2008
}}</ref> ],<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.operamini.com/features/settings/
|title=Settings
|work=Opera Mini Features
|publisher=]
|accessdate=4 January 2008
}}</ref> and a ] ].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.operamini.com/features/rss/
|title=RSS feeds
|work=Opera Mini Features
|publisher=]
|accessdate=4 January 2008
}}</ref> It can save ],<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.operamini.com/features/bookmarks/
|title=Bookmarks
|work=Opera Mini Features
|publisher=]
|accessdate=4 January 2008
}}</ref> download files,<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.operamini.com/features/downloads/
|title=Downloads
|work=Opera Mini Features
|publisher=]
|accessdate=4 January 2008
}}</ref> save web pages for offline reading, and it remembers the user's browsing history.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.operamini.com/features/history/
|title=History
|work=Opera Mini Features
|publisher=]
|accessdate=4 January 2008
}}</ref>

Since the launch of ] in March 2011<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.opera.com/press/releases/2011/03/08/
|title=Opera launches the Opera Mobile Store, available in over 200 Countries
|work=Opera Press Releases
|date=8 March 2011
|publisher=]
|accessdate=29 November 2012
}}</ref> Speed Dial of Opera Mini displays a shortcut to Opera's own ]lications store.


===Privacy and security=== ===Privacy and security===
Opera Mini ] the connection between the mobile device and the Opera proxy server for security. The encryption key is obtained on the first start by requesting random keys a certain number of times.<ref>{{cite web
{{main article|Browser security}}

Opera Mini, since 3.0 Advanced, ] the connection between the mobile device and the proxy server for privacy and security. The encryption key is obtained on the first start by requesting that the user press random keys a certain number of times.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.operamini.com/help/faq/#key |url=http://www.operamini.com/help/faq/#key
|title=Opera Mini FAQ |title=Opera Mini FAQ
|section=What is the purpose of the screen where you need to press keys until the indicator is full? |at=What is the purpose of the screen where you need to press keys until the indicator is full?
|publisher=Opera Software |publisher=Opera Software
|url-status=usurped
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071219211629/http://www.operamini.com/help/faq/#settings |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071219211629/http://www.operamini.com/help/faq/#settings
|archive-date=2007-12-19 |archive-date=19 December 2007
}}</ref> Opera Mini supports most advanced version of ] (TLS) protocol<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/viewMyClient.html|title=Qualys SSL Labs - Projects / SSL Client Test}}</ref>
}}</ref> Opera Mini 3.0 Basic does not support encryption. Opera Mini has been criticised because it does not offer true, ] security when visiting encrypted sites such as ]:<ref>{{cite web
it also supports modern secure ciphers such as ] and ].
However, Opera Mini's Extreme mode does not offer true ] security when visiting ] encrypted websites only for data saving purpose.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://brandonmcgee.blogspot.com/2007/10/recommendation-for-mobile-banking.html |url=http://brandonmcgee.blogspot.com/2007/10/recommendation-for-mobile-banking.html
|title=Recommendation for Mobile Banking Vendors & An Update on Opera Browsers |title=Recommendation for Mobile Banking Vendors & An Update on Opera Browsers
|first=Brandon |first=Brandon
|last=McGee
|date=14 October 2007 |date=14 October 2007
|access-date=8 August 2017
|accessdate=10 December 2007
}}</ref> when visiting an encrypted web page, the Opera Software company's servers decrypt the page, then re-encrypt it themselves, breaking end-to-end security.{{sfn|FAQ|loc=How does encryption work in Opera Mini?}} }}</ref> With "Extreme/Mini mode" when visiting an encrypted web page, first the Opera Mini's servers decrypt the page, compress it for data saving then re-encrypt it themselves and finally forward it to the destination phone.{{sfn|FAQ|loc=How does encryption work in Opera Mini?}}
While browsing a secured site with "High/Turbo mode" or "Uncompressed mode" the connection is not intercepted by the Opera Mini server so that High and Uncompressed modes do not break end-to-end integrity.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://opera.com/turbo|title = Opera Mini for Android &#124; Ad blocker, File sharing, Data savings &#124; Opera}}</ref>


==Features==
This reduces security, and is relevant to applications such as Internet banking.
Opera Mini uses cloud acceleration and ] technology. Opera Mini servers act as a proxy which compresses and renders the data of web pages before sending it to users. This process helps to load web content faster.


