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by kamaal 4801 days ago
I've never tried, let alone use Opera. I just keep hearing something like that exists.

For now it feels like a 'me too' product which simply exists in the market.

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Was this meant to be a response to my question to `coldtea, or a general comment? The exact same words could be used by an IE user describing Chrome, or a Windows user describing OS X. They make no reference to "better."

(Not to mention that Opera - the source tree and the product - is older than most of major browsers today, so technically others are the "me too" products...)

As I replied in another thread, older means nothing.

Most young people don't even care about an era when there parents read news on Emacs.

May I ask why you replied specifically to my comment if your statement wasn't addressing anything I said?
I haven't used Opera on desktop in probably a decade, but it's been around since before Mozilla. How is it a 'me too' product?
Note most people(young) might not even be aware of the era you are talking about.

They might be the first to do something. But so was AOL to many things. Who(or how many compare to their competitors) uses AOL these days?

I'm probably what most people would consider young (22), but I see your point. But 'me too' has a very specific connotation of entering a market late because everyone is doing it, at least to me, which is the opposite of what Opera has done.
Opera were the pioneers of the tab, speed dial and many things. They are by no means "me too".