When it comes to keeping up with posts on Google+, I don’t tend to use the Android or iOS apps. I’m more of a browser and therefore I use the mobile web version, since I feel its a better and more integrated experience for all of Google’s products.

Unfortunately, the native apps for Google+ seem to have been getting more love from the mobile team as of late, so it was nice to see the announcement today that the team has refreshed the mobile web experience for the product.

In a post from Google PM Tom Charytoniuk, he discussed a complete overhaul of Google+ for the web:

Keeping up with Google+ on the go just got easier. We launched a newer, cleaner design of the Google+ experience for mobile web and support for 60 locales. Now it is easier to find, enjoy, and share the content you care about in Bengali, Icelandic, Swahili and more!

Check it out at plus.google.com on your mobile browser – you should see the updated web app if you’re on an Android, iOS, or Blackberry 7 device.

I’ve found that the native apps for Google+ are still a bit buggy, especially the one for iOS. Sorting through my stream is a bit herky-jerky, so I’ve relied solely on the mobile web version. The refresh seems like a pretty big one and includes some redesigned navigation and better speed overall:

Hopping in and out of your stream to comment and +1 items is a much cleaner and quicker experience, although you will miss out on native-only features for Google+ like instant photo and video upload and Hangouts if you opt to use the web version. The other reason why I enjoy using the web version is that jumping between Gmail, Calendar, and search is a snap.

Until the Google+ team gets serious about creating versions specifically for Android and iPad tablets, I’ll continue to use the web version. This web refresh absolutely flies on my first-gen iPad so this is the way to get around Google’s slowness when it comes to a native iPad version.

Figures from the company’s State of the Mobile Web report show that 90.4 million people now use Opera Mini, and approximately 15 million people use Opera Mobile each month. In all, the Norwegian company says that 105 million people use Opera on their phones.

In fact, Opera says that the number is actually higher than that, as the 105 million figure only counts people who have actively installed one of the company’s mobile browser – it doesn’t count the number of users who have it pre-installed on their phones at purchase, although Opera doesn’t share this particular figure.

100 million monthly users sounds like a lot, but how does it compare with other mobile browsers out there? According to StatCounter’s Global Stats tool (not scientifically accurate, but good for getting an idea of the wider picture), Opera’s overall share of the mobile browser market fell in late 2010, rising a little during January, although it maintains its place as the leading mobile browser with 21% of the market. This is followed by the iPhone at 18.7% and Nokia at 15.2%. While BlackBerry currently holds the fourth place, current number five Android is on a trajectory that could see it hitting third place within months.

For now though, Opera’s top spot seems safe and as Opera says today, it has high expectations for growth during 2011 and beyond.