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>Your browser doesn't seem to support HTML5 and WebGL. The best thing to do is upgrade to a modern browser that supports all the awesome things the web has to offer.

I am on the latest version of Opera which I guess is not a modern browser. Perhaps turning down the condescension a notch and changing that "Upgrade" message to "Best works in Chrome" will be a good move. You're a second class citizen on HN if you use anything but Chrome.

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I don't read much/any condescension in that message. Fair enough if you enjoy to use Opera, but why not have Chrome installed on your machine too so you can spin it up and view content like this when needed?

Also Mozilla as these two browser are far better than Opera and IE, its good to have multiple browser installed in system for experiments and trial

I was pleasantly surprised it worked in Opera for me (I usually get "fuck you, chrome 4ever" banners too).

Check opera:config if you have WebGL enabled and opera:gpu if your graphics card drivers aren't blacklisted for being insecure or buggy.

You are right, we tried to take a jab at Internet Explorer but forgot about Opera along the way. It's our job to make our engine and demos work on all WebGL enabled browsers and respect all browser vendors who help pave the way for great web technologies like WebGL. We failed and make it sound like it the browsers fault. I will discuss the wording with the team. Thanks for the feedback !

Weirdly enough, I'm getting the same message on Chrome Version 27.0.1453.93.

It's likely your graphics card/drivers. Type about:gpu in your address bar.

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