The display may be toggled between portrait and landscape mode by keystrokes, or will switch automatically on phones with orientation sensors. The default orientation can be changed.<ref name="Features"/>
===Standards support===
The image quality may be set to "Low", "Medium", or "High".<ref name="Simulator"/> Load times of pages with images are affected by the chosen image quality setting.<ref>{{cite web
As of version 4, Opera Mini uses the same ] that is included in ].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://my.opera.com/dstorey/blog/2007/06/18/css3-selectors-support-on-your-phone |url = http://operawatch.com/news/2007/08/how-to-get-higher-quality-images-with-opera-mini.html
|title = How to get higher quality images with Opera Mini?
|title=CSS3 Selectors support on your phone
|last=Storey |last = Goldman
|first=David |first = Daniel
|work = Opera Watch
|date=18 June 2007
|accessdate=22 December 2007 |date = 15 August 2007
|access-date = 4 January 2008
}}</ref> Consequently, Opera Mini supports most of the ]s supported in Opera 9.5. However, unlike the desktop edition of Opera, Opera Mini includes no support for Web Forms 2.0. Also, ]s are flattened because of client limitations, and dotted and dashed borders are displayed as solid borders due to bandwidth and memory issues.<ref name="Storey"/> As Opera Mini reformats web pages, it does not pass the ] standards compliance test.<ref>{{cite web
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080113213108/http://operawatch.com/news/2007/08/how-to-get-higher-quality-images-with-opera-mini.html
|url=http://virtuelvis.com/archives/2007/06/opera-mini-4-beta
|archive-date = 13 January 2008
|title=Opera Mini 4 beta out
|url-status = dead
|date=June 2007
|df = dmy-all
|accessdate=22 December 2007
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web }}</ref>
Opera Mini supports only one font,<ref name="Storey"/> which can be set to "Small", "Medium", or "Large" size.<ref name="Simulator">{{cite web
|url=http://www.opera.com/mini/demo/ |url=http://www.opera.com/mini/demo/
|title=Opera Mini Simulator |title=Opera Mini Simulator
|publisher=] |publisher=]
|work=Opera Mini Features
|accessdate=22 December 2007
|access-date=4 January 2008
}}</ref>
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209050824/http://www.opera.com/mini/demo/
|archive-date=9 February 2010
|url-status=dead
}}</ref> If a web page uses ] or a generic ], the one font is still used, but the characters are spaced out so that each character takes up the same amount of space.<ref name="Storey"/>


===Browsing tools===
Opera Mini supports ], meaning that it can correctly display right-to-left scripts such as ] and ] in addition to languages written left-to-right. However, it will not display right-to-left text if the font size is set to ''small'' or ''very small''.<ref name="Schön">{{cite web
Opera Mini's address bar is capable of using several pre-configured search engines. The user can add more search engines.<ref name="Simulator"/> The default search engines are ] and ].
|url=http://my.opera.com/operamini/blog/
|title=The power of the Web with Opera Mini 4
|last=Schön
|first=Johan
|date=7 November 2007
|accessdate=24 December 2007
}}</ref> ] and ] are supported only if an appropriate font is installed on the device as the default system font. Opera Mini does not display text in ] or other formatting besides ].


Opera Mini supports an ]. When activated, Opera Mini servers try to filter out advertisement before rendering the page and sending it to the client phone.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://forums.opera.com/topic/14993/opera-mini-16-for-android|title=Opera Mini 16 for Android|date=May 4, 2016|website=Opera forums}}</ref>
===Low-memory device support===
For ] 1, low-] devices, the older Opera Mini 3 Basic is still available.<ref name="Generic Basic MIDP 1"/> Its features include an option to increase the text size, as the default text size is too small for some web sites.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wapreview.com/blog//wp-mobile.php?p=397 |title=Opera Mini 3.0 beta |author=Dennis |work=Wap Review |date=2 November 2006 |accessdate=20 December 2007 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205001853/http://wapreview.com/blog/wp-mobile.php?p=397 |archivedate=5 December 2008 }}</ref> Opera Mini 3 Basic uses less advanced compression, does not support ], does not include support for ]s, does not scroll as smoothly, does not feature a built-in clock, and does not support encryption.<ref name="What are the differences"/> When browsing an encrypted web page with Opera Mini 3 Basic, the page is decrypted before being sent to the mobile phone.{{sfn|FAQ|loc=How does encryption work in Opera Mini?}}


