Opera still unhappy with browser-ballot

[Dark Nova Gamer]

Hakon Wium Lie, Opera's chief technology officer, told The Register that the ballot screen is hidden when users download Internet Explorer and the ballot screen at the same time.

Opera demonstrated the problem at The Register's offices in San Francisco, using a Thinkpad X31 running Windows XP SP2.



A spokesperson said, "This scenario is very easy to reproduce in a test lab, but would occur only in unusual cases in the real world. For it to occur with the Browser Choice screen, the user would need to have IE set as their default browser and have never configured it for use. Opera’s example, where a Windows XP user has rejected installation of IE 8 for the year it has been available but suddenly decides to install it is not realistic".

Read the full article here.

Seriously Opera, stop whining.

 

[severedsolo]

for gods sake... here's the thing Opera, you have only gained 0.02% of the market share because nobody wants to use your browser, live with it,

i actually like Opera, i have it installed as well as firefox, because i love the way you can access WAP pages from your PC, i also have it installed on my phone, because vodafone refuse to accept the fact that i am 22 and dont need an over restrictive content control on my internet, wheras opera gets around it, but im actually seriously considering uninstalling opera both from my phone and from my pc and just completely boycotting them, i can live without phone internet if necessary

 

[zezasu]

Thanks for the article. Makes me ashamed using Opera.

I had fun reading the comments, made for a good chuckle or two. Some were just out there though.

 

[severedsolo]

this related thread makes me laugh, shows how unpopular opera is: http://www.sevenforums.com/browsers...fts-browser-ballot-has-tripled-our-downl.html so its tripled but you still only get 0.02% increase, dont you think you should stop whining about the big boys bullying you?

 

[MattRainier]

I was kinda having fun with Opera until they started this crybaby...junk. *cough* I uninstalled it because I'm royally sick of these people acting like they should own the world. This is just another reason to keep it off my computer.

 

[whs]

I was kinda having fun with Opera until they started this crybaby...junk. *cough* I uninstalled it because I'm royally sick of these people acting like they should own the world. This is just another reason to keep it off my computer.

That's probably what we should do - boykott those trouble makers.

 

[smsff7]

Wow they need to ether make a better browser or just stop whining. I use FF and now they give me another reason not to use there browser

 

[smarteyeball]

Seriously Opera, stop whining.

Damn, even as an opera user I'm starting to think twice about using the product of such a whiny company...

But as far as making a better browser goes - it's actually a pretty damn good one, otherwise I wouldn't have ditched FF for it.

 

[smsff7]

Seriously Opera, stop whining.

Damn, even as an opera user I'm starting to think twice about using the product of such a whiny company...

But as far as making a better browser goes - it's actually a pretty damn good one, otherwise I wouldn't have ditched FF for it.

I tried Opera before and I just did not care for it.

 

[hybridfan]

Come on Opera no one is going to take you seriously if all you do is whine and moan, shame kind of a neat browser but meh.....

 

[seekermeister]

We can whine if we want to.

 

[Tews]

Would you like some cheese to go with your whine?? :roflmao:

 

[seekermeister]

I no longer drink, but when I did, I preferred mixed drinks. Though there are MANY wines that I have not tasted, the ones that I did never appealed to me. Too many things that I do like cheese with, to want to mess it up that way.

 

[stormy13]

Can we have the browser ballot over here so they can whine even more.

Sorry but I try Opera every now and then and I just don't see what is so great about it.

 

[seekermeister]

A ballot is meaningless in terms of determining the best of anything. It only determines the popularity, and since popularity is based on the opinion of the majority, and the majority is usually wrong, a ballot misses on both counts.

As far as you trying Opera every once in a while, is somewhat like me and wine. The fact that I don't like what I've tried, doesn't mean that all wine is bad, it simply means that my opinion is based on my ignorance, rather than my knowledge.

 

[SIW2]

I don't get it.

Opera got a lot of criticism when they raised the ballot screen idea.

Now it's up and running - it is clear that to some extent , it is increasing consumer awareness and choice.

Everybody should be pleased with that.

It is perfectly reasonable for Opera ( or anyone else ) to say - ok, but there are a couple of glitches - the ballot screen doesn't always work the way it should. Like reporting a bug in a program.

That has nothing to do with the quality of any of the browsers - it is to do with competition.

Makes sense to me.

 

[Adamd]

I use it on my Blackberry just because it is so fast over the normal internet browser.

However I have it installed on my laptop as well just because I wanted to see the newest version. They claim it is soooooo fast but I still have to give the edge to Chrome. Also just love how instant Chrome launches and just don't think I can ever use Opera as my main browser. I think I will be uninstalling it now that all they do is complain.

Sorry Opera I just think people already found what they like and they are sticking with it. It is hard to change browsers once you learn to love one.

 

[smarteyeball]

I tried Opera before and I just did not care for it.

I feel the same about IE, Chrome and Safari - I'm just content to have a choice

Sorry but I try Opera every now and then and I just don't see what is so great about it.

Even I'm hard pressed to find many features of which to extol it's virtues.

I don't even use 2/3 of it's 'extras' like Opera unite, built in mail, torrent client, widgets, bloody mouse gestures etc.

However, 10.51 does initially load quickly and browses fast enough and despite using only a limited amount of it's feature set, I'm quite comfortable with it.

Simply put, I like it, but don't love it.

(it did become a lot more pleasant to use after learning you can edit the urlfilter.ini directly. It's like a poor mans noscript)

It is hard to change browsers once you learn to love one.

It is hard, but not impossible. It did wean me off FF as my my main browser

Upon reflection, even though their management sound like a bunch of sour old biddies, I'm not going to cut my nose off to spite my face.

So until something else comes along that suits my preferences, I'll stick with Opera.

 

[Lordbob75]

FFS, STFHU!

'Nuff said.

~Lordbob

 

[smarteyeball]

FFS, STFHU!

'Nuff said.

~Lordbob

To whom are you referring to?

We are simply Finding Finicky Solutions to Salutariness That Fuels Herculean Undertakings...

'Nuff said?