http://www.techworld.com/applications/news...929&pagtype=all

Meh, remember Microsoft N version? Nobody wanted it. IE is inside because when ppl buy an OS, they want everything to work out of the box.

ok, how can you download other browser program without using internet explorer in first place?

opera needs more advertising.

opera already quite famous now in the net, i also using it. better than ie & firefox.

yes, but how do you get it to your PC if they dun have IE? not many would go to another place just to download the installer. It's retarded.

maybe they want to bundle it with windows ... never use opera b4.. maybe can try to dl it

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Added on December 14, 2007, 10:05 pm

in what aspect it better than ie and firefox?
can tell us more?

I prefer firefox more than opera

get used to firefox, don wana change


btw last time microsoft was sued by netscape for monopolying by giving out free internet explorer.

And Microsoft won. Netscape lose big time on that one not because of the case itself, but the time it needs for them to agree on a decision. By that time IE has become a norm.
And Opera is better than Firefox, as it's lighter, don't take many resources, and many of the plugins that you have to download for firefox are by default built in in Opera, not to mention that with each plugin for Firefox you need to allocate more memory, which is why FF will memory leak if left on for too long.
Opera USB is one hell of a browser too, but I use IE7 for personal usage.

I use Firefox although I don't mind IE7 sitting in my PC

In short, even though IE7 comes pre-installed with Windows Vista, I have my choice of preferred web browser. (hence I don't see the reason of Opera sueing MS)

Yeap, i agree with elite samurai

I've my IE7 on my pc, I'm still using Firefox
Just use IE to login to some page which used ASP.

FF is still my choice though..got used to it..

When you can't win against your competitor, sue them.

LoL....didn't u heard before love your enemy and they will love you too..."If you can't beat em,join em"!

i use both ie & ff dpd on mood, blow me.

some on9 game and website still need IE

opera good, but i more prefer firefox, i use IE sometimes when needed like update windows or what-ever comes from microsoft.com thats need IE to run it~

Before IE was built-in, people bought Internet browser off-the-shelf. Some other OS bundles Firefox.

opera is light but plain and boring

I don't mind plain and boring as long as it doesn't interrupt what i'm doing too much,simple and easy tp use, and won't take up too muc memory.

how plain and boring? u can change the skin online sumore ler.

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http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp

O RLY. 1.8% is quite famous huh?

here's the reason why I don't use Internet Explorer, other than for testing purposes.



and who cares about being plain and boring, I browse the website for the website. I don't need fancy skins to entertain me. Opera is good! I use FFox though because I like some of the plugins (I use less than 5 ok!)

many dunno about firefox.. my friends all are using firefox and dunno opera.. i admit that in terms of plugins, firefox has the most complete one, just like IE.. but i'm using opera bcoz opera is faster and lighter..

the first browser i manage to get install to my old win 3.1 is opera which last time as a light weight browser .. can fit into my 1.4mb diskette
that time still netscape communicator rulez!
haha .. i miss those old days

for those who had tried opera, ie & ff, usually will go after opera.

usually? nah~ haha.. anyway, it is all just depends on individual whether it suits their style or not. I dun prefer operra as I already suit myself with firefox. but my dad, he likes the magnify feature by opera browser where he can read news better(since his eye not tat good)

I am using opera because it is really good and have more features compared to IE7 and Firefox.Most of the IE features now has been copied from opera.But the latest opera take quiet bit of ram space compared to older version.

Before we have Firefox, i used to be an Opera user. Very fast browser compare to IE. But now I use Firefix because the simplicity and the plugin. But Opera had some problem when opening some website.

well that doesn't explain that 1.8% from the browser stats.

anyway for me, anything that conforms to web-standards are fine.

Well, i prefer firefox. opera seems fine. but i dont really like to use IE now, given a choice.

since most browsers are now free, I dont think this model will work.

MS is not stupid enough to bundle competitor's product in their OS.

tat explain tat most users r like to use the default browser in their os, rather than dl anotherone from net.

Yup, and that's why I stopped using opera. It's still sitting in my pc though, sometimes I use it just for fun.

LoL larr opera. Even if they succeeded... it's not like I'm going to use Opera anyway.

It's either Microsoft or Firefox. Whether Opera wins or not... I still won't use it anyway. I wonder what will happen if almost the whole world think like me. Fortunately for Opera though.. they don't.

opera latest alpha(9.50) indeed have some problem when loading some webpage, here is the small list:
http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics_sli2007.html and prolly their main page too.
nero main page,
yahoo mail beta.

but they all works fine on 9.25 official version IIRC.
i will switch to ie7/ffx when i wan to login google page creator coz opera is still dont supported, it cant be fooled by changing useragent string lol

wat version u using tat time?

I love opera Dial-up feature and the drag-and-drop website link feature.
Kinda got used to Opera already, won't switch to another one.

Recently started using Opera but I'm having some problems getting it to work flawlessly with my download managers and being able to copy a couple of rapidshare links at once like I use to do on my firefox with flashget.

u should try out its theme feature too, really nicer than FF.

yeah lor but FFox % there shows people are willing to download. which quite obvious they're people who are aware la.

but no explanation of what you say Opera being popular lor.

just popular among the college student so far in malaysia.
just wait another few month loh.

Opera has been around for ages and hasn't even made a dent.

i miss opera earlier version, mainly :
1. Lightweight
2. Small size
3. FAST!!!!!
4. Full of function compared to IE6

NOW:
1. It's ugly... (I know got skin)
2. Getting blotted with unnecessary function
3. Bigger Size

Anyway, I still have Opera in my comp. I like Firefox > IE7 > Opera... last time Opera useb to be my no.1 browser

When Opera can't open Yahoo! Mail that I'm rely heavily on, I'm sorry to tell that I should leave it because it can't suit my demands...

If it can't open a site, it's the site's fault actually as Opera renders according to W3 Standard

the previous version of ver7.23 is really impressed, tat y i still keep it inside my pc the setup files.
yes, it is still very fast.



u sure? i can open it even with ver 9.24 ler.

really?? although im using Firefox, but i did tried opera before, never had
problem to browse any webpage.

I just give it up because it is bloated and the chinese word rendered so ugly,
tried to find a solution but the help on its website is really a no no....

Prefer Firefox

The tab function is stable , not like IE 7 , which will like lag when i open more than 3 tabs

which veru on to tat time? i alwiz browse a lot chinese porn site w/o problem so far.

precisely........ but i can open Yahoo Mail wor.