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Foo Fighter · 03-16-2005, 09:28 PM

Sorry folks, it's not going to happen. Opera isn't holding their browser back to be mean spirited. They aren't offering their product for PalmOS because porting Opera to PalmOS is out of the question...and technically impossible. The same reason why you'll never see Minimo running on palmOS. So the final solution would be for Opera to develop an entirely new browser for PalmOS, from the ground up..which wouldn't be worth the cost of development. People don't quite seem to understand the technical challenges required to build a fully functional version of a desktop web browser for a mobile device.

This is why PalmSource's decision to move its OS to Linux is so vital. It will open new doors and allow developers to bring applications like Opera to PalmOS. Until that happens you're all wasting your time (and the developers) by signing these ridiculous petition.

03-16-2005, 09:28 PM	#4
Foo Fighter Pocketfactory.com Posts: 3 Karma: 78 Join Date: Mar 2005	Not going to happen... Sorry folks, it's not going to happen. Opera isn't holding their browser back to be mean spirited. They aren't offering their product for PalmOS because porting Opera to PalmOS is out of the question...and technically impossible. The same reason why you'll never see Minimo running on palmOS. So the final solution would be for Opera to develop an entirely new browser for PalmOS, from the ground up..which wouldn't be worth the cost of development. People don't quite seem to understand the technical challenges required to build a fully functional version of a desktop web browser for a mobile device. This is why PalmSource's decision to move its OS to Linux is so vital. It will open new doors and allow developers to bring applications like Opera to PalmOS. Until that happens you're all wasting your time (and the developers) by signing these ridiculous petition.