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Title: Better Browser Than Opera 7.5.5 ?
Post by: [IDC]Dragon on January 21, 2007, 04:53:02 pm

What's the best browser I can run on the SimPad?

The latest I could get a good while ago was Opera 7.5.5, which seemed to have leaked from the Zaurus. However, it crashes often and has its own style of presentation, to put it mild.

I need Javascript (more specifically a XMLHTTP request to do some AJAX). The old Opera has Javascript, but not such features.

Title: Better Browser Than Opera 7.5.5 ?
Post by: mr_nice on January 26, 2007, 08:04:13 am

Hi,
I have no answer for your question. But can you please give us a description about how you got the opera working? This is a often asked question without replys!
regards
nice

Title: Better Browser Than Opera 7.5.5 ?
Post by: Snappy on January 27, 2007, 12:59:00 am

The answer is in the searches ...
https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=15584 (https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=15584)

... pardon me if you've read this ... enjoy if you've not ...

Title: Better Browser Than Opera 7.5.5 ?
Post by: [IDC]Dragon on January 29, 2007, 05:14:22 pm

Too bad nobody can point to a more modern browser.  :-(
Where is firefox, seamonkey, etc.?

The Opera installation was done by a friend, credits to him.
I have to run the "rotten old" Open Simpad v0.8.1, for library compatibility, he said. Besides that, according to the notes I made, here are the steps to perform, after obtaining the package and somehow copying it to the simpad:

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ipkg install opera_7.55.6079_arm.ipk

mv /etc/pcmcia/hostap_cs.conf /etc/pcmcia/hostap_cs.conf.orig

cd /root
rm .opera
rm .operasave

ln -s /opt/QtPalmtop/opera/.opera .opera
ln -s /opt/QtPalmtop/opera/.operasave .operasave

cd /usr/share
rm opera
ln -s /opt/QtPalmtop/opera/ opera
ln -s /opt/QtPalmtop/opera/buttons operabuttons

cp opera.ini /root/.opera

Title: Better Browser Than Opera 7.5.5 ?
Post by: Snappy on January 29, 2007, 10:48:09 pm

For me, I switched to 7.55 and found it unstable on Cacko1.23/c1000. I end up reverting to O7.25. So far so good.

No flash ... but hey, I'm content as it is.