Poor Image Quality on Opera 9.7 - HD2 General

Hi Guys,
Sorry if this is turns out to be something really stupid and simple, but I've looked about for ages and can't seem to fix this problem...
I was looking on the tweaks page and decided to try the tweak to allow me access to the iplayer website. All worked well and I had no problems on the web page, but ever since I've done this ever website i seem to goto all the images now seem really grainy and poor. I've since changed back the "Custom User-Agent" field to what it was before, but this hasn't made any difference.
Has anyone else experienced this problem, or at least know a way to restore it to how it was before? Just hoping for a quick-fix rather than another hard-reset...
Many thanks in advance

Haven't you experimented with Opera Turbo too ? Since new Opera Turbo uses pretty high image compression. Opera Turbo can be turned on somewhere in opera:config on HD2.

Hmm not that i can see, the option is still unticked there so i don't think it's that... But i'll have a play about and post back what happens. Thanks though!
UPDATE: I've had another look and Turbo is turned off. I even tried loading up a page on Internet Explorer just to check I'm not just being fussy, but the image quality is much better on IE that Opera all of a sudden...

normally you can set the image quality in opera. there must be a setting somewhere that lets you select high/medium/low quality.

Fry52 said:
...but the image quality is much better on IE that Opera all of a sudden...
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I agree, and I'm glad someone's raised this. It's one of those things that makes me think "I must check on XDA to see if anyone else thinks that the image quality is a bit pap", but I always forget.
Thanks for asking this

d3l1 said:
normally you can set the image quality in opera. there must be a setting somewhere that lets you select high/medium/low quality.
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I believe that only applies on Turbo.

I also want to sort the poor quality of the images in opera.. looks really naff!

I'm also dissappointed in the quality... Hope there will be a fix for this...

GeitjeG said:
I'm also dissappointed in the quality... Hope there will be a fix for this...
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I'm surprised more people haven't picked up on this one.. On a nice large screen I want all pictures to look their best. Things like the google logo etc looks terrible. Surely there is a mod/setting that can be changed!?

yes but opera mini has a built in turbo mode , and the picture quality is 110% sperior to everyhing else

change show pictures in user prefs to 2

maan1976 said:
yes but opera mini has a built in turbo mode , and the picture quality is 110% sperior to everyhing else
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In mini you can set picture quality.

Opera turbo has to be turned off if you want god picture qualities.

My apologies for having missed this thread: I started another one on the same subject here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=622661
Seeing as this problem affects me not just in Opera but in IE as well, my tentative conclusion is that it's not the application that's the problem, but my mobile carrier (T-mobile in my case). If I (and others who came to the same conlusion, many before I did) are correct, then what happens is that the carrier detects you are requesting a JPEG image on your data connection, fetches the JPEG itself, recompresses it to make the file smaller, and then forwards on to you the compressed version. Opera or IE is unaware of this, and simply displays the image it gets. This image is also cached; so, if you fetch the compressed version you will see that same compressed version again the next time you visit the page, even if you're browsing over wifi. The only way to see the uncompressed version is to exit Opera, go back in, clear the cache, then connect to the page in question over Wifi or ActiveSync.

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Weird PIE Problem

If I try to search anything on Google Images, all I get is a blank page.
In single column view, I get everything except the pictures i.e. search field, page numbers, other little graphics etc.
In default view, I get a total blank page.
In desktop view I get a blank page again but I also a horizontal scrollbar with it.
The odd thing is that if I view the source of the results page, it's all there, it just doesn't load at all. I have checked by installing Opera and Google Images displays fine but I don't want to keep Opera.
Any ideas on what's causing this?
Thanks
Anyone have any ideas?
Sounds obvious but you have got PIE set to display images haven't you (Menu-View-Show Pictures).
Sorry if that sounds patronising but it usually is fogetting the obvious
Sounds to me like PIE is a bit screwed, either that or your registry settings are a bit fubared...
Personally I like to use both Opera and PIE, because PIE can load SWFs (provided you've installed the PPC Flash Player 7 cab, of course) so I can get my Weebl and Bob fix, but Opera is just so much better at rendering pages, and its download manager is far superior... And it feels less clunky... And it can do FTP... and... well, just use both side by side for a while and you'll realise it's not a bad investment
Weebl and bob on the phone, what a fantastic idea. <off to load Flash 7>
apologies for my previous post, when I wrote it my phone connection wasn't working so I couldn't try it out. I also am experiencing exactly the same problem as described. Would say it's most likely down to PIE not being able to interpret the script used by the Google Images page.
Yeah, i agree!
I also am experiencing exactly the same problem as described. Would say it's most likely down to PIE not being able to interpret the script used by the Google Images page.
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But why on some devices and not others? I used to be able to browse perfectly on my JAM.
Anyway, I wanted to avoid a reset but it looks like the only way it might fix whatever's gone wrong.
Thanks

