Web browser news as it happens
In: Opera
30 Oct 2008It looks like we won’t see a browser war for the iPhone just yet, with Apple refusing to let Opera Mini be released for the iPhone.
Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner, Opera’s co-founder and chief executive said that “Opera’s engineers have developed a version of Opera Mini that can run on an Apple iPhone, but Apple won’t [...]
In: Chrome| Firefox| Internet Explorer
27 Oct 2008Computerworld has posted an article comparing Firefox’s 3.1 beta to the latest Chrome beta.
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols put both of these browser through the SunSpider JavaScript benchmark test. Not surprising the results were very stunning with Firefox 3.1 beta taking it out.
Of interesting note is that Firefox 3.1 beta is almost 25 times faster when rendering [...]
In: Opera
22 Oct 2008After the much anticipated release of Opera 9.6 a few weeks ago, Opera has released it’s first update for the 9.6 code branch.
Opera 9.61 addresses a few issues, including a problem with Opera Link which would cause duplicate enteries to appear. Several security flaws have also been fixed.
You can download the new version from the [...]
New Google Chrome builds are showing support for Greasemonkey, albeit very basic and still in early stages of development.
Until now, Greasemonkey has been a Mozilla Firefox extension that allows users to install scripts that make on-the-fly changes to most HTML-based web pages.
Martin from gHacks writes “Only scripts in c:\scripts are loaded and only if the [...]
In: Firefox
16 Oct 2008After testing Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 on the Acid3 test, the new browser scores an impressive 89/100. This compares to other browsers as follows:
Firefox 3 scores 71/100
Opera 9.6 scores 85/100
IE7 scores a dismal 12/100
IE8 Beta 2 scores 21/100
Safari 3.1.2 scores 75/100
Safari 4 Beta 100/100
This is a great improvement and a step to being fully standards [...]
In: Firefox
16 Oct 2008Mozilla has just released Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 to the web. The new browser includes numerous improvements including:
Web standards improvements in the Gecko layout engine
Added support for CSS 2.1 and CSS 3 properties
A new tab-switching shortcut that shows previews of the tab you’re switching to
Improved control over the Smart Location Bar using special characters to [...]
In: Browser Watch
15 Oct 2008Sony has announced that the upcoming firmware version for PlayStation 3 will include support for Adobe’s Flash 9 player.
Firmware version 2.50 which should be released in the coming weeks will finally allow users to watch YouTube videos right from the consoles web browser.
This opens up a world of posibility, for things such as streaming HD [...]
Mozilla has been working hard on it’s mobile version of Firefox dubbed Fennec. Building on top of Firefox 3’s reduced memory footprint, Mozilla is aiming to bring the desktop browsing experience to your mobile.
With the hastened development, the latest version of Fennec scores a very impressive 88/100 in the Acid3 test on Windows Mobile. In [...]
In: Chrome| Firefox| Internet Explorer| Opera| Safari
10 Oct 2008Mashable has posted a great article with 25 resources on how to customise your favorite browser.
Included are resources for Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Opera and Google Chrome.
You can read the full article on the Mashable website.
Happy customising!
In: Firefox
10 Oct 2008Web surfers will now be able to find local services when they browse thanks to a new plugin from Mozilla for Firefox.
The plugin known as Geode calculates a users position based on their current and near-by networks.
Accuracy is said to be within 10-20m and it can find your location in just seconds.
Mike Shaver from Mozilla [...]