Comments on: Firefox 3 Reaches 20 Million downloads in 7 Days, Opera – 4.5 Million Downloads in 5 Days

By: Tomás

Tomás — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:15:04 +0000

Hi,

Im not a developer… jus a user, that loves the fact that there’s choices and ps I hate Microsoft dominance.

I used Firefox for years, and think its fantastic, its not only a gr8 browser but the contributions to its development from its users, makes me proud to support.

But… for the last couple of years… I turned to Opera with my fav skin (meguiddo).. Looks are important to me… a streamlined browser, that has what you need at ur fingertips. Without being insulting to Firefox. To me its the difference between a supped up car, tuned, with bodykits and tons of ‘add on’s’ and a Porsche allready sleek, with very little to change… Id take the Porsche… Its a matter of choice though I respect that.. Opera whilst lacking choice for user led enhancement… is just simply too perfect and smooth… it’s looks all the way.

People suprised here, that so many would be out in support of opera, should remember… IE is the enemy… Thumbs up to choice… ;)

By: Vladimir Georgiev

Vladimir Georgiev — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:41:58 +0000

Well, myself I’m an Opera fan & user (Opera is my main browser), but still I was glad to try to help FF to reach their record. I downloaded FF both in my office and home on the mechines I work.

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prs.Blog » Blog Archive » Krótko #2 - o przeglądarkach — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:15:17 +0000

[...] Po pierwsze: Firefox osiągnął 20milionów ściągnięć w 7 dni, a opera 4.5 miliona w ciągu 5 dni [...]

By: euux

euux — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:50:51 +0000

Standards are worthless if they are to be monopolized.

As I see it OpenSource is not just a marketing gimmick (albeit i’m glad it also is).

And above all it’s not just way to squeezing out the competition.

Consumers choose. Outcast competitors can always grab the successful (open) source code, improve it and sell it.
I can be wrong… but that seems to be what happened with the much praised MacOSX.

This gives merit to the ideas and to good code without allowing the enforcement of bad ideas. Its a Plus-Plus game to developers and consumers.

So Opera is very much in the bad on this subject.
What this says is that Opera team get comfort in the idea that: when (and if) they get market share they’ll be able to use that power to minimize market losses due to future incompetent products. (a la microsoft)
But their contribution to present marked is welcomed.

About the standards… diversity off html/javascript/etc interpreters always benefit the standards… even if they don’t fully comply with then – so thanks to opera and firefox, and…

By: Nico Zandberg

Nico Zandberg — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:33:18 +0000

Again the last two posts just shows how firefox gets marketed with wrong information. Firstly being open source does not make firefox any safer than a closed source browser. Then firefox has not been the most standard compliant for a long time. It started out trying to become that but developers stopped making this their number 1 focus after it became popular thus ensuring more sites work regardless of standards.

By: Haggard

Haggard — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:31:24 +0000

Firefox – Its leap to success and hunger to strive for more and get more, is very much appreciated. Even being a late enterant in the market, it is giving a tough time to the BIG GIANTS like IE- Microsoft.
Firefox has made life easier for the browsers as well as the developers (web application). Its user friendly features are well thought of. It compels the developers to follow the W3 standards and adhere to its rule, then only it renders the pages, which itself helps reducing caos in future.
Hats off to its Success in short time and also to the efforts they have out in to make this possible.

By: Trigger

Trigger — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:16:34 +0000

Working with and using Firefox is of great help to developers as well. Since it compels the coders to maintain descipline in thier HTML, javascript coding. Which I think is the base level for all the website pages irrespective of the Technology(.NET or PHP).

By: Jon M

Jon M — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:30:48 +0000

@rhY

“Why all the Opera fans? It being a closed source browser almost guarantees that at some point your safety, freedom, and reliability will be severely compromised.”

You’ve been sucked in.

The financial backers of Mozilla own and control Firefox as much as Microsoft controls IE. Having access to the source code doesn’t make the slightest difference in practical terms.

Open source doesn’t actually achieve anything in the real world. It’s a marketing gimmick and a means of squeezing out the competition.

By: nsrmbo

nsrmbo — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:51:35 +0000

My theory is Opera has a lot of niche market share (eg Russia).
Globally the market share looks weak, but it has pockets of deep penetration.
(heh heh… deep penetration.)

PS hey commenters, enough with the “my browser’s daddy is going to beat up your browser’s daddy”

By: Shortshire

Shortshire — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:41:50 +0000

I love ff3 and use it all the time but i’m an opera person. The reason I don’t use opera that much because there are less add-ons, sites break in it even thought it is the most compliant browser out there. FF3 is great but Opera is still my favorite and my preferred browser. FF3 had a bigger marketing budget than opera and that is why it won in downloads.

Opera is still the only browser for the wii.