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Browser ballotTuesday, April 6, 2010 @ 1:45AMAN ongoing poll confirms what many Microsoft competitors have been saying for years: given a choice, Windows users would use a browser other than Internet Explorer (IE).

Opera Gaining Ground from Microsoft Browser BallotMonday, March 22, 2010 @ 11:51AMOpera has announced that it is seeing downloads of its browser more than double as a result of the Microsoft browser ballot in Europe.

Opera Gaining Ground from Microsoft Browser BallotMonday, March 22, 2010 @ 11:23AMOpera, a small Web browser from Norway most well-known for its mobile version widely used on smartphones, is apparently gaining some ground for browser market share. Following the launch of the Microsoft browser ballot in Europe--the result of an agreement between Microsoft and the European Commission to expand browser choice for users and end an antitrust battle--Opera is on the rise.

Opera Browser Share Up After EU DecisionThursday, March 18, 2010 @ 1:00PMCompany Says Its Web Browser Downloads Double After Microsoft Forced To Offer Choice To Users

Opera says Web browser downloads double after Microsoft forced to offer choice to usersThursday, March 18, 2010 @ 11:33AMAnd Firefox is even better with the plugins Ad Blocker Plus and Web Of Trust (WOT). It's nice to never see ads and have pages like the … read more Strib load faster. WOT helps warn about scam sites even before you open them. IE is just too far behind the others.

Microsoft Offers Users Rival Web BrowsersTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 7:06PMMillions of web users across Europe are being asked by Microsoft if they want to continue using its Internet Explorer (IE) or change to another browser.

Microsoft tweaks browser ballot codeTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 5:12PMbrowser ballot page to give European users a choice of browsers to install. But the company was criticized for using sloppy code that didn't adequately randomize the order in which each browser's icon...

Microsoft tweaks browser ballot codeTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 2:13PMAfter complaints the original algorithm was not doing the job, Redmond fixes the code shuffling the order of the browsers in its ballot screen for European users.

Remainders – The Things We Didn’t Post: Headaches EditionFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 5:57PMIn today’s Remainders: headaches. Microsoft’s browser ballot is a headache for the little guys; CereProc talks about the painstaking process of rebuilding Ebert’s voice; WiMax taxis in Taiwan get me a little steamed; a magical migraine-diminishing wand, and more. (more…)