Question

I would like to add value to my website that I have developed at the moment so that user can check on their mobile phone.

My questions:

1. Should I make different template for mobile version and full version one?
   Like creating mobile.example.com for mobile version?

2. Does Opera Mini not support JavaScript? I have a mobile phone that has Opera Mini, it seems that JavaScript was not running. Do all Opera Mini not have JavaScript on it?

3. Does Opera Mini support full W3C standard HTML and CSS? Or do they have a different one?

4. Is there any emulator to view or test website in different mobile phones? For example: Iphone browser, Blackberry browser, WAP and Opera Mini.

Thank you!!!

Answer 1

1. It’s up to you whether you want to make two different websites for mobile and non-mobile devices. However, if you do so, make sure to have a link from the mobile site to the full site to enable users to switch to it.
2. Opera Mini does support Javascript which certain restrictions (eg. on asynchronous operations). Be aware that Opera Mini uses a proxy based approach and the JS is executed on Opera’s servers which imposes certain restrictions. Plugins like Adobe Flash are not supported.
3. Basically, Opera Mini supports the same standards as Opera Desktop since they share the same rendering engine (Opera Presto). However, due to device restrictions, some features like CSS rounded corners are not available in Mini. See Opera Mini 5 standards support for more information, but know that meanwhile Opera Mini uses Opera Presto 2.4, the rendering engine used in Opera Desktop 10.53.
4. For testing websites in Opera Mini, try MicroEmulator which is Open Source and comes with a resizable skin that allows you to emulate different screen sizes.

Hope that helps 🙂