Opera annoyance

Ok, running default Opera, which is 9.5 build 2682.
1. I can't click unless I zoom in. Very annoying. Any way to change this?
2. There are a few things, like now ability to have popups, I think and maybe page redirects that are preventing me from logging into my dispatch website. is there any info on this?
scythe000 said:
Ok, running default Opera, which is 9.5 build 2682.
1. I can't click unless I zoom in. Very annoying. Any way to change this?
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I have not received my HD yet but have used many versions of Opera 9.5. Some versions can do this, and some can't but you can check.
Type Opera:config into the address, then under adaptive zoom, see if you can find an entry called "Minimum overview zoom". Like I said, some version of opera 9.5 has this, and some don't. If it is there, then you're lucky. Just change it to 85%. You should be able to click and activate the links without zooming in now. (please exit and restart the browser first though).
Please let me know if that helps. I'm still waiting for my HD, which is supposed to arrive this morning.
Sweet, that seemed to work.
I see that it still chugs evrytime I visit my login page, which never changes. Shouldn't this be kept in the cache, so it pops right up?
Maybe I need to increase the browser cache from deafault?
scythe000 said:
Sweet, that seemed to work.
I see that it still chugs evrytime I visit my login page, which never changes. Shouldn't this be kept in the cache, so it pops right up?
Maybe I need to increase the browser cache from deafault?
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Not sure about the inabiilty to use the pop up. Just taking a guess here, so please don't nail me for doing so. I think it may be that your website uses Java technology which has only works on PC?? I have some bank account logins which also do not work. May be the same kinds of problem.
If it is very important to use that website on your phone and Opera cannot do it, you might want to try other browsers to see if you have better luck. One such browser is Netfront 3.5.
Hope this helps. Sorry that I can't be of more useful assistanct.
That's all helpful info, bro, I appreciate it!
It could even have something to do with flash, I get the same erro rwith the installed version of IE.
scythe000 said:
That's all helpful info, bro, I appreciate it!
It could even have something to do with flash, I get the same erro rwith the installed version of IE.
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Yes, could very well be the case.
If you're not dealing with very confidential information, there is also a possibilty of server based browser, which hopefully will be ble to handle some of those stuffs.
Note that disabling this "annoyance" also disables your ability to fire mouseover events, which are sometimes required to activate dropdown menus.
How do you mean?
eaglesteve said:
Type Opera:config into the address, then under adaptive zoom, see if you can find an entry called "Minimum overview zoom". Like I said, some version of opera 9.5 has this, and some don't. If it is there, then you're lucky. Just change it to 85%. You should be able to click and activate the links without zooming in now. (please exit and restart the browser first though).
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Excellent tweak, thanks. Makes it much more usable.
Question is why didn't it ship like this.....
arfster said:
Excellent tweak, thanks. Makes it much more usable.
Question is why didn't it ship like this.....
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I also wonder why they do not make it that way.
My guess is that most phone has very very small screen. At their screen size, it is impossible to read in zoom in mode, so they assume that you need to zoom in anyway before you click.
My present device is Athena (5 inch screen), so even at zoom out mode, we can read very clearly. It makes no sense to have to do the zooming in again before clicking on the link. HD's screen size is not quite that of Athena but is also big enough to read in zoom out mode. So, this tweak makes sense for us, although considered not necessary for the smaller screen phones.
Perhaps I would repost this in the tips and tricks thread.
eaglesteve said:
I have not received my HD yet but have used many versions of Opera 9.5. Some versions can do this, and some can't but you can check.
Type Opera:config into the address, then under adaptive zoom, see if you can find an entry called "Minimum overview zoom". Like I said, some version of opera 9.5 has this, and some don't. If it is there, then you're lucky. Just change it to 85%. You should be able to click and activate the links without zooming in now. (please exit and restart the browser first though).
Please let me know if that helps. I'm still waiting for my HD, which is supposed to arrive this morning.
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A-ha! is there a way to disable the annoying "Exit Opera?" dialog box when tapping exit?
Anybody tell me why my Opera only shows history for today/yesterday, while any older selections are empty?
This needs to go into the tips and tricks thread.
Our browsing experience has gone up one more level.
Many Thanks!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=446272&highlight=tips+tricks
I have a question.
Now that we can click links without zooming is there a way to enlarge the fonts bigger than "large" in the settings menu?
eaglesteve said:
I have not received my HD yet but have used many versions of Opera 9.5. Some versions can do this, and some can't but you can check.
Type Opera:config into the address, then under adaptive zoom, see if you can find an entry called "Minimum overview zoom". Like I said, some version of opera 9.5 has this, and some don't. If it is there, then you're lucky. Just change it to 85%. You should be able to click and activate the links without zooming in now. (please exit and restart the browser first though).
Please let me know if that helps. I'm still waiting for my HD, which is supposed to arrive this morning.
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thanks mate it did work and what a difference it now makes when i increased minimum overview zoom
I would like to know whenever I go to us.gizmodo.com on my opera browser, why it won't show the comment sections when javascript has always been enabled on my THD? It always say something like loading, but it never does load anything. Also on some sites I completely missing all the navigations buttons so cannot move forward or backwards.

