Microsoft’s European Browser Choice Screen Causes Spike In Opera Downloads
According to Opera Software, downloads of its latest desktop browser (10.5) have increased in number significantly after Microsoft started offering Windows users in Europe a choice in browser with a so-called ballot screen.
The Norwegian software maker says that on average, more than half of the European downloads of Opera’s latest browser come directly from that Choice Screen.
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13 Responses to “Microsoft’s European Browser Choice Screen Causes Spike In Opera Downloads”
March 18th, 2010 saat: 9:05 am
I bet it gets chosen many times simply because its description contains the word Turbo.
March 18th, 2010 saat: 9:36 am
Opera is definitely a good browser but this is a move by microsoft to overcome the bad name got by the bugs of internet explorer.
March 18th, 2010 saat: 10:34 am
opera is a good software becoz i am also using it.
March 18th, 2010 saat: 11:17 am
they got free advertisement on Microsoft’s back and they don’t even have to pay a dime for it.
March 18th, 2010 saat: 11:22 am
It’s great to see that Opera is getting the push that it deserves. Simply a fantastic browser for those who enjoy it.
March 18th, 2010 saat: 12:21 pm
I tried Opera recently and didn’t like it. Switched back to IE8. Opera has an unfamiliar feel and look to it, rather foreign and doesn’t match well with Windows 7 IMO. It also kept prompting me to reauthenticate to sites – rather an unpleasant experience all around.
March 18th, 2010 saat: 12:56 pm
That’s odd. I’ve gotten support when I reported a bug, every website I visit works fine on 10.5, the Opera communities helped me out to alter Opera to better suit me, and I’ve never been hacked.
Of course I’m sure you can bring up examples of such things, but then so can I for every other web browser out there.
March 18th, 2010 saat: 1:06 pm
So I guess that mean they’ve finally passed the 100 user mark? ha ha ha!
I kid, I kid!
I don’t have many issues with IE myself but choice is always a good thing.
March 18th, 2010 saat: 1:41 pm
opera downloads more than doubled, as in from 5 to 10?
March 18th, 2010 saat: 2:18 pm
30%-70% of the total downloads originate via this. That’s a pretty large number IMHO.
March 18th, 2010 saat: 2:22 pm
Don’t think users will stick with Opera. No way. With Opera it’s still not possible to view every website. Opera support sucks (doesn’t exist in other words), Opera doesn’t listen to their users and finally thanks to Opera, hundreds of thousands of users will get hacked because of this wonderful “webserver unite”… or just some great botnet lol
March 18th, 2010 saat: 2:59 pm
Well done Opera!
And they were the 1st ones pushing this issue with the European Commission, so I guess they deserve the increase.
What about other browsers? Did Chrome, Mozilla and the smaller players reveal their numbers yet?
March 18th, 2010 saat: 3:36 pm
They should have listed it as the only browser developed in Europe….
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