Opera Mini has an AI-powered ], serving personalised news,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.opera.com/mobile/2017/09/revamping-opera-mini-for-ios-16/|title = Revamping Opera Mini for IOS|date = 5 September 2017}}</ref> night mode and ]. It can save ], download files, and web pages for offline reading. It supports streaming and remembers the user's browsing history.
<gallery>
File:Opera Mini 3 Basic screenshot.png|Opera Mini 3 Basic using the default, "medium" font size
File:Opera Mini 3 Basic screenshot large font.png|Opera Mini 3 Basic using the "large" font size
</gallery>


===Opera Link=== ===Opera synchronization===
Bookmarks, Speed Dials, and search engines could be backed-up to My Opera until it closed on 3 March 2014,<ref></ref> and kept synchronized between different phones or with the Opera browser on computers, using the ] service.<ref name="Features"/> If signed into an Opera Account, Saved Bookmarks, Speed Dials, Opened Tabs can be backed up and synchronized between different phones or with the Opera browser on computers, using the "Opera Sync" service, and can be accessed through web interface at .

==Market adoption==
The overall share of the Opera family in the ] Web browser market was about 5.01% in June 2018.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/mobile/worldwide/#monthly-201709-201709-bar
|title=Browser Market Share Worldwide
|publisher=StatCounter
|date=July 2017
|access-date=1 July 2017
}}</ref>


===Data centers=== ===Data centers===
] ]
Opera Mini relies on data centers processing the Web page before sending it back to the phone in a compressed binary form. Opera Software operates data centers in the United States, Norway, China, Korea, Poland and Iceland.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.operasoftware.com/press/releases/mobile/opera-slashes-power-usage-with-new-server-parks|title=Opera slashes power usage with new server parks|date=24 June 2010|website=Opera b2b|publisher=Opera Software|location=Oslo, Norway}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.operasoftware.com/press/releases/mobile/serving-up-more-opera-mini-in-europe-opera-opens-new-data-center-in-poland|title=Serving up more Opera Mini in Europe: Opera opens new data center in Poland|date=30 June 2009|website=Opera b2b|publisher=Opera Software|location=Oslo, Norway}}</ref>
Opera Mini relies on data centers processing the Web page before sending it back to the phone in a compressed binary form.

* Data center in Japan
* Data center in USA
* 30 June 2009 – ] will provide Opera with co-location for establishing a new data center in Poland<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.opera.com/press/releases/2009/06/30/
|title=
Serving up more Opera Mini in Europe: Opera opens new data center in Poland
|date=30 June 2009
}}</ref>
* Data center in Iceland<ref>{{cite web|url=http://my.opera.com/portalnews/blog/2010/11/01/20-million-opera-mini-users-move-to-iceland|title=20 Million Opera Mini users move to Iceland|date=1 November 2009}}</ref>

==Market adoption==
The overall share of the Opera family in the ] Web browser market was about 26.92% in October 2009.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://gs.statcounter.com/#mobile_browser-ww-monthly-200910-200910-bar
|title=Top 9 Mobile Browsers on Oct 09
|publisher=StatCounter
|date=October 2009
|accessdate=15 November 2009
}}</ref> Figures for Opera Mini within this were not available.
Most of users come from ], ], ] and ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.buzzom.com/2012/06/opera-mini-7-browser-now-launched-on-feature-phones-and-blackberry-devices/ |title=Opera Mini 7 browser now available on features phones and BlackBerry devices |date=4 June 2012}}</ref> It is also the most popular browser in several countries in Africa.


===Network operators=== ===Network operators===
Several mobile network companies pre-install Opera Mini on their mobile phones, including ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ] and ]. Several mobile network companies pre-install Opera Mini on their mobile phones, including ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ] and ].


===Devices=== ===Devices===
{{Out of date |section|date=June 2023}}
The following devices came pre-installed with Opera Mini {{As of|2007|8|lc=on}}. Some listed devices only included Opera Mini when bought from certain network operators.<ref name="Goldman">{{cite web
The following devices were supplied pre-installed with Opera Mini {{As of|2007|8|lc=on}}. Some listed devices only included Opera Mini when bought from certain network operators.<ref name="Goldman">{{cite web
|url=http://operawatch.com/news/2007/08/phones-with-opera-mini-pre-installed.html
|url = http://operawatch.com/news/2007/08/phones-with-opera-mini-pre-installed.html
|title=Phones with Opera Mini pre-installed, distribution partners, and more
|title = Phones with Opera Mini pre-installed, distribution partners, and more
|last=Goldman
|last = Goldman
|first=Daniel
|first = Daniel
|work=Opera Watch
|work = Opera Watch
|date=27 August 2007
|date = 27 August 2007
|accessdate=5 February 2008
|access-date = 5 February 2008
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110717145437/http://operawatch.com/news/2007/08/phones-with-opera-mini-pre-installed.html
|archive-date = 17 July 2011
|df = dmy-all
}}</ref> }}</ref>

