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Opera 8.5 ppc beta2 is out

Take a look here:
info: http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=127518
Dload: http://www.opera.com/products/mobile/products/winmobileppc/
New features in this build
- tabs
- support for http upload
- keyboard shortcuts:
tab (next form element)
space (scroll down one page)
Have fun
MaX

A review:
Even the first beta version of Opera was a real relevation for the Pocket PC community. Much as it had several bugs (particularly on pre-Windows Mobile 5 devices), it has quickly become the browser of choice for many Pocket PC users (including me), at least on Windows Mobile 5.
The new version is, speed-wise, clearly the best browser I've ever seen for the Pocket PC. It's much-much faster than the alternatives. You'll certainly love it!
The good
* The WM2003(SE) version seems to be working great: I haven't encountered the infamous Opera-is-stalled bug under pre-WM5 operating system any more. I've tested the new version of Opera with all the test pages (the search facility at http://www.europe.com/en/ - screenshot here; RedHotPawn) that make the previous version stall at once. No problems encountered so far.
This may be related to the fact that now Opera senses some Web servers' not answering – see this and this message.
A iPAQ 2210 screenshot can be seen here and here (the latter taken at 25% zoom level so that the entire chessboard is visible) – as can be seen, as opposed to b1, I could log in and play on my iPAQ 2210 as well.
* It feels much faster than beta1, which is a feat in itself because beta 1 was already much faster than any alternative browser.
* There's tab support! (See the screenshots provided for examples.)
* The bug related to not being able to display loooooong pages is fixed. It worked great with all the pages I've thrown it at; an example screenshot of Tero Lehto's blog is here.
* Much as the new version is still using custom (non-native) GUI components, one of the biggest problems, that is, the text areas hiding the last characters in each row behind the scrollbar, is fixed as can be seen in here.
* The "You have XX days left of your trial period" dialog is no longer displayed at startup.
(There must be tons of other bugfixes, as far as previous beta1 bugs are concerned; these were the ones I've explicitly tested and compared to beta1.)
The bad
* After scrolling a page with any amount (or going to a new page), you will not be able to directly tap-and-hold a link to bring up the context menu (so that you can open the link in a new tab) without the need for at least partially highlight it (or the text that contains it). Fortunately, this is a minor annoyance and you'll quickly learn how to highlight (part) the link without clicking it.
* The new version is still using custom GUI components, which makes it impossible to use any kind of common Windows keyboard shortcuts. This is a mayor annoyance to anybody using an external keyboard to enter a lot of texts and wanting to use the traditional Windows shortcuts to quickly navigate through / highlight / copy/cut/paste text in the text input components.
* On some Pocket PC's (for example, the Pocket Loox 720) the new version still uses non-proportional Courier New fonts in the address bar / in the tab titles. This is a minor annoyance, though.
* Unfortunately, the settings dialogs (screenshot 1 and 2) are as simple as in beta1. The latter, however, now has a new checkbox, " Set Opera as default browser", which makes it unnecessary to manually import a registry file (please see the articles in the Recommended links section for the registry import file I've created for beta1 to revert the default browser assignments) in order to revert back to using Pocket Internet Explorer (if you make Opera the default Web browser on your Pocket PC).
