Microsoft to now offer a choice of browser to Europeans. - Polidicks

[QUOTE=MachiniOs;20494269]Formula of Flock Firefox Code + A few Social Networking related add-ons = A [I]revolution[/I].[/QUOTE] i feel like it could catch on. certainly an interesting marketing idea.

I browse using Wyzo :smug:

[QUOTE=Icaras;20492459]So now it's a name competition. Animal enthusiasts all switch to FireFox. Chemists switch to Chromium. Australian's get Safari once this hits Australia but the government will ban that soon too. Environmentalists get the Green Browser. French people jump on Avant since they know the word. Then all the comedians will pick up on Opera since the name is ironic.[/QUOTE] And Slim is for fat people who want to be thin.

[QUOTE=Athelus;20494615]Wait, enforcing [B]free market[/B] competition [B]laws[/B] is authoritarian now?[/QUOTE] Think about what you just said.

[QUOTE=Athelus;20494615]Wait, enforcing free market competition laws is authoritarian now?[/QUOTE] It's a component of the operating system. Restricting it's distribution is wrong IMO, no matter how crappy it is.

I've had maxthon for awhile, works great when Chrome and Firefox both go on a strike at the same time(which happens often(yes, my computer is crap)).

[QUOTE=mobrockers;20494500]But people get to choose, which is all that matters.[/QUOTE] No, freedom of choice is only good when America does it/No, freedom of choice is bad when the EU does it. That's the feeling you get from some of the replies in this thread at least.

[QUOTE=Theater;20494789]Think about what you just said.[/QUOTE] Yep, we all know about those free market dictatorships... And as for laws... yep, if you find law too authoritarian, perhaps you should move to somalia.

[QUOTE=Athelus;20495380]Yep, we all know about those free market dictatorships... And as for laws... yep, if you find law too authoritarian, perhaps you should move to somalia.[/QUOTE] You missed my point entirely. You see, free markets and market regulation laws shouldn't have to coexist, laws like this are just inhibiting market growth. This is not really the best example of state regulation, but it is morally wrong either way.

[QUOTE=matt.ant;20493145]Don't forget the ban on lightbulbs[/QUOTE] That at least made sense

[QUOTE=evilking1;20496149]That at least made sense[/QUOTE] Yeah especially how they enforce the use of those energy saving bulbs which might just contaminate your whole house with quicksilver vapor when they break. n1 EU LEDs are cheaper, they actually are full bright as soon as you switch them on, they don't make cold blue light, they use so little energy it's ridiculous. Why the fuck.

People saying that the people who are afraid of choice will be terrified of seeing 12 options for something they aren't quite familiar with didn't read the OP entirely and are just going off the list and title. It's split into two screens. First screen has IE, Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Opera randomly ordered, and the remaining seven on a second screen, randomly ordered as well. But it's true that most people are going to click IE because they don't want to install something else or don't know what the alternatives are or if they are even reliable, so they stick with internet explorer and get prompted to install IE8. Meaning people allergic to tabs aren't going to like this update one bit.

[QUOTE=Tu154M;20496230]Yeah especially how they enforce the use of those energy saving bulbs which might just contaminate your whole house with quicksilver vapor when they break. n1 EU LEDs are cheaper, they actually are full bright as soon as you switch them on, they don't make cold blue light, they use so little energy it's ridiculous. Why the fuck.[/QUOTE] Leds cost more (Look up how much a replacement for a 100W tube is going to cost), and use around the same amount of energy. Where the hell have you been. Besides do you sniff the mercury if it breaks? Big deal. Besides you can get warmer tones, I paid 10$ for a 20W warm-toned CFL, I wanna see a led that does it. All led-lights I've seen produce cold white light.

I tried maxthon Shit eats more balls than hungry hungry hippos

I wish I could download all of them and try them out anyway. Firefox is cool and all, but I'd feel even cooler to have one that noones heard of.

[QUOTE=ChaosUnleash;20499693]I wish I could download all of them and try them out anyway. Firefox is cool and all, but I'd feel even cooler to have one that noones heard of.[/QUOTE] Yeah I wonder why nobody has heard of them. Maybe they just suck balls.

[QUOTE=evilking1;20499525]Leds cost more, and use around the same amount of energy. Where the hell have you been. Besides do you sniff the mercury if it breaks? Big deal. Besides you can get warmer tones, I paid 10$ for a 20W warm-toned CFL, I wanna see a led that does it. All led-lights I've seen produce cold white light.[/QUOTE] How do LEDs cost more. Fuckers are cheap. The only thing that makes the actual "bulbs" more expensive is the rest of electronics behind it. Did a quick price check on Amazon. 9,39€ for a warm white LED, 10,05€ for a energy saver of the same tone and comparable power. The mercury does still produce toxic gas, as soon as that shit is out of the bulb it starts to dissipate. So unless you don't breath at all or just run away you will breath some of that in. Of course the amount is in no way relevant to your health if it happens once, you clean it up right away and are not longer exposed to it. However, since mercury is doing a rather bad job at actually getting out of your body repeated exposure will affect you. And that is to be expected with something like a light bulb. LEDs can be made in about every color possible, there's also RGB bulbs which can change their color as you wish via remote.

[QUOTE=Theater;20495639]You missed my point entirely. You see, free markets and market regulation laws shouldn't have to coexist, laws like this are just inhibiting market growth. This is not really the best example of state regulation, but it is morally wrong either way.[/QUOTE] You're confusing deregulation and reregulation. Deregulation, such as laws against market dominating cartels are standard practice in free market economic models. As for it being 'morally' wrong... what???

Microsoft may have a monopoly on desktop software... but the EU has a monopoly on dictatorship. Sure, we can elect to use a different [I]web browser[/I] now. But call me back when we're allowed to elect our President.

[QUOTE=Kogitsune;20496271] First screen has IE, Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Opera randomly ordered, and the remaining seven on a second screen, randomly ordered as well. [/QUOTE] That's bullshit, they can't even advertise their own product first. It's their operating system, they make it for themselves, not for Firefox or Opera.

[QUOTE=BrQ;20494586]I never understood why Microsoft had to do this, I mean, isn't it their OS. But I still think IE remain the most used browser[/QUOTE] Because of the majority of PC users are still illiterate, sadly.