Category: Mobile Browsers
Weekly Browsers Recap, August 29th
- “Browser X is using Y MB of memory with Z tabs open” is a meaningless observation
- Mozilla WebAPI wants to replace native apps with HTML5
- Want a Faster Firefox? Pale Moon 6.0 Can Help
- Bing ad serves malware to would-be Google Chrome switchers
- Google Chrome Stable Channel Update
- Google Chrome Beta Channel Update
- Google Chrome Dev Channel Update
- Opera: Top Five Extensions
- Calling All Developers: Opera Developer Events
- 15 (More) Inspiring HTML5 Experiments
- Mozilla puts mobile Firefox on the front burner
[Thanks, Dirk Finken]
Weekly Browsers Recap, August 15th
- Internet Explorer IQ Hoaxer Says He’ll Do It Again
- An infographic! If web browsers were wrestlers…
- Mozilla Brings The Sign In Button To The Browser Level
- Mozilla Wants a Browser to Control Your Phone
- How browsers make money, or why Google needs Firefox
- Building better web apps with a new Chrome Beta
- Dev Channel Updates for Chromebooks
- Google Chrome Dev Channel Update
- Google Chrome Beta Channel Update
- Google Chrome Beta and Stable Channel Update
- Opera goes to China with Oupeng browser launch
- Maxthon Mobile Selected as the Default Browser for GalnetMIUI
[Thanks, asknobody]
Weekly Browsers Recap, August 8th
- 8.4% of all hangs in IE9 in the past month caused by not using XMLHttpRequest
- 13 Firefox Add-Ons to Enhance Your Google+ Experience
- O’Brien: Is the end near for Google’s support for Firefox?
- A New Platform: Mozilla Against The World
- Google Announces Plans To Bake Android-Like Web Intents Into Chrome
- Google Chrome Dev Channel Update
- Google Chrome Beta Channel Update
- Chrome OS Stable Channel Updates for Chromebooks
- Chrome OS Dev Channel Update for Samsung Series 5 and Cr-48
- Choosing the Right Mobile Browser for Your Android Phone
- HTML5 Ad Builder Sprout Acquired By InMobi
Weekly Browsers Recap, August 1st
- Internet Explorer 9: The Best Browser for Your Business
- HTML5 Drag and Drop in IE10 PPB2
- Mozilla fires up mobile OS for smartphones, web
- Update: Google Chrome cupcake is gone, along with multiple profiles
- Chromebook security: browsing more securely
- Chrome Gets OS X Lion Two-Finger Gestures. They’re Backwards
- Beta Channel Update for Chromebooks
- Google Chrome Dev Channel Update
- Opera Network latency improvements, Microdata and QRESYNC
- IndiaGames Partners Opera Mini Browser For Mobile Gaming
- Facebook Will Bring Credits To Mobile Browsers
- There’s a web browser hiding inside the iriver Story HD, but it’s pretty shy
[Thanks, RamaSubbu SK, Shane Bundy]
New Web Based Mobile OS By Mozilla On The Way
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
- A Man Who’s Never Used A Computer In His Life Tries Internet Explorer
- Sputnik: JavaScript Conformance
- Firefox: Every Six Weeks
- Google Chrome Dev Channel Update
- Google Chrome Beta Channel Update
- Google Chrome Beta Channel Update for Chromebooks
- Opera: Updated Ragnarök (HTML5 parser) Labs Build
- Vungle on Opera
- Why I don’t use Google Chrome or other browsers besides Opera
- iCab Web Browser
- Visualize your Web page in 3D
[Thanks, Rafael Luik, RamaSubbu SK]
Dolphin Browser Scores $10 Million Investment
With the release of Dolphin 6.0 HD, a WebKit based mobile web browser for Android devices has also received a $10 million investment from the Sequoia Capital.
Launched 15 months ago, Dolphin Browser has now over 4 million monthly active users and grows at a pace of 30,000 new downloads every day. Not bad for an ad supported web browser.
However, with the $10 million investment, things are about to change as the latest version of such web browser is now ads free and no longer requires users to pay $4.99 for the “premium” version.
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Weekly Browsers Recap, July 18th
- Debugging Web Workers in IE10
- Introducing BrowserID: A better way to sign in
- How to Stop Website Tracking in Firefox
- Mozilla Challenges Google: Open Source Chrome Isn’t Good Enough
- 5 Chrome Extensions That Improve Google+
- Google Chrome Beta and Stable Channel Update
- Google Chrome Dev Channel Update
- Chrome OS Stable Channel Update
- Opera Mini 6.1 updated for Android
- Opera Mini 6.1 silent update for S60
- Opera Tech Break: Speed Dial extensions
- Opera Tips & Tricks: Background and foreground tabs
Qualcomm’s Mobile Web Browsing Benchmark
Recently, Qualcomm has revealed Vellamo, a mobile web browsing benchmark for Android devices.
Combining 11 different tests (including Sunspider and Google’s V8), Vellamo will check: JavaScript, networking and user experience performance.
Here is a complete list of all the benchmarks:
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Download Firefox 6 Beta 1 For PC, Android
Despite the fact that Firefox releases are getting slightly overwhelming, Mozilla continues to push forward and has now released the first Beta build of Firefox 6 web browser for both PC and Android.
According to the changelog below, Firefox 6 improves the usability of Web Console, startup times when using Panorama, Web Developer menu and more. As for Firefox Beta for Android, it also offers a variety of new features and improvements that can be found here.
What’s New?
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