* ] V980, E2, L7, ]<ref>{{cite press release * ] V980, E2, L7, ]<ref>{{cite press release
|url=http://mediacenter.motorola.com/content/detail.aspx?ReleaseID=12556&NewsAreaId=2 |url=http://mediacenter.motorola.com/content/detail.aspx?ReleaseID=12556&NewsAreaId=2
|title=Motorola and Sprint Announce World’s First Push-To-Talk Android-Powered Smartphone - Motorola i1 |title=Motorola and Sprint Announce World's First Push-To-Talk Android-Powered Smartphone Motorola i1
|publisher=] |publisher=]
|date=22 March 2010 |date=22 March 2010
|accessdate=22 March 2010 |access-date=22 March 2010
}}</ref> }}</ref>
* ] ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], 3710 fold, ], 5000, ], ], ], ], ], ], 6080, ], ], ], ], ], ],<ref>{{cite press release |title=Opera Mini Web browser pre-installed with Nokia 6300 |publisher=] |date=14 December 2006 |url= http://www.operasoftware.com/press/releases/devices/opera-minia-web-browser-pre-installed-with-nokia-6300 |accessdate=1 December 2013}}<!--Keep old URL, as it's also archived: http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2006/12/14/ --></ref> ], ], 7373, ], ], ], ], ], and ] * ] ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], 3710 fold, ], 5000, ], ], ], ], ], ], 6080, ], ], ], ], ], ],<ref>{{cite press release |title=Opera Mini Web browser pre-installed with Nokia 6300 |publisher=] |date=14 December 2006 |url= http://www.operasoftware.com/press/releases/devices/opera-minia-web-browser-pre-installed-with-nokia-6300 |access-date=1 December 2013}}<!--Keep old URL, as it's also archived: http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2006/12/14/ --></ref> ], ], 7373, ], ], ], ], ], ], ] and other ] and ] phones.
* ] and ] Nokia phones with a preinstalled browser and running ] all run on the Opera Mini Browser,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nokia Corporation |url=https://www.nokia.com/ |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=www.nokia.com}}</ref> along with ] that run Smart Feature OS for 3G version.
* ] K310i, K530i, ], ], ], ]i, ], Z530i, Z550i, Z780i
* ] K310i, K530i, ], ], ], ], ], Z530i, Z550i, Z780i
* ] X160, E570, E420, F480, X510, X650, E900, E250, U700, ZV60, D900i * ] X160, E570, E420, F480, X510, X650, E900, E250, U700, ZV60, D900i
* ] K880, KU250, KE970, and KU311 * ] K880, KU250, KE970, and KU311
* ] My411x and P9521 * ] My411x and P9521
* ] ] and EF81 * ] and EF81
* ] E71 fight * ] E71 fight
* ] Rio (]-G X991) * ] Rio (]-G X991)
While not officially supported on ], Vlad Filippov published a guide that teaches how to run Opera Mini inside the Chromium browser.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dev.opera.com/articles/opera-mini-chrome-os/|title=Dev.Opera — Opera Mini on your Chromebook for fun and bandwidth|website=dev.opera.com|date=20 November 2024 }}</ref>


