Opera downloads triple after browser ballot screen debut

Re:Opera downloads triple after browser ballot screen debut by ryanelkins on Thursday March 04, 2010 @09:14AM (#1166938)

Yes - "above and beyond" but still affected by the new release which means that the ballot didn't cause downloads to triple - to increase, but not to the extent that the headline makes it seem. They don't even try to explain what kind of increase above what they would expect they are getting. maybe its double what they expected, maybe its 5%. The fact that they don't really go into it makes me a bit suspicious.

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Re:Opera downloads triple after browser ballot screen debut by Retric on Thursday March 04, 2010 @09:27AM (#1166968)

I think you parsed that incorectly,

  Normal = X
  Normal after realease = X * Y
  What they saw = (X * Y) * 3

PS: The browser choice is on a per country basis, so they can easly seperate the effect.

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Re:Opera downloads triple after browser ballot screen debut by clusterfu_k on Thursday March 04, 2010 @10:07AM (#1167071)

  Normal = X
  Normal after realease = X * Y
  What they saw: (X * Y) < (X * 3)

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Re:Opera downloads triple after browser ballot screen debut by DougBTX on Thursday March 04, 2010 @09:37AM (#1167001)

the tripling is above what we would normally expect with a new version launch

I read that as, "Our daily download rate tripling is above what we would expect for a new version launch."

However, it is still off base to attribute it to the MS page - I downloaded the new version and have (at least temporarily) switched to Opera from Chrome due to the announcement here on Hacker Hews. I've never seen an Opera release here before, so that must count as a one-off too.

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Re:Opera downloads triple after browser ballot screen debut by ryanelkins on Thursday March 04, 2010 @12:23PM (#1167425)

I understood it the way clusterfu_k wrote it.

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