Comments on: What Happens When an Opera User Downloads Firefox? http://blog.mozilla.com/metrics/2009/01/29/what-happens-when-an-opera-user-downloads-firefox/ Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:12:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: KT http://blog.mozilla.com/metrics/2009/01/29/what-happens-when-an-opera-user-downloads-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-85664 KT Sun, 08 Feb 2009 18:47:55 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/metrics/?p=338#comment-85664 Interesting download success metrics. I think the takeaway is merely that Opera has huge share outside of North America and their requisite finicky connections. Mozilla server choices probably affect success also (i.e., I'm here in Sao Paulo, and when downloading FF in Opera, it goes to a Japan server, for some strange reason. There's not one FF server in Brasil??). Interesting download success metrics.

I think the takeaway is merely that Opera has huge share outside of North America and their requisite finicky connections. Mozilla server choices probably affect success also (i.e., I’m here in Sao Paulo, and when downloading FF in Opera, it goes to a Japan server, for some strange reason. There’s not one FF server in Brasil??).

]]> By: Richard http://blog.mozilla.com/metrics/2009/01/29/what-happens-when-an-opera-user-downloads-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-83712 Richard Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:32:58 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/metrics/?p=338#comment-83712 I've just tried it with Opera. Immediately after clicking the link I get a blank page, which stays there. The progress indicator goes from 0-100% but that's the only sign that anythings happening. Not particularly user-friendly in my opinion. I’ve just tried it with Opera. Immediately after clicking the link I get a blank page, which stays there.

The progress indicator goes from 0-100% but that’s the only sign that anythings happening.

Not particularly user-friendly in my opinion.

]]> By: Ian McKellar http://blog.mozilla.com/metrics/2009/01/29/what-happens-when-an-opera-user-downloads-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-83656 Ian McKellar Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:20:16 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/metrics/?p=338#comment-83656 The markets where Opera is popular might be markets with more poor internet connectivity than others. I'd guess that that's part of the problem. The markets where Opera is popular might be markets with more poor internet connectivity than others. I’d guess that that’s part of the problem.

]]> By: Michael Lefevre http://blog.mozilla.com/metrics/2009/01/29/what-happens-when-an-opera-user-downloads-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-83636 Michael Lefevre Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:15:26 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/metrics/?p=338#comment-83636 "The samples for Opera and “Other” are fairly small, so we should be cautious in drawing too many conclusions about the experience of those users" Indeed. Sometimes when I read your posts, I think of all the times that I'm screwing up your stats by using multiple versions of multiple browsers, downloading on one platform to use on another, aborting a download which is going a bit slow and typing in the ftp URL, and whatever else I do. I have no idea where I saw it, but I seem to recall a survey or something that showed that a significant percentage of Firefox and Opera users are using multiple browsers... (Having mentioned it, I don't know what kind of checks are in place for mirror speeds, but I do occasionally get bounced onto a Mozilla mirror which will only give me 20KB/s, and in that case I tend to abort and start again to get a faster download. For some people hitting a slow mirror might mean they become one of the incomplete download statistics and don't try again...) “The samples for Opera and “Other” are fairly small, so we should be cautious in drawing too many conclusions about the experience of those users”

Indeed. Sometimes when I read your posts, I think of all the times that I’m screwing up your stats by using multiple versions of multiple browsers, downloading on one platform to use on another, aborting a download which is going a bit slow and typing in the ftp URL, and whatever else I do. I have no idea where I saw it, but I seem to recall a survey or something that showed that a significant percentage of Firefox and Opera users are using multiple browsers…

(Having mentioned it, I don’t know what kind of checks are in place for mirror speeds, but I do occasionally get bounced onto a Mozilla mirror which will only give me 20KB/s, and in that case I tend to abort and start again to get a faster download. For some people hitting a slow mirror might mean they become one of the incomplete download statistics and don’t try again…)

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