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Opera CTO Thinks IE Will Be Forced To Support SVG
Julie188 writes "Opera Software is, as expected, preening over the forthcoming browser ballot box feature in Windows 7. It will put the Opera name in front of millions of users who probably never heard of it. But that's not the only reason Opera is gloating. CTO Håkon Wium Lie feels that today's decision will force Microsoft to make Internet Explorer do a better job of supporting standards, particularly the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG). Lie would also like to see Apple and Linux makers follow suit with browser ballot boxes of their own."
Do you really think someone who doesn't know that there are browsers besides IE (or don't even know what a browser is) will choose something other than IE? Most likely not. If they do, it'll probably be Chrome due to Google's name recognition.
Firefox and others haven't had the advantage of this "ballot box" and yet they have a much larger share than Opera. The simple fact of the matter is that most people just don't want to use Opera. People can make excuses of "unfair fight" or your comment about them not being able to render some pages right (I've never had that problem in any other browser), but in the end, you'll realize that the other browsers out there just do a better job than Opera and Opera will never be number 1 (unless they can BS the EU into making it mandatory that Opera be the default browser in Windows 8).
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." ~Thomas Jefferson
That's a nice idea except, for example, Windows 95 did not ship with an FTP client; and once the FTP client become essential again, 3rd party FTP client authors will want the same treatment as HTML viewers...
My favored Car Analogy for browsers is Tires. It's hard to drive to the tire store without a set being preinstalled, and it's hard to get a browser without already having one.
IE is just like the usable, but not particularly great tires that come with many cars. It works, and most won't bother to replace it until there is a problem.
It's not the fastest browser anymore. It's not the lightest browser. It's not very customizable. It's not open source. It has fallen years behind in HTML5 support -- it doesn't even support video. Other than on mobile, why would anyone want it?
Not quite. IE is like a set of tires that won't come off the car unless you tear off the entire axle as well.
To be fair, the same analog applies to Safari in Mac OS X, and Firefox in Ubuntu.
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That despite MSFT giving them EXACTLY what they ask for they will STILL be hit with a crazy payoff.....err I mean fine? And I'm sure they'll find another reason to have a royal shitfit when forcing a ballot screen doesn't change a damned thing. Those that want something else have a myriad of choices Opera, Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Kmeleon, Flock, Seamokney, etc. The rest will be either sticking with the one they heard of (IE) or will be looking to get IE the first time they run into a banking site or one of the plenty of other older sites that still render like shit in anything other than IE.
The nice thing about this is it should prove whether or not the Eu commission is just a cash grab or not once and for all. here we have a company doing exactly what they are told, and loading a menu of other people's products on their own OS. If the EU demands cash anyway we will know once and for all that they are simply lining their pockets with other people's profits. After all these stupid cash grabs....errr I mean fines, hurts all of us as MSFT will pass those costs of doing business to everybody, not just the EU. Now if MSFT only passed the costs onto the EU I'd be all for it. Let the people of the EU have a shitfit when their next box costs hundreds more than anyone else because they are paying for the EU commission. But sadly we will all get boned over this socialist crap.
Opera if you want to compete, get off your lazy ass and do it! Firefox is growing, so is Chrome and Safari and without ANY help from the nanny government! It is called advertising and word of mouth. Maybe instead of putting dumb ass P2P crap into your browser and ensuring that no business will let Opera anywhere near their machines you might want to.....oh I don't know, actually ask the people what they want and give it to them! I know, it is a strange idea, but if you try it, hell it just might work.
ACs don't waste your time replying, your posts are never seen by me.
Hmmmm, obvious fanboy response. You getting paid ?? or your dating Bills daughter ?? (your hand 'dickhead')