Low resolution images with Opera

A colleague of another website pointed this, which went unnoticed until I paid attention. The problem is simple, fire Opera, load any website and see the images rendered in half resolution. All the images look pixelated when you double tap to zoom in; if you zoom in further it gets worser.
Anyone else?
Opera Mini 4.2 doesn’t have this problem, the built in Opera Mobile does.
Most likely your network proxy compressing them on the fly to save their bandwidth. I'm fairly sure orange do it.
Nope, I'm on WiFi connected to a network without any kind of proxy.
igalan said:
Nope, I'm on WiFi connected to a network without any kind of proxy.
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Also im noticing similar for example in Rss Hub, pictures just look disgusting, comprared to NetNewsWire in iphone for example. Opera is not this ugly, but I noticed that too when i got this phone. I thought its just my imagination...
I have the same problem also in PIE., but in opera it's even worst.
I have just tried with my Diamond, and same thing. So it must be Opera that has designed the browser to present lower resolution images in order to preserve memory or speed up browsing. Nevertheless, it's a pity that you don't have the real thing on such a high resolution screen.
Opera Mini 4.2 does use full resolution images, but more compressed. It looks much better.
and there's nothing in opera:config
Yes, I've looked at opera.ini but there's nothing related. The registry doesn't have any setting either .
Nice to find you also here igalan (nos leemos...).
Doesn't look so bad for me.
Make a try with google images in full resolution and zoom in. No pixelation at all until you zoom too much
Hi man!
Ok, I've found the reason of all this. When you double tap on Opera, the zoom level that is being applied is larger than 100% which means that pictures are stretched and results in some pixelation. Manually reducing the zoom level until you get the page rendered in 1:1 resolution (not zoomed out or zoomed in) gets you full quality images as well.
i connected my laptop up to mt hd via wifi to use it's HSDPA connection. browsing in firefox images are rendered in half resolution. when i hover over an image a message appears saying press shift+r to improve the quality of this image. when i do that it downloads the image again in full resolution.
the fact that i'm using firefox on my laptop and just using the internet connection on my phone makes me think that my network provider is the problem.
what do you think?

"Low" image quality in Opera!

Hi there...
I Just have a question...Why the image quality in opera is soo low..in IE is much better,is there any way to incrase the image quality??
Thanks in advance!
Anyone help's...im getting nervous on zooming images and then just a blurry image...i would use IE but is terribly slow...pls help me!
maybe you have activated opera turbo? if so, deactivate it and try again
Opera turbo is only in the Opera 10 version but i currently using the 9.7 version anyone could help?
Anyone know something about my problem? Is that normal that the image quality is so low?
Should be in options as opera turbo or something similar, just try a few of them
pettekneuz said:
Should be in options as opera turbo or something similar, just try a few of them
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in options there is nothing similar only cache size,java script,pop up and thats it!
It s didapointing this quality...
I've noticed it too - and I don't have turbo mode on. Just seems to be low quality when you zoom in (normal zoom to the level where you can read the text - not magnifying zoom) on pics.
Would love a fix - I use flickr a lot for my photography but opera 10 (as I am using) often makes images have that 'jpeg saved at too low a quality' look.
Hi Guys.
This might sound stupid, but i once heard that it was your network operator who actually has something to do with it through the data plan.....
...apparantly they reduce the image quality through the data plan.
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turn off turbo mode homie
rumz82 said:
Hi Guys.
This might sound stupid, but i once heard that it was your network operator who actually has something to do with it through the data plan.....
...apparantly they reduce the image quality through the data plan.
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The way to check if this is happening is to try the image in a different browser such as PIE, if the image is clear then it's an Opera issue.
Or you could turn of the data connection and test via wifi, if it's still not high quality then it's an Opera issue.
Yes, some operators automatically resize the images before sending them to you, to save on bandwidth. Not much you can do if it's the case.
kilrah said:
Yes, some operators automatically resize the images before sending them to you, to save on bandwidth. Not much you can do if it's the case.
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So it wasnt stupid then!

Opera 10 poor image quality even with turbo off? why?

Using opera on my hd2 I get very poor image quality, even with turbo off.
I have looked through all thread i can find on this but no luck.
No matter what data connection i use to get internet, including wifi, image quality is poor.
However if i display the same webpage on windows IE that came on the phone, image quality is great.
Also my network provider does not compress images!
What can i do to make my opera display better quality images?
no issues with PQ here although they load up grainy at first and then once they are completely loaded look great
in my settings I have only load images set to on and everything else set to off and then under advanced plug-ins are set to on
anhyeuemmaimai said:
no issues with PQ here although they load up grainy at first and then once they are completely loaded look great
in my settings I have only load images set to on and everything else set to off and then under advanced plug-ins are set to on
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exactly the same as me but im still getting very low res images
I think some networks can affect this.......
I remember reading a while ago about some people on tmobile uk having crappy images due to some sort of compression put in place by tmobile......
Not sure if its still the case but it could be the cause of your problem......
thanks but that isnt my problem, as when i use internet explorer, images display fine. Its something opera is doing

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