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October 25, 2010 · by Espen André Øverdahl

Not a web browser

This was a question asked in the Indian version of "Who wants to be a Millionaire" last night. The contestant was not sure if Chrome or Facebook was not a web browser, so she did an audience poll. 85% of the audience stated that Facebook is not a web browser. At the end, the host said:

Chrome is a new browser in the market, people say it's fast, and of course everyone knows about Firefox and Opera.

The show has 100 million viewers or more and Amitabh Bachchan (the host) is quite famous in India. Opera is the most popular mobile browser in India with more than 59% market share. Good stuff. :yes:

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  • Arvind Bhateja25. October 2010, 08:46

    I thought she wouldn't know about Opera. :D

  • Sushubh25. October 2010, 08:48

    i wonder if amitabh knew about Opera.

  • mrgaurav25. October 2010, 08:48

    Real life Ads : )
    Nice!

  • Aleksander Aas25. October 2010, 08:51

    Awesome!

  • Vladimir Georgiev25. October 2010, 08:52

    59%? Yay! :)
    Is it correct we don't have a forum in Indian language?

  • Sushubh25. October 2010, 08:54

    Well, the point is most of us here in India do not even use our native languages online.

    I would have to rely on Google Indic tools to post in Hindi for example.

    नमस्कार

  • Nastassja25. October 2010, 08:58

    What a stupid question )

  • Riti Jabalia25. October 2010, 08:58

    hw cn she nt knw bout opera
    hell hw cn she nt knw tat facebook is nt a browser...

  • Ali Raza25. October 2010, 08:58

    i am frm Pakistan nd also its viewer :happy:

  • pieRr0Ur25. October 2010, 08:58

    It would be a shame if someone from India don't know about Opera Software/Browser/Mini.

  • Samir25. October 2010, 08:59

    Opera is the popular web browser in Azerbaijan almost. My site stats: http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/7310/operaq.jpg

  • Philip Seyfi25. October 2010, 09:00

    lol :D

  • Michał Jankowski25. October 2010, 09:01

    How much was this question worth?

  • decodedthought25. October 2010, 09:02

    :lol:
    I just hope she didn't say Opera :P

  • Vlad Saling25. October 2010, 09:06

    Nice :D

  • Pallab De25. October 2010, 09:08

    Video of that episode: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOSY-m-gd5A&feature=player_embedded
    via http://www.labnol.org/india/amitabh-bachchan-likes-chrome/

  • Pallab De25. October 2010, 09:13

    Originally posted by Vladimir Georgiev:

    Is it correct we don't have a forum in Indian language?


    There is a Opera users India group though. I had started it. unfortunately, I didn't get any time to maintain it. So it's pretty much dead now.

  • Паша25. October 2010, 09:22

    Opera is the most popular browser in Belarus
    http://stan.akavita.com/tech/by/yesterday/

  • d4rkn1ght25. October 2010, 09:25

    :cool: :up:

  • Dan Booth25. October 2010, 10:17

    Surely the correct answer would be "Internet Explorer" :p

  • Budroedien Muller25. October 2010, 10:34

    The correct answer should be "Opera"the final answer!

  • Lukáš25. October 2010, 10:48

    it was question for 10 millions ?

  • Ali Raza25. October 2010, 11:14

    It for 10000 indian or about 150 $ i think so :left: not cnfrmed about $ may b 20, 30 less or high

  • Mustafa OĞUZ25. October 2010, 11:15

    When they add "Internet Explorer" option, Audience may confuse, or not. Some people know "Big E" is an "Internet" others are browsers. :yes:

  • Tamil25. October 2010, 11:48

  • Vladimir Georgiev25. October 2010, 12:32

    Wow, thanks for explaining about languages everyone :)

  • Nisala Aloka Bandara25. October 2010, 13:18

    I thin in sri lanka morethan 90% of ppl using opera on their mobiles.

  • Thomas Oneclick aka Samoht125. October 2010, 13:29

    Nice One Espen :up: :star:

    If they had "Opera Mini" in that list, it would had been a touch question ;) :lol: :cool:

  • Charles Schloss25. October 2010, 13:35

    :cool:

  • vipin kumar25. October 2010, 13:49

    At Chrome!! :lol:

  • João David25. October 2010, 14:42

    Why does the Indian version in spoken in English? Don't they have their own language to speak?

  • vIrGE25. October 2010, 15:09

    :lol:
    what an easy question :D

  • Cutting Spoon25. October 2010, 16:12

    Well is Opera a browser? Or a productivity suite?

  • ★(`'•.¸ T ¸.•'´)★25. October 2010, 16:14

    :lol: what happened if she answered:Opera? :lol: contact to her and say "you should use Opera,especially opera community, then you can answer that question" :idea:

  • Thomas Oneclick aka Samoht125. October 2010, 16:16

    HaHa Not that easy. Opera Mini are NOT a browser :lol: it is a thin client that use obml (invented by Opera) which are on of the reasons for the super speed :yes:

  • Benn Smith25. October 2010, 16:18

    Hooray!

  • Andrea A. Bianco25. October 2010, 16:22

    Amitabh Bachchan, what a great actor. I didn't know he was host in that tv program.

  • Jσδμξ_18125. October 2010, 16:32

    Admittedly, the correct answer is Chrome :lol:

  • jottosson25. October 2010, 16:45

    Funny they misspelled Fire fox. Everybody knows species names should be in italic and shouldn't be joined up.

  • Swapnil25. October 2010, 17:23

    Most easy question yet asked by KBC :)

  • Anton Diaz25. October 2010, 17:28

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOSY-m-gd5A
    5:20—7:27

  • Vijay Kaul25. October 2010, 17:28

    @João Of course they do. In fact, they have too many of their own languages to speak. The two broadly spoken languages, Hindi and Tamil, are popular in different geographic regions; however, the colonial legacy of the British left the educated class with English fluency. Thus, English is the lingua franca in India.

    And, thus, English will remain the world's common language. Though Chinese may make a showing -- especially if the computer input can be streamlined through, hopefully, better UI.

  • João David25. October 2010, 17:38

    @Vijay, thanks for the explanation!

  • Michal Havelka25. October 2010, 18:46



  • Siam Sabbir25. October 2010, 19:51

    Before asking this question to the girl, The host should have asked her did she ever heard the name of a machine named computer!
    i'm just wondering where she belongs to! Planet mars or something? :P

  • The Soma Cruz 1625. October 2010, 20:14

    Firefox is not a web browser :whistle:

  • Lukáš25. October 2010, 21:00

    maybe OT but funny as hell -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAUyaELfwBo

  • Dsi112325. October 2010, 23:18

    haha stupid question

  • J.D.25. October 2010, 23:53

    "And the answer is... Chrome! Yes, Chrome is not a browser; Chrome is a data mining device that also happens to display web pages."

  • thegeo26. October 2010, 00:02

    The fourth choice should've been Internet Explorer instead of Facebook. It's too crappy to qualify as a web browser.

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Published inChoose Opera
DateOctober 25, 2010
AuthorEspen André Øverdahl
Tagswho wants to be a millionaire, tv, opera, android, beta, browser, campus crew, choose opera, chooseopera, community, contest, download
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