==Release compatibility==
While not officially supported on ], Vlad Filippov published a guide how to run Opera Mini inside Chromium browser.<ref></ref>
{| class ="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="2"|]
! Latest version
! <abbr title="Release year and month in tool-tips of &lt;abbr&gt; tags, from press releases">Year</abbr>
|-
| rowspan="6"|Android
| 5.0 and later
|
| data-sort-value="{{#invoke:wd|qualifier|preferred|raw|Q819079|P348|P577|P548=Q2804309}}"|<abbr title="{{extract|{{#invoke:wd|qualifier|preferred|raw|Q819079|P348|P577|P548=Q2804309}}|show=%{monthabbr} %{year} }}">{{extract|{{#invoke:wd|qualifier|preferred|raw|Q819079|P348|P577|P548=Q2804309}}|show=year}}</abbr>
|-
| 4.2–4.4
|
| data-sort-value="2021-09-16"| <abbr title="Sep 2021">2021</abbr>
|-
| 4.2–4.3
|
| data-sort-value="2021-01-04"| <abbr title="Jan 2021">2021</abbr>
|-
| 4.1
|
| 2020
|-
| 2.3–4.0
|
| 2016
|-
| 1.5–2.2
|
| 2015
|-
| colspan="2"|iOS
| 16.0.14
| data-sort-value="2018-10-04"| <abbr title="Oct 2018">2018</abbr><ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/app/id363729560|title=Opera Mini web browser on the App Store on iTunes|website=] |date=16 October 2018|access-date=16 October 2018}}</ref>
|-
| colspan="2"|Windows 10 Mobile and Windows Phone 8.1
| 9.1.0.232
| data-sort-value="2016-06-16"| <abbr title="Jun 2016">2016</abbr><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/opera-mini/9wzdncrdmtk6|title=Opera Mini - Windows Apps on Microsoft Store|website=] |date=16 June 2016|access-date=5 September 2016}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3"|Java ME
| rowspan="2"|MIDP 2.0 and later
| 8.0.1
| data-sort-value="2014-07-08"| <abbr title="Jul 2014">2014</abbr><ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.opera.com/mobile/2014/07/got-java-opera-mini-browser-update-java-phones/|title=Got Java? Opera Mini update for Java phones|date=8 July 2014|access-date=20 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 4.5
| data-sort-value="2013-06-05"| <abbr title="Jun 2013">2013</abbr><ref>{{cite web|url=https://press.opera.com/2013/06/05/opera-keeps-on-bringing-first-class-browsing-to-basic-phones/|title=Opera keeps on bringing first-class browsing to basic phones|date=5 June 2013|access-date=21 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
| MIDP 1.x
| 3.2
| 2010
|-
| Symbian
| S60v2 and later
| 7.1
| data-sort-value="2013-01-22"| <abbr title="Jan 2013">2013</abbr><ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.opera.com/mobile/2013/01/new-opera-mini-7-1-release-for-symbian-s60/|title=New Opera Mini 7.1 release for Symbian/S60|date=22 January 2013|access-date=20 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
| colspan="2"|Bada
| 6.5
| 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.gsmarena.com/opera-mini-browser-lands-on-bada/|title=Opera Mini browser lands on Bada|date=4 May 2012|access-date=24 June 2023}}</ref>
|-
| colspan="2"|Windows Mobile 6, 5 and 2003
| 5.1
| data-sort-value="2010-09-09"| <abbr title="Sep 2010">2010</abbr><ref>{{cite web|url=https://press.opera.com/2010/09/09/better-browsing-on-windows-mobile/|title=Better browsing on Windows Mobile|date=9 September 2010|access-date=21 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
| colspan="2"|MAUI Runtime Environment
| 4.4
| 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.softpedia.com/news/Opera-Mini-Arrives-on-MediaTek-s-Runtime-Environment-MRE-238105.shtml|title=Opera Mini Arrives on MediaTek's Runtime Environment (MRE)|author=Ionut Arghire|date=2 December 2011|access-date=16 June 2023}}</ref>
|}


==See also== ==See also==
* ] * ]
* ]
* ]
* ], a server-based compressing browsing system
* ], a discontinued server-based compressing browsing system
* ]
* ] * ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]


==References== ==References==
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* {{cite web |url=http://www.opera.com/help/mini/faq |title=Opera Mini FAQ |publisher=Opera Software |accessdate=18 April 2014 |ref=CITEREFFAQ}}


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Mobile browser developed by Opera Software

Opera Mini
Red letter "O" viewed from the side at 45 degrees angle. A green label on the bottom right corner reads: "Mini".
Screenshot of Opera Mini on Android
Developer(s)Opera
Initial release10 August 2005; 19 years ago (2005-08-10)
Stable release(s)
82.0.2254.72589 Edit this on Wikidata / 21 June 2024
Preview release(s)
77.0.2254.69838 Edit this on Wikidata / 21 December 2023
Written inC++, Java, Pike
Engine
  • Extreme/Mini mode: Contents arrive pre-rendered using server sided Presto layout engine.
  • Other modes: WebView (Android) or WebKit (iOS)
Operating systemAndroid, iOS, Windows 10 Mobile, Windows Phone 8.1, BlackBerry, Symbian
Included withNokia X family, Samsung feature phones, devices by Celkon, Karbonn, Lava, Intex, Fly, Zen, HCL ME, and other manufacturers
Available in90 languages
TypeMobile browser
LicenseFreeware
Websitewww.opera.com/mobile/mini Edit this on Wikidata

Opera Mini is a mobile web browser made by Opera. It was primarily designed for the Java ME platform, as a low-end sibling for Opera Mobile, but as of January 2025 only the Android build was still under active development. It had previously been developed for iOS, Windows 10 Mobile, Windows Phone 8.1, BlackBerry, Symbian, and Bada.

