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Hitler finds out about Opera 10.60
When I started writing here, I never once thought I'd get to write a story about Hitler. I knew I'd get the chance to write about many different things, topics that really push the boundary on what constitutes 'a download' but... mein Führer... well, the Third Reich and its illustrious general has always remained just out of reach. Until now. Thanks to Der Untergang and the Hitler Meme, I can finally cross 'Hitler' off my to-do list.
Watch as Hitler, the tyrannical mastermind behind Chrome, laments the success of Opera 10.60. Marvel as Chrome is knocked from its Axis.
As far as über-geeky videos go, this is one of the best I've seen. It's fantastically well-observed -- and watch out for the 'BS' line, it's classic.
[Download Opera 10.60 now!]
Watch as Hitler, the tyrannical mastermind behind Chrome, laments the success of Opera 10.60. Marvel as Chrome is knocked from its Axis.
As far as über-geeky videos go, this is one of the best I've seen. It's fantastically well-observed -- and watch out for the 'BS' line, it's classic.
[Download Opera 10.60 now!]
Comments
23
Subscribe to commentsJuan R. PerezJul 5th 2010 10:29AM
"You idiot! Nobody uses developer builds!"
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Sent from Chrome Dev Build
tc4001Jul 5th 2010 11:05AM
Come to think of it, Chrome does look like a Fisher-Price toy...
@davey_ladJul 5th 2010 11:21AM
I've seen that Hitler video rehashed so many times now it's not worth hitting play
Sebastian AnthonyJul 5th 2010 1:13PM
You're missing out!
SugarDaddyJul 6th 2010 8:40AM
I'm with you. These hitler videos are so boring. I didn't find this one funny either. Right away when anyone makes one of these they're starting off in a bad spot just from the sheer lack of originality. Now the iPhone 4 vs EVO 4g video that got the best buy kid fired, that was a bit more original -- for now.
dracona1031Jul 5th 2010 2:46PM
Yeah, sorry Opera, but no LastPass or xmarks means I'm sticking with Chrome. Plus, I really don't feel like migrating from Google sync to Opera Link, so no dice.
DrekeJul 6th 2010 11:33AM
So? Who cares? How is any of that crap you wrote relevant to anything?
dracona1031Jul 10th 2010 11:51AM
Gee, I don't know how it could be relevant.. Except for the fact that I don't give a flying f*** if it's faster rendering JavaScript if it slows me down in other ways. Opera is missing too many of the features that users of Firefox and Chrome have come to depend on for improving their workflow. The video just isn't that funny, because Opera just isn't that great.
BrianJul 5th 2010 11:35AM
I'm sorry but my copy of chrome is faster than Opera. I'm using Opera 10.60 & Chrome 5.0.375.99
harryofblackforestJul 6th 2010 3:37AM
Yeah, same. And for some reason Opera just decides to crash on me for no reason!
DrekeJul 6th 2010 11:32AM
Actually, tests confirm that Opera is faster than Chrome.
AemonyJul 5th 2010 11:50AM
As if a couple of milliseconds during the JS execution will mean any big difference on 99.99% of all websites. What matters is the overall speed and the built-in support for customizations. The only 'critical' feature other web browsers should adapt from Opera is the Turbo feature, all other web browsers are quick enough.
Sent from Firefox, the number one browser I always comes back to no matter how many weeks I can try out a new competitive browser.
frikoJul 5th 2010 1:15PM
Come on, all the fanboys defending their favorite browser instead of enjoying a very funny video.
And yes, I've seen tenths of different versions of this video too.
ProlornJul 5th 2010 2:42PM
Eh, I wasn't too amused. The jeering in the vid just raised ??? instead of lols. Then again, I didn't fully "get" Opera's potato ads either, though at least those felt like good sport.
(Opera was my main browser in the past, and I often use it along side Chrome today, so I appreciate the strengths and weaknesses of both.)
Though I did appreciate Hitler's line near the end, when he said he'd rather shoot a potato gun at his head than switch browsers. Very apt description of diehard fans everywhere. :D
DrekeJul 6th 2010 11:31AM
If you didn't get either of these, maybe you should consider trying to stay at least slightly updated on what's going on in the world?
ProlornJul 6th 2010 10:23PM
@Dreke: Staying up to date? I'll give you 3:1 odds that I'm better informed than you. (I know such a bet over the internet is futile, and also subjective, but that's the measure of my confidence.)
I am far from unaware of the Google Chrome ads, Opera's response, and the Hitler video meme.
What I didn't "get" was the humor; I of course understood what they were trying to do quite well, but it simply didn't click with my own taste. Get it?
And I'm not alone, if the comments on Opera's own news blog post are to be believed. (Surprised that I'm a reader? I did say that I *like* Opera.)
http://my.opera.com/chooseopera/blog/2010/07/05/hitler-finds-out-about-opera-10-60
jValdronJul 5th 2010 4:51PM
Seen this video of Hitler too many times, but this one had his moments.
But it's funny how Chrome is a lot younger than Opera, but still has a higher market share. :)
DrekeJul 6th 2010 11:30AM
What's so funny about it?
First of all, Opera has only been free and without ads for a little over 4 years. So Chrome is not a lot younger. Just a bit younger than Opera's free version.
Secondly, Chrome is growing because it's being heavily pushed through Google's online advertising monopoly.
The same happened to Firefox, which got lots of help from Google's online ad monopoly. But now that Google stopped using their online ad monopoly to push Firefox, it has stopped growing.
RED_404Jul 6th 2010 12:34AM
Opera is a nice browser and I'm using it to write this post.
The down side is it has no real plugins but you can us user scripts and most greesmonky scripts will work with Opera. I will never understand what they were thinking with the widgets thing there about useless and 99% of them are fugly.
But its stable fast and has some great feachers. The way I look at is, Opera has always been at the back pushing the web standards and other browsers forward.
Now there are things I don't like about opera and for that mater IE Firefox and Chrome but I run them all -IE and distribute my browsing between then that way if one crashes I don't have to reload all my crap.
mkoJul 6th 2010 2:02PM
Opera's reasoning about plug ins and widgets is that they want their widgets to work on all Opera devices, desktop, opera mobile, opera mini, embedded devices, consoles.. It's not the desktop browser Opera makes money it's the devices. like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u28b13BiOY