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Chrome Helping Other Browsers Out, Says Opera CEO
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.'
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.
Similes are like metaphors
goodbye...5he had would like to and shower. For some of you have lizard - In other
Sorry, if you can't program a computer you have no right administrating one. You are obviously not a "casual" user, but very much a "power" user; you know how handle one, install software and such.
1. Chrome hype starts.
2. 10 guys see blog post about how "chrome, unlike opera really is as fast as it claims".
3. 5 of those guys decide to download opera to take a look. 4 of them laugh like heck, 1 feels like he wasted his time.
4. Meanwhile, opera's download count increased that day from 16 to 21! That's a 30% increase babe!
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