New EU Complaint against Microsoft (IE this Time)
Remember the old days when EU filled complaint again Microsoft and it’s Windows Media Player being integrated to Windows? Well, they had to pay then $357 million fine, then $1.35 billion…
After Opera’s complain to the European Union back in the year 2007, looks like story continues.
As cNet says: European regulators notified Microsoft it believes the software giant is in violation of the region’s antitrust laws by bundling its Internet Explorer browser in Windows, the company said Friday.
Oh… Not again. If Microsoft removes Internet Explorer (which is free) from Windows at all, how will someone is going to download anything? For example: other web browser? Continue Reading
Browsers Pr0n/Private Mode Comics
Here are a few comics about the web browsers private mode, usually called “pr0n” mode.
Resize Text Areas in Opera
To get to work the following User Javascripts, you need to establish a folder path where the .js files will be stored (“Preferences” > “Advanced” > “Content” > “JavaScript Options” > “User JavaScript files”).
Both scripts started out from the simple desire of resizing text areas easily (like CSS3 UI).
And thanks a lot to xErath, the writer of these javascripts.
Browsers are Hot Again
TechCrunch published an interesting article on the recent “Browsers are Hot Again!” panel. Representatives from Microsoft, Google, Mozilla and Opera were invited.
Here is an excerpt from the article on their vision:
An audience question asked each of the panelists to describe the essence of each browser. The responses were varied. Microsoft’s Hachamovitch said his team starts with looking at what the user wants and building from there (and pointed to IE 8’s impressive feature list). Krogh from Opera said they wanted to supply a standards compliant browser for literally any Internet connected device. Google’s Pichal said speed (of javascript) was their primary goal (Hachamovitch then dubbed him “Mr. Speed” in a later comment). Mozilla’s Shaver said Firefox was about “putting the web first,” and creating a standards-compliant browser in as many languages as possible to ensure that no one was left out of the Internet.
P.S. Internet Explorer 8 RC is going to be released within few weeks.
Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 Delayed
Mozilla has recently announced that due to many remaining bugs still unfixed, they are going to delay Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 release for a week.
Instead of releasing it on Jan 26th, it will be launched on Feb 2nd.
The upcoming beta release is supposed to be the last beta for Firefox 3.1 series.
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Speed Up Safari
Here are few simple tips to increase Safari performance.
Disable Add-ons
Add-ons, such as PithHelmet or Saft, whilst extremely useful, can be the source of performance or stability issues. Fortunately, most utilities like these have an option to disable their functionality to allow you to troubleshoot. You could also choose to remove them from your computer altogether. To do this, follow the instructions on Apple’s Safari add-ons technote. Continue Reading
Extensions Post Removed
I have just removed recent published and “supposed to be funny” post on Opera’s Vision.
It was my mistake and I am sorry.
This Can Be Big: Apple Allows 3rd Party Web Browsers into App Store
Remember Opera for iPhone? Well, something good is happening at Apple App Store. As MacRumors says:
Over the past 24 hours, Apple has begun to approve 3rd party web browsing applications for the iPhone. A number of new web browsing apps have suddenly appeared with original submission dates ranging as far back as October. Continue Reading
