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| Kevin W 2002-11-22 00:26:32 | Why do Opera 7 users get kicked out of the old Opera tribe? We are unified, unlike Microsoft Internet Explorer users. Opera 7 users don't hate Opera 6 users, although IE 6 users hate IE 5 users. Or maybe it's because Opera Software came up with a nice 3D "7"? Hmm... it doesn't even fit with the red O. I demand for Opera to be put back in one group! |
| Stephen Brooks 2002-11-22 05:07:56 | When browsers become "major" contenders I will split them into their major versions. Mozilla 2.0 will have its own team when it arrives. This keeps it interesting. "As every 11-year-old kid knows, if you concentrate enough Van-der-Graff generators and expensive special effects in one place, you create a spiral space-time whirly thing, AND an interesting plotline" |
| phil 2002-11-22 12:34:59 | quote: Then why isn't there a distinction between Netscape 4.x and Netscape 6/7? |
| gilbert 2002-11-22 13:42:36 | I am an Opera 6 user, and I certainly want O7 to win a game more than any other browser (except O6). As a result, I may throw games to O7. This is one problem with splitting browsers by version. |
| gilbert 2002-11-22 15:12:13 | What is O5 identified as? O6 or unknown? |
| eszett 2002-11-22 17:38:07 | it don't matter to me, besides, we all need some civil war  i actually like opera 7 in its own group because we're in a smaller group and it's easier to actually get a piece on the board. so look on the bright side, in exchange for a few wins from all of opera's wins, you get a game with less anarchy. of course, some randomness is always nice to a game for the challenge. i better stop now or i'll start to sound like a dictator.  [color=green]fear me, i'm on a mosaic streak[/color]. (sorry stephen or whever edited my sig, it's supposed to be like that, inside joke about mosaic  ) |
| Stephen Brooks 2002-11-23 07:08:37 | quote: Well "major contenders" as defined by BrowserWars score. Netscape is currently behind the "big three" by a factor of 3x in score, so it would just be plain unfair to split it up. Besides, Netscape 4.x is not a browser, it's a joke. quote: Used to be O6, now it's unknown. There is a problem with "backdating" versions. I can only 'fairly' create a new team for new browsers as they come out, because of course I have no way to tell which of the wins for the 'generic' version that existed before were from which version. I estimated that MSIE would dominate from the start, so I split it, but underestimated the Opera and Mozilla forces. "As every 11-year-old kid knows, if you concentrate enough Van-der-Graff generators and expensive special effects in one place, you create a spiral space-time whirly thing, AND an interesting plotline" |
