Web browser news as it happens
In: Chrome
29 May 2009With the release of Google Chrome 2 just out the door, Google has started work on Chrome 3, with the latest developer build being version 3.0.182.2.
The latest development build fixes a few bugs, as well as adding new features. A full list of changes can be found in the release notes.
Users wanting to test out [...]
In: Firefox
29 May 2009With Firefox 3.5 nearing completion, it has been revealed that many of the icons is Firefox 3.5 are being refreshed and updated.
Across all 4 platforms, around 25 icons are being tweaked or are entirely new, such as the geolocation icons.
The new icons are available now in the latest nightly builds, but will be included in [...]
In: Opera
28 May 2009The latest development snapshot of Opera 10 contains a new skin for the browser, which appears to have its base from the Google Chrome skin.
Along with the new release, the Opera team have noticed that reaching version 10 has become a problem, with some high profile sites detecting the user string as version 1. To [...]
In: Chrome
22 May 2009Google has just bumped Chrome up a version, with the latest release now bring 2.0.172.28.
The new release is now 30% faster than the previous release according to Google.
Chrome 2.0 also adds new features, including full screen mode, form autofill, and the ability to remove thumbnails from the New Tab page.
The release is available to new [...]
In: Firefox
22 May 2009Mozilla Labs have released a new project called Jetpack. The project is a “newly formed experiment in using open Web technologies to enhance the browser, with the goal of allowing anyone who can build a Web site to participate in making the Web a better place to work, communicate and play” says Mozilla.
The aim is [...]
Microsoft has released Internet Explorer 8 Multilingual User Interface (MUI) packs for Windows XP SP3, and Windows Server 2003 SP2.
The packs are available in a wide range of languages, including Arabic, Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Hong Kong), French, German, Italian, Japanese and many more.
The packs can be downloaded using the links below:
Windows XP
Windows XP Professional x64
Windows [...]
In: Firefox
21 May 2009It looks like Firefox 3.5 is set to get a new logo, after Mozilla set out to update Firefox’s logo in a bid to reflect the changes in the upcoming browser. The current logo has been the same since Firefox 1.5.
“In a marketplace that is focused on products that are newer, faster, lighter and shinier, [...]
In: Firefox
20 May 2009Mozilla Labs has started a design challenge seeking to encourage innovation and experimentation in user interface design for the Web. The aim is to reinvent tabs, as many users today will often have 10-20 tabs open at anyone time.
“The browser is more of an operating system than a data display application; we use it to [...]
In: Firefox
19 May 2009After weeks of delays associated with the most recent two Firefox 3.5 beta’s, Mozilla is now on track to deliver Firefox 3.5 release candidate (RC) 1 in June.
“We’re setting an aggressive code freeze target of next Wednesday, May 20th for Firefox 3.5 RC” said Firefox Director Mike Beltzner. This puts “the RC release somewhere in [...]
In: Fennec
18 May 2009Mozilla has today released Fennec Alpha 1 for Windows Mobile. Until now, to use the new mobile browser you needed either a Nokia N800/N810 or an HTC Touch Pro.
This new release worked with Windows Mobile 6 devices and includes new memory management technology (the same used in Firefox), a user interface designed with CSS, and [...]