starway - 8:17 am on Jul 18, 2002 (gmt 0)

>>...it commands an absolutely insignificant share of the market
"At this moment" - I have to add.
That's right, right now Opera's usage can't be compared with IE. But don't forget that it is already more popular that Netscape (including newest Mozilla) - at least in Europe. I don't want to add any stats here as I don't believe it so much and don't rely on them. But I know for sure that Opera is getting more and more popular in web world.

You can read about the latest Opera deals with software and hardware distributors and developers and see that it's moving faster and faster. All this will bring wider market share for Opera, and this will probably happen very soon.

Assuming all this I don't think that it is a wise step to ignore it, even if you don't like it. As a developer you have to be ready for it.