Ever since the EU decided to come down on Microsoft for their monopolistic ways, Microsoft has been trying their best to appease them. In order to settle the dispute about whether bundling Internet Explorer as Windows' default browser was fair practice, Microsoft initially proposed a browser-less OS. This solution would soon shift to a ballot screen, allowing users to select whichever browser they feel most comfortable with. Of course, this led to more complaints, as the ballot would appear in, none other than, IE itself.

A Firefox user experience designer felt that this gave Microsoft three times as much space as everyone else. Microsoft suggested that listing the browsers in alphabetical order would make the ballot fair. Other browser manufacturers, such as Opera, felt that to be a poor solution, as future browsers may name their software in a way that pushes them to the forefront of the ballot.

Read more: http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/12/08/microsoft-to-randomize-browser-ballot-for-eu

Dispite what they do they will never be able to please everyone.

Although I do agree with this idea and it does seem the fairest at the moment.

Yeah, Opera complained too much, it appears.