Nevertheless, the lack of detailed settings dialogs are not a problem – with manually editing (or, downloading my sample configuration files) the main configuration files of Opera, you can fine-tune it (scrollbar visibility, proxy usage, scroll behaviour etc).
* Under WM2003, Menu/Display/Landscape still doesn't rotate the viewport. Again, this would be pretty easy to implement because Opera, unlike for example the Pocket Internet Explorer (PIE) plug-ins or almost all ( uBook and Mobipocket Reader being the most important exceptions) e-book readers, doesn't need to rely on the Portrait-only, underlying PIE engine. This is a minor problem though and "only" affecting WM2003 users – screen rotation works great in post-WM2003 operating systems.
* Still no advanced context menus (copy link, save image), no in-page searching etc. These are, however, only minor annoyances, which don't have a negative effect on the browsing experience itself.
* Still no " One Column" view mode like that of PIE starting with WM2003SE or the PIE plug-in PIEPlus (see this review on the latest version of latter, including a detailed comparison of the "one column" modes offered by PIE and PIEPlus). This would be very useful to maximize the usage of the available screen estate on many pages; for example, the XDA-Dev forums (example screenshot of Opera 8.5b2 rendering the latter here – as can be seen, the useful contents of the page only occupies about 65-70% of the available horizontal screen estate. With a real "One Column" mode, it'd be close to 100%).
* Still no support for system-level favourites. This would also be really easy to implement as there's nothing particular about the .url files in \Windows\Favorites – they're really-really easy to process. (I'd say a hour's work for an average C++ programmer.)
Verdict
I can only use superlatives when speaking of this application. Despite its (still) missing functionalities, its speed and compatibility is just phenomenal.
Recommended links
The following articles/tips all discuss/are all related to the previous, beta 1 version. Note that some of their contents is now that they are fixed are outdated. They may still be worth checking out - particularly the ones on manually editing the Opera configuration files. You'll find a lot of information in these articles never published by anyone else.
ESSENTIAL (NEW, UNIQUE BUGFIXES!!!) to know about the great Web browser, Opera beta! - I haven't run into the same problem with the new Opera version – yet. This doesn't necessarily mean it doesn't exist any more – therefore, if the address bar auto-completion crashes your Pocket PC with beta2 too, make sure you read this article.
Modify the default scrolling behaviour of Pocket PC Web browsers. Note that even the beta 2 of Opera uses jump-by-link by default (on all operating systems, not just WM5), as far as its D-pad navigation is concerned; you will most probably want to override this and switch to the 'scroll a page at a time' behaviour. Note that the new scroll a page feature (invokable via the Space key) only works on devices with a built-in keyboard; for example, on the HTC Wizard (screenshot of Opera running on my HTC Wizard here).
Opera 8.5 beta on WM5 - it is certainly different from the WM2003(SE) version and is working GREAT!
WM5 compliance report: the bandwidth reduction service OnSpeed works pretty good; additional Toonel information – this article will be useful for everyone that wants to configure his or her Opera to access the Web sites through a HTTP proxy.
Pocket PC version of Famous Web Browser, Opera 8.5 beta Officially Released!