Opera Mini requests web pages through Opera Software's compression proxy server. The compression server processes and compresses requested web pages before sending them to the mobile phone. The compression ratio is 90% and the transfer speed is increased by two to three times as a result. The pre-processing increases compatibility with web pages not designed for mobile phones. However, interactive sites which depend upon the device processing JavaScript do not work properly.

In July 2012, Opera Software reported that Opera Mini had 168.8 million users as of March 2012. In February 2013, Opera reported 300 million unique Opera Mini active users and 150 billion page views served during that month. This represented an increase of 25 million users from September 2012.

History

Origin

Opera Mini was derived from the Opera web browser for personal computers, which has been publicly available since 1996. Opera Mini was originally intended for use on mobile phones not capable of running a conventional Web browser. It was introduced on 10 August 2005, as a pilot project in cooperation with the Norwegian television station TV 2, and only available to TV 2 customers. The beta version was made available in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland on 20 October 2005. After the final version was launched in Germany on 10 November 2005, and quietly released to all countries through the Opera Mini website in December, the browser was officially launched worldwide on 24 January 2006. On 3 May 2006, Opera Mini 2.0 was released. It included new features such as the ability to download files, new custom skins, more search engine options on the built-in search bar, a speed dial option, new search engines, and improved navigation. On 1 November 2006, Opera Mini 3 beta introduced secure browsing, RSS feeds, photo uploading and content folding. Content folding works by folding long lists such as navigation bars into a single line that can be expanded as needed. A second beta was released on 22 November, and on 28 November, the final version of Opera Mini 3 was released.

Opera Mini 4

On 7 November 2007, Opera Mini 4 was released. According to Johan Schön, technical lead of Opera Mini development, the entire code had been rewritten. Opera Mini 4 includes the ability to view web pages similarly to a desktop based browser by introducing Overview and Zoom functions, and a landscape view setting. In Overview mode, the user can scroll a zoomed-out version of certain web pages. Using a built-in pointer, the user can zoom into a portion of the page to provide a clearer view; this is similar to the functionality of Opera's Nintendo-based web browsers. This version also includes the ability to synchronise with Opera on a personal computer. Prior to Opera Mini 4, the browser was offered in two editions: Opera Mini Advanced for high-memory MIDP 2 phones, and Opera Mini Basic for low-memory MIDP 1 phones. Opera Mini 4 replaced Opera Mini Advanced. Originally, Google was the default search engine on Opera Mini. On 8 January 2007, Opera Software and Yahoo! announced a partnership to make Yahoo! search the default instead. On 27 February 2008, Opera Software announced that Google would henceforth be the default search engine for Opera Mini and Opera Mobile. A version for the Android operating system was announced on 10 April 2008. Rather than port the code to Android, a wrapper was created to translate Java ME API calls to Android API calls.

Later versions

On 16 August 2009, Opera Software released Opera Mini 5.0 beta, which included tabbed browsing, a password manager, improved touch screen support, and a new interface, with a visual Speed Dial similar to the one introduced by Opera Software in their desktop browser. The browser's use of compression and encrypted proxy-based technology to reduce traffic and speed page display has the side effect of allowing it to circumvent several approaches to Internet censorship. Since 20 November 2009, there have been reports from Chinese users that when they use Opera Mini, they are redirected to an error page leading them to download Opera Mini China version. This is almost certainly due to the Chinese government being concerned that users are using Opera Mini to bypass the Great Firewall of China. Opera agreed to route all of their traffic through government servers. In 2009–10: A press release announcing that Indonesia's Smart Telecom had chosen Opera Mini for their devices said that Opera Mini was the world's most popular mobile browser, and that Russia and Indonesia were the largest users. An iPhone version was approved for distribution by the Apple App Store on 13 April 2010.

On 3 September 2014, Opera started taking registrations for the beta version of Opera Mini for Windows Phone. The browser was released for Windows Phone on 9 September 2014, as a public beta, the first Opera version for Microsoft's mobile platform since the discontinuation of Windows Mobile.

Functionality

Opera Mini uses a server to translate HTML, CSS and JavaScript into a more compact format. It can also shrink any images to fit as the handset screen. This step makes Opera Mini fast.

