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If You Use IE6, Chances Are, You Are Not An Einstein

By Vygantas | August 1, 2011 | 15 Comments

If You Use IE6, Chances Are, You Are Not An Einstein

Science agrees: geeks use other web browsers.

By collecting data from more than 100,000 users, a research firm has revealed that the majority of Internet Explorer users tend to have a lower IQ than Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari, Opera or Camino users. No one cares about the EQ anyway.

However, if you use the Internet Explorer with Google Chrome frame, there is a hope for you too.
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Browsers Backup: FavBackup 2.1.0 Released

By Vygantas | July 31, 2011 | 11 Comments

Browsers Backup: FavBackup 2.1.0 Released

After quite some time, I am happy to announce the availability of FavBackup 2.1.0, which now supports the latest versions of Firefox (4, 5), Google Chrome (7-14) and Opera (11, 11.50) web browsers.

Download.
Donate.
Changelog.

How To Create Internet Explorer, Firefox or Google Chrome Theme?

By Vygantas | July 29, 2011 | 9 Comments

Ever wanted to create a simple theme for the web browser of your choice? Then BT Engage, an interactive skin creator by Brand Thunder is a tool you’ve been waiting for.

The process is pretty straight forward. Upon starting, user is presented with a web browser screen that can be customized according to your individual needs, from backgrounds and logos to widgets.

However, if you are not keen on trying such activity, feel free to check ThunderThemes, which includes over 40,000 already created skins.

New Web Based Mobile OS By Mozilla On The Way

By Armin Seuchter | July 26, 2011 | 4 Comments

It appears as if Mozilla is planning on developing what is deemed a truly open source mobile operating system based on the web. An HTML5 based mobile OS, to be exact.
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Weekly Browsers Recap, July 25th

By Vygantas | July 25, 2011 | 0 Comments

[Thanks, Rafael Luik, RamaSubbu SK]

Browser Toolbar: Google Drops Firefox 5 Support

By Vygantas | July 22, 2011 | 13 Comments

Remember the good old Google’s Firefox Toolbar? Turns out, the search giant has decided that today’s web browsers are way too advanced and such toolbar is no longer necessary.

As a result, Google will not be supporting Firefox 5 or any future versions of the web browser; and in case you miss the functionality, it prefers you to use the extensions instead.

However, if Firefox and Google’s Toolbar is a must have feature set for you, a solution would be to downgrade to Firefox 4, which is still supported by the company.

Mozilla To Implement Multiprocess Browsing

By Armin Seuchter | July 20, 2011 | 37 Comments

Mozilla To Implement Multiprocess Browsing According to Christopher Blizzard, Mozilla’s Web platform director, via a blog post, Mozilla has renewed its efforts to bring multiprocess browsing to Firefox. The post stresses the key advantages that process isolation will transfer to Firefox and tackles some of the requirements for Mozilla’s implementation.

Although multiprocess browsing became a higher priority for Mozilla after the release of Firefox 4, it is still not clear when the feature might land. Current and upcoming versions of Firefox do not yet have the feature, so chances that the it might hit the public by the end of this year are slim.
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Google Snatches Firebug’s Core Developer

By Vygantas | July 20, 2011 | 6 Comments

Google Snatches Firebug’s Core Developer Other web browser vendors to get jealous.

Good news for all the Google Chrome users, IBM’s John J. Barton, the core developer of Firebug, will be joining Google’s Chrome team to work on its next generation Web dev tools.

What made him to take such decision? According to John, working on the next gen Firebug is not practical as browsers change too fast for the size of its team to keep up and shift from desktop to mobile requires additional development time. Furthermore, he could not obtain another year of support from IBM to continue the contributions.

Here’s what he had to say:
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Firefox 8 (64 Bit) Picks Up The Pace

By Vygantas | July 19, 2011 | 0 Comments

Firefox 8 (64 Bit) Picks Up The Pace Good news for all the 64 bit software fans.

According to Armen Zambrano, the Release Engineer at Mozilla Corporation, with the introduction of a small set of Windows 2008 64-bit machines, Mozilla started cooking Firefox x86-64 nightly builds and has been doing so for more than a week now.

Furthermore, Asa Dotzler, Product Manager for the Firefox desktop browser, is now collecting feedback and expectations about the future 64 bit builds. In case you are interested in expressing your opinion as well, feel free to visit the following post.

The future looks pretty exciting and we can’t wait to see which of the web browser vendors is next.

Download Firefox 8 Pre-Alpha 1 (64 bit).