link is broken. Could you upload it. Thanks

Do you mean this one? http://www.opera.com/products/mobile/products/winmobileppc/
It's working OK with me.

Opera 8.5 beta 2 is out!

Even the first beta version of Opera was a real relevation for the Pocket PC community. Much as it had several bugs (particularly on pre-Windows Mobile 5 devices), it has quickly become the browser of choice for many Pocket PC users (including me), at least on Windows Mobile 5.
The new version is, speed-wise, clearly the best browser I've ever seen for the Pocket PC. It's much-much faster than the alternatives. You'll certainly love it!
The good
* The WM2003(SE) version seems to be working great: I haven't encountered the infamous Opera-is-stalled bug under pre-WM5 operating system any more. I've tested the new version of Opera with all the test pages (the search facility at http://www.europe.com/en/ - screenshot here; RedHotPawn) that make the previous version stall at once. No problems encountered so far.
This may be related to the fact that now Opera senses some Web servers' not answering – see this and this message.
A iPAQ 2210 screenshot can be seen here and here (the latter taken at 25% zoom level so that the entire chessboard is visible) – as can be seen, as opposed to b1, I could log in and play on my iPAQ 2210 as well.
* It feels much faster than beta1, which is a feat in itself because beta 1 was already much faster than any alternative browser.
* There's tab support! (See the screenshots provided for examples.)
* The bug related to not being able to display loooooong pages is fixed. It worked great with all the pages I've thrown it at; an example screenshot of Tero Lehto's blog is here.
* Much as the new version is still using custom (non-native) GUI components, one of the biggest problems, that is, the text areas hiding the last characters in each row behind the scrollbar, is fixed as can be seen in here.
* The "You have XX days left of your trial period" dialog is no longer displayed at startup.
(There must be tons of other bugfixes, as far as previous beta1 bugs are concerned; these were the ones I've explicitly tested and compared to beta1.)
The bad
* After scrolling a page with any amount (or going to a new page), you will not be able to directly tap-and-hold a link to bring up the context menu (so that you can open the link in a new tab) without the need for at least partially highlight it (or the text that contains it). Fortunately, this is a minor annoyance and you'll quickly learn how to highlight (part) the link without clicking it.
* The new version is still using custom GUI components, which makes it impossible to use any kind of common Windows keyboard shortcuts. This is a mayor annoyance to anybody using an external keyboard to enter a lot of texts and wanting to use the traditional Windows shortcuts to quickly navigate through / highlight / copy/cut/paste text in the text input components.
* On some Pocket PC's (for example, the Pocket Loox 720) the new version still uses non-proportional Courier New fonts in the address bar / in the tab titles. This is a minor annoyance, though.
* Unfortunately, the settings dialogs (screenshot 1 and 2) are as simple as in beta1. The latter, however, now has a new checkbox, " Set Opera as default browser", which makes it unnecessary to manually import a registry file (please see the articles in the Recommended links section for the registry import file I've created for beta1 to revert the default browser assignments) in order to revert back to using Pocket Internet Explorer (if you make Opera the default Web browser on your Pocket PC).
Nevertheless, the lack of detailed settings dialogs are not a problem – with manually editing (or, downloading my sample configuration files) the main configuration files of Opera, you can fine-tune it (scrollbar visibility, proxy usage, scroll behaviour etc).
* Under WM2003, Menu/Display/Landscape still doesn't rotate the viewport. Again, this would be pretty easy to implement because Opera, unlike for example the Pocket Internet Explorer (PIE) plug-ins or almost all ( uBook and Mobipocket Reader being the most important exceptions) e-book readers, doesn't need to rely on the Portrait-only, underlying PIE engine. This is a minor problem though and "only" affecting WM2003 users – screen rotation works great in post-WM2003 operating systems.
* Still no advanced context menus (copy link, save image), no in-page searching etc. These are, however, only minor annoyances, which don't have a negative effect on the browsing experience itself.
* Still no " One Column" view mode like that of PIE starting with WM2003SE or the PIE plug-in PIEPlus (see this review on the latest version of latter, including a detailed comparison of the "one column" modes offered by PIE and PIEPlus). This would be very useful to maximize the usage of the available screen estate on many pages; for example, the XDA-Dev forums (example screenshot of Opera 8.5b2 rendering the latter here – as can be seen, the useful contents of the page only occupies about 65-70% of the available horizontal screen estate. With a real "One Column" mode, it'd be close to 100%).
* Still no support for system-level favourites. This would also be really easy to implement as there's nothing particular about the .url files in \Windows\Favorites – they're really-really easy to process. (I'd say a hour's work for an average C++ programmer.)
Verdict
I can only use superlatives when speaking of this application. Despite its (still) missing functionalities, its speed and compatibility is just phenomenal.
Recommended links
The following articles/tips all discuss/are all related to the previous, beta 1 version. Note that some of their contents is now that they are fixed are outdated. They may still be worth checking out - particularly the ones on manually editing the Opera configuration files. You'll find a lot of information in these articles never published by anyone else.
ESSENTIAL (NEW, UNIQUE BUGFIXES!!!) to know about the great Web browser, Opera beta! - I haven't run into the same problem with the new Opera version – yet. This doesn't necessarily mean it doesn't exist any more – therefore, if the address bar auto-completion crashes your Pocket PC with beta2 too, make sure you read this article.
Modify the default scrolling behaviour of Pocket PC Web browsers. Note that even the beta 2 of Opera uses jump-by-link by default (on all operating systems, not just WM5), as far as its D-pad navigation is concerned; you will most probably want to override this and switch to the 'scroll a page at a time' behaviour. Note that the new scroll a page feature (invokable via the Space key) only works on devices with a built-in keyboard; for example, on the HTC Wizard (screenshot of Opera running on my HTC Wizard here).
Opera 8.5 beta on WM5 - it is certainly different from the WM2003(SE) version and is working GREAT!
WM5 compliance report: the bandwidth reduction service OnSpeed works pretty good; additional Toonel information – this article will be useful for everyone that wants to configure his or her Opera to access the Web sites through a HTTP proxy.
Pocket PC version of Famous Web Browser, Opera 8.5 beta Officially Released!

