Comments on: GigaOM Interview: Opera CEO Jon S. von Tetzchner

By: On Mobiles, There’s No Stopping Webkit

On Mobiles, There’s No Stopping Webkit — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:47:32 +0000

[...] By Om Malik | Monday, August 24, 2009 | 4:45 PM PT | 0 comments There are a lot of brave souls out there making mobile browsers, hoping to gain traction with the phone makers. But most of them are fighting a losing battle, for the mobile browser war is increasingly being fought between two camps — the Webkit-based browsers camp, which includes Safari on the iPhone, the Google Android Browser, the Palm browser and the Nokia browser; and the Opera camp. [...]

By: Browser war, Firefox at 20%. Google Chrome what? | Sir Arthur's Den

Browser war, Firefox at 20%. Google Chrome what? | Sir Arthur's Den — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:38:07 +0000

[...] those people that don’t realize there’s an alternative in the market” Tetzchner says. Not only Chrome wouldn’t have harmed the “alternative” browsers, but it would [...]

By: Browser war, Firefox al 20%. Google Chrome che? | Sir Arthur's Den

Browser war, Firefox al 20%. Google Chrome che? | Sir Arthur's Den — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:07:14 +0000

[...] è che gli utenti non si rendono conto che sul mercato è disponibile un’alternativa” dice Tetzchner. Chrome non solo non avrebbe danneggiato i browser “alternativi”, ma sarebbe [...]

By: OStatic Buffer Overflow….. | android blog

OStatic Buffer Overflow….. | android blog — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 05:50:42 +0000

[...] Opera’s CEO on the browser market, and open source competition….. [...]

By: Mobiles Can Dial Virality for Money - GigaOM

Mobiles Can Dial Virality for Money - GigaOM — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:31:53 +0000

[...] going to follow eyeballs. Meeker said the growth of Opera’s mobile web browser — which CEO Jon S. von Tetzchner told us is quite healthy — illustrates mobile growth overall. Taken together with Flirtomatic’s survey data, the [...]

By: brian

brian — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 14:15:46 +0000

I am pretty sure Opera Mini/Mobile is here to stay. But it is hard to evaluate their desktop version’s success. With Firefox just zooooooing ahead of the pack and the recent intro of Chrome, Opera has a poor chance (if at all). But I do agree it is a good product (which I never use).

http://www.livbit.com (http://www.livbit.com)

By: Nillerz

Nillerz — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 06:35:03 +0000

Gecko browsers are never succesful. Just because they exist does not mean that they are used. They are so much less popular than Opera on desktop it's crazy.

I think Opera is a cool company for focusing on a fast browser that sticks to standards, yet still packs so many features.

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:05:16 +0000

Saying that non-Mozilla Gecko browsers are unsuccessful is a bit unfair.

On the Nokia Internet Tablet platform, the Opera based browser was dropped for a Gecko browser, MicroB, that has no affiliation with Mozilla.

However, that is only one example. Most Gecko browsers are made for a certain niche, and many of these fufil it quite well.

Epiphany (and previously Galeon) aim to integrate with GNOME and be lightweight. Check!

Kazehakse aims to be a very fast and relatively low resource browser for Linux. Check!

K-Meleon aims to be a very fast and relatively low resource browser for Windows, especially older versions. Check!

Flock is optimized for social media. Check!

While these browsers do not amass a huge marketshare, they are used by the people they appeal to. However, it is hard to track how much marketshare they even have because most track stacking programs throw them all together.

By: Santiago

Santiago — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 23:32:36 +0000

I like opera, i have for 2 years and it’s rocks

By: Chrome Releases Third Beta — Competitors Excited?

Chrome Releases Third Beta — Competitors Excited? — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:17:14 +0000

[...] users on other browsers climbing. Opera CEO Jon S. von Tetzchner sees it as a direct effect. In an interview with GigaOM published today, von Tetzchner said the publicity surrounded Chrome essentially gave him free [...]

By: Coisas a ler e a ver | sixhat pirate parts

Coisas a ler e a ver | sixhat pirate parts — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:08:42 +0000

[...] Entrevista do CEO da Opera, de onde se guarda uma frase importante em termos móveis. “20% da população mundial tem acesso à internet, mas 50% tem acesso a telemóvel”. Dá para perceber onde vai ser a nova revolução. [...]

By: benjaminwright

benjaminwright — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:46:50 +0000

I’ve been using Opera for many years as my primary browser. I like it. I have perceived it to be a bit more secure simply because it’s not the market leader and the bad guys are focused on breaking into IE and Firefox. –Ben

By: techie

techie — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:23:49 +0000

I’ve always liked Opera but can’t say its ever been my default browser. More like that girl you really liked to hang out with but

By: Abundando

Abundando — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:15:28 +0000

Google roba cuota a Internet Explorer... y la entrega a la competencia...

Como constata en esta pequeña entrevista el Consejero Delegado de Opera, Jon S. von Tetzchner, la entrada de Google (un referente para los usuarios de Internet) en el mercado de los navegadores está abriendo los ojos a muchos consumidores, que no hab...