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Chrome Helping Other Browsers Out, Says Opera CEO

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the chrome-outnumbers-opera-on-slashdot dept.

Pablo Martinez-Almeida writes "Opera CEO Jon S. von Tetzchner confirms that new entrants in the browser market are raising awareness on the mainstream Internet community about the availability of alternatives to the ubiquitous Internet Explorer. 'How has the emergence of WebKit and Chrome changed the market for you? JvT: The effect of Chrome so far has been 20 percent more downloads every day. It's fairly logical when you think about it, because the biggest hurdle we have is all those people that don't realize there's an alternative in the market. Now, with the launch of Chrome there's focus on the choice of browsers in the market.'

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  1. Re:I think we're already there by Daimanta · · Score: 3, Funny

    Every time somebody mentions FoxFire, God strikes a fox with lightning(thus creating a FoxFire).

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  2. Re:Chrome for me? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    just kill the virtual machine and return to windows

  3. Re:Chrome for me? by Kihaji · · Score: 5, Funny

    And how exactly does knowing tips to fix a lockup prevent you from getting lockups? Does your computer all of a sudden realize that it can't win and give in and never lock up again?

  4. Re:Chrome for me? by somersault · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does your computer all of a sudden realize that it can't win and give in and never lock up again?

    Your are finally on the path to becoming a true IT warlord - well done! May your digital subjects fear you, and your scheduled tasks never be tardy.

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    which is totally what she said
  5. Re:Chrome for me? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    The best way to get rid of BSOD is by switching to a monochrome monitor!

  6. Re:Chrome for me? by not+already+in+use · · Score: 4, Funny

    You've got something better?

    Apple and Microsoft do. Let the flames begin.

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  7. Re:Chrome for me? by Ihmhi · · Score: 2, Funny

    I haven't had XP Bluescreen in like... years? Yeah, Explorer might crash. It auto-restarts. It might also freeze - Three finger salute the process and run it again via the Task Manager.

    In a weird way, I kinda miss the blue screen. It's like how a woman misses her abusive ex-boyfriend.

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