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Microsoft's European browser ballot goes live -- check it out!
Hit F5 and watch the order randomize. Scroll right and check out the lesser-known browsers such as Sleipnir or Flock.
Finally, hit the Install or Tell me more buttons and be whisked off to the browser's website!
The analysis is interesting though -- check out the wording, with Firefox going with 'free and secure', while Opera brags about being the only browser with 'Opera Turbo Technology' (!!). Apparently Safari is the world's most innovative browser. I get the feeling the browsers were allowed to provide their own cheesy tagline...
Also note the contiguous background color between the BrowserChoice page and the Internet Explorer 8 website -- and while the other 'Install' links go to direct-download pages, IE8 tries to hook you with its feature set.
[thanks to Kyle for the tip!]
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Subscribe to commentskyle.maguire2297Mar 3rd 2010 7:30PM
w00t! I didn't know if the feedback button would work! Also, in my testing the only browsers that would randomly move were, IE, Chrome, Opera,FF and Safari would only randomize. Its sad to see the other browsers left in the dust. even though they are still there.
Sebastian AnthonyMar 3rd 2010 7:34PM
Ya, they're what's known as 'the big five' -- they always get the first five, and the rest have to make do with 'over the fold'.
Not sure of the logic -- probably because those five are more feature-complete. But I'm sure it's defined somewhere.
sharkbaitMar 3rd 2010 8:27PM
"Safari for Windows from Apple, the world’s most innovative browser."
The Grammar Nazi in me thinks that this line is saying that Apple is a browser...
mkoMar 3rd 2010 8:49PM
And the realist in me thinks it's the overstatement of the century
Sebastian AnthonyMar 3rd 2010 9:19PM
And the comment moderator in me says... no, never-mind, I'll let it go... just this once!
riversandtreesMar 3rd 2010 9:17PM
Funny. I like Google's tagline. Short, simple and to the point. Apple's pretty good, too. Firefox's tagline should just read "A browser developed to help you get the most out of the web." Opera should be more concise and say "Opera. The only browser engineered to speed up your internet connection."
Sebastian AnthonyMar 3rd 2010 9:20PM
'Opera: be a voice in the noisy minority'
Sinani201Mar 3rd 2010 10:14PM
Google doesn't need a tagline. They should have just made it GOOGLE GOOGLE GOOGLE and everyone would download it, because the computer newbs that don't know anything worship Google... anything with Google on it is immediately awesome.
Firefox should have emphasized the add-ons in their tagline, because it would have been good for them...
mastahc411Mar 3rd 2010 10:39PM
Opera's tagline should be "We make great mobile browsers, give us a chance on a real pc, please?"
EvenioMar 4th 2010 2:00AM
"Opera. The Meg Griffin of the browser world."
JoshMar 3rd 2010 11:17PM
Odd. I tried about twenty time to get Firefox in the first spot, and was unable to. Twice it ended up in the first spot and quickly reshuffled to the third spot, without a page refresh. I doubt it is intentional, but I found that pretty funny.
bduddyMar 4th 2010 12:18AM
They always shuffle visibly after the page loads... perhaps to convince certain people it's done randomly. In any case, FF showed up first on my 2nd try....
Sebastian AnthonyMar 4th 2010 9:04AM
Yeah, I noticed the odd shuffling, but it only happened on some page-loads for me. Who knows.
I'm sure there'll be some more controversy as the day wears on... :)
hmmMar 4th 2010 12:27PM
That happens because the shuffling is done client side via Javascript which runs after the page has loaded and not server side.
By the way, the link is online for everybody to see since at least Feb 20 when I saw it. In fact a flaw in its shuffling algorithm even made its way to Slashdot on 28th.
http://developers.slashdot.org/story/10/02/28/1837223/Schooling-Microsoft-On-Random-Browser-Selection
hmmMar 4th 2010 12:34PM
And yes if you seem to to think that the page is biased, you can confirm your suspicions by running the javascript more than a thousand times here:
http://www.robweir.com/blog/attachments/shuffle/shuffle.html
Sebastian AnthonyMar 4th 2010 12:50PM
Cheers for the link -- was an interesting read. Almost like being back at university :)
Mark BMar 4th 2010 12:47AM
This comment is dedicated to the sons and daughters throughout the European content who lovingly provide for all their technical support needs of their parents and extended family who will inevitably be dealing with the phone call saying "I couldn't decide so I installed all of them!"
Sebastian AnthonyMar 4th 2010 9:06AM
'This is not your default browser...'
'This is not your default browser...'
'This is not your default browser...'
enerGIMar 4th 2010 2:16AM
Ahhhhhh, Freedom of Choice, what a wonderful world we live in, plus, they are all FREE...... well sort of....... Google, Apple, Microsoft, hey all of em, wouldn't be collecting information on us when we sign up to use their browser, would they? hmmmmmmmm :p
wangjelMar 4th 2010 7:59AM
"also note" al this is in a Microsoft product,............... you don't HAVE to buy if you don't like it, (tired of this "microsoft is devil" kind of articles)