Crazy_Fool - 1:14 pm on Jun 25, 2002 (gmt 0)

if opera does install as IE by default, then this is probably the biggest marketing cockup opera could make. by showing as IE in stats etc, webmasters are simply unaware of it's usage and will therefore not bother with browser compatibility and one very major link in the promotion chain is broken.

if opera installs itself as opera, webmasters will see it in their stats and might download opera to test it themselves. they might even make site visitors aware that the site is compatible with opera.

10 million downloads? 10% usage? not according to my stats .... i think that rather than ensuring opera compatibility, i'll spend my time adding an extra couple of pages to my sites ....

when opera can *prove* more than 5% usage through my stats, that's when i'll take it seriously and ensure compatibility ...