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A pair of news articles worth reading

Wednesday, 15. March 2006, 18:13:56

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Opera Basks in Mini Browser Market Push (looks at Opera's recent success on the mobile front, and what it might mean for the future)

Acid Test May Prove New Browsers are Tough Sell (discussion of why it's so hard to get people to switch from Internet Explorer, with some great quotes from Håkon Lie)

Bonus: Interview: Why did CSS succeed? (a recent interview with Håkon Lie)



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Supplementary reading for the second article:

Why Features Don't Matter Anymore

By Lawmune, # 15. March 2006, 22:42:27

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