Most Opera Mini versions use only the server-based compression method, with maximal compression but some issues with interactive web apps. Opera Mini can operate in three compression modes: "mini" (or "extreme" on Android versions), "turbo" (or "high" on Android versions) and uncompressed. The turbo and mini modes reduce the amount of data transferred, thereby also increasing speed on slower connections.

The functionality of the Mini mode is somewhat different from a conventional Web browser, with the amount of data which has to be transferred much reduced, but with some loss to functionality. Unlike straightforward web browsers, Opera Mini fetches all content through a proxy server, renders it using the Presto layout engine, and reformats web pages into a format more suitable for small screens. A page is compressed, then delivered to the phone in an interpreted markup language called Opera Binary Markup Language (OBML) supported by Opera Mini. According to Opera Software, the data compression makes transfers about two to three times faster and uses less data, and the pre-processing improves the display of web pages not designed for small screens. The turbo mode was added later, and is similar to Mini mode but bypasses compression for interactive functionality, at the expense of less extreme data compression. The turbo and uncompressed modes use the "WebView" on Android and the WebKit layout engine on iOS.

The Java ME and Windows Phone versions only have access to the mini compression mode. Other versions can switch between various modes, gaining functionality at the cost of lower or no compression. Opera Software claims that Opera Mini reduced the amount of data transmitted up to 90% in the mini (extreme) mode; in turbo (high) mode, it reduced amount up to 60%, similar to Google Chrome's Reduced Data mode.

When a user requests a Web page using Opera Mini, the request is sent, via the connectivity used by the device to access the Internet (typically mobile broadband or Wi-Fi), to a proxy server run by the Opera Software company, which retrieves, processes and compresses the full page, and sends the smaller processed page back to the client's device.

By default, Opera Mini opens one connection to the proxy servers, which it keeps open and re-uses as required. This improves transfer speed and enables the servers to quickly synchronize changes to bookmarks stored in Opera Mini server.

When the Opera Software company launched Opera Mini in 2006, they had over 100 Linux-based proxy servers to handle Opera Mini traffic.

Standard support

From 16 March 2015, Opera Mini's extreme compression mode uses an upgraded version of the Presto layout engine that is included in Opera 12. Consequently, Opera Mini supports most of the web standards supported in Opera 12. Presto's development has continued for Opera Mini and further support was added for HTML5 input types, CSS Flexbox model, CSS rem units and ECMAScript 5. However, unlike the desktop edition of Opera, frames are flattened because of client limitations, and dotted or dashed borders are displayed as solid borders due to bandwidth and memory issues. As Opera Mini reformats web pages, it does not pass the Acid2 standards compliance test. Opera Mini supports bi-directional text and can correctly display right-to-left scripts such as Arabic and Hebrew in addition to languages written left-to-right. However, it will not display right-to-left text if the font size is set to small or very small. Indic and Chinese scripts are supported only if an appropriate font is installed on the device as the default system font.

Small-Screen Rendering

For devices with screens 128 pixels wide or smaller, the default rendering mode is Small-Screen Rendering (SSR). In this mode, the page is reformatted into a single vertical column so that it only needs to be scrolled vertically. Long lists and navigation bars are automatically collapsed (hiding most of the list or bar) by a feature known as "content folding". A plus (+) sign is displayed next to the collapsed content; when clicked, it toggles content folding. Web developers can turn on SSR on the desktop edition of Opera to see how their websites will be displayed on mobile editions of Opera. In SSR mode images are scaled down to no more than 70% of the screen size in either direction.

Complex script rendering

Opera Mini can send content in bitmap image form if a font required is not available on the device, which is useful for indic scripts. Hindi, Bengali and a few other non-Latin character sets are supported.

JavaScript support

When browsing the Web in Opera Mini mode, JavaScript is processed by the proxy server, and is merely rendered on the device. This limits interactivity. Scripts cannot be run in the background on the device. If a script is paused (on the server), the browser must communicate with the server to unpause it. JavaScript will only run for a couple of seconds on the Mini server before pausing, due to resource constraints. On Opera Mini, before the page is sent to the mobile device, its onLoad events are fired and all scripts are allowed a maximum of two seconds to execute. The setInterval and setTimeout functions are disabled, so scripts designed to wait a certain amount of time before executing will not execute. After the scripts have finished or the timeout is reached, all scripts are stopped and the page is compressed and sent to the mobile device. Once on the device, only a handful of events are allowed to trigger scripts:

  • onUnload: Fires when the user navigates away from a page
  • onSubmit: Fires when a form is submitted
  • onChange: Fires when the value of an input control is changed
  • onClick: Fires when an element is clicked

When one of these events is triggered, it sends a request to the proxy server to process the event. The proxy server then executes the JavaScript and returns the revised page to the mobile device. Pop-ups, if not blocked by the JavaScript restrictions, replace the web page being viewed. Opera has published Web content authoring guidelines to assist authors.

