A plug (not plugin) for opera

[Net Llama!]

This makes the naive assumption that the majority of people are actually
choosing their browser based on features.  In reality, most people don't
choose a browser at all, they use what comes, by default, with windoze,
because they haven't the foggiest clue that an alternative exists, and
even when they do know that there is something else, they don't know how
to install the alternative.

On Wed, 24 Jul 2002, Joel Hammer wrote:
> Well, I would hope that the same fate would befall MS that befell IBM when
> IBM tried to go the microchannel route and become non IBM compatible.
> The way I see it, if all browsers work, then some (maybe many) people
> will use a browser other than IE, like opera, which works fine with
> windows. Then, if MS tries to changes the standard, web designers might
> kick back. And, if even if MS changed the standards, they would have to
> announce it so the web designers could rework their web pages. That would
> give everybody a chance to catch up.
>
> Maybe.
>
> BTW, MS is making more money than ever, so, the paying public likes them, at
> least.
>
> Joel
>
> On Wed, Jul 24, 2002 at 08:13:26PM -0700, Ken Moffat wrote:
> > Joel Hammer wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > It
> > > would be great if all browser designers emulated IE, then, we would all be
> > > compatible and web designers wouldn't have a nightmare on their hands.
> >
> > so... As soon as mozilla successfully emulates IE, MS will change the
> > 'standard', thereby dictating a new and everchanging goal. They can do
> > this at will by offering popup IE update windows which constantly make
> > other browsers incompatible. And they would do it just to retain control
> > of the market.
> >
> > --
> > Paranoid Ken Moffat
> > kmoffat at drizzle.com
> >
> >
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