MicroB on 770 with OS2006
 

What are the advantages of MicroB over Opera? Is it worth installing? Any tips on a smooth installation process - I have seen forum entries which indicate getting the right repositories can be difficult.

Re: MicroB on 770 with OS2006
 

Theoretically MicroB should be able to show web pages which can't be shown correctly in Opera.
But unfortunately the reality is different.

Definately NO !

I did it, and the installation wasn't the main problem.

Seems they first messed up repo contents and dependencies,
but that shouldn't be a problem now.

But after the installation nothing really worked anymore.
Switching back to the Opera engine didn't help,
even the deinstallation didn't work,
the installation was completely trashed.
I mean not only no browser worked from that time on,
but also some other of the built-in apps behaved quirky.

I had to reflash my 770.

My suggestion: On the 770, just use the built-in Opera, and avoid more demanding (or complex) web pages.
Forget sites like eBay, your unit (or at least the browser) will crash at least once a day.

Hope they finally get it right with OS2008.
So maybe you should get a cheap 800, and upgrade that to OS2008...

HTH

Ray

Re: MicroB on 770 with OS2006
 

MicroB on 2006 = Problems.

I had the same as the other poster, once installed no amount of coaxing would bring back Opera to functional.

I ended up trying 2007HE and despite that it's the same Opera it seems faster ( once booted ). I also turn OFF javascript and plugins because they are much more hassle than they are worth on the 770.

Buy.com is also taunting me with their falling n800 prices.

Re: MicroB on 770 with OS2006
 

I personally much prefer Minimo 0.2 to MicroB. It doesn't share bookmarks with Opera or MicroB, but the 0.2 release seems a lot more stable to me, and it's a LOT faster/smaller than the 0.16 release was.

Re: MicroB on 770 with OS2006
 

ebay, for the most part, works well, except putting an item up for sale.

Re: MicroB on 770 with OS2006
 

I tried it on os2007he, and it just crashed. Had to reflash to get opera back. Then I found the flash 9 plugin, and have been using that successfully for the last week or so. Much better than having to install a 2nd browser.