Weekly Browsers Recap, December 20th
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• Free Xbox Slim
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• Internet Explorer 9 RC
Latest build is 9.0.8048.6000 (101209-2300).
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Weekly Questions Recap, December 20th
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Firefox to Include “Do Not Track” Feature
Follows Internet Explorer.
Mozilla’s chief executive, Gary Kovacs while talking about Firefox 4 in Mountain View, California addressed user privacy issues and promised to deliver “Do Not Track” button in the first part of next year.
“The idea of ‘Do Not Track’ is interesting, but there doesn’t seem to be consensus on what ‘tracking’ really means, nor how new proposals could be implemented in a way that respects people’s current privacy controls,” said Google.
The Federal Trade Commission has also suggested adding such mechanism back in December.
Opera: Disable New Mouse Gestures
Here is how you can enable old Opera mouse gestures behavior.
In the address bar, type:
opera:config
Search for gestures and change the Threshold from 5 to 2.
Uncheck Gesture UI
Done.
Thanks to Olivia for the tip.
Opera: 6.7 Million Downloads in 1 Day
It’s all about bacon.
Good news for all Opera fanboys and fangirls. With the launch of Opera 11 Final, Norwegian web browser has been already downloaded more than 6.7 million times.
A significant boost when compared to Opera’s 10 million downloads within the first week of Opera 10 release.
According to Opera Software, a survey of people downloading Opera for the very first time has shown that 53% of its respondents were using Firefox web browser while 43% used Internet Explorer.
However, no data were given about the Google Chrome or Safari newcomers.
Internet Explorer 9 RC
Latest build is 9.0.8048.6000 (101209-2300)
Microsoft continues to work on the release candidate version of Internet Explorer 9 and has recently reached a build number of 9.0.8048.6000 (101209-2300).
What does that mean?
If this is actually the final RC build, expect release in the very first weeks of 2011.
HTML5 + WebGL: Body Browser
Now here is another neat HTML5 demo.
By combining HTML5 and WebGL, Google has created a “Body Browser”. Unlike other similar applications, it does not require Flash or JavaScript. All you have to do is download a web browser that supports WebGL:
Google Chrome 9 Beta
Firefox 4 Beta
Safari Beta (Webkit)
Q&A With Mozilla’s Mitchell Baker
Mitchell Baker, the former CEO of Mozilla Corporation has attended LeWeb 2010 conference in Paris and had a short Q&A round with Robert Scoble.
Check it out.
Download Opera 11 Final
Includes the fastest JavaScript engine on Earth.
Personally, I don’t understand Opera release strategy and never will, but here it is: Opera 11 Final.
The following version introduces a handful of new features, including:
– Tab stacking
– Safer address field
– Visual mouse gestures
– Extensions
– Mail panel
As well as performance improvements, various bug fixes and more.
According to Choose Opera, Opera 11 will be the last desktop product of this year, so grab it while it’s hot.
P.S. It’s the same build as RC3.
Adblock Plus Coming to Google Chrome
It looks like Adblock Plus is coming to Google Chrome after all.
According to TechCrunch, Michael Gundlach, the author of Adblock Plus is already working on such extension.
While no release details were given, expect it sooner than later as ADP will not be written from scratch.
Developer will take AdThwart extension source code (which already uses several pieces of Adblock Plus code) and continue the progress.
