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1. kaladi+(OP)[view] [source] 2023-01-24 13:38:26
Thankfully I've noticed an uptick in younger Firefox users due to memes on Reddit about how using Firefox is cool.
replies(1): >>noblea+8c
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2. noblea+8c[view] [source] 2023-01-24 14:41:28
>>kaladi+(OP)
My son uses Opera! He keeps telling me (an engineer) I should use it. I'm like, "do not cite the deep magic to me kid, I was there when it was written.

It does give me hope that not all folks are lemmings. Just like during the IE6 days, there was a nice ground-swell of Firefox (or "Fox-fire" as some of the older folks called it) users.

replies(2): >>jabron+lf >>jefftk+pB
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3. jabron+lf[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-01-24 14:57:03
>>noblea+8c
Opera GX has been sponsoring youtubers, might have seen it from there.

It does actually have some interesting features nowadays. The background resource limiter would have been nice when back when I played WoW, since the usual database site had some serious memory leaks.

replies(1): >>noblea+lZ
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4. jefftk+pB[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-01-24 16:22:20
>>noblea+8c
Since 2013 Opera has been a Chromium wrapper, like Edge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_(web_browser)
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5. noblea+lZ[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-01-24 17:48:54
>>jabron+lf
I'm certain that's it.
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6. noblea+PZ[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-01-24 17:50:32
>>jefftk+pB
Oh yeah, that one's a bit trickier to explain. It's a bit like telling people, "no, You CAN NOT currently run real Chrome on your iPhone... yes I know you see an icon that says 'Chrome' on it..."

I'm not sure he gets the concept of "browser engines".

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