Web browser news as it happens
In: Safari
27 Nov 2008EMG Technology is suing Apple over an alleged patent infringement in its mobile version of Safari.
EMG is seeking an unspecified amount in damages, claiming the “simplified interface of reformatted mobile content to provide optimum viewing and navigation with single touches on a small screen” as a reason for the suit.
Patent 7,441,196 was issued in October [...]
In: Browser Watch
25 Nov 2008Rouge, a new web browser developed by GotGame for gamers has been released. Rouge allows gamers to browse the Internet while they are in-game.
The browser overlays the game, with adjustable transparency, and is best suited to use during idol time. Gamers can now check their Gmail between Counter-Strike rounds, or bid on a new mobile [...]
Microsoft has confirmed that IE8 will now be delayed to 2009. On the IEBlog, Dean Hachamovitch, General Manager of Internet Explorer has stated that Microsoft “will release one more public update of IE8 in the first quarter of 2009, and then follow that up with the final release”.
The reason for the delay according to Hachamovitch [...]
In: Firefox
21 Nov 2008Mozilla Foundation chairperson Mitchell Baker has revealed that revenue for Mozilla in 2007 was at USD $75 million. This is a 12% increase on last year which Baker believes is impressive, despite the world economic slowdown.
Most of Mozilla’s revenue comes from a search agreement with Google, but there other sources of income such as the [...]
In: Firefox
21 Nov 2008Mozilla, makers of the popular Firefox web browser, have passed a huge milestone, with over 1 billion add-ons downloaded.
This number is much likely larger, as Mozilla only started tracking downloads in 2005, with add-ons also available from other websites.
Justin Scott from Mozilla says there are about “1.5 million add-on downloads per day and increasing”.
Add-ons are [...]
In: Firefox
19 Nov 2008I’m sure some of you may be frustrated by Firefox 3.1’s new tab behaviour when pressing Ctrl + Tab. No longer does it just browse through the tabs, but instead it switches to the most recently viewed tab (much like Windows Alt + Tab.
Thankfully, you can turn the new Ctrl + Tab behaviour off, and [...]
In: Safari
18 Nov 2008Over the weekend Apple has pushed out the latest version of it’s web browser Safari. Now at version 3.2 the latest version fixes security flaws and increases protection against known phishing sites.
A full list of security updates can be found via the Apple support website.
The update should automatically be pushed out to current Safari users [...]
In: Firefox
14 Nov 2008Mozilla have just released updates for both Firefox 2 and 3. These new versions fix both security and stability issues.
You can view the full list of changes in both the Firefox 3.0.4 and Firefox 2.0.0.18 changelogs.
Existing users should be updated automatically in the next few days, but if not you can use the download links [...]
Those of you still using Internet Explorer may notice that you can only download a maximum of two files at once. With a quick registry fix you can increase this number up to 10. The steps you need to follow are found below:
Click Start->Run
Type ‘regedit‘ without the quotes and hit Run.
Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersions\Internet Settings
Click Edit->New->DWORD [...]
Microsoft’s CEO, Steve Ballmer, has considered moving Internet Explorer’s core over to the open source WebKit rendering engine.
It appers the move is being considered as a way to stem the bleeding of users to other web browsers, who are looking for more complete and compliant web browsers.
Market Share by Net Applications shows that for October, [...]