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Dear European Windows user, please select your browser
Refalm:
If you're an European, and you're currently using Windows with Internet Explorer, then get ready to have more choice!
Neelie Kroes, the formerly corrupt VVD-bitch, has ordered Microsoft to direct users to this website on first start-up:
Read more here
It's also fun to notice that most users choose Opera in that screen, since a lot of people have Opera pre-installed on their mobile, smartphone or Wii, and they recognise Opera faster as a brand name than Internet Explorer.
"Opera made an awesome browser for my LG smartphone, so a desktop version should be awesome too."
Aloone_Jonez:
I find it funny that the article linked to is by someone who's against this.
I think that Google Chrome will also be popular because everyone's heard of Google.
What about going further, perhaps OEMs should be forced to offer computers with other operating systems installed or no operating system?
I'd like another browser to become more popular, there has to be more choice than just IE or Firefox, Id like Opera or Chrome to have a considerable market share too.
piratePenguin:
Eh, the Opera brand is worth nil.
Google and Firefox, however...
From what I've seen, Mozilla are making a big deal out of this and the rest aren't. They've done surveys in European countries to find out awareness levels about this browser screen, they've launched a website to elaborate why a browser choice is an important choice. Mozilla takes a lot of initiative to win market share and that's why they are the dominant alternative browser, and even though other browsers clearly may have edges on a technical level, 2010 is the year that Mozilla keeps playing its community card, the card that noone knows how to beat. The card that beat Microsoft up, and even if Mozilla takes serious knocks in the next few years, which I believe is unlikely, we can all thank them for Making a Better Web, because if they didn't, there may be only one browser and two operating systems.
So you would be wise to listen and to spread the word.
worker201:
Who chose what order they would be shown in? Does that make any difference?
Aloone_Jonez:
They're displayed in random order.
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