Opera Mini can run in Turbo and Uncompressed modes, in addition to Mini mode. In Turbo mode, the amount of data transferred is still much reduced by compression, but, unlike Mini mode, JavaScript is not intercepted by the server and works properly. Opera Mini can be configured to choose compression mode automatically.

Privacy and security

Opera Mini encrypts the connection between the mobile device and the Opera proxy server for security. The encryption key is obtained on the first start by requesting random keys a certain number of times. Opera Mini supports most advanced version of Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol it also supports modern secure ciphers such as AES-GCM and ECC. However, Opera Mini's Extreme mode does not offer true end-to-end security when visiting HTTPS encrypted websites only for data saving purpose. With "Extreme/Mini mode" when visiting an encrypted web page, first the Opera Mini's servers decrypt the page, compress it for data saving then re-encrypt it themselves and finally forward it to the destination phone. While browsing a secured site with "High/Turbo mode" or "Uncompressed mode" the connection is not intercepted by the Opera Mini server so that High and Uncompressed modes do not break end-to-end integrity.

Features

Opera Mini uses cloud acceleration and data compression technology. Opera Mini servers act as a proxy which compresses and renders the data of web pages before sending it to users. This process helps to load web content faster.

The display may be toggled between portrait and landscape mode by keystrokes, or will switch automatically on phones with orientation sensors. The default orientation can be changed. The image quality may be set to "Low", "Medium", or "High". Load times of pages with images are affected by the chosen image quality setting. Opera Mini supports only one font, which can be set to "Small", "Medium", or "Large" size. If a web page uses Courier or a generic monospaced font, the one font is still used, but the characters are spaced out so that each character takes up the same amount of space.

Browsing tools

Opera Mini's address bar is capable of using several pre-configured search engines. The user can add more search engines. The default search engines are Google and Misplaced Pages.

Opera Mini supports an ad blocker. When activated, Opera Mini servers try to filter out advertisement before rendering the page and sending it to the client phone.

Opera Mini has an AI-powered news aggregator, serving personalised news, night mode and private browsing. It can save bookmarks, download files, and web pages for offline reading. It supports streaming and remembers the user's browsing history.

Opera synchronization

If signed into an Opera Account, Saved Bookmarks, Speed Dials, Opened Tabs can be backed up and synchronized between different phones or with the Opera browser on computers, using the "Opera Sync" service, and can be accessed through web interface at Opera synchronization.

Market adoption

The overall share of the Opera family in the mobile Web browser market was about 5.01% in June 2018.

Data centers

Total data consumed by Opera Mini users worldwide from 2006 to mid-2008 in TB

Opera Mini relies on data centers processing the Web page before sending it back to the phone in a compressed binary form. Opera Software operates data centers in the United States, Norway, China, Korea, Poland and Iceland.

Network operators

Several mobile network companies pre-install Opera Mini on their mobile phones, including Telenor, AT&T, Vodafone, T-Mobile, KDDI, Omnitel, Pannon GSM, Telefónica Móviles de España and TMN.

Devices

This section needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (June 2023)

The following devices were supplied pre-installed with Opera Mini as of August 2007. Some listed devices only included Opera Mini when bought from certain network operators.

While not officially supported on ChromeOS, Vlad Filippov published a guide that teaches how to run Opera Mini inside the Chromium browser.

Release compatibility

Operating system Latest version Year
Android 5.0 and later 82.0.2254.72589 (ARMv7) 2024
4.2–4.4 60.0.2254.59405 (ARMv7) 2021
4.2–4.3 53.1.2254.55490 (ARMv5, ARMv6) 2021
4.1 46.1.2254.55193 2020
2.3–4.0 20.0.2254.110284 2016
1.5–2.2 7.6.4 2015
iOS 16.0.14 2018
Windows 10 Mobile and Windows Phone 8.1 9.1.0.232 2016
Java ME MIDP 2.0 and later 8.0.1 2014
4.5 2013
MIDP 1.x 3.2 2010
Symbian S60v2 and later 7.1 2013
Bada 6.5 2012
Windows Mobile 6, 5 and 2003 5.1 2010
MAUI Runtime Environment 4.4 2011

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