Resco Explorer 2008 6.21 Beta 5 + Delete Function Fixed

Resco Explorer is a powerful file management utility that implements all standard features such as manipulating files and folders, managing programs with arguments and searching for files and folders. New program features include a Today plug-in, a multi-language user interface, press and hold context menu, navigation without stylus and a recycle bin, all for easy-to-use file management. Use the Today screen to manage many integral functions and to easily navigate your system!
Resco Explorer 2008:
The improvements that make a difference:
· Touch control support
· Side letter navigation bar
· File search filter
· Find content-related files in the virtual folders
· Customizable toolbar
· AS Zip encryption, Secure FTP
· And many many more
Please notice that this is really only a Beta version and contains many bugs and the final version may vary from this Beta version.
Release of the official Beta version of the new Resco Explorer 2008
The improvements that make a difference:
Touch control support
Side letter navigation bar
File search filter
Virtual folder – quick access to documents, pictures, audio files…
Customizable toolbar
Large toolbar buttons optimized for touch mode
File search filter
AES Zip encryption
FTP module completely rebuilt, secure FTP added
Settings dialog reorganized
Added Details View mode
Favorites redesigned
Quick search
Significant speed increase in Registry module
Increased speed in loading folder items
And many minor improvements
Resco Explorer 2008 v6.21 Beta 5
Update:
Fixed the problems with commands which didn't work (Delete, Rename,...)
Note:
According to the add-ins: Please make sure that you have reinstalled the whole installation. The old add-ins do not work with new Explorer. Please try to uninstall Explorer and add-ins (Registry and FTP) and then install the new version.
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Tried it. works PERFECTLY!
enjoy.
http://rapidshare.com/files/118390721/RescoExplorerEn_p.ARM.CAB.html

BTW, i tried to use the key i used when i bought Resco Explorer 2007.. and it worked. i believe it's perferctly legal.
probably shouldn't have opened a new thread for it.. if a mod can transfer my post to the previous Resco Explorer 2008 post and delete this one.. it would be good.

Thanks
If we wait for resco...it will be 4....e...v....e...r... I reported bug with resco keyboard before and it took them a long time to respond.
Thanks for keeping updates on this nice SW.

The side letterbar does not work in windows directory
there is something wrong with it
Back to totalcommander...for now...hehe..I would buy this sw when it released however...nice GUI
thks

installation umsuccessful on my mogul

i'm using it on my Cruise.. works great.

I get also installation unsuccessful and can't remove the previous version but it shows beta 5 in the about dialog and it works!
with this beta I think its usefull.. they are just on the right way to bring this to the next level

they did

if anyone finds following betas, please publish them...

UNABLE TO COPY to windows folder
With REsco 2007, u can copy files such as HTC HOME graphics to windows directory. This feature DOES NOT WORK on Resco 2008.
What a pity....they improved the interface and broke basic things this SW was designed to do in the first place....BASIC file function.....Wat the heck are they doing? First the delete function now this? MAN.....

man.. i don't know... it works fine for me.

