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While only >10%-share browsers can be worth commercially developing for
That's one problem: many web developers program for browsers, not standards. In other words, ideally, there would be a "polyculture" in innovation and experimentation,
that would constantly funnel into a "monoculture" in actual final standards.
Yes, and IMHO that is what happens to browser rendering engines atm. Everyone agrees/complies to one technology and by doing so it becomes a de facto standard. Then new approaches for new problems can be taken from there, without reinventing the wheel. But this also creates room for alternatives to rise, so we are back to multiculturism. :)E.g. replacing JS with some other language would be such a new alternative. Open-Source-Lua-Presto, imagine that! ;)
2. Herd-mind might apply for Chrome-Hipsters, but Opera is far from being mainstream. Sadly.
3. I'd love to have Opera as my default browser everywhere, but it just doesn't work that easily for me. Maybe you can share me your weird/unusual insights on how to apply a default browser for the entires win7 system, including all applications?
4. You must be doing something horribly wrong. I DO MISSION CRITICAL WORK WITH OPERA - all day long - for many many years.
5. Shame on you for creating a fake account. You deserve to be downvoted.
6. tl;dr is supposed to be _above_ the content.
If anything. :)
> I wish Adobe would let it die already.
I know many here can't accept the truth that Flash had, has and will have its place on the Internet. There was a need for such a technology and there still is. I will be here for another 5-15 years or so, so we should make the best out of it instead of screaming 'DIE ALREADY'. But as always, there is plenty of room for improvements. :)
FYI: Adobe donated Flex to the ASF a while ago and the mailing list is already the most active on ASF. It is actively developed and people are quite motivated.
I don't know what 'would have been', but I know that we would not be where we are today (in a positive sense) without those companies and the many many technologies and products they have provided us with (even though some of them can only serve as bad examples).
Opera: General browsing/research with dozens of tabs. It's so stable you can have it run for several days and don't need to worry about performance, everything runs smoothly, always. When it comes to stability, Opera is the Debian of browsers. ;) Also it has the easiest/best implementation of incognito mode. There are many other reason, but it's best to try it out for yourself. Not just one day or two, but several months.
FF: For development, debugging, testing and some other stuff. I prefer to use it for some darker corners of the web and websites I don't trust, as No-Script is the most advanced script blocker available.
Chromium (in specific Comodo Dragon): Almost the same as FF, but in addition I have to use it to keep track of all the cutting-edge HTML5 stuff. Sad story behind this is that many web-developers don't care about standards and only test there sites with FF/Chromium.
I like them all, I'm not an ideologist, every tool has its purpose. But Opera suits my needs the most.
What I don't like are ignorant web developers!
FWIW: Use Ditto if you don't want to lose the previous buffer content.
Stop implying such bullshit into others statement. All I said was that in those countries people treat foreigners much worse. I didn't justify or judge either side.
So either the parents or even the kid itself is brainwashed by poorly spinned U.S. TV.
> NONE OF WHICH IS THE LEAST FUCKING BIT OKAY, EITHER!
Ofc, stop screaming, I didn't said it was.
But lets twist it, only without the masquerade: Imagine 'Ela' is on holiday in the Near East and wears a tank top. Don't you think that people would 'look funny at her'? She also might get molested for not being dressed properly. Local women even get stoned for that.