Answer» EU gives obscure browsers a big chance. So reads a headline from ZDNet Asia. But the SOURCE is CNET. How many usable bowers are out there? Did they say just six? Read the full article on the blue link after the partial quote. QuoteEU gives obscure browsers a big chance By Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com Thursday, MARCH 04, 2010 10:31 AM
It took Mozilla more than five years of concerted effort and a lucrative partnership with Google to DENT Internet Explorer's dominance. But maybe it doesn't have to be so hard.
Courtesy of an antitrust CASE against Microsoft in the European Union, several small-fry browsers are getting a helping hand that could boost their efforts to attain relevance. At least as long as Europeans notice a particular scroll bar.
"The ballot represents an enormous opportunity for Maxthon," said Ron White, a spokesman for one of those relatively obscure browsers that will be brought to the attention of Europeans. "Even though the choice screen does its best to hide Maxthon and six other lesser-known browsers, it's still a safe bet that the ballot will bring Maxthon to the attention of hundreds of thousands of computer users who would otherwise never hear of it." http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/software/0,39044164,62061602,00.htm?scid=rss_z_nw
My choice would be Sea Monkey.
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