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Opera 11 downloaded 6.7 million times on day one -- thanks to the power of bacon
While Opera 11's warm reception had a lot to do with a greatly improved browser and a very loyal fan base, the boys in Oslo had one clever trick up their sleeve which they saved for launch day. And with nearly 7 million downloads in 24 hours, you've got to hand it to Opera: they know how to tempt a geek.How'd they do it? By dangling delicious bacon in front of Reddit users. You've got to admit, the Opera 11 Web advert is at least as enticing as those Evony ads -- you know which ones I'm talking about.
As for those of us who already tried Opera 11 and knew it was a solid browser... well, if you're like me, you're probably just craving some sizzlin' hot bacon right about now.
Curse you, Opera!
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Subscribe to commentsEuroSceptiCDec 17th 2010 11:11AM
Their "very loyal" fans started to look like the small base of Linux-Geeks and their claims "if you're not using Firefox/Linux, you idiot, unprotected, moron"
Simple, I mean they started to become annoying.
And I'm FireFox user, by the way.
rafaelluikDec 17th 2010 12:59PM
@EuroSceptiC You idiot, unprotected, moron, shut up and try Opera! haha
DrekeDec 17th 2010 1:49PM
@EuroSceptiC Wow, a Firefox fanboy bashing Opera users. That's pretty pathetic, considering that Firefox fanboys have an even worse reputation than Apple fanboys.
CabbbbbDec 17th 2010 1:57PM
@EuroSceptiC Wow, a Firefox fanboy bashing Opera users. That's pretty pathetic, considering that Firefox fanboys have an even worse reputation than Apple fanboys.
DrekeDec 17th 2010 1:58PM
Great. This shitty commenting system caused a dup.