Archive for March, 2009
Webware 100 (Browsing) – The Finalists
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Poll includes the following browsers: Camino, Firefox, Flock, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer 8, Lunascape, Maxthon, Opera, Safari, Skyfire and WebKit.
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Browser Battle: Startup and Page Load Times
David Naylor has compared Internet Explorer 8, Safari 4 Beta, Firefox 3.1 Beta 3, Chrome 2 Beta and Opera 10 Alpha web browsers to see which of them performs the best.
Results (less is better) Continue Reading
Weave 0.3 Released
Mozilla’s Wave 0.3 (aka Opera Link) for Firefox has been released. The following technology allows you to sync your bookmarks, history, customizations, passwords and preferences between few web browsers (as well as Fennec). Continue Reading
Weekly Browsers Recap, March 30th
- 10 IE Browser Settings for Safer Surfing
- 5 ways to power up Internet Explorer 8
- Microsoft Crawling All Over IE 8 Bugs
- Internet Explorer 8: Why make the leap?
- eBay launches bespoke version of IE8
- Find the right Firefox add-ons
- Safari hacker talks security
- The genius behind Google’s web browser
- Google showcases Javascript engine with Chrome Experiments website
- Opera seeks dominance in world of widgets
- Opera Still Cooking With CSS3 On the Way
Opera API Geolocation Support
Opera has released the first build with geolocation API support that can be used such as in maps and web applications.
You can download windows build here (no need to install).
And the SVCsetup application, so it can work on XP.
Here is a demo used to try it out.
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Firefox 3.0.8 Released
Although Firefox 3.0.8 was planned for release next week, Mozilla managed to rush it and has already fixed 2 critical security issues.
This is a recommended security update for all Firefox 3 users.
Firefox 3.0.8 – Next Week
Mozilla will be releasing Firefox 3.0.8 next week which should fix exploitable crash in bug (marked as critical) discovered earlier this week.
The current release date is set to March 30 – April 1.
Opera Mobile 9.7 Details Emerge
The first details on the upcoming Opera Mobile 9.7 release have been revealed. One of the key features in the following version will be Opera Turbo support. In the demo video a complex page with Opera Turbo enabled managed to load site 3x times faster than the one without it.
Opera Mobile 9.7 will also speed up browsing experience due to rendering engine improvements. Actually, it will use Presto 2.2 engine (same as in Opera 10).
For more information (and improvements), please visit the following post.
Demo Video: Continue Reading