New release of the Resco Explorer 2008 7.01

Resco Explorer 2008 has moved to the new version
With the help of our customers and forum members we have solved all the bugs and made the application even more user friendly. The main changes to the functionality and user interface include:
* Explorer and Registry Editor share the same interface
* All the Letter scroll bar issues are solved
* Toolbar issues are solved
* Now it is possible to add a separator to the toolbar
* All the quick access View functions as Tree view, Toolbar, Header are now accessible from the Menu as it was in Resco Explorer 2007
* The horizontal scroll bar has been added
* In Favorites you can change the order of the entry
We would like to thank everyone that helped us with this new release. Also we will appreciate all the suggestions or features that could be included to the next version of Resco Explorer.
You can download the installation files from the Resco Explorer 2008 homepage

plz fix bluetooths send speed

resco said:
Resco Explorer 2008 has moved to the new version
With the help of our customers and forum members we have solved all the bugs and made the application even more user friendly. The main changes to the functionality and user interface include:
* Explorer and Registry Editor share the same interface
* All the Letter scroll bar issues are solved
* Toolbar issues are solved
* Now it is possible to add a separator to the toolbar
* All the quick access View functions as Tree view, Toolbar, Header are now accessible from the Menu as it was in Resco Explorer 2007
* The horizontal scroll bar has been added
* In Favorites you can change the order of the entry
We would like to thank everyone that helped us with this new release. Also we will appreciate all the suggestions or features that could be included to the next version of Resco Explorer.
You can download the installation files from the Resco Explorer 2008 homepage
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It is necessary to return the possibility of replacing ROM-Files!

resco said:
Resco Explorer 2008 has moved to the new version
With the help of our customers and forum members we have solved all the bugs and made the application even more user friendly. The main changes to the functionality and user interface include:
* Explorer and Registry Editor share the same interface
* All the Letter scroll bar issues are solved
* Toolbar issues are solved
* Now it is possible to add a separator to the toolbar
* All the quick access View functions as Tree view, Toolbar, Header are now accessible from the Menu as it was in Resco Explorer 2007
* The horizontal scroll bar has been added
* In Favorites you can change the order of the entry
We would like to thank everyone that helped us with this new release. Also we will appreciate all the suggestions or features that could be included to the next version of Resco Explorer.
You can download the installation files from the Resco Explorer 2008 homepage
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Thats great. However is the ability to overwrite rom and system files fixed. This was the main reason I used 2007. I think I may have to revert back if this is not going to be fixed.

unfortunately for me, i paid full price for Resco Explorer 2008 because i wasn't eligible for the upgrade price... i've gone back to my previous version and will likely stay there because of the current ROM copy and inability to delete files issues... i'm glad they've resolved some of the other issues and hope Resco gets the other things sorted out with the latest version real soon...

Me too I find ver 6.17 more user friendly. And gone back to it..

Sticking with resco 2007, if I can't play with my rom files, whats the point of using a file manager other than total commander (which you don't have to pay for) that can?

ultramag69 said:
Sticking with resco 2007, if I can't play with my rom files, whats the point of using a file manager other than total commander (which you don't have to pay for) that can?
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QFT!!!!!!!

resco, it is very smart to listen to your users, agree with their good ideas and then implment those changes as quick as possible. you will get more customers that way.

I've been a Resco customer since 2005 and I tried the new version, but had to go back to 6.17 (which was not easy...) because I need to overwrite ROM files. Any update on these?
1. ROM Overwrite.
2. Uninstall doesn't work.

Just love the Resco Exployer. But scrolling isn't working fine in version 2008. Sometimes the programma selects, sometime the program scrolls.
Perhaps it is a good idea to use the left side of the screen for scrolling and the right side for selecting.

This is a waste of time!
I refused to check this version out until the ability to overwrite ROM files is restored. They know this with this release and still make a big fuss out of it. Shameless...

HaiLe512 said:
I refused to check this version out until the ability to overwrite ROM files is restored. They know this with this release and still make a big fuss out of it. Shameless...
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don be like that..they need us to test it so we can provide feedback and they can change their mistake

Not to mention, this version has a HORRIBLE bug. It freezes up the whole device when mapping the drive..need to soft reset each time.

