http://www.markevanstech.com/2005/12/29/google-opera-dealbut-not-the-deal/ Insight and Analysis from North of the Border Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:38:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.markevanstech.com/2005/12/29/google-opera-dealbut-not-the-deal/#comment-893 Anonymous Fri, 30 Dec 2005 17:41:21 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/?p=1196#comment-893 Opera is still generally and noticeably faster than Firefox however the advantage had seemed to slip. Opera also has capabilities that have still not made it into Firefox yet (author mode and other author-specified page over-rides, back-button page expiry ignoring, and many more) including privacy options. For example, one can specify Opera to identify itself as another browser. This means that this very post appears in your logs as being from an IE browser. I think this capability is still enabled by default on all PC-based Opera browsers shipped and may explain some of the meagre 1% adoption figures. I'd be interested in the browser usage stats of perhaps more tech-savvy sites like this one since my dad (who distinctly falls out of this category) uses IE simply because he clicks an icon 'to get on the Internet'. /Stefan Opera is still generally and noticeably faster than Firefox however the advantage had seemed to slip. Opera also has capabilities that have still not made it into Firefox yet (author mode and other author-specified page over-rides, back-button page expiry ignoring, and many more) including privacy options. For example, one can specify Opera to identify itself as another browser. This means that this very post appears in your logs as being from an IE browser. I think this capability is still enabled by default on all PC-based Opera browsers shipped and may explain some of the meagre 1% adoption figures.
I'd be interested in the browser usage stats of perhaps more tech-savvy sites like this one since my dad (who distinctly falls out of this category) uses IE simply because he clicks an icon 'to get on the Internet'.
/Stefan

]]> http://www.markevanstech.com/2005/12/29/google-opera-dealbut-not-the-deal/#comment-892 Anonymous Thu, 29 Dec 2005 18:41:02 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/?p=1196#comment-892 I disagree on the mystery. Selling software is 2 parts marketing and only 1 part technology. Moz's marketing strategy with Firefox is a well orchestrated grass roots movement. I'm unsure if Opera even have a marketing strategy. -Randy Charles Morin http://www.kbcafe.com I disagree on the mystery. Selling software is 2 parts marketing and only 1 part technology. Moz's marketing strategy with Firefox is a well orchestrated grass roots movement. I'm unsure if Opera even have a marketing strategy.
-Randy Charles Morin
http://www.kbcafe.com

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