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15 releases and still almost nobody uses it. Couple of years ago Opera was a solid browser and a great hope. Today it's on the verge of being forgotten.
by mtreder 13y ago
15 releases and still almost nobody uses it. Couple of years ago Opera was a solid browser and a great hope. Today it's on the verge of being forgotten.
- glazskunrukitis 13y agoWhy nobody? Opera is quite popular in some communities/regions.
- mtreder 13y agoRight now Opera has 1.6% of market share. Safari - 4.1%. Back in 2011 - Opera had 2.5% and Safari 4.0%. You can actually see that Opera is in bad shape. And probably you're right - Opera might be popular in some communities. Globally though - it doesn't matter and its market share is actually shrinking.
- nknighthb 13y agoOnce again I find myself deeply unimpressed with those who would seek to portray achievement of a >1% share of a multi-billion-user market as some sort of failure. We'll also leave aside the fact that those statistics you're citing are likely biased against Opera, given the markets it's most common in. (And I don't even like Opera...)
- k_bx 13y agoI bet if Opera will be default browser in OS X it will be more popular than Safari.
- tcfunk 13y agoThis is a great point to bring up. Safari and IE get a sort of default market share given that they ship with a mainstream OS.
- k_bx 13y agoI think you choose your browser in Windows before you use it (at least in Europe). // I'm not sure I agree with this law, but it for sure affects browser share.
- lurkinggrue 13y agoAfter 15 it's going to shrink a whole lot more.
- glazskunrukitis 13y agoWhy nobody? Opera is quite popular in some communities/regions.