I've got in my pocket the discount code to upgrade... but listening to all the noise with bugs for a public release, i will wait until RescoFile Explorer is less buggy...
If i buy a soft, i don't buy the privilege to finish the Beta Test process...
I still use with joy the Resco Explorer 2005 (V5.42)...

Update, Resco Explorer v7.02 has been released. Hope it fixes things.
edit: here are the fixes:
-Apptodate support
-advanced font settings
-toolbar-separate set of icons for large/small mode
-overwriting ROM files allowed
-...and several bug-fixes and improvements (let's hope so)

[Software] Finansist.PDA v1.2 (24.12.2009)

Finansist.PDA
Hi all!
I glad to show my first project for PPC - Finansist.PDA
Use Finansist.PDA to take account of your finances with the possibility of synchronizing with multiple computers. Program Finansist.PDA offers many functions (some of them are in development) to obtain the current exchange rate from the Internet, show reports, etc.
There are maybe some control layout bugs at different screen resolutions (I've tested at 320*240).
Known bugs and issues:
* After you change the lang - you need reboot application
System Requirements:
* Windows Mobile 5, 6, 6.1, 6.5 (not tested yet)
* DotNet Compact Framework 3.5
Website: http://finansist.chanaev.ru/
Important! To update aplication without lose my data you need copy file MainDB.fdb from path_where_you_install_application\Database\ to any safe place (for example to \My Documents). After that install new version and copy this file back, overwriting existing new file.
Download:
Version 1.0 CAB: View attachment 222095
Changelog:
Initional release with base functions
Version 1.1 CAB: View attachment 222096
Changelog:
If the application installed in a folder other than \Program Files\Finansist PDA\ - required to manually correct the configuration file. Otherwise application don't work.
Controls layout for different screen resolution and layouts
Possibility to add payment into root categories
Cleanup initial database
Category which are curently selected in a category tree goes to New Payment form.
Interface changes in category tree context menu.
Subcategory payments included in output table when category in treeview clicked.
Database errors now also processed by translation module
Autoselect language during first launch
Field «Translated by:» in programm «About» form
Version 1.2 CAB: View attachment 260889
Changelog:
Possibility to set number of displayed rows in the table of payments
Possibility to display payments in subcategories with selected category payments
Possibility to work with many databases. You can disable dialog of database selection and work just with one database. Also you can create, open, compress, delete, set password see database properties and so on.
Database password protection
Many world currencies. For better usability you can select currencies which you use. Non-active will be not displayed in system (for exapmple in account management).
Database versioning. Converting to new format processed automatically without any data lost. This version has database v1. Finansist v1.1 and v1.0 had v0 database.
Possibility to copy databases from PC and back via ActiveSync. First step into records synchronizing. PC client available at the website.
Basic help at english language actually contained general information.
Fixed dates range calculation in Reports
Fixed some crashes in account management
Improvement of internal algorhythms for better perfomance and so on.
Feedback are welcome!
Enjoy =)

Change Currency
Hi, could you tell me how to change the currency???? I use TT$

hmm
Thanks for it

zjxpot, Unfortunately right now there is no possibility to do it. This function is in development stage. I guess it will be avaible as soon as possible.
yonta, you are welcome
2All, I've published new version. See changes and download app from header post.

Password
Hi in menu/option the password box is disabled how do I enable also in new payment regular payment is disabled how to enable or are those option for future use??? btw nice program

Finansist PDA v1.2 has been released after long time pause. Many changes in code, some new feautures and improvements. Work with PC as main feature must simplify process of money tracking and reporting. Don't forget about backup data at your device before first sync. List of changes is in header. Enjoy.
zjxpot, new version support many currencies

chanaev said:
Finansist PDA v1.2 has been released after long time pause. Many changes in code, some new feautures and improvements. Work with PC as main feature must simplify process of money tracking and reporting. Don't forget about backup data at your device before first sync. List of changes is in header. Enjoy.
zjxpot, new version support many currencies
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Thanks for your work, I will check it out, All the best during this holiday season to you and your family

congrats on the new version