They did that for OS2006, and it was glorious, and the *****ing was IMMENSE.

That said, the lack of OS2008 irks me as a developer, as mostly I deal with things that can't be adequately tested in scratchbox.

I wouldn't mind switching to microb. Some things work better in microb than in Opera.

However, the reasons I have not switched yet are, in order of priority:
1) No easy way to configure microb to use the dpad as page down/page up. This is the real killer for me.
2) The optimized view works better in Opera than in microb.
3) Microb is noticably slower in startup and on some pages. As this is a beta I expect this one will improve over time.

But 1) is just the clincher for me.

Looks like Opera will not be available in OS2008:
http://flors.wordpress.com/2007/10/1...s/#comment-109

I love how the commenter says that Nokia didn't port the Opera browser to OS2008.
Well fscking DUH! Nokia CAN'T port it since they don't have the source code!
Opera is the only one who can port it, and I guess since Nokia isn't wanting to pony up the licensing dough then Opera itself isn't going to do it unless they fell "charitable".
*****s, the lot of them. You'd think a DEVELOPER would know Opera isn't open source.

He _isn't_ a developer. And for all we know, Nokia could still be/have been involved in the Hildonization part - that's not an unusual process when integrating 3party, closed software (I've been involved in things like that myself, in my own job).

In any case, I wouldn't mind leaving Opera behind if it wasn't for the problem Microb had the last time I tested it: No real page up/down, as I mentioned in my previous posting. The one microb developer who responded to those raising the issue earlier sounded like he was unable to see the problem, so I'm worried it won't get fixed. If so, I will either have to stay at OS2007 or find a way to shoe-horn Opera into my N800 when I eventually upgrade.

I agree - dpad page up/down functionality is an ESSENTIAL feature. In my opinion, the ability to scroll a page by dragging and/or iPhone-inspired inertial scrolling is next to useless.

Re: But I like my N800 Opera browser!!

Answer: Stick with your N800, the N810 is not out there to replace it. Or install OS2007 on the N810... should be possible (I guess - ???).

Some of us aren't talking about the N810 at all, we're talking about OS2008, which is the next firmware upgrade for the N800. N810 isn't there to replace N800, but OS2008 is definitely there to replace OS2007. Staying behind isn't much of an option.

Hy there,
I don't have a Nxxx but I'm thinking about buying a N810 as it arrives.
I'm using Opera as my main desktop browser, and love it, so naturaly I would like to use it on the N810.
So I have a few questions:
Is Opera on the Nxxx like the normal desktop browser, with integrated email, and so on?
As Opera is released for many linux distros why can't we get one of those releases to install?
Thanks in advance

Sorry to disappoint you, but Opera will not be available on OS2008 (the OS that N810 will run).