Because Opera often identifies itself as MSIE 6.0, for sites that erroneously say they require Internet Explorer while they render fine in Opera. This throws off web server logs.

Make sure to check my user-agent, too

Betamax wasn't better than VHS. The recording quality was at approximately the same level of VHS, but in fact, the reason that VHS took off in the first place was that VHS cassettes allowed for a two-hour recording time, while Beta tapes only allowed one hour. This allowed people to tape 2-hour programs and movies unattended, where you would have to change tapes halfway through on a Beta.

Please stop perpetuating these silly myths.

Linux is better than Windows, by far, but no one really knows about Linux except for advanced users. Some distros (like Slackware, SuSe, and Debian) are in fact harder to use, but then again, they are much more powerful than Windows. Mandrake is easy to use and has the same advantages as other distros. And Linux is extremely configurable, unlike Windows. Linux is also, by far, the most stable OS. For example, Windows ME can't go three days wothout needing a reboot, whereas Linux boxes can run for over a year without restarting. And if you have Wine, you can play most of your Windows-based games and progs on Linux. Oh yeah, and $70 for Mandrake 9.1 can get you ~$5,000 of Windows OS/software.

Of course, much on Linux is done in the console.
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Now for Opera: I used to use Opera but I found it didn't meet my needs, mainly for small things. For example, it didn't show table borders as colors, just generic grey lines, which annoy me (especially when making a website) because they look like crap. Again, as with Linux, not many people know about Opera, mostly because IE comes with Windows and they see no reason to get a better browser, and then there's people who use AOL. Only advanced users feel the need to get a new browser. Opera, like Linux, is extremely configurable, which is another good thing.

If you use Opera or Linux, don't like it (like me) and switch back, that's fine, but please don't be a closed minded a$$hole who won't try anything new because they think what they have is fine. Take a risk! Try something new for a change!

/end long geek post

INTERNET EXPLORER is still The Most Popular browser in the World (see the pages: www.webjunior.prv.pl )... and any little bugs this situation don't changes

EVERY program have many BIGGER bugs
For instance: the famous OCR program "Finereader 6" have Service Pack in size bigest like the same final program

An interesting "story" from The Register about a mum who switched to Opera...

It also points out how most people look at their browser i.e. "hunting for the 'e'"...

I've been using Opera for sometime now and keep finding myself trying to use mouse gestures everytime I have to use IE!

I just bought Opera to get rid of the adverts. To be honest I'm more than happy to give money to the people providing this piece of software. Its a joy to use.

I agree, I have been using Opera for years. Mainly because it provides me with the same browser when I am in windows or linux (I know Mozilla does this too, but I think MOzilla is slower at the moment - although it is much better than Netscape 7).

I develop web apps for a living, and most are developed for a min spec of IE5.5. This is not chosen for the features, but because most people have it pre-installed. This leads to problems in that programmers get lazy, and instead of looking for a better design/solution to get the code to conform to w3c, they use the microsoft defined crap to get it to look fancy quickly. This really annoys me, since it is destroying the market for other browsers/OSs.
They are even modifying XML in such a way, that it will soon be an MSXML and XML... which ruins every thing from Palm OS up to Linux/Mac and every other non-MS app.
Its a shame for the industry really.