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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. Chrome for me? by Viol8 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "How has the emergence of WebKit and Chrome changed the market for you"

    When they can be bothered to release a linux version let me know then I might be able to give answer.

    1. Re:Chrome for me? by arcade · · Score: 5, Informative

      I have had system lockups, but not often (not every year). However, if your system locks up "softly" it's very easy:

      1. ctrl+alt+F(1-8). That is, F1 - F8. Log in there, find the process, kill it.
      2. If the machine doesn't take your keys immediately, try "alt+sysrq r" , which switches your keyboard from XLATE to RAW mode. Then go to 1.
      3. ssh into the machine from another machine and kill the misbehaving process
      4. ctrl+alt+backspace (kills X and all applications running in your X session).

      Knowing the above tricks, you'll get way fewer lockups. The usual suspects for lockups in my case has been funky graphics cards and laptops with funny sleep/suspend/hibernate modes.

      --
      "Rune Kristian Viken" - http://www.nwo.no - arca
    2. 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?

  2. Re:story title edit: by JeepFanatic · · Score: 5, Informative

    If I'm not mistaken, Safari uses WebKit as its rendering engine just like Chrome does. This might account for any similarity in quirky behavior.

  3. Re:I think we're already there by mdm-adph · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Ah, yes -- I have a few (not many) family members and older co-workers aware of "FoxFire," too.

    Yes, that's what it's always called, an no, no matter how many times I correct them it's always "FoxFire."

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    It is by my will alone my thoughts acquire motion; it is by the juice of the coffee bean that the thoughts acquire speed