In my opinion your criticism is somewhat unwarranted. By writing a blog post using your phone you are basically trying to accomplish something the platform does not afford. The small screen and ~12 key input are limiting factors inherently tied to the device. Would you normally write a >1000 character long text message?

In regard to the missing alert I guess it’s a matter of Opera Mini not supporting Javascript. Desktop browsers with Javascript disabled would exhibit the same unfortunate behavior. Opera might implement a feature which detected extensive user input on a page and displayed a warning if the user tried to leave it without submitting. It would however be pretty far down on my todo list.

While I haven’t tried using a Nokia 6233 the limited size of the input field does sound like a problem. As Java mobile applications such as Opera Mini is dependent on the phone implementation of input handling I doubt there’s anything they can do about it. For your snippet library, consider adding <p>, <a href=" etc. to your T9 dictionary.

The next time you need to scratch your blogging itch on the road consider getting a device with a more extensive keyboard (iPhone, anyone?) or switching to a microblogging platform such as Jaiku. Leave Opera Mini to what it does well: Browsing and limited input.

In regard to the missing alert I guess it’s a matter of Opera Mini not supporting Javascript. Desktop browsers with Javascript disabled would exhibit the same unfortunate behavior. Opera might implement a feature which detected extensive user input on a page and displayed a warning if the user tried to leave it without submitting. It would however be pretty far down on my todo list.

While I haven’t tried using a Nokia 6233 the limited size of the input field does sound like a problem. As Java mobile applications such as Opera Mini is dependent on the phone implementation of input handling I doubt there’s anything they can do about it. For your snippet library, consider adding , Jaiku. Leave Opera Mini to what it does well: Browsing and limited input.

Sure, after nearly two weeks without internet, it’s another story, and i am amazed that i actually have had patience for typing all this…