Opera Mini for WindowsXP - [another version]

Windows Installer

You can download this Windows Installer instead of performing all previous steps manually :)

You just need to make sure Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for Windows installed, then install Opera Mini for Windows, run it for the first time (using the Opera Mini shortcut found in the installation directory), then copy and replace the “config2.xml” file into “C:\Documents and Settings\\.microemulator\” and you’re all set.

You might also want to perform steps 5 and 6 of the first group :)

Note that this installer doesn’t necessary contain the latest versions of MicroEmulator and/or Opera Mini. Version currently included are: 2.0.3 and 4.2.13337-advanced-en respectively.

Text Input

Click the text field, enter the text you want, then use F1 for “Abort” and F2 for “OK”.

I heard that this is fixed in the beta of the next version of MicroEmulator.

Proxy

You can configure Opera Mini to connect through a proxy server, downloading the alternative “config2.xml” file and changing the following lines of it (search for them):



So that “webcache.mydomain.com” would be replaced by your desired HTTP Proxy, and “8080″ would be replaced by it’s corresponding port.

The Benefits

Opera Mini web browser is essentially a user interface. Much of the actual processing is done via Opera’s intermediate servers, with content optimized and compressed on the back-end for delivery over the Internet to the Opera Mini front-end. Which also means that the content can’t be filtered by ISPs (at least without meaning to specifically filter Opera Mini), thus there are no blocked websites.

Despite being designed for smart phones and similar hand held devices, there are a couple of good reasons for deploying Opera Mini on the Windows platform. Most importantly, web developers can verify their code against the Opera Mini rendering engine. Opera Mini can also provide a rather nice alternative web browser in bandwidth-limited situations, such as using a dial-up connection, since Opera’s intermediate servers optimize and compress content. (Credited to Lawand's Blog)