Web Browser News and Reviews

Chrome for Mac, Now with Extensions

By Vygantas | January 7, 2010 | 0 Comments

Chrome for Mac, Now with Extensions The latest dev build of Google Chrome web browser (4.0.288.1), has finally received extensions support and bookmark sync.

Furthermore, “Pin Tab” feature was also added, which transforms selected tabs into small, icon only tabs.

Download Chrome 4.0.288.1.

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Firefox 3.5.7 and 3.0.17 Released

By Vygantas | January 6, 2010 | 7 Comments

Firefox 3.5.7 and 3.0.17 Released Few more updates came from Mozilla, as company released Firefox 3.5.7 and 3.0.17 web browser versions.

Firefox 3.5.7 fixes a total of 3 bug fixes (one is a major crasher), while version 3.0.17 have 2 issues fixed (same as 3.5.7, except for a major crasher).

Download:
Firefox 3.5.7
Firefox 3.0.17

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Chrome Overtakes Safari in Market Share Race

By Vygantas | January 5, 2010 | 9 Comments

Well, this certainly wasn’t a big surprise. During the last month of 2009, Google Chrome (4.63% market share) became world’s 3rd most used web browser, overtaking Apple’s Safari (4.46%).

In other news, Internet Explorer market share went down from 63.62% to 62.69% (0.93 point decrease).

Firefox also lost some of the market share, going down from 24.72% to 24.61% (0.11 point decrease). Continue Reading

Opera Software Receives a New CEO

By Vygantas | January 5, 2010 | 20 Comments

Now here is a bombshell. Today, Opera Software has announced that Jon S. von Tetzchner is stepping down from CEO position and will be replaced by Lars Boilesen, Opera’s current Chief Commercial Officer.

About Lars Boilesen Continue Reading

Weekly Browsers Recap, January 4th

By Vygantas | January 4, 2010 | 4 Comments

Thanks to Daniel Hendrycks, f, Ichann and Nox for links.

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Happy New Year!

By Vygantas | December 31, 2009 | 4 Comments

Happy New Year!

We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day.

~Edith Lovejoy Pierce

Happy New Year!

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Firefox 3.6, Now With Hide Menu Bar Option

By Vygantas | December 30, 2009 | 19 Comments

Latest Firefox 3.6 Beta release now includes an option to hide menu bar, which will help users to save few pixels of screen space.

If you have menu disabled and want to quickly access it, just hit Alt key and it should appear.

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Tweak Internet Explorer with IE Tweaker

By Vygantas | December 29, 2009 | 2 Comments

Now here is something for Internet Explorer users: IE Tweaker, a simple utility to fix and tweak IE web browser. As program author claims, it contains over 90 options to choose from.

Tweak Internet Explorer

Now you can quickly delete all junk files, disable/enable various menus, clear type fonts, animations, smooth scrolling and much more.

Download IE Tweaker.zip (159 KB) or visit IE Tweaker home page.

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Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) JavaScript Engine: First Look

By Vygantas | December 29, 2009 | 2 Comments

JavaScript engine team members John Montgomery, Steve Lucco and Shanku Niyogi give an early look at the upcoming IE9 JS engine. Doing some performance tests and comparing them to latest Firefox 3.6 Beta and Chrome releases.