Chrome Helping Other Browsers Out, Says Opera CEO

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday October 30, 2008 @02:14AM 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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Re:Chrome for me? by not+already+in+use · 2008-10-30 02:28 · Score: 0, Troll

Haha, Linux folk. Release the specs! Ok. No, release the source! Ok. No, port it for us! When you have a marginal market share and an archaic tool chain, don't expect people to accommodate you. But from what I hear, this Linux "community" claims they will do the work if thrown a bone. Let's see it.

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wer by Maverynthia · 2008-10-30 05:59 · Score: 0, Troll

I just don't trust a browser from people that like to force ads EVERWHERE. I doubt they'll ever allow an extention to block their ads either...which makes them as bad as that adware/pay for browser named Opera