Web browser news as it happens
In: Opera
23 Dec 2009On que, Opera have released Opera 10.50 pre-alpha to the public.
So far, the browser is showing a lot of promise, with the new Carakan JavaScrpt engine being over 7 times faster than Opera 10.
Also new in this release is the Presto 2.5 rendering engine, with greater support for HTML5 and CSS3 elements.
New graphics accelerated rendering [...]
In: Firefox
22 Dec 2009Mozilla contributor Stephen Horlander is still hard at work, sharing his ideas for a revamped Windows 7 theme for Firefox 4.0.
According to Horlander, the expected Firefox facelift is now solely expected in Firefox 4, and not gradually through Firefox 3.7 and Firefox 4.0.
In this revision, the Application button (marked #1 on the mockup above) has [...]
In: Opera
22 Dec 2009An early pre-alpha version of Opera 10.50 has leaked online, just a day before an official alpha release from Opera.
The leaked version includes new features, such as Windows 7 integration, Presto 2.5 rendering engine, improved find, and a new user interface.
Noticeably absent from this leak, is the new Carakan JavaScript engine, which from early Opera [...]
In: Firefox
21 Dec 2009And just when we were hoping to see Firefox 3.6 before Christmas, Mozilla has pushed out another beta release for the browser.
This update fixes over 100 bugs from the last beta, and is an automatic update for current Firefox 3.6 Beta users.
Firefox 3.6 final is now not expected before early 2010.
A full list of changes [...]
In: Chrome
17 Dec 2009With Chrome extensions having been available for one week now, we thought it would be good to take a look at the 10 most popular extensions for the week.
Collectively, these top 10 extensions have almost had just under 500,000 million downloads.
Google Mail Checker
With over 108,000 users, this extension displays the number of unread messages in [...]
The European Union (EU) has accepted Microsoft’s proposal for a browser ballot screen, allowing Windows users to choose their browser on first run.
The ballot screen will be pushed out to users of Windows XP, Vista, and 7 via Windows Update for users in the EU and neighbouring countries.
The ballot screen is required to be in [...]
In: Firefox
16 Dec 2009Mozilla have pushed out updates to users of Firefox 3 and 3.5. The updates include several security and stability fixes.
Firefox 3.5.6 fixes 3 critical, 1 high, 2 moderate, and 1 low level security vulnerabilities.
Firefox 3.0.16 fixes 1 critical, 1 high, 2 moderate, and 1 low level security vulnerabilities.
A full list of changes can be found [...]
In: Chrome
15 Dec 2009The Google Chrome team have pushed out a new update to Windows Google Chrome users.
The update is only minor, and corrects two bugs that caused the browser to crash. Full details can be found on the Google Chrome Releases blog.
As usual, the browser will automatically be pushed out to current Chrome users, or can be [...]
Microsoft has pushed out the IE Cumulative Security Update for December 2009 via Windows Update and Microsoft Update.
The update is rated as critical for Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, 6 SP1, 7, and 8 for all versions of Windows except Windows Server 2003, 2008, and 2008 R2 where the update is only rated as moderate.
The update [...]
In: Chrome
9 Dec 2009With the latest Beta releases of Google Chrome today, Google have also released Extensions Beta.
Available to Beta Chrome users on Windows and Linux (with Mac still in progress), over 300 extensions can be downloaded at today’s launch.
Extensions can let users check their Gmail, translate web pages into different languages, and watch eBay items all without [...]