EU da o sansa celor mai obscure browsere internet

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."

Browsere: Alternative la Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome şi Opera

Microsoft permite, începând din această lună, utilizatorilor europeni ai sistemului de operare Windows să-şi aleagă browserul preferat dintr-o listă de browsere, ocazie cu care aceştia află că mai există şi alte navigatoare web, pe lângă Internet Explorer, Mozilla FireFox, Google Chrome sau Opera.