Typical browser users (picture)
Published October 1st, 2008 3:19 PM EDT By TamilI saw this funny comparison of typical browser users on Choose Opera.
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Where’s Google Chrome?
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LOL!
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Ouch, flamebait!
I would like to welcome more newbie Opera users though.
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Let the flamewar begin!
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wena wena me hizo reir xD
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LOLz!!!
Nice one
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??/ :-*
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??/ :-* long time
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Malíiiisimooo!
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Lol….. Obama’s a nice guy. I got to meet him last summer when he came to my work.
I’m not even kidding you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r_4zSqdd8Q
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the guy at bottom right - is it ollie?
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Where is Konqueror?
It does not worth mentioning?
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the fact that this pic makes fun of mac users, which is increasingly attracting pro web developers is just sad and shows just how serious the rest of the thing is. this is an opinion presented as if it was a fact.
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Hey… You can view porn on Firefox too!
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The safari was the good one.
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@anon
No, this is something called “humor”. I know Mac users have a problem with this strange concept, but the rest of us get it
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Somewhat true
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Nice one
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Niche shot of an elitist obama turning up his nose. Time to add chrome, I’ve been playing around with it and its FAST!!!
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I wish I could wipe out Opera from my PC, But I have to make my websites compatible with this terrible web browser.
If you want IE with features try out IE7Pro
If you want Trident with features try out Avant/Maxthon.
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@IE User:
Well I guess I can understand the concept of wanting IE, but seriously, who would “want” Trident ??
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“I wish I could wipe out Opera from my PC, But I have to make my websites compatible with this terrible web browser.
If you want IE with features try out IE7Pro
If you want Trident with features try out Avant/Maxthon.”
And the problem with Opera is?
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I wonder what’s wrong with Safari.
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D.A. Safari is made by Apple, and their software is terrible bloatware. Maybe it all works fine on MacOS, but in Windows it’s worthless.
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You know i’ve actually just bought my mac and i’ve tried a couple of different browsers, so far i like Camino, and Firefox the best… can’t bring myself to put IE on here yet…
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@GT500: Safari on OS X is a completelely different beast than on Windows. Just like most Apple software. I quite like Safari on OS X, it’s speed and lightness could definetely be compared to Opera.
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You can’t make a good argument without Konqueror here!