Opera releases version of browser that turns MSN into Swedish Chef Gibberish

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Opera Software has released a new version of its Opera 7 Web browser with just one tweak--it turns Microsoft's MSN Web site into gibberish that was inspired by the Swedish Chef from "The Muppet Show."
The "Bork Edition" of Opera 7 isn't designed so much to win over new visitors as to make a point about how browsers and Web sites should work together. It is Opera's response to what the company alleges are dishonest tactics by Microsoft to make Opera look like it is displaying pages improperly when people view MSN.

The Swedish Chef's dialogue was famously incoherent, and included the phrase "Bork, bork, bork!"

"This is a joke. However, we are trying to make an important point," Mary Lambert, desktop product line manager at Opera, said in a statement. "The success of the Web depends on software and Web site developers behaving well and rising above corporate rivalry."

Microsoft was not immediately available for comment on the move.
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rh71

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Opera - what a great place to work for! Where do I inquire?!
 
Zenmervolt

Zenmervolt

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"Yingor svern dey yung-ge de skidoo. Yibung de hur de yur hmmm. Bork! Bork! Bork!"

ZV

EDIT: That's an actual line from "The Sweedish Chef Song" from the Muppet Show. Transcribed phonetically, of course.
 
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nord1899

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OMG, a company out there with a sense of humor!

Quick, someone sue them!

/sarcasm

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TSDible

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I downloaded the bork edition...

very funny...

And if you ask me... It is a GREAT move by Opera to get people to download their browser when mozilla and IE are dominating.

 
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KingNothing

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Originally posted by: TSDible
I downloaded the bork edition...

very funny...

And if you ask me... It is a GREAT move by Opera to get people to download their browser when mozilla and IE are dominating.
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TSDible

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Are you kidding?

In ATOT? Won't that bring my server to a grinding halt? :p

I will see what I can do. But if it starts eating my bandwidth...
 
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Originally posted by: Beau
HAHA! :D

And they said the browser war was over.
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Far from over. With security, and other issues (pop-ups) becoming so prevalent, people are looking to other alternatives. I still mostly use IE on the PC, but its opera/konqueror/safari on the other OS?es.
 
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Pocatello

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I use mostly Mozilla, as long as IE doesn't allow the user to stop pop-up ads, I will continue to avoid IE. Alot of pop-ups are from companies owned by MS, so I think IE will have pop-ups for sometimes to come.
 
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