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How can I test my web app locally using Opera-Mini?

I know that in order to test it using their Opera-Mini simulator you have to have a public site. Is it possible to test it out using a local server that is not public to the internet?

The issue stems from the fact that Opera-Mini gets its pages through a proxy server at Opera, and even if you have Opera-Mini installed locally you still can't test out your sites without putting them on the Internet first. This is the problem I'm trying to get around.

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Just install MicroEmulator and inside it Opera Mini, then you can do start it on your local machine.

fschmitt
Yeah but isn't the problem that when you request a website in Opera-Mini it first has to run it through a proxy server, which requests the site site and then sends it back to Opera-Mini? If my site isn't on the public internet during development, it won't be accessible to Opera's proxy server; hence the problem.
leeand00
+1  A: 

no, unless you open your site to the internet during test period

nLL
*meh* They need to fix that...I know they have a fix for Opera Mobile...but not Opera-Mini...
leeand00
it's not broken, this is by design
nLL
I know that, but this is a problem when you want to privately develop a site that you want to test on Opera-mini (getting the errors out before public deployment).
leeand00