Category: Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer 10 Metro Ditches Plugin Support
Favors HTML5.
The Metro style (Immersive) version of Internet Explorer 10 is ditching plug-in support, Microsoft’s spokesman reported earlier today.
According to the software giant, during the 97,000 thousand sites study, they have found that as many as 62% of all those sites that currently use Adobe Flash already fall back to HTML5 video in case there is no such plugin installed.
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Updated: Opera Releases New 12.00 Pre Alpha Build
Beats Internet Explorer 10 Platform Preview 2 in the Test262 test suite, fails against PP3.
Continuing the development of Opera 12, Norwegian browser maker has recently released a new build which features a full ECMAScript (JavaScript) 5.1 support and few other goodies.
According to Wikipedia, Opera 12.00 pre-alpha (build 1065) fails only at 5 out of 10978 tests which is slightly better than IE10 PP2 as it scored 7/10935.
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Internet Explorer 10 Features Auto Correct, Fancy Standards Support
With the addition of a spell check, the latest Internet Explorer 10 Platform Preview 3 build that comes with the Windows 8 Developer Preview (download here) now includes a new auto correct feature, according to Microsoft.
Furthermore, IE10 PP3 now supports CSS Text Shadow, CSS 3D Transforms, CSS3 Transitions and Animations, CSS3 Gradient, SVG Filter Effects and other web standards.
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Internet Explorer 10 New Feature, Screenshots
From Microsoft’s BUILD Conference.
As BUILD conference continues, here are some of the screenshots we took during the Internet Explorer 10 mini preview running the Immersive UI.
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Weekly Browsers Recap, September 12th
- Opinion: What Microsoft Must Accomplish in IE10
- Who Stole My Pictures Is a Firefox Extension That Helps You Locate Copied Images
- Google Chrome gets automatic single sign-on, brings security risks
- Google Chrome Dev Channel Update
- Google Chrome Beta Channel Update
- Researcher raps Apple for not blocking stolen SSL certificates
- Opera promises cross-platform apps for Smart TVs, gives us little to complain about
- One of the reasons why we made Opera Unite
- Opera Wahoo 12.00 Extensions improvements
Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) vs. Firefox 6 vs. Google Chrome 13 vs. Opera 11.50 vs. Safari 5.1
Web browser benchmarks on Windows and Mac OS X.
With the recent Firefox and Google Chrome releases, TomsHardware has decided to test all the competitors in both Windows and Mac OS X operating systems.
There’s no time to waste, so let’s dive into the results.
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Weekly Browsers Recap, September 5th
- Internet Explorer 9 Reaches 20% Usage Share
- IE: Browsing Without Plug-ins
- Introducing the IE9 on Windows Phone “Mango” User Agent String
- 10 Social Networking Add-Ons for Firefox
- Google’s Chrome Frame for IE ready for prime time
- Dutch CA banished for life from Chrome, Firefox
- Google Chrome Stable Channel Update
- Google Chrome Beta Channel Update
- Google Chrome Dev Channel Update
- Safari users still susceptible to attacks using fake DigiNotar certs
- New Wahoo 12.00 build with rendering and Speed Dial improvements
- Maxthon Browser 3.1.7.600 Beta Released
- Sleipnir for Mac
[Thanks, RamaSubbu SK, Sebastian, Shane Bundy]
IE Will Drop Under 50% By Mid 2012
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer will lose its place as the majority browser next summer, according to statistics published by Web metrics company Net Applications.
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The Evolution Of The Web
Do you remember using Netscape Navigator or Mosaic? What about constantly evolving web standards and other web technologies?
With the help of recently created web page, you can now relive those memories and dive into the ocean of oblivion.
Click here to do that now.
[Thanks, Ichann]
August, 2011: Google Chrome, Safari Share Up; Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera – Down
It’s Friday, Friday…
Another month passes by as we look at the August market share stats to find out, how web browsers competed at the end of summer.
Internet Explorer is approaching the 50% market share mark, as it’s now down another 1.13 point, from 52